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Li Garden (Liyuan) 蠡园Lǐ Yuán
4A scenic area · Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuxi
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Li Garden (Liyuan)
A lakeside garden on the north shore of Lihu Lake, created between 1927 and 1936 by the Wang family of Qingqi village and joined in 1952 with the neighbouring Yuzhuang garden of 1930 to form a public park. Water covers much of its 8.2 hectares, with rockeries, a long waterside corridor, a lake pavilion and four pavilions planted for the four seasons, and its name recalls the legend that the Yue minister Fan Li went boating here with Xi Shi.
How to get to Li Garden (Liyuan)
On Lihu Lake about 8 km south-west of central Wuxi, by taxi or bus.
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: Yuantouzhu 鼋头渚 (under 10 km), Wuxi Plum Garden 梅园 (under 10 km), CCTV Wuxi Film and TV Base (Three Kingdoms & Water Margin Cities) 无锡影视基地 (under 10 km), Wuxi Museum 无锡博物院 (under 10 km), Wuxi Film City (National Digital Film Industry Park) 无锡影都 (under 10 km), Former Maoxin Flour Mill 茂新面粉厂旧址 (under 10 km).
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