Taihu Lake

Natural Features

Taihu Lake is just like a bright pearl set in the Yangtze River delta. It crosses Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces， where 48 islets of different sizes and 72 peaks and peninsulas along the lake combine to form a panorama of great natural beauty.The best place to view the beautiful Taihu Lake is on the Turtle Head Islet. Turtle Head Islet is an islet stretching into the lake，whose shape is really like the head of a turtle protruding from the water. Taihu Lake and the surrounding magnificence will bewitch your eyes when you climb onto Turfle Head. When the soft breezes blow，waves roll and the hills in the Cistance Ieok like an overlapping landscape painting. The scene is really captivating.

Besides the natural scenery of Taihu Lake .there are many ruins of historic sites，such as the Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty， theIslets in the lake along with the coastal places in the east，the north and the west，both of which are the cradle,land of the culture of Wuyue（this culture touches on traditions that flow from or refer to Jiangsu，Zhejiang and the southeast part of Anhui Province today ）and so on.