Jichang Garden is located at the eastern foot of Huishan Mountain in Wuxi and within Xihui Park. It is a classical garden in Wuxi. Jichang Garden introduces Huishan spring water to form the garden’s waterscape. Skillfully using the borrowing scenery technique, one can see the reflection of Longguang Pagoda on Xishan Mountain in the distance in the pond within the garden. The layout is quite unique.
Jichang Garden was once a private garden of an official who returned to his hometown in the Ming Dynasty. It is known as one of the ‘Four Famous Gardens in Jiangnan’ together with Zhanyuan Garden in Nanjing, Humble Administrator’s Garden in Suzhou, and Lingering Garden. In the garden, with rockeries and ponds as the center, there are buildings such as Yupan Pavilion corridor, Zhiyu Threshold, Seven-star Bridge, Hanbi Pavilion, and Qingyu Corridor surrounding the pool. It also leads the water of ‘Erquan’ (Huishan Spring) to flow into the gullies. Due to the gurgling sound, it is called ‘Bayin Gully’. There are also buildings such as ‘Bingli Hall’, a garden within a garden, and ‘Hanzhen Studio’, the former study of the garden owner.
Jichang Garden was deeply loved by Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. They must experience this garden several times during their southern tours. Nowadays, one can still see a stone plaque inscribed with Emperor Kangxi’s ‘mountain scenery and stream light’ and Emperor Qianlong’s ‘jade striking and golden fir’. Even the Xiequ Garden in the Summer Palace in Beijing and the Kuoranda Gong (destroyed in the war) in the Old Summer Palace were built imitating Jichang Garden.
In addition, there are towering trees in the garden, which is also a good place for taking a break in summer. In autumn, one can see colorful red maples and ginkgo trees.
Opening hours: Open all year round from 08:00 to 17:30.
Wuxi Xihui Park – Jichang Garden
Jichang Garden is located at the eastern foot of Huishan Mountain in Wuxi and within Xihui Park. It [...]
