A Wuxi craftsman makes clay figures during a tourism promotion in Shanghai on Tuesday.
Meili Ancient Town
Turtle Head Island Park
Wuxi, a city in neighboring Jiangsu Province, is seeking to attract Shanghai tourists with new tourist routes and performances and other activities in the city on Tuesday.
At a Yangtze River Delta region culture and tourism bazaar which runs to Thursday at the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, inheritors of Yixing zisha (purple clay) teapots and Huishan clay figurines are attracting attention with their exquisite skills.
Three-day tourist routes have been released, incorporating the Wuxi Film and Television Base, Nianhua Bay, Huishan Ancient Town, Donglin Academy, and the Wuxi section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
The Wuxi section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
Dangkou Ancient Town
Nianhua Bay Town.
Performances are displaying Wuxi’s rich tourism resources, beautiful landscapes and culture, and Shanghai tourists are being invited to take part in a travel photography competition in the city.
Wuxi’s tourist attractions, including the Three Kingdoms Town and the Water Margin Town, Wuxi Yangshan Ecological Leisure Tourism Resort, Dangkou Ancient Town scenic area, and Meili Ancient Town scenic area, are displaying souvenirs and cultural products.
Wuxi’s other attractions include Turtle Head Island Park, Lihu Lake National Wetland Park, Longchi Mountain Cycling Park, the Yixing Bamboo Sea scenic area and many culinary delicacies.
