Slender West Lake

Slender West Lake is a landmark attraction in Yangzhou. - Opening hours: 6:30 am–6 pm, last entry at 5:30 pm. - Transportation: - Bus: Take bus No. 1, 2, 5, 6, 17, 23, 27, 29, 37, 56, 62, 99, 103, etc. to Shouxi Lake Station. - Self-driving: Navigate to Slender West Lake Scenic Area, which has a parking lot. - Recommended routes: - Slender West Lake water tour route: Yuma Pier → Juanshi Cave → Hongqiao Xiuxie → Hepu Xunfeng → Changdi Chunliu → Xu Garden → Xiaojin Mountain → Fuzhuang → Wuting Bridge → Ershisi Bridge → Jingxiang Study → Shibi Liucang. - Slender West Lake land tour routes: - Route 1: South Gate → Changdi Chunliu → Xu Garden → Xiaojin Mountain → Wuting Bridge → White Pagoda → Linglong Huajie → Xichun Terrace → Ershisi Bridge → Beiqu Beilang → Jingxiang Study → Xiaoli General's Picture Book → Wangchun Building → White Pagoda Qingyun → Wanhua Garden. - Route 2: West Gate → Xichun Terrace → Ershisi Bridge → Beiqu Beilang → Jingxiang Study → Wanhua Garden → Xiaoli General's Picture Book → Wangchun Building → White Pagoda Qingyun → Wuting Bridge → Fuzhuang → Xiaojin Mountain → Xu Garden → Changdi Chunliu. - Tips: Slender West Lake is quite large, and it takes about 4 hours to visit the whole area. If you are short on time, we recommend the following route: Changdi Chunliu → Xu Garden → Xiaojin Mountain → Shuiyun Shenggai → Wuting Bridge → Fuzhuang → White Pagoda → Guanshao Pavilion → Xichun Terrace → Ershisi Bridge → Jingxiang Study → Zanhua Pavilion → Shibi Liucang → Yangpai Bonsai Museum → Luocheng Square → Song Well → North Gate. - Attraction introduction: - Wuting Bridge: One of the representative attractions of Slender West Lake, the five pavilions are full of Jiangnan characteristics, and the colorful pavilions look like five blooming lotus flowers. - Xu Garden: The "screen" of Slender West Lake, with exquisite architectural layout and neat yet varied structure. - White Pagoda: The pagoda is white and has a history of more than 200 years. The brick structure of the pagoda is similar to the White Pagoda in Beihai, Beijing. - Xichun Terrace, Ershisi Bridge: The poem "Ershisi Bridge Mingyue Night" was written here. Standing on Xichun Terrace, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole lake area and look at the Qiling Pagoda of Daming Temple in the distance. - Changdi Chunliu: Peach trees every three steps, willows every five steps, and the breeze blows over the lake, making the willow catkins fly.