China: Wuxi

It took us less than an hour driving from Suzhou to Wuxi. The weather started getting a bit colder than the day before but it wasn't too cold. A couple layers of heavy jackets was good enough, but it was still the coldest we ever faced.

The main attraction in Wuxi is The Three Kingdom City. It was built as background by the China Central TV for shooting the TV series of Romance of Three Kingdoms.



It is a recreation of the panorama of the chaotic Three Kingdoms Period in Chinese history.








Covering a huge area of many acres, there are large-scale numerous Han-style buildings in the city, including King Wu Palace, Nectar Temple, water village of Cao Camp, seven star altar, signal fire platform, wheel-tower gate (outer gate of government official) and more than 20 ancient warships.







Moreover, the scene of "Oath of Brotherhood in the Peach Garden", arena, the Eight-Diagram Formation are added and entertainment items such as borrowing arrows with straw boats, amusement on ancient boats, bathing place at the shore of the lake, horse racing, singing and dancing performances newly developed in the scenic area.

The whole scenic area of Three Kingdoms City shows a majestic and spectacular vision and has profound connotations. When you walk around the city, every wheel-tower gate and every brick are as if telling one thrilling story after another in troubled times to the tourists.






The Three Kingdoms City is a double-dwelling city which centers on the production of television and film and also pays attention to the tourist function, thus attracting multitudes of tourists to the scenic area.



 



There was so much walking from one stop to the other, but every now and then we would be able to hitch-hike a worker electric bus. Beside the scenery, they also provided with small fast food eateries, and plenty of ice-cream and soft drink shops.







We left the area in the afternoon. We'd stop at Lake Taihu on the way back to Shanghai.








Taihu Lake is one of main 5 freshwater lakes in China and located in South Jiangsu and connects to Zhejiang Province. It is the second biggest freshwater lake in China.









The whole lake resembles a crescent facing the East. Featuring abundant plant and animal life, the scenery around the lake varies from season to season attracting many visitors. Wuxi section of the lake is the most famous and beautiful and a cradle of Wuxi culture.





It would be a long drive before we'd be able to check into our hotel in Shanghai. Once we got there in the evening, hopefully we had some times left to explore the city at night.