Nanshan Zhuhai, Bamboo forest in Liyang City, China
Nanshan Zhuhai is a bamboo sea in the northern foothills of the Yili Mountains, in Daibu Town, Liyang, Jiangsu. It covers over 3 square kilometres and is centred on the Taoshujie Reservoir, with about 2,300 hectares of bamboo. The site is divided into two phases: the first includes Jinghu Lake, the Longevity Square and the Wuyue 'Di' Peak, reached by a 1.7 km rubber-wheeled train and a cableway; the second, reached only by a funicular, holds the historical area with Jiming Village, the Bamboo Culture Park and a panda house.
In September 2000 the Hengjian township government set up the Nanshan Zhuhai tourism development company and began building the site around the Taoshujie reservoir. In 2004 the Tianmu Lake tourism company signed a joint venture worth nearly 70 million yuan, and the site reopened the following year. It was rated a national 4A area in 2006 and became part of the 5A Tianmu Lake area in 2013.
The Bamboo Carving Museum displays regional craftsmanship techniques that have been passed down through generations and preserve local artistic skills. Visitors can observe how artisans work detailed patterns into bamboo pieces and understand the significance of this work to regional identity.
The park is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and charges a 90 RMB entrance fee; children under 1.2 m and visitors over 70 enter free. Inside, a rubber-wheeled train runs 1.7 km from Jinghu Dam to Shouxing Square, a sightseeing bus covers 1.9 km from the outside ticket office to the square, and a cable car climbs about 250 m to the summit of Wuyue 'Di' Peak. A funicular connects Shouxing Square to Jiming Village in the historical area, which has no hiking trail.
The name comes from the local habit of calling the southern mountains "Nanshan"; the scenic area opened in 2000 around Taoshujie Reservoir. In September 2011 two pandas from the Shanghai World Expo, "Ao Yun" and "Zhuang Mei", moved into the panda house in the history and culture zone, reached only by a ground cable car.
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