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Lili Ancient Town 黎里古镇Lílǐ Gǔzhèn
4A scenic area · Suzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Suzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Lili Ancient Town
A well-preserved canal town in the south-east of Wujiang near the borders with Shanghai and Zhejiang, laid out as one canal with a street along each bank. Both banks are lined with two-storey Ming and Qing buildings whose shopfronts and halls run on without a break along the water. Among them is the house the poet Liu Yazi rented from 1922, once a Qing minister's mansion and now a memorial museum.
How to get to Lili Ancient Town
In Lili town, Wujiang district, about 45 km south-east of central Suzhou by road.
Nearby
- Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 20 km
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls - Wuzhen Water Town 乌镇 30 km
Stone bridges and lantern-lit canals in a water town that's best after dark - Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 40 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
Also within 20 km: Former Residence of Liu Yazi 柳亚子旧居 (under 10 km), Grand Canal at Pingwang (Wujiang Canal Culture Area) 吴江运河文化旅游区 (under 10 km), Xiancan Temple (Silk Patrons' Shrine), Shengze 先蚕祠 (10 km), Siben Bridge 思本桥 (20 km), Xitang Water Town 西塘 (20 km), Tongli Ancient Town 同里古镇 (20 km).
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