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South Lake (Nanhu), Jiaxing 南湖Nán Hú
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Jiaxing, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jiaxing
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About South Lake (Nanhu), Jiaxing
Jiaxing's best-known lake, about half a square kilometre on the south side of the old city, has a garden island reached by boat whose Yanyu (Misty Rain) Tower, last rebuilt in 1918, so pleased the Qianlong Emperor that he had a copy built at his summer resort in Chengde. In early August 1921 the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, after leaving Shanghai, held its final session on a pleasure boat on this lake, and a replica of the boat built in 1959 is moored at the island as the commemorated site. The South Lake Revolutionary Memorial Hall, in a building opened on the south shore in 2011, presents the party's founding.
How to get to South Lake (Nanhu), Jiaxing
On the south side of central Jiaxing, about 1 km south of Jiaxing railway station and 8 km from Jiaxing South high-speed station; boats to the island leave from the lakeshore piers.
Nearby
- Wuzhen Water Town 乌镇 30 km
Stone bridges and lantern-lit canals in a water town that's best after dark - Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 40 km
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls
Also within 20 km: Zicheng Citadel Site Park 嘉兴子城 (under 10 km), Jiaxing Catholic Church and Vincent Abbey 嘉兴天主堂 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Shen Junru 沈钧儒故居 (under 10 km), Xiangjiadang Lake 湘家荡 (under 10 km), Majiabang Site and Museum 马家浜遗址 (under 10 km), Meihuazhou 梅花洲 (10 km).
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