Jinxi Ancient Town

Legend holds that Consort Chen of Southern Song Emperor Xiaozong was buried in Wubao Lake, and her island tomb has never flooded over the centuries.

Emperor Xiaozong ordered Lianchi Temple built to guard Consort Chen's tomb, and its red walls, green bamboo and lotus pond still reflect on the lake.

Ming builders gave Jinxi this ten-arch stone bridge on nine piers, which spans the water like a rainbow and is a favorite water-town photo spot.

Tracing more than two thousand years of Chinese brick and tile making, this specialist museum holds eave tiles and relics from pre-Qin times to the Ming and Qing.

Jinxi’s local tradition says that after Concubine Chen died in the Southern Song period, she was buried in Wubao Lake, prompting the Lotus Pond Temple and the long-lived name Chen Tomb.

Built in the Ming, the Ten-Eye Long Bridge has nine piers and ten openings and forms part of Jinxi's Lotus Pond heritage area.