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running through Wuxi, but a cable car between Xihui Park and the crest of Mount Hui (elev. 75 m or 246 ft) now offers a higher vantage point.
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and was subsequently rebuilt. The pagoda's grounds were used as a "beggar's refuge" for the housing and training of Wuxi's indigent poor during the
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period. As the city is named for the hill it stands on, the pagoda is sometimes used as a symbol of Wuxi.
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located at the crest of Xishan. It commands a traditional scenic view of nearby
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Local legend purports that Xishan was once visited by the
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Eastern Central China, including Qingdao and Nanjing
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Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
key state park
China
Wuxi
China
Jiangsu
province
Grand Canal
Lake Tai
Jichang Garden
Second Spring under Heaven
Mount Hui
emperor
Shi Huangdi
Mount Hui
Huishan National Forest Park
Jichang Garden
Jichang Garden
Chinese garden
Second Spring under Heaven
Second Spring under Heaven
erhu
Abing
pagoda
Lake Tai
Grand Canal

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