Jincang Lake
Updated: 2012-03-08
Jincang Lake is not a simple lake but an artificial wetland park completed in 2008 and located in Taicang, in Suzhou, China. It was a public project, and the government's total investment was up to 353 million. Thanks to the successful construction of Jincang Lake, people living in the city have a chance to get close to nature.
Wetlands are known as “lungs of the urban city”. Jincang Lake is a typical wetland park. Wetlands have a unique function like a sponge, which can take in certain harmful substances. Due to wetlands' great contributions, the quality of water, environmental protection and the variety of ecological diversity can be significantly improved. The construction of Jincang Lake also insisted that principle centered in nature.
Jincanghu covers an area of 6 square kilometers. In the middle of the park, a central lake covers 600,000 square meters. Surrounding the center, many different sizes of man-made streams cross. Jincang Lake has been approved to enter the provincial list. Until then, Suzhou's provincial wetland parks had increased to six and the total extent exceeded 56000 acres.
Location: At the conjunction of Dongting Road and Xinguang Road
Website:http://www.jincanghu.com.cn/
Opening hours:8:00——17:00
Public Transport Route: Bus 101
Tel:0510-81178873
E-mail:haiyulu@163.com