Discover Wuxi with a visit to Yixing Bamboo Forest

Wuxi is one of the older cities in the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) delta area. It was originally known as a source of tin, but, by the time the county was founded in 202 BCE, the deposits had been exhausted, and the county was named Wuxi (“Without Tin”). Wuxi has traditionally been a centre of the textile industry, being engaged in both cotton textiles and silk reeling. Present-day Wuxi is the one of the greatest silk-reeling centres in China. Cotton textile production is also important and is the city’s largest single industry. Other long-established industries include flour milling, rice polishing, and oil extraction. Industrial development has accelerated since the 1950s. Tourism has become increasingly important. Wuxi’s surroundings include many well-known scenic spots that have been carefully preserved, together with city parks and historic sites, and the national government has designated it as one of China’s historical and cultural cities.

Yixing Bamboo Forest is located in Yixing city in Jiangsu Province. It is the 4A-level tourism spot in China and one of the famous national level scenic spots. It is listed one of the top ten scenic spot in Yixing. The scenic spot is in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces and the wide range of bamboos district wins the scenic spot the Sea of Bamboos. The scenic spot covers an area of 10 thousand mu and is the largest bamboo tourism spot in eastern district in China. Thus, it has the name of No.1 Eastern China Bamboo Sea. Because the bamboo forest is near to the Taihu Lake in Hufu District, the stream from the bamboo forest mountain is called the No.1 Taihu Lake Stream.