It is all free and is an open park built along the edge of Li Lake. The Eighteen Bays Scenic Belt around Taihu Lake in Wuxi is where the Spring and Autumn Helv City is located. It borders Wuxi's famous garden Plum Garden to the east, Mashan National Tourist Resort to the south, and Yixing, the pottery capital, to the west. It is known as the "golden pole" connecting Wuxi city and Mashan National Tourist Resort. Lakes and mountains depend on each other, green mountains and green waters, and the scenery is majestic and beautiful. The Shibawan Landscape Belt on Wuxi Taihu Lake Highway is the largest free park in Jiangsu. The project is designed from east to west with five major landscape functions: plum blossom viewing area, aquatic plant viewing area, recreation and leisure area, agricultural ecological park, and Hushan True Meaning Area. district. Shibawan Bay has become a beautiful scenery in Wuxi that returns to nature and is close to nature, and has become a unique activity place for citizens to enjoy ecological leisure and sightseeing.
The Eighteen Bays of Taihu Lake is the location of Helu City in the Spring and Autumn Period. It borders Wuxi's famous garden Plum Garden to the east, Mashan National Tourist Resort to the south, and Yixing, the pottery capital, to the west. It is known as the "golden pole" connecting Wuxi city and Mashan National Tourist Resort. Lakes and mountains depend on each other, green mountains and green waters, and the scenery is majestic and beautiful. Within the territory, there are ten scenic spots in Lujiang River, eight scenic spots in Xixi, Helu City, Wu Xiang Temple, Wu Zixu Camp, Qin Shangshu Tomb, Zhang Jun Tomb and other sites, as well as the tombs of celebrities such as modern industrialist Rong Zongjing. Eight sanatoriums or training bases have been established here. Many Chinese and foreign businessmen linger in this Feng Shui treasure land of Wolong Tunzhu, calling it China's "Vienna". It is a good place for tourism and real estate development.
The Shibawan area is a component of the Meiliang Lake Scenic Area, one of the national Taihu Scenic Areas in Wuxi City. It is located in the west of the main city of Wuxi and is the link between the main city and the Mashan Scenic Area. The planning scope is east It starts from the fishing port and ends at the mouth of Lujiang River in the west, with a total length of about 8.87 kilometers and a planned area of ??about 9.258 square kilometers. The area is backed by mountains and faces water, with superior natural conditions, rich landscapes and huge potential for tourism development. The plan is to give full play to the natural landscape characteristics of the Shiba Bay of Taihu Lake in Wuxi, improve the quality of the area, adapt to future development needs, and build a unique modern scenic spot integrating landscape, lakeside scenery, sports and fitness, tourism and vacation, and leisure and entertainment.
After the completion of the Taihu Shibawan Wetland Landscape Zone, it created a good ecological environment for birds and fish and became their paradise, especially the frequent visits of egrets, known as "environmental monitoring birds" , adding vitality to the wetland landscape. Numerous egrets are playing, foraging, "appreciating lotus" in the wetland, and hovering in the sky, creating a beautiful scenery.