Wuxi travel in China

Wuxi is a typical water city in the southern area of Yangtze River in China. It is a famous city in China for its picturesque landscape, time-honored history and widely-extended influence in local culture and humanity. In economy, it is the inland Shanghai and one of top-ten economic powerhouses all over the China. In a word, it is the great place to experience local culture, history, custom and tradition of southeast China.

Geography
Wuxi is in neighborhood with Shanghai in the east, Nanjing in the west and Hanghzou in the southeast. It is located in the middle of Yangtze River Delta. The distance from Wuxi to Shanghai is too short to be considered. Roughly one hour at most will be taken to arrive in Shanghai. Its neighboring city in east is Suzhou, another famous water city in China; and neighboring city in the west is Changzhou, one of famous city for its multiple industrial system and tourism. It is located in the northern part of Tai Lake, one of China’s Five Great Lakes. It has the common boundary with Huzhou, one of provincial cities in Zhejiang province. Wuxi is a place flowing milk and honey. The regional terrain is plain. It is one of four rice-production areas in China; it is rich in water and farmland. Hence it is indeed a golden city in China’s golden region. 

Climate
Wuxi is situated in the east China, by the side of Yangtze River in the north and Tailake in the south. It belongs to subtropical humid monsoon climate. The basic climatic character is clear difference among four seasons per year, mild climate, flush precipitation, sufficient sunlight and a long frost-free period. The common natural disasters include: typhoon, rainstorm, drought, cold wave and hailstone.

Transportation
Wuxi’s train station is a newly-established and multi-functional modernized one in the eastern China. The trains to all the parts of China is attainable here, especially the trains to Shanghai is much more. Besides these trains are assembled with most advanced equipments; nowadays it is very convenient to go to other cities by trains in Wuxi. The traditional trains in Wuxi have also been updated with the new-style bullet trains. Wuxi airport is also one of important one in China especially in eastern China. It is playing a vital role in transportation, because its neighboring city, Suzhou, does not has its own airport. It is play a great part in economic development and passenger transport in the southern area of Jiangsu Province. The bus system in Wuxi is also acceptable, it is relatively cheap. The bus or taxi to airport and train station is much more than they are to other places. 

Tour Attractions
Wuxi is one of national renowned tour cities. The scenery could be divided into: Tai Lake scenic area, the humanity area of Grand Canal, the tour zone for enjoying the Wu-state local culture, the tour zone of ecological gardens and so on. The long-standing history presents the deep and mysterious enchantment to Tai Lake and the landscape around it. The folk song is another intangible charm to draw many people at home and abroad. It is the essential place for China’s elite culture development. Innumerous scholars and academicians go outside from this land! The most sparkling attractions in Wuxi are the scenic area of Yuantouzhu, which a national key scenic spot, Xihui Park, Taibo Temple, Jichang Garden, Donglin Academy, Liyuan Garden, Nanchan Temple and so on! 

Tradition
In fact, its long history gifts the local many custom and tradition in food, interpersonal relation, and personal cultivation and so on. It is the cradle of Wu-state local culture. Before 1949, Wuxi was an industrial city for textile, food and others. Most of the firms or factories were established by the local capitalists. They did a great contribution to the local economic development. Incidentally, in Wuxi, the tea culture is widely influencing each local man; nearly each person has the habit of drinking tea or eating tea. Tea culture in Wuxi is a partial symbol of local elite culture, because in the old days, the education was highly highlighted by the local people, and the learner or literators often gather together to create the poems and songs, besides they used to drink tea for enlightening their inspiration. Hence Wuxi is a poetic and literary city.