Yixing Travel
Yixing is one of the China best Tourism Cities, and it has been praised with the laudatory expression "The mountains and waters of Yangxian (the former name of Yixing) are the finest under heaven". It enjoys high reputation both in China and overseas for its renowned title of "the ancient pottery capital, the world of caves, oasis of tea and the sea of bamboo forest". In recent years, the government pays more attention to the development of eco-tourism; it has built some new tourist attractions which serve culture, tourism and so on. For instance, the heaven of peace--Park of Bamboo Forest, Longbeishan Natural Wonders Protection District, the Forest Park, Jiubing Scenery Zone, China Pottery and Ceramic City, and Xingwang Agricultural Culture Park. A new tourist pattern with the theme of "eco-gardens, pottery culture, artificial scenery" has been formed, which applies a modern, landscape and garden-like city.
There are the well-equipped satisfactory living and recreational facilities, 100-odd high, moderate or low-grade guest houses, restaurants and state-level holiday-ins etc, including 3 five-star hotels , 3 four-star hotels, 11 National Sliver-Leaf –level Green Tourism Hotels and 8 Jiangsu Green Hotels. The 96,000 m² large sports center, commercial center, supermarkets and the recreational center also could be found in the city. The living districts and villas of high standard for the foreign businessmen are all of distinct features, they can meet people's different needs.
There are complete services facilities in Yixing, schools, medical services, public transit system are up to the international standard.
