The Hongze Lake Wetland Scenic Area is located in Sihong County, Suqian City, in the northern part of Jiangsu Province. It is backed by the world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the north, bordered by the Huaihe River, the dividing line between the north and south of China in the south, and adjacent to the vast Hongze Lake in the east. It is an important part of the 750,000-mu nature reserve.
It is a national 5A-level scenic area integrating sightseeing, ecological leisure, popular science education, vacation and recuperation. The scenic area has beautiful scenery all year round. The wetland scenic area in spring is a kind of implicit beauty. At this time, everything recovers and a hundred flowers contend in beauty. Plum blossoms, peach blossoms, tulips, peonies, and peonies are in full bloom, giving it a unique flavor. The wetland scenic area in summer is a kind of unrestrained beauty. At this time, lotuses are in full bloom and reeds are green. Ten thousand mu of lotuses and ten thousand mu of reeds complement each other, just like a fairyland on earth. The wetland scenic area in autumn is a kind of mature beauty. At this time, the reeds are golden and crabs are fragrant. Boating in the reed maze is as happy as a fairy. The wetland scenic area in winter is a kind of mysterious beauty. Nearly 100,000 migratory birds overwinter here. Birds sing in unison in the depths of the reeds, and tens of thousands of birds fly over the wetland. Humans and nature live in harmony. ‘Walking on the fragrant grassland in spring, circling the lotus pond in summer, enjoying the golden reeds in autumn, and watching thousands of birds fly in winter’ is exactly a portrayal of the extremely beautiful scenery of the Hongze Lake Wetland Scenic Area all year round. This is the world’s ‘natural species gene bank’, with more than 230 kinds of rare birds, 68 kinds of freshwater fish, and more than 300 kinds of aquatic plants. The ecological environment is excellent. It is an important habitat and wintering place for migratory birds in the world. Every year, more than 500,000 migratory birds inhabit and breed here. ‘Visiting the great wetland and taking a deep breath’ has become a beautiful business card of the scenic area. There are more than 30 scenic spots such as a wetland museum, reed maze, and Thousand Lotus Garden in the scenic area. Comprehensive service facilities such as a training center and an aquarium have been built. This is the birthplace of the world’s human beings and the birthplace of Chinese culture. The Xiacaowan people lived 40,000 to 50,000 years ago. The Sizhou Opera and Hongze Lake fishing drum are national intangible cultural heritages. This is an important part of the world’s anti-fascist war. It is the location of the command post of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army led by Zhang Aiping and Peng Xuefeng. It is also the place where the people’s corps had its first large-scale water battle. Visiting the great wetland and taking a deep breath in the Sihong Hongze Lake Wetland is a beautiful business card of ecological Suqian. Huang Mengfu, ‘People’s Artist’ Wang Meng, and Chinese food god Cai Lan all gave high praise after visiting the scenic area. In recent years, the Hongze Lake Wetland Scenic Area has successively won the titles of National Popular Science Education Base, National Environmental Protection Popular Science Base, National Leisure Fisheries Demonstration Base, China’s Top Ten Ecological Leisure Bases, China’s Top Ten Vacation Tourism Destinations, China’s Extremely Beautiful Tourist Scenic Area, 2016 China’s Extremely Beautiful Scenic Area, China’s Most Charming Scenic Area, the title of ‘International Charming Leisure Lake’, Yangtze River Delta Ideal Slow Life Rural Tourism Resort, Jiangsu Province Service Industry Famous Brand Enterprise, Provincial Demonstration Point for Assured Consumption, Jiangsu Provincial Ecological Tourism Demonstration Area, Jiangsu Provincial Land Popular Science Base, Jiangsu Provincial Photography Base. The ‘Beautiful Great Wetland’ won the ‘Five Ones’ Project Award of Jiangsu Province.The Wei Gong Island, covering an area of 15 acres, is an important carrier for practicing the concept of ‘green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains’ in the scenic area. It is divided into four parts: the Red Education section, the Ecological Restoration section, the Experience section, and the Leisure section. It is a comprehensive display of the New Fourth Army soldiers and our party’s cadres and masses during the Anti-Japanese War and the Civil War period in Jiangsu, showcasing the Hongze Lake’s water-based red tourist attractions.
The Red Education section commemorates the touching deeds of the ancestors through situational displays, creating a vivid landscape space where historical culture and experience blend together, showcasing and promoting the red culture of Hongze Lake Wetland. The Ecological Restoration section improves the wetland ecological environment by restoring the original vegetation types and ecosystems, protecting biodiversity, and enhancing the ecological service functions of the wetland. The Experience section is equipped with facilities such as a shooting range and a militia training camp; the Leisure section is equipped with leisure areas such as the Fish and Water Noodle Restaurant and the Post Road Companion, allowing visitors to experience and inherit through participation. Hongze Lake Wetland welcomes you to explore the vast wetland and take a deep breath! Open all year round from 08:30 to 17:30.
Preferential policies for children: Free admission for children aged 6 and under or with a height of 1.4 meters and under. Free admission and transportation tickets for children under 1 meter. For students: Discounted tickets for full-time undergraduate university students (those over 18 need to verify on-site for purchase) and below. For the elderly: Free admission for those aged 70 and over; discounted tickets for those aged between 60 and under 70.
