The best route for a one-day trip to Jinji Lake in Suzhou: in the morning - Ferris Wheel Park, Ligong Embankment; in the afternoon - Lake Island, Musical Fountain; in the evening - Bridge Waterfall.
1. Ferris Wheel Park
Suzhou Ferris Wheel Park is located at No. 99 You'an Street on the east bank of Jinji Lake, in the cultural water corridor landscape area and south of the modern leisure square. It is a theme park The park covers a total area of ??38,000 square meters. The park's flagship Ferris wheel is 120 meters high and is the largest water Ferris wheel in the country. It has 60 pods imported from Switzerland, which can accommodate 360 ??people for sightseeing at the same time. It can overlook Jinji Lake and Suzhou Industrial Park from the Ferris wheel.
The lighting effect of the Ferris wheel is designed by a Japanese company. Laser lights are installed in the central area. The entire Ferris wheel's huge circular turntable is equipped with 3,000 square meters of LED lights. The peripheral aperture is called "variable expressions". ”, which can simulate various visual effects according to different times and environments. In addition to the Ferris wheel, the Ferris wheel theme park also has suspended roller coasters, double-decker carousels, crescent orbit rotation, electric go-karts and other amusement facilities. There is also a European-style castle restaurant and a pirate ship restaurant under the Ferris wheel.
2. Li Gong Dyke
Li Gong Dyke is a long embankment in Jinji Lake with a total length of 1,400 meters. It was built by Li Chaoqiong, the magistrate of Yuanhe County during the Guangxu period. After its completion, it facilitated the Yuan Dynasty. Due to the transportation between Hexian County and the eastern area of ??Jinji Lake, Xietang gradually formed a market town. The ancient stele on the embankment still records the gathering of merchants back then. Ligongdi is positioned as an international-style commercial water street integrating high-end specialty catering, entertainment, sightseeing, leisure and culture.
The total construction area of ??the first to fourth phases of Ligongdi is 258,000 square meters. The architectural style of the first phase retains the traditional Suzhou residential form and gathers domestic and foreign shopping and catering merchants; the second phase features theme bars, Music restaurants, coffee bars and other catering industries mainly include Suzhou's first leisure and entertainment district - Ligongdi 1912 Bar Street; the third phase is a cultural pedestrian street with embroidery halls, stone carving halls, art galleries, motorcycle clubs and other creative cultural merchants; the fourth phase is a cultural pedestrian street. Under construction.
3. Lake Center Island
Peach Blossom Island is located in the center of the Jinji Lake Scenic Area in Suzhou, covering an area of ??100,000 square meters. Peach blossoms account for 50% of the total vegetation. There are two landscape buildings on Taohua Island, one of which is the landmark building in Jinji Lake--"Purple Marble Pavilion". "Ziyun Pavilion" originated from the purple air coming from the east. Climb high and overlook the scenery of Jinji Lake. The other is the Taohuayuan Tea House, which is a combination of Chinese and Western architecture. Facing Peach Blossom Island is another Linglong Island located in the center of Jinji Lake. Hundreds of wetland and aquatic plants are planted on Linglong Island.
Peach Blossom Island also has transportation functions and is equivalent to the hub of Jinji Lake water tourism. Visitors can take a speedboat from the Wanghuge Pier in the west of Jinji Lake, or take the Happiness Line shuttle boat from the Ferris Wheel Park to visit the island.
4. Musical Fountain
The Jinji Lake Musical Fountain covers an area of ??28,000 square meters. It adopts the design concept of water art theater to arrange water dance movements, that is, each water column is different. The water type acts as an actor, showing the art of water dance in the form of a musical through choreography.
5. Bridge Waterfall
The Jinji Lake Bridge is 2.15 kilometers long and spans Jinji Lake. The entire bridge deck is 57.2 meters wide. In order to facilitate tourists to enjoy the night view of Jinji Lake, the slow lane in the southern half of the bridge is designed to be wider than usual, reaching about 8 meters. As night falls, the colorful digital waterfall made by using high-tech means such as digital lighting spills from the bridge onto the lake. It will also show different patterns and text when it "flows", so it is called Jinji Lake Bridge Waterfall and is one of the eight scenic spots of Jinji Lake. one.
The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Jinji Lake