Jinxi Ancient Town, a niche town that refuses to be overcrowded, is definitely not to be missed
🔔 Among the ancient towns in Suzhou, Jinxi is a low-key and niche one, but its beauty is truly on par with Zhouzhuang and Tongli. As soon as you enter Jinxi Ancient Town, you will definitely be attracted by a large lotus pond set against the Shiyen long bridge, which is breathtakingly beautiful, especially when you visit on an overcast day for a check-in, it feels like an ink painting.
📍Location: No. 18, Shaodian Gang Road, Jinxi Town, Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province
🎫Ticket: Free🆓 (No need to buy a ticket! Small attractions charge a fee)
🚘 | Self-driving route | Set your phone's GPS to , about a 1-1.5 hour drive from Shanghai, self-driving is recommended; adjacent to Tongli Ancient Town, Zhouzhuang Ancient Town, Luzhi Ancient Town, Dianshan Lake Scenic Area, etc.
🚌 | Public transportation | You can take bus routes 133, 130, 161, or Tourist Bus 1 to get there directly; from Shanghai Metro Line 11 Huaqiao Station, take Tourist Bus 7 to reach Jinxi directly.
🚣♀️ Jinxi Ancient Town rowing boat: 150 yuan/boat (6 people), which is 25 yuan/person.
🚩Tour route
Chen Fei's Tomb ➡️ Wenchang Pavilion ➡️ Lianchi Zen Monastery ➡️ Zhang Provincial Art Museum ➡️ Purple Sand Museum ➡️ Ancient Brick and Tile Museum ➡️ Antique Museum ➡️ Coin Museum ➡️ Jinshi Renjia ➡️ Strange Stone Museum ➡️ Persimmon Garden ➡️ Ming and Qing Furniture Museum
Attraction recommendations🔸
🌟Highlights:
📍Lianchi Zen Monastery: Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty built this temple here to mourn the deceased Chen Fei, commanding monks to dig a pond and plant lotuses on the east side of the temple, hence the name Lotus Temple.
📍Chen Fei's Water Tomb: Chen Fei's tomb stands in the middle of the lake, quite spectacular
📍Shiyen Bridge: A landmark structure built during the Ming Dynasty, with a total length of 52 meters, the bridge type is very rare in the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River
📍Ancient Lotus Pond: In the early morning, the ancient lotus pond is full of lotus leaves, fragrant lotus flowers, and the air is very sweet!
📍Wubao Lake: Here you can enjoy the lake and mountain scenery
📍Wenchang Pavilion: Originally built during the Yuan Dynasty, rebuilt during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and moved to the side of the ancient lotus pond. It is located inside the Lianchi Zen Monastery, and the pavilion worships the deity Wenchang, who presides over literary fortune.
📍The Eight Great Sights of Jinxi include (Tongshen Imperial Court, Chen Fei's Water Tomb, Lianchi Zen Monastery, Tianshui Bridge, Puqing Bridge, Lihe Bridge, Shiyen Bridge, Wenchang Pavilion)
📝Note tips:
✅The number of tourists in Jinxi is much less than in Zhouzhuang and Tongli, allowing you to experience the simplicity beyond the commercial atmosphere.
✅After singing the local dialect tunes, the boatwoman who rows the boat will ask tourists for tips, usually 10 yuan per boat.
✅Guide service within the scenic area, 80 yuan per guide.
🈶Representative food: Ao Zao noodles, radish silk cake, sock bottom crisp, fragrant crispy chicken snack shop, etc. Recommended visiting time is 2-3 hours.
A boat can take 6 people. It is recommended to change the ticket and say 6 people directly. Otherwise, the ticket will write the number of people on the boat. The consumption in the ancient town is not high. The taste of the noodles is good. There is also a group purchase. The temple is free to open to the outside. The Buddha statue is very good. The snacks of childhood are full of memories. The scenery is great. It is worth coming again next time.
Jinxi Ancient Town, a 2,500-year-old ancient town, there is not much commercialization, simple villagers, leisurely and slow life, full of fireworks, people feel that they have come to the paradise of the world, and they are all small bridges and flowing water. People forget the fast pace of the busy and irritable city. Experience slow life, enjoy the fireworks of the world...
There was a mysterious ancient town filled with mist. In 2013, there was relatively little human interference, and many of them still had an antique flavor. I recommended it to friends who work there to take a walk. The promenade bridge is the most distinctive, and the boatman rowed through the lotus leaves. Not too many people.
Jinxi Ancient Town is in Kunshan City. It takes 46 minutes from Kunshan South Railway Station to take No. 133 and No. 46. No tickets are required. Shen Congwen Yu Jinxi is "a girl in a dream"; Feng Yingzi said that Jinxi "is always suitable for light makeup; the late master Liu Haisu praised Jinxi as the "most in the south of the Yangtze River" Jinxi - the last real water town in Jiangnan, the ancient town of Jinxi, is located in Kunshan. It is close to Shanghai and Zhouzhuang. It has a history of more than 2,500 years, It is known as "36 bridges, 72 kilns".
Jinxi Ancient Town, a promenade, a lotus flower, there is a parking lot at the entrance of the town, a typical Jiangnan water town, walk along the ancient street river, there are many small restaurants by the river, the price is fair, if you go to the town outside to eat, there are many places to eat.
You can't scan the code directly, it's a bit troublesome to go to the visitor center to change paper tickets. The boat lady will sing a song for free, and then you will pay for it. The boat lady sang four or five songs. We gave 40 yuan. Everyone is happy during the New Year.