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Jinji Lake 金鸡湖Jīnjī Hú
5A scenic area · Suzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Suzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- City
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area
About Jinji Lake
The lake at the centre of Suzhou Industrial Park, the modern district east of the old city, turned from a shallow marshy lake into a ring of waterfront parks and promenades under a landscape plan of 2003. Around it stand the Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre, the International Expo Centre and towers such as the Gate of the Orient, while the late-Qing Ligongdi causeway is lined with restaurants and a rebuilt Ferris wheel on the east shore reopened in 2025 as the Suzhou Eye. A footpath runs right round the lake.
How to get to Jinji Lake
About 5 km east of Suzhou's old city; several metro lines, including Line 1, stop near the shore.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 under 10 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block - Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 30 km
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls
Also within 20 km: Old Campus of Soochow University 东吴大学旧址 (under 10 km), Jiachen Lane Brick Pagoda 甲辰巷砖塔 (under 10 km), Couple's Retreat Garden 耦园 (under 10 km), Quanjin Guild Hall (China Kunqu Opera Museum) 全晋会馆 (under 10 km), Pan Family Mansion (Ligeng Hall) 卫道观前潘宅 (under 10 km), Twin Pagodas (Luohan Temple) 罗汉院双塔 (under 10 km).
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