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Huishan Ancient Town 惠山古镇Huìshān Gǔzhèn
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuxi
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Huishan Ancient Town
A cluster of ancestral halls and their gardens, 108 of them dating from the Tang dynasty to the Republican era, along two old streets at the eastern foot of Mount Hui, combined with neighbouring Xihui Park into one scenic area that also takes in Huishan Temple, Jichang Garden and the hilltop Longguang Pagoda. Halls honour figures such as Fan Zhongyan, Lu Zhi and Ni Zan, two carved stone dharani pillars of 876 and 1070 stand inside the temple's front gate, and the Second Spring under Heaven, ranked the second-best water for tea in the Tang dynasty, gave its name to Abing's erhu piece 'The Moon Reflected on Erquan'. Shops along the streets sell Huishan painted clay figurines.
How to get to Huishan Ancient Town
At the western edge of central Wuxi, about 3 km from the centre, next to Huishan Ancient Town station on Metro Line 4.
Nearby
- 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: Jichang Garden 寄畅园 (under 10 km), Former Maoxin Flour Mill 茂新面粉厂旧址 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Xue Fucheng 薛福成故居 (under 10 km), Chong'an Temple Quarter 崇安寺 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Qin Bangxian (Bo Gu) 秦邦宪旧居 (under 10 km), Xiaolou Lane 小娄巷 (under 10 km).
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