Suzhou Gardens
The history of Suzhou’s gardens can be traced as far back as the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC – 476 BC). Distinctive gardens continued to appear throughout the subsequent dynasties, but it was during the Ming (1368 – 1644) and………
Panmen City Gate
It is the oldest city gate in existence in Suzhou city. It used to be one of the eight city gates during the Spring & Autumn Annals (770-476 BC) when Suzhou was the capital of the Wu Kindom. The current gate was reconstructed in 1351. It consists of Water and Land Gates, city gate tower and city walls at both sides……….
Tiger Hill
Tiger Hill (Huqiu) is the most famous sight in Suzhou city, enjoying the reputation of “The first scenic spot in Wu area” by its imposing beauty, including Leisure Spring, Testing Sword Rock, Third Spring, Broken-Pillar-Hall and Mountain Villa Wrapped in Emerald Green etc……….
Hanshan Temple
Hanshan Temple Scenic Spot of Suzhou is a provincial scenic spot of Jiangsu , which lies on the side of the ancient canal 3.5 kilometers west to Suzhou and covers 45 hectares. With many places of interest and four provincial preservation units of historical and cultural relics in the scenic spot………
Suzhou Silk Museum
Thread lanes, brocade mills, embroidery flower streets, etc., in the city. That proved the prosperity of suzhou embroidery. Some lived by embroidering. Daughters in rich families were engaged in it as a way of killing time and molding their experiment. That’s how “popular embroidery”, “boudoir embroidery” and “palace embroidery” came into being……..
Couple Garden Retreat Suzhou
The original name was Sheyuan, also called Xiaoyu Lin. Construction started during the Qing dynasty’s Yongqian period (1723-1795 A.D.) It was built by Lu Jin, the prefect of Baoning district……..
Humble Administrator’s Garden
The Humble Administrator’s Garden is the most famous of the south-eastern gardens; the very best of the East Wu Kingdom, and one of four great Chinese gardens-a classical Suzhou garden……..
Lingering Garden(Liuyuan) Suzhou
Covering an area of 2.3 hectares, the Lingering Garden is the best preserved among all the Suzhou gardens. It is also one of the four most famous gardens in China, (the other three being the Summer Palace in Beijing.,….
Lion Grove Garden Suzhou
situated in the north-east of Suzhou. It occupies 1.1 hectares, with an open area 0.88 hectare; it is rectangular in shape with its length stretching from east to west. A high wall surrrounds it; there are also numerous corridors around the garden…….
Master of Nets Garden Suzhou
One of the four renowned gardens and a piece of representative work of Suzhou gardens, the artistic characteristics and the cultural values of the Master of Nets Garden are superb……
Surging Waves Pavilion (Canglangting)
This is the eldest of the Suzhou gardens preserved today. It occupies an area of 1.1 hectares,and was built during the Northern Song’s Qingli period (1044 A.D.)……
May 22nd, 2011 at 9:58 am
We have head a chance to visit beautiful gardens of Suzhou last year after our business meeting in Shanghai.I really enjoyed the scenes and liked the people there looking forward to go again with my kids in the future.
September 19th, 2011 at 4:38 am
Please any recommendation for places to visit in Suzhou? I am planning to travel Suzhou on the 3rd of October. I have only 2 days on my hand, so is it possible to visit the main attractions in Suzhou.
October 4th, 2011 at 10:55 am
You only have two days In Suzhou, visit Humble Administrator’s Garden and Lion Grove Garden. They are close to each other. Then visit Suzhou Museum. Visit Guanqian Street.