Wuxi Attractions
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Because of its fertile soil and mild climate this region, one of China's major rice trading centers, is known as the ''Land of Fish and Rice''. Wuxi is a well-known health resort with several sanatoriums dotted around Lake Taihu. The town is also a leading manufacturer of textiles, electronic goods, precision instruments and so on. Silk and cotton manufacture has a long tradition, and painted terracotta figures have been made here for over 400 years, the raw material coming from Mercy Mountain (Huishan) in the west of the town.
Wuxi is one of the oldest Chinese towns west of the Changjiang river.
Wuxi is one of the oldest Chinese towns west of the Changjiang river.
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Lake Taihu
Lake Taihu is China's fifth largest lake. Gardens grace the banks of the lake with sum, such as the Garden of Plums, offering spectacular displays of blooming trees in the spring.