Xilu Garden

Xilu, also known as Xitian, is located six or seven miles outside the west gate of Chengxiang Town, Taicang City. It was an idyllic villa built by the famous painter Wang Shimin in his later years in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It is a masterpiece by Zhang Nanyuan, a master gardener in the Ming Dynasty. The owner once met here with many painters, wrote poems and painted pictures, and called himself "Old Man Nishida" in his later years. According to "Xilu Ji", "West Lu is the villa of Taicang King Feng Changxun". Outside the west gate, people and fields are intertwined with each other; Douli Yingwang; inside there are Nongqingtang, Daoxiang'an, Xiawai Pavilion, Jinjing Huxi Tian Zhusheng. In 2002, Xilu was rebuilt, and the former elegant garden style was reproduced on the original site of Xilu. The park covers an area of 450 acres, surrounded by pavilions and bamboo corridors, with ancient trees and green waves. A leisure resort in the realm under the east fence.