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[2025 Wuxi Attraction] Travel Guide for Tai Hu Yuantouzhu Scenic Spot (Updated Mar)

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Yuantouzhu is a peninsula in the northern part of Taihu Lake, named after its shape resembling a floating turtle with its head raised. Here you can visit a large group of gardens, take a boat to feel the vastness of Taihu Lake, climb Taihu Fairy Island to explore the secrets, or come here in spring to enjoy the cherry blossoms and experience the artistic conception of "Taihu Lake is the best place, after all, Yuantouzhu".The blooming of cherry blossoms every spring is a great spectacle here, and there is also a lively Cherry Blossom Festival.Yuantouzhu is surrounded by water on three sides. It has natural beauty with long mountains and wide waters, dotted with sails, and rural scenery with small bridges and flowing water. It is the most beautiful place in Taihu Lake. Taihu Fairy Island is a must-see in Yuantouzhu. There are Taoist fairy palaces and Taoist and Buddhist grotto statues on the island. You can look around the green lakeside when you climb Luding Mountain on the peninsula. When the weather is fine, you can see the dancing boats on the lake and feel the vast beauty of Taihu Lake. As a place for cherry blossom viewing, Yuantouzhu is unique. First, you can enjoy the panoramic cherry blossom viewing "water, land and air". Second, you can enjoy cherry blossoms at night. The combination of cherry blossoms and lights is beautiful. The early cherry blossoms in Yuantouzhu usually bloom in early March, mostly single petals or semi-double petals. According to the flowering sequence of cherry blossoms, they are divided into early and late cherry blossoms. There are many types of early cherry blossoms, and the flowering period (from initial opening, full bloom to flower falling) is one week. The late cherry blossom period can be 7-10 days. Affected by the temperature rise rate, there is a 5-12 day interval between the early and late flowering periods, during which some hybrid varieties of cherry blossoms bloom. Generally, Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms enter the peak flowering period in mid-to-late March, which is the best viewing period. The specific period of peak flowering depends on the weather at the time. If there is cold air, the peak flowering period may be delayed.You can enjoy beautiful lotus flowers in summer.Yuantouzhu also has many historical sites and private gardens built by celebrities in the past, such as Hengyun Villa with the gatehouse of "the best place in Taihu Lake" and Changchun Bridge, and Guangfu Temple, an ancient temple in Wuxi. It is also a great pleasure to visit Yuantouzhu to appreciate the traces of celebrities and scholars of all dynasties, stone carvings, calligraphy and paintings, etc. In addition, if you have time, you can also go to Wanlang Bridge, which is a good place to watch the sunset over Taihu Lake.The Chongshan Gate (main gate, southeast of the Attraction) of Yuantouzhu is open to both entry and exit, while the Dushan Gate (north of the Attraction) is open to both exit and entry. The entire Attraction is mainly composed of Yuantouzhu Peninsula, Taihu Fairy Island, and Zhongdu Mountain. It takes about a whole day to visit all the attractions. For most tourists, the recommended tour is: Cruise Wharf-Taihu Fairy Island-Taihu Best Place-Hengyun Villa-Yuanzhu Spring Waves-Guangfu Temple-Luding Mountain.

Address:
No. 1 Yuanzhu Road, Binhu District, Wuxi City (Chongshan Gate)
Recommended sightseeing time:
0.5-1 day
Phone:
0510-96889688
Ticket Price
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