蠡湖国家湿地公园简介

蠡湖因范蠡偕西施泛舟湖上而得名，地处中国江苏省无锡市区西南部，形如葫芦，景色秀美，是太湖伸入无锡的一个内湖。蠡湖国家湿地公园主要包括了蠡湖、长广溪大桥以北及其周边一定区域，地理坐标为：东经120°13′10.60″～120°17′39.99″，北纬31°29′38.07″～31°32′54.03″，总面积1026.26 公顷，是一个典型的湖泊型湿地公园。公园内包含了蠡湖中央公园、渤公岛生态公园、水居苑、蠡湖大桥公园、长广溪湿地公园、宝界公园等11具有完整游览要素的子公园，于2013年被国家林业局评为国家湿地公园，集湿地保护、湿地旅游与湿地科普宣教于一体。

Lihu Lake ，People changed the name of Wuli Lake into Lihu Lake in memory of Fanli and Xishi,is located in the southwest of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province.It is an interior lake in Wuxi city. Stretching from Taihu Lake, the gourd-shaped lake has beautiful wetland scenery.Lihu Lake National The Wetland Park mainly includes Lihu, north of Changguangxi Bridge and a certain area around it,covering 120°13′10.60″～120°17′39.99 degrees east longitude and 31°29′38.07″～31°32′54.03″degrees north latitude, The total area is 102,626 hectares, is a typical lake wetland park. Here are eleven subordinate gardens of Lihu lake central park, Bodao Island ecological park, waterland park, Lihu Bridge park, Changguangxi wetland park, Baojie park.

蠡湖湿地生态特征突出、湿地景观优美、生物多样性丰富，地形平坦，地面高差4米；土壤主要以潮土、水稻土等为主；湿地类型多样，分为河流湿地、湖泊湿地、沼泽湿地和人工湿地四大湿地类及永久性河流、永久性淡水湖、草本沼泽和库塘四个湿地型。公园在规划建设中始终坚持“保护优先、科学修复、合理利用、持续发展”的基本理念，先后实施了生态清淤、污水截流、退渔还湖、动力换水、生态修复、湖岸整治和环湖林带建设等六大工程，依托深厚的吴文化、农耕文化以及张渤治水、范蠡西施泛舟蠡湖等历史典故，着力突出湿地文化和湿地景观的有机融合；并以蠡湖地区深厚的文化底蕴为基础，以江南园林的独特造诣为特色，结合现代园林艺术，相继修复了园区内蠡湖公园、中央公园、渤公岛生态公园、水居苑、蠡湖大桥公园、长广溪湿地公园、宝界公园等15个具有完整游览要素的子公园。

经十年建设，蠡湖湿地公园多年以来，作为无锡的一张城市名片，在湿地保护、合理利用、功能展示及发挥科普教育方面起到了良好的示范作用。

Brief Introduction of Lihu Lake National Wetland Park

Lihu Lake is also named as Wuli Lake, Qihu Lake or Xiaowuhu Lake. According to the legend, Fanli, who is the famous minister, and his lover Xishi, who is the top beauty in Chunqiu Period have once spent canoeing in the Wuli Lake. People changed the name of Wuli Lake into Lihu Lake in memory of Fanli. Lihu Lake, covering 120°12′52″～120°16′53 degrees east longitude and 31°30′22″～31°33′10″degrees north latitude, is located in the southwest of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province. It is an interior lake in Wuxi city. Stretching from Taihu Lake, the gourd-shaped lake has beautiful wetland scenery. Lihu Lake is the main body of Lihu Lake National Wetland Park. The wetland park, including Lihu lake and the surrounding area, is a typical lake wetland park. The 823.9-hectare wetland covers 73.29 percent of the whole park.

Lihu wetland is an area with prominent ecological features, wetland landscape, rich biodiversity and flat terrain with ground drop only 4 meters. The main soil types are moisture soil and paddy. There are many types of wetland in the park which are swamps, lakes, rivers and constructed wetland, permanent river, permanent fresh lake, marsh and pond.

Holding the concept of “conservation first, scientific restoration, wise use and sustainable development” in the course of design and construction, the park has successively completed six construction projects: ecological dredging, sewage intercepting, returning fishing area back to lake area, dynamic water change, ecological restoration, lakeshore regulation and round-lake tree belt planting. Depending on the illustrious Wu Culture, local farming culture and the historical stories of Zhangbo flood-control and Fanli & Xishi boating in the lake, the wetland park highlights the harmonious integration of the wetland culture and the landscape. Based on the deep and illustrious culture of the Lihu Lake area, fifteen subordinate gardens of Lihu lake park, central park, Bodao Island ecological park, waterland park, Lihu Bridge park, Changguangxi wetland park, Baojie park are successively restored, highlighting the unique Southern China Garden and modern garden architecture characteristics.

After ten years of construction, Lihu wetland park incorporating functions of wetland protection, wetland-tourism attraction and wetland science popularization education, was approved as national wetland park by the State Forestry Bureau in 2013. As a name card of Wuxi city, the Lihu Lake Park serves as a kind of role model incorporating wetland protection, wise use, functions display and science popularization education over the years.