Who will introduce Suzhou?

Suzhou was founded in 5 14 BC, and He Lv, the father of Fu Cha, the king of Wu, ordered Wu Zixu, a traitor of Chu, to build the He Lv, which has a history of more than 2,500 years. During the Spring and Autumn Period, it was the capital of the State of Wu, and there are still many historical sites about history and Wu Zixu. Suzhou was called in the 9th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (AD 589) and has been used ever since. Suzhou was built earlier, with large scale, parallel land and water, and adjacent rivers and streets. The ancient city is still located on the original site, which is rare at home and abroad.

Suzhou garden ranks first in the world and has been included in the world cultural heritage list. Among the four famous gardens in China, Suzhou occupies two seats: Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden. The profound cultural accumulation of Tiger Hill, the first scene in Wuzhong, makes it a must-see for tourists to visit Suzhou. A night-mooring near maple bridge, written by Zhang Ji, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, has attracted tourists from all over the world to visit Qiao Feng and listen to the bells of Hanshan Temple.

The natural scenery outside Gusu City is beautiful, and Lingyan Mountain, Tianping Mountain, Tianchi Mountain and Dongting Mountain are dotted on the shore of Taihu Lake, forming a beautiful landscape with Jiangnan style.

Suzhou has not only the beauty of gardens, but also the victory of mountains and rivers. The natural and human landscapes complement each other, and the poets and poets compose poems, making Suzhou a veritable "paradise on earth".

Important data

Area code: 05 12

Location: Located in the Yangtze River Delta in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, it borders Shanghai in the east, Zhejiang in the south, Taihu Lake in the west and the Yangtze River in the north.

Area: The total area of the city is 8488 square kilometers, including urban area 1650 square kilometers and ancient city area 14.2 square kilometers.

Population: The total population of the city is 6 million, of which the urban population is more than 2 million.

Division: It governs seven districts, namely Canglang, Pingjiang, Jinchang, Wuzhong, Xiangcheng, Suzhou Industrial Park and Suzhou New District (huqiu district), and five county-level cities, namely Zhangjiagang, Changshu, Taicang, Kunshan and Wujiang, 1 town.

Origin of city name: Suzhou is named after Gusu Mountain in the southwest of the city, also known as Gusu City.

Local characteristics: Gusu culture

For thousands of years, Suzhou has been full of talented people, such as stars. Gusu culture is a unique branch of Chinese civilization bred in Jiangnan water town. It filters the masculine and rough factors of China culture, and inherits and develops the feminine and delicate side.

Gusu culture is embodied in the melodies of Kunqu Opera, Su Ju and Pingtan, and in the fresh and elegant works of Wu Pai. Gusu culture pays attention to natural and easy-going forms and tortuous and soft lines; Pursue indifferent and far-reaching significance, implicit and meaningful beauty.

The garden architecture, silk embroidery and folk customs of the whole ancient city constitute the cultural accumulation of Suzhou. If you want to fully appreciate and touch the essence of Suzhou art and culture, you can visit major museums. List of major museums in Suzhou

name

address

traffic

entrance ticket

Suzhou Museum

No.204 Dongbei Street

You 1, 2, 5 lines, 2, 3

5 yuan

folk custom museum

Panru lane no.32

You 1, lines 2, 5, 2, 3, 4, 70 1

be free of charge

Garden museum

In the humble administrator's garden

You 1, 2, 5 lines, 2, 3

be free of charge

Suzhou embroidery museum

No.274 Jingde Road

You 1 line, 3,46,701

1 yuan

Silk Museum

66 Renmin Road1

You 1, 2, 4 lines, 1, 8, 20, 38, 10 1, 102, 103.

8 yuan

Opera museum

Zhongzhangjiaxiang1No.4

You 5 lines, 9, 46, 47, 48, 5 1, 68

be free of charge

Inscription museum

No.45 Renmin Road

Lines 2, 4 and 5 1, 14, 28,1kloc-0/,102, 103.

be free of charge

Coin museum

Inside Suzhou Museum

You 1, 2, 5 lines, 2, 3 roads.

be free of charge

City of Gardens

Suzhou is a city of gardens, with more than 100 gardens of all sizes. Unique classical gardens have condensed the essence of Jiangnan garden architecture since the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, integrating architecture, gardening, sculpture, painting, poetry and arts and crafts. Suzhou gardens are mostly private gardens and landscaping, expressing the feelings of their owners, and are famous for their compactness, freedom, exquisiteness, elegance and freehand brushwork.

Suzhou's classical gardens and homes are integrated, which can be appreciated, traveled and lived. This architectural form is formed in a densely populated city lacking natural scenery, and it is a creation of human attachment to nature, pursuit of harmony with nature, beautification and improvement of their living environment. Four classical gardens, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Master Garden and Huanxiu Villa, came into being at the peak of the development of private gardens in Suzhou. They have become models and representatives of many classical gardens in Suzhou with their profound artistic conception, exquisite construction, elegant art and rich cultural connotation.

An important feature of Suzhou classical garden is that it is not only the product of history and culture, but also the carrier of China traditional thought and culture. It is manifested in the naming, plaques, couplets, calligraphy stones, carving and decoration of garden halls, as well as the meanings of flowers and trees and the feelings of stacking stones. It is not only a beautiful work of art that adorns the garden, but also stores a lot of historical, cultural, ideological and scientific information, with extremely profound material and spiritual content.

Optimal travel time

Suzhou belongs to the north subtropical monsoon climate, with mild and humid climate and abundant rainfall. There are four distinct seasons throughout the year, all of which are suitable for tourism, especially from April to 65438+10. During this period, you can not only enjoy the natural scenery of peaches and willows, but also taste fresh peaches, "Biluochun", sugar lotus root and other seasonal specialties.

It is best to avoid weekends and holidays when visiting Suzhou gardens or visiting ancient towns in surrounding water towns. Only when there are few people can we appreciate her unique charm.

Reminder: Most scenic spots in Suzhou are closed before 17: 30, and holidays are no exception. If it is a self-help tour, you should pay special attention to this and arrange your time reasonably.

festival

Tourism festivals in Suzhou area

Xishan Taihu Plum Blossom Festival March 1- 10

Tiger Hill Flower Show from March to May

March-June Humble Administrator's Garden Rhododendron Club

Jiaozhi Watertown Costume Culture Festival April

Fairy Temple Fair in Nanhao Street in May

July-August Humble Administrator's Garden Lotus Festival

Huqiu Temple Fair September-10

China Silk Tourism Festival September 20th-25th.

Suzhou Tianping Hongfeng Festival 165438+ October

Hanshan Temple listens to the bell on New Year's Eve from 23: 00 on February 3 1 Sunday.

Traditional Folk Festivals in Suzhou Area

On the fourteenth day of the fourth lunar month, the gods roll.

April14th of the lunar calendar is Lv Dongbin's immortal birthday, commonly known as "immortal birthday". On this day, many pilgrims went to Nagato Shenxian Temple. It is said that Lv Dongbin strolled among the bustling crowd on this day. Anyone who has a strange disease and is difficult to recover is often arranged by fate. Everyone wants to take a chance and get the favor of fairies, commonly known as "rolling fairies". Now it has become a folk temple fair.

On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, the book was opened and the classics were turned.

Every year on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, Suzhou has the custom of drying books. The temple moved the Tibetan scriptures out to dry, and the monks took the opportunity to call the old rural women to hold a "sutra turning meeting", where they turned the scriptures and exposed themselves in the hot sun, claiming that "turning the scriptures ten times can turn the man's body in the afterlife."

Another folk proverb says, "On June 6th, the dog took a bath." (Suzhou dialect calls bathing a shower) It is once a day to take a bath with cats and dogs to the river to avoid lice and fleas.

Eating Su is on June 24th of the lunar calendar.

According to legend, June 24th of the lunar calendar is Lei Zun's birthday. Eating "Zhai Lei Crisp" is to worship Lei Zun and become a vegetarian. It is said that it can eliminate disasters and avoid epidemics and ensure peace. In the past, Suzhou people ate "Zhai Leisu", which generally lasted for nearly a month from June 1 day to the end of Lei Zun's birthday. Songhelou Restaurant in Guanqian Street specially introduced seasonal noodles-braised duck noodles on the day when meat was finished. Therefore, there is a two-part allegorical saying in Suzhou: "The meat made in Suzhou-braised duck noodles."

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

Also known as Daughter's Day. Legend has it that on this night, magpies flew to the Milky Way in droves and built a magpie bridge where the cowherd and the weaver girl met. The folk custom of offering sacrifices to the weaver girl on the night of Qixi, begging for her wisdom and skill, is called "begging for cleverness".

Accommodation introduction

Hotel conditions in Suzhou are quite good. You can choose according to your own economic situation. The three-star garden-style hotels on Renmin South Road-Suyuan Hotel, Taihu Pearl Resort in Taihu Tourism Resort and Yinhu Mountain Villa on Xishan Island in Taihu Lake are all in good condition. The Ctrip membership prices in these places are all between 200 and 300 yuan, which is more affordable.

In go on road trip, there are many luxury villas near Tianping Mountain and along Taihu Lake, and the prices are also cheap. Generally, the rent for a double-decker villa is around 400-600 yuan per day.

Of course, for those tourists who want to save money, it is quite easy to find a clean and cheap hostel. You can find 100 yuan "standard rooms" everywhere in the streets of the city. For example, the sports bureau guest house on Wu 30 Road is more comfortable.

Recommended residence:

Home Inn (Suzhou Sanxiang Branch)

Newly-built in 2003, located at Sanxiang Road 186, a famous street in the center of Suzhou. It is adjacent to the bustling area of Weishi Road in the east, the commercial center of Suzhou New District in the west, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and famous scenic spots such as Tiger Hill and Hanshan Temple. It is only 10 minutes' drive from Suzhou amusement park. There are shuttle buses to Dongshan and Xishan in front of the hotel, and the traffic is very convenient. The facilities are complete and the price is relatively cheap.

Entertainment strategy

Suzhou, an ancient city, is not only rich in water towns and beautiful gardens, but also has many large modern entertainment places.

Suzhou Amusement Park, known as "Oriental Disney", has high-tech characteristics of international modern amusement and profound cultural connotation. In it, you can not only appreciate the colorful and gorgeous European and American elegance, but also feel the natural and rich oriental sentiment. The essence of Chinese and western cultures is like a breeze, refreshing.

Taihu Pearl Paradise is a national-level tourist resort integrating entertainment, leisure, sightseeing, tourism and vacation, providing first-class services for tourists with first-class facilities.

After several years of renovation, Guanqian Street and Shiquan Street in Suzhou have become modern commercial streets integrating entertainment, catering, sightseeing and shopping, and now they are the must-see places for domestic and foreign tourists to visit Suzhou.

Shopping introduction

Suzhou embroidery is the first tourist souvenir when shopping in Suzhou. Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Sichuan embroidery and Guangdong embroidery are also called the four famous embroideries in China. Suzhou Biluochun Tea is one of the top ten famous teas in China, and it is a good gift for relatives and friends. There are also Suzhou Jin Song, Taohuawu woodcut New Year pictures and Su Fan, all of which are local specialties. In addition, Suzhou dried bean curd is also a famous local specialty snack, so you might as well buy some to share with your family.

Guanqian Street in Suzhou is a famous commercial pedestrian street integrating entertainment, catering and sightseeing. There are sightseeing buses (1 yuan/person) running on the street. Shitou Road outside Nagato and Huaihai Street in the new district are also famous business districts. In addition, Shiquan Street is a tourist souvenir street, Pishi Street is a flower and bird market, and Huqiu Road and Railway Station are wedding dresses and photographic equipment streets, all of which are good places for shopping.

China Pearl City in Hejiawan, Tang Wei Town is a large pearl trading center. You can take buses 1, 102 and 103 at Suzhou Railway Station to Pingmen Station (1 Station Road), and then take bus 12 to Tang Wei Town. Or take a bus to Changshu, Beiqiao and Xiangcheng at the North Bus Station on the east side of the railway station, passing through Tang Wei Town. Hejiawan is 2 kilometers west of Tang Wei.

Catering introduction

China has four major cuisines, Sulu, Yuechuan, with different tastes, which are called "sour in the east, spicy in the west, sweet in the south and salty in the north", while Jiangsu cuisine belongs to the "sweet in the south" flavor.

Su cuisine is characterized by strict selection of materials, fine workmanship, and different materials. It is good at stewing, stewing, steaming, roasting and frying in cooking, paying attention to mixing soup and maintaining its original flavor. The taste is light and sweet, and the color scheme is harmonious.

The famous Soviet-style specialty dishes are sweet and sour mandarin fish, shark's fin in clear soup, sesame oil eel paste, watermelon chicken, whole chicken with mother oil, Taihu water shield soup, emerald shrimp bucket, stewed lotus and so on.

Suzhou snacks are also world famous. Dried bean curd with honey sauce, pine nut sugar, rose melon seeds, shrimp paste, jujube paste sesame cake, lard rice cake, etc. They are all well-known delicacies and must be tasted.

"Deyuelou" and "Songhelou" are old-fashioned Soviet-style restaurants; "Old Suzhou Tea Restaurant" is famous for its traditional Subang cuisine. "Zhu Hongxing Noodle Restaurant" and "Green Poplar Wonton" are inexpensive and suitable for mass consumption.

The main food streets in Suzhou are eunuch lane, shiquan street, bachelor street, Jiayufang, Fenghuang street, Ganjiang road and Shilu Jinmen Shangshi food street.

Recommended diet:

Cang Shu town mutton

The mutton in Cang Shu Town is famous all over the country. The mutton here is a hybrid of East goat and Australian imported mutton sheep. No matter whether it is braised or boiled in white, it is fresh and tender, and there is no smell. Cang Shu Town's own association rated the mutton restaurant as a "star", and there were bronze medals at the door. Among them, there were about 7-8 "three-star" restaurants, and the price was similar, a little more expensive than that of non-three-star restaurants, but about 7 people had already eaten well for 200 yuan. Oriental Hotel is one of the time-honored brands. The service is good.

Transportation: You can take the bus station in Wuzhong District-guangfu town CMB, or take the long-distance bus from Guangfuchuan Catering Street and Zhenhu Town at Suzhou South Bus Station. There are many such cars, and there are 1 train in less than 10 minutes, all passing through Cang Shu town. It takes more than 20 minutes by car, and the fare is 3 yuan.

Reminder: Shops in Cang Shu Town will provide you with meals according to the standards of 138, 168, 198, 208 and 258 yuan. You can choose according to your needs.

Traffic introduction

External traffic

Aviation:

Suzhou has no civil aviation airport and can only fly via Shanghai Hongqiao Airport or Pudong Airport.

There is a shuttle bus from Suzhou to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. Suzhou Ganjiang West Road 1 15 China Eastern Airlines Suzhou Business Hall sells tickets. The departure time is 6: 20, 7: 20, 7: 50, 8: 20, 9: 20, 10: 20, 10: 50.

There is a direct bus from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport to Suzhou. The departure time is 10: 00- 16: 00. After 16: 00, there are two trains 17: 30 and 19: 00. Ticket price 50 yuan, travel time 1 hour 40 minutes. From Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Suzhou, 10: 40, 12: 40, 13: 40, 14: 40, 15: 40,/7: 40. You can also take Shanghai Airport Line 5 from Pudong Airport to Shanghai New Passenger Station (fare 18 yuan), and then transfer to Suzhou by train.

Railway:

Almost all the trains on the Shanghai-Nanjing line stop in Suzhou, and the trains originating from Suzhou are more from other cities to Shanghai via Suzhou. There is an average of 1 train every 20 minutes between Suzhou and Shanghai (every 10- 15 minutes during the peak period of grave sweeping on weekends). The one-way fare is 7-22 yuan, and the journey takes 40 minutes-1 hour and 30 minutes.

The intercity train from Shanghai to Suzhou leaves from Shanghai New Station every morning, and it takes 40 minutes to get there directly.

Tickets for all stations in the national network within 6 days are pre-sold in the ticketing hall on the east side of Suzhou Railway Station. There is an emergency ticketing window on the east side of the entrance, and tickets and platform tickets with travel time less than 1 hour are also sold.

Suzhou has a ticket pre-sale office: No.8 Guanqian Street Eunuch Lane, No.566 Renmin Road, and Suyuan Hotel, No.99 Renmin South Road.

Water transport:

There are passenger flights between Suzhou and Hangzhou on the Grand Canal. Suzhou buys tickets at Nanmen Wharf (No.8 Renmin Road), and Hangzhou buys tickets at Wulinmen Wharf (No.0/38 Huancheng North Road/KLOC-0), which leaves at 7: 30 every day and arrives at 7: 00 the next day.

Fares:

Paradisino : double room 130 yuan/person, quadruple room 88 yuan/person.

Canglang, Hanshan and Wushan: 95 yuan for a double room and 60 yuan for a quadruple room.

Lingyan and Lingshan: double room 78 yuan/person, quadruple room 65 yuan/person, quadruple room 55 yuan/person.

Su Causeway and Bai Causeway: Four people boarded 47 yuan/Block, and four people disembarked 40 yuan/Block.

(Note: See the announcement of the wharf on the same day for the specific daily navigation of the above ships)

Highway:

Suzhou is the "southeast gateway" of Jiangsu Province to Shanghai and Zhejiang, with four long-distance passenger stations. (Attached is the list of passenger lines of long-distance bus station).

On June 8, 2003, the Sujiahang Expressway from Changshu City, Jiangsu Province in the north to Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province in the south ran through the whole line. Connecting Yanjiang Expressway, Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway and Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Anhui Expressway is of great significance to improving the traffic situation between Suzhou and surrounding areas.

The main expressway bus long-distance passenger station from Shanghai to Suzhou, the approximate departure time is as follows, and the one-way fare is 26-30 yuan:

North coach station (No.80 Gongxing Road) at 6:40, 10:20, 1 1:20, 14:30.

Hengfeng Road Expressway Passenger Station (No.270 Hengfeng Road) at 7:20, 8: 10, 8:50, 9:30, 16:40, 12:00,13: 65438+

Zhongshan North Road Bus Terminal (the shuttle bus to Suzhou stops at Hutai Road in the north), 7:35, 8:20, 9:20, 1 1:00, 13:40, 15:30.

Traffic at Xujiahui Bus Station (Hongqiao Road 211) runs at 7:15-17:15 every hour.

Pudong Tangqiao Long-distance Passenger Station (No.3843 Pudong South Road) 7: 15, 8:50, 10: 15,1:40, 12:00,

Several bus stations in the south, north and west of Suzhou have high-speed trains to Shanghai every day, with the most buses in the North Station, which runs every 20 minutes on average. The fare is 26-30 yuan, and the travel time is about 1 hour 20 minutes. Shanghai has Hengfeng Road, Hutai Road, Xujiahui Hongqiao Road, Pudong Bailianjing and other places. It is recommended to ask clearly when purchasing tickets and choose a station near the destination.

Domestic traffic

Taxi:

Starting price 10 yuan (3km). After 3 kilometers, the unit price per kilometer is 1.8 yuan, and after 5 kilometers, 50% idle driving fee will be charged. The 5-minute waiting time is free. If it exceeds 5 minutes, every 5 minutes is equivalent to 1 km. After 23: 00, the fare (starting price) will rise by 30%.

Bus:

One-way fare for ordinary cars 1 yuan, and one-way fare for air-conditioned cars in 2 yuan. Most of them are unmanned ticketing cars. Some suburban routes in Suzhou implement "flop fares", that is, the fares are different throughout the journey. There is a sign on the boarding gate, which indicates the fare of this station, and it was turned over by the driver on the way, hence the name. (Attached is a list of buses and tourist buses in Suzhou).

Human tricycles:

Some scenic spots in Suzhou are in the alley, so the car can't reach the door directly. At this time, tricycle is the best means of transportation. The starting price of tricycles is 2 yuan, with an additional 2 yuan per kilometer, and 5 yuan per person per hour when chartered.

Reminder: Suzhou does not have a perfect tricycle industry standard, so you should negotiate the price with the driver before getting on the bus to avoid being fooled.

Bicycle:

Suzhou has many scenic spots. Riding a bicycle through the streets and alleys, visiting the ancient times and exploring the secluded places, you will definitely indulge in the artistic conception of "a small bridge with flowing water". There are many car rental agencies in Pingmen Bridge on the east side of the railway station. The approximate price is: 2 yuan within 4 hours, 3 yuan within 5-6 hours, and 5 yuan for one day. I need an ID card and a deposit.