The Sights
| Area | Description |
|---|---|
| Hazy Fisher Village | Is famous for the scenery of willow haze, mist and smoke from kitchen chimneys. |
| Anchorage Thatching | Seems like an island floating on water—it’s the origin of the name “ anchorage”. |
| Autumn Snow Temple | Gains its reputation from white bulrush flowers, which blossom in winter and dance in the sky, similar to snow in winter. |
| Deep Pool Mouth | Can only be reached by boat, and is the site of the annual Dragon Boat Contest. |
| XiXi Thatching | Was once famous collector Fen Mengzhen’s second house in the late Ming Dynasty, recording the artistic life of “ lying on water and tasting tea”. |
| XiXi Plum Villa | Has a taste of eremitic sentiment, because the plum is the symbol of the hermit in Chinese culture. |
| Plum and Bamboo Manor | Is concealed in the plum and bamboo bosks, where poets met in the Qing Dynasty. |
| XiXi Water Attic | Is the place for collecting books and reading, with the west part “ Blue Brook Study” and the east part “ Book Possession”. |
Read more about this topic: Xixi National Wetland Park
Famous quotes containing the word sights:
“We can’t always have the beautiful aspect of things. Let us make the most of our sights that are beautiful and let the others go”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“You shall see men you never heard of before, whose names you don’t know,... and many other wild and noble sights before night, such as they who sit in parlors never dream of.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)