Yuantouzhu (Turtle Head Isle)
Core of the Taihu Lake Scenic Area and a 5A-level attraction, home of Guo Moruo's famous line 'The best view of Lake Tai is, after all, at Yuantouzhu'
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 08:00-17:30 (evening hours extended during cherry blossom season)
- Ticket
- CNY 90 (includes Taihu Fairy Island ferry ticket)
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
Core of the Taihu Lake Scenic Area and a 5A-level attraction, home of Guo Moruo's famous line 'The best view of Lake Tai is, after all, at Yuantouzhu'; its three highlights are the cherry-blossom banks by Changchun Bridge, Taihu Fairy Island, and the lighthouse sunset; every year from late March to early April, night cherry-blossom crowds surge at China's 'No. 1 cherry-viewing spot'; a lakeside garden first built in the Republican era, a dual landmark for Jiangnan cherry-blossom viewing and Lake Tai sightseeing.
Getting there: Bus, Yuantouzhu stop
Photos
More in Wuxi
- Li Garden (Liyuan)
Named after the legend that Fan Li and Xi Shi boated on Wuli Lake in the Spring and Autumn period; garden built in the Republican era
- Meiyuan · Rong Family Plum Garden
Created by industrialist Rong Desheng himself in 1912, with the inscription 'spreading fragrance to all the world'
- Lingshan Grand Buddha (Lingshan Scenic Area)
A 5A-level scenic area; the 88-meter bronze standing statue of Sakyamuni was consecrated in 1997
- Nianhua Bay
A Zen-themed town where Tang-style architecture, dry-landscape gardens, and lit-up pagoda nightscapes unfold layer by layer
- Three Kingdoms City · Water Margin City (Wuxi Film and TV Base)
The Taihu film and TV city built by CCTV to shoot the 1994 version of *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*; 5A-rated
- Huishan Ancient Town
A 'museum park of ancestral hall culture' with over a hundred ancestral hall complexes spanning the Tang dynasty to the Republican era; became a 5A-rated scenic area in 2020