Yuantouzhu is named after the huge boulder protruding into the lake that looks like a turtle raising its head.
Yuantouzhu is a peninsula lying on the northwest shore of Taihu Lake in Wuxi. Yuantouzhu was founded in 1916 and now covers an area of ??539 hectares. On October 26, 2012, Yuantouzhu was promoted to a national 5A-level scenic spot.
There are many landscapes in Yuantouzhu such as Chongshan Yinxiu, Luding Yinghui, Yuanzhu Spring Waves, Hengyun Villa, Guangfu Temple, Taihu Fairy Island, Jiangnan Orchid Garden, Sino-Japanese Cherry Blossom Friendship Forest, etc. With style. Taihu Yuantouzhu Scenic Area has become a tourist resort and resort.
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Introduction to main attractions
1. Yunge and Wuchen Pavilion
From next to Chenglan Hall, along the hillside Climbing up the stairs, there are a group of small buildings that rise and fall with the mountains, such as Langfeng Pavilion, Feiyun Pavilion, Qiuye Stream, Qi Pavilion, and Wuchen Pavilion. You can enjoy the scenery of Taihu Lake from various angles. Langfeng Pavilion, built in 1931, stands on the cliff stone row.
The pavilion is round in shape and named after "Xuanpu Langfeng, the place where fairies roam". There is a winding path leading to Feiyun Pavilion. The pavilion was built in 1931 with double eaves and flying corners. The lower floor is the "Changsheng Weiyang Pavilion". Qiuye Stream is a gorge with deep tree shades in the middle of the mountain road. There is a yellow stone frame on the gorge to form the gorge gate, which is on the seal carving stone of Gejiaping, Anhui.
2. Qi Pavilion
Square in shape, the original forehead is "cloud steps". In 1980, he was appointed political secretary from Shanghai. In 1981, the stele of "Song of Hushan" was moved, which was written by Wang Wen, a 71-year-old calligrapher and painter from Wuxi in the Dingmao year of Longqing in Ming Dynasty (1567). There are also his "Tiankai Cliff", "Yuantou Yishao" and "Split the Taihua" carved stones on the cliff. Wuchen Pavilion was built in Wuchen (1928) and named after it.
3. Guangming Pavilion
It is built on the top of Nandu Mountain, known as the "Giant Turtle's Ridge". Double eaves and octagonal eaves, yellow top and red pillars, like a golden pearl inlaid deep in the green mountains. In 1953, the gardening department built a pavilion here, but the project was stopped for a time. In 1953, Liu Bocheng climbed to the top of the mountain and saw the unfinished pavilion. He humorously named it "Supreme Light" and suggested that the pavilion be built.
4. Guangfu Temple
Guangfu Temple is located on the upper slope of Wuchen Pavilion. There is a mountain road between the cliffs and rocks. There is a spring named "Yishao" by the roadside, which is named after "the water from the source gathers into a spoon and disperses into 36,000 hectares". At the top of the cliff is Guangfu Temple.
In 1924, Yang Hanxi donated a spoonful of more than an acre of spring land to the monk Quanturu. He was originally a soldier, took off his military uniform, shaved his hair and became a monk. He moved Guangfu Temple (also known as Qiaoyan Temple) in the back mountain here. Although the original temple is small, it was built in Xiaoliang. Guangfu Temple was built in 1925. The name of the temple means "people from all over the land climb the blessed land and cave together". The temple stands in a deep valley among green trees, and has the style of an ancient temple in the mountains.
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