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1、WuxiWuxiisasmallcityinJiangsuProvinceoftheSouth,situatedbetweenNanjingandShanghai.Asearlyas6,000yearsago,therehadbeenaprimitivetribesettledhere.Today'sWuxibegantobebuiltinthesecondcenturyB.C.AtthattimetinorewasexcavatedfromXishansouthwestofthecity.Afterthediscoveryoftin,peoples
2、tartedtocallthisplace"Youxi".Astimepassedby,thetinmineranoutand"Youxi"waschangedto"Wuxi".WuxiisasmallcityinSouthChina'sJiangsuProvince,locatedmid-waybetweenNanjingandShanghai.Establishedasearlyas6,000yearsagobyaprimitiveclantribe,thepresentcitywasfirstbuiltinthesecondcenturyB.C
3、.whentinwasminedfromahillinthesouthwestnamedXishan.Aftertinwasdiscoveredthere,theplacebegantobecalledYouxi,literally"hastin",andwiththepassageoftime,thetinwasminedoutandthenamewaschangedtoWuxi,meaning"notin".WuxifacestheTaihuLakeinthesouthandleansagainsttheHuishanMountaininthew
4、est,bothofwhicharethemajorlocalscenicspots.Besides,theoldJing-HangGrandCanalandtheJing-HuRailwaypassthroughhere.WuxiisborderedbyTaihuLakeonthesouth,andHuishanHillinthewest.Theyarethemajorscenicspotsthere.Inaddition,theancientGrandCanalfromBeijingtoHangzhouwasdugtorunthroughthec
5、ity,aswastheBeijing-ShanghaiRailway.AsoneofthefivelargefreshwaterlakesinChina,theTaihuLakehasawaterareaof36,000squarehectares,withabout100smallislandsand72mountainpeaksalongitsshore.Severalthousandyearsago,hereusedtobeashallowwaterbend.LaterontheChangjiangDeltagraduallyexpanded
6、andconnectedwiththedikesanddamsinthegulf,thusforminganinteriorlakeandturningtheoriginalislesintomountainpeaks.Withitsmistywater,theTaihuLakeissurroundedbygrotesquepeaks.Thisnature-madesceneryoflakesandmountainsissobeautifulthatonesimplycannottakethemallin.TheTaihuLakeisoneofthe
7、fivelargestfreshwaterlakesinChina.Coveringawaterareaof36,000hectares,ithasscoresofisletsand72peaksalongitsbanks.Thousandsofyearsago,thelakewasashallowbay.LaterthegraduallyexpandingYangtseDeltalinkedwiththedykesinthebayandturneditintoaninlandlakeandtheoriginalisletsintothepeaksa
8、longthewater.Themist-coveredsurfaceofthewaterandsurrou