Historical Evolution

Lihu Lake, anciently known as Qihu Lake or Xiaowu Lake, is an inner lake of Taihu Lake within Wuxi's boundaries. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Fan Li, a minister of the State of Yue, and his concubine Xi Shi retreated here, giving the lake its ancient name. In the Ming Dynasty, some people compared it to West Lake in Hangzhou. In the early Republic of C...

Anecdotes of the Historic Liyuan Garden

"The snake swallowing the frog, the yellow weasel stealing chickens" are natural ecological activities. However, when strolling through the rockery garden of the Lakeside Hotel, known as Old Li Garden, if you carefully observe, you will discover two strange anti-ecological landscapes: a frog and two snakes glaring at each other, with a hen following behind, bowing its head and fla...