Profile: Yu Mountain and Shang Lake tourist resort is located at the west of Changshu, covering a total area of 42 kilometers, a half of Jiancheng district. It embodies the unique urban form of Changshu which consists of mountain, water and urban area, and it is the carrier of Changshu’s history, culture, and environmental traits.
Yu Mountain has a forest area of 1260 hectare, with a coverage rate of over 96%. It is among the first batch of National Forest Parks, the National Key Scenic Spot, National Tourist Attraction of 5A, and National Agricultural Tourism Model. Now, there have formed many tourist sections such as Xinfeng, Xingfu, Jianmen, Baoyan and Sanfeng. With beautiful forest scenery, profound history and culture, and abundant cultural relics, Yu Mountain has gained the reputation of “profound history, flourishing culture, gorgeous objects and optimal location”, being the cradle of Wu culture. The folk festival activities on Yu Mountain are so influential that many of them like “temple fair on March 3rd” and “enjoying waxberry and burning incense at Baoyan” have been listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Suzhou.
Shang Lake was named after Jiang Shang (Jiang Ziya) of the late Shang Dynasty (1600-1046BC) who secluded himself and fished here. It is a National Tourist Spot of 5A, among the first batch of National Urban Wetland Park, and China’s Best Ecological Leisure Lakes. It covers an area of 800 hectare with a wide expanse of mist-covered waters, adding beauty to each other with Yu Mountain to form a natural landscape painting. On the lake, there are dotted with seven islands like Hexiang, Diaoyu, Mingqin and Taohua, etc, displaying a unique scenery of islands and lake surrounding each other. The scenery on the islands is really soothing with luxuriant trees and soaring birds, where there is a group of cultural scenery like Taigong Island, Fushui Mountain Villa, Ship Model Museum and Jiangnan Peony Pavilion, and some entertainment projects like Happy Island and Aquatic Boat. There are rich activities at all 4 seasons, among which the Peony Fair on spring has been one of the most influential brands in the tourist festival events of Jiangnan area.
Address: Shang Lake Scenic Spot of Changshu
Contact number: 0512-52225000
Ticket price for foreigners: Shang Lake: peak season (March-May and September-November): 80RMB; slack season (December-February and June-August): 60RMB
Yu Mountain: 35RMB
Opening time: 8:00-16:30