Xiangxuehai Plum Garden
香雪海（光福）
A plum-viewing site on Dengwu Mountain in Guangfu Town, named “Sea of Fragrant Snow” by the Kangxi era. It is one of the four great plum-viewing places in Jiangnan.
Xiangxuehai, the Sea of Fragrant Snow, is located on Dengwu Mountain in Guangfu Town, Wuzhong District. It has long been a famous place to view plum blossoms in Jiangnan. Song Luo, the Jiangsu governor in the Qing dynasty, inscribed the three characters “Xiangxuehai,” and the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors visited to admire the plum blossoms on their southern tours. The scenic area has continuous plum groves with many varieties, which look like a sea of snow when they bloom in February and March. There is a Plum Blossom Pavilion and a lookout on the mountain with views of Lake Tai. Admission is about 50 yuan, and the area gets crowded during the plum blossom festival. It can be combined with Guangfu Ancient Town and the Situ Temple, known for its “Qingqi Guaiguai” four ancient cypresses.
Opening hours
08:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Taihu National Wetland Park
- Zhenhu Embroidery Town
- Mount Qionglong
- Tianchi Mountain
- Dayangshan National Forest Park
- Suzhou Amusement Land Forest World
- Tianping Mountain
- Taihu Bridge