Luzhi Town
Location: Jiangsu Province, China
Transportation: Bus from Suzhou, Shanghai
Culture/History Rating: 4/5
Scenery Rating: 3/5
Hotels: N/A
Summary:
Description:
| Luzhi Town of Wuxian City about 18 kilometers away to the east of Suzhou has history of over 1,000 years. Transpiration by land, water and air leads to everywhere. Suzhou-Shanghai Airport Highway goes through it. It is 48 Kilometers away from Shanghai Highway International Airport, Wusong River in the north connects the Grand Canal in the west and Huangpu River in the east. It is 80 kilometers away from Shanghai Port. The whole town has 32 administrative villages under its jurisdiction with a population of 50,000. The total area is 50 square kilometers with 50,000 mu of arable land and 20,000 mu of water. |  |
 | The ancient town is the leading scenic and tourist spot of Taihu Lake Scenic Area. It is dotted with numerous quaint small bridges, canals and cultural relics protection units published by the State council. The existing nine Tang Dynasty disciples of Buddha are rare in the country and unique in the south of the Yangtze River. The eight famous scenes of the town are Clean Wind of the Duck Pond, Fengshu Clean Spring, Wusong snow wave, haizang knell, Futu Setting Sun, Changhong reflected moon, Lamps on Lotus Leaves and Xihui Moming Market. Besides there are several ruins of the famous persons in the post such as the white lotus flower temple of north Song Dynasty in the east, the Tomb of Sun Fei in the west, the Palace of Wu Kingdom King Fuchai in the north and the Tomb of prime Minister zhang Cang of West Hang Dynasty in the south. Famous poet Lu Guimeng of late Tang Dynasty lined in seclusion at Luzhi in his early days and left the relics such as the Duck Fighting Pond, the Clean Wind Pavilion, etc. |
| Another special feature of the town is its numerous bridges and plenty of water. The water in the canals is clean and the environment elegant. The one square kilometer town proper once had 72.5 bridges from the past dynasties and now 41 still exist. They are different from each other in design and style. The density of bridges here even exceeds that of Venice. Stimulated by the industrial economy, foreign-orientated economy and the third industry, the new district is fast in development, reasonable in planning and complete in its facilities. The pattern of an opening town has already formed. It now has there function zones in industry, villa residence and vocation. |  |
 | In the villa zone, 8 villa small areas and 4 apartment areas have been completed with a total building area of 400,000 square meters. The quality, environment, infrastructure and service in the zone are all highly appreciated by domestic and foreign friends. In the vocational zone, two vocational centers of Yangcheng Garden and Hongyun Garden have been completed; there are over 10 recreational items such as water sport play ground, natural swimming pool, golf court, Zhanglin Garden, etc. open to the public. Culture, education, hygiene, etc. have been well developed in the town. It now has one secondary special training school, two middle schools, two middle schools, two primary schools, one hospital and one cultural center. Besides there are hotels, restaurants, inner harbour ports, etc. |
Climate:
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Statistics |
Average values in the last 20 years |
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Highest temperature on the average (centigrade) |
8.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 19.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 28.0 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 11.0 |
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Lowest temperature on the average (centigrade) |
0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 20.0 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 |
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rainfall (mm) |
40.0 | 60.0 | 80.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 160.0 | 130.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 55.0 | 50.0 | 40.0 |