Activities in Suzhou (Wuzhong) Taihu Lake Tourist Scenic Area

Biluochun Tea Culture and Tourism Festival.

The Biluochun Tea Culture Festival, sponsored by the Wuzhong District Committee and District Government, hosted by the tourism, culture, and agricultural departments and the Suzhou (Wuzhong) Taihu Lake Tourist Scenic Area, is held from March to April every year. It has been held four times. Biluochun tea is one of the top ten famous teas in China. The Wuzhong area around Taihu Lake is the main tea-producing area. Biluochun production technology has been included in the second batch of intangible cultural heritage lists in Jiangsu Province. Based on such advantages in agricultural and cultural resources, Wuzhong District takes the Tea Culture Festival as an opportunity and uses the "Taihu Lake Spring" tourism season as the theme to further enrich the spring tourism products of Suzhou (Wuzhong) Taihu Lake tourist attractions. During the Tourism Festival, a unique opening ceremony was held. The Wuzhong Tourism Promotion Group went to important tourist source markets across the country to conduct a special promotion conference for spring tourism around Taihu Lake in Wuzhong, displaying the resources and culture of Suzhou (Wuzhong) Taihu Lake tourist attractions on-site, and introducing Biluochun. Various landscape tours, picking tours, outing tours, cultural tours, etc. with tea as the main theme. In the local market, the scenic spot also launches various preferential activities to attract citizens to the Taihu Lake to carry out cycling, hiking, picking and other tourism activities, and to taste new tea and farm food.

Sun Tzu Art of War Cultural Tourism Festival.

The Qionglong Mountain in the Taihu Lake Tourist Scenic Spot in Suzhou (Wuzhong) is the "No. 1 Wisdom Mountain in the World" named after "Sun Tzu's Art of War". The Sun Tzu Art of War Cultural Tourism Festival is one of the tourist festivals promoted by the scenic spot. . Sun Tzu's Art of War Cultural Tourism Festival is sponsored by the Suzhou Municipal Tourism Bureau, Wuzhong District Committee, and District Government, and is jointly organized by relevant district departments and Suzhou (Wuzhong) Taihu Lake Tourist Scenic Area ***. It is an important step in Wuzhong District's development of cultural tourism industry and promotion of Wuzhong A concrete manifestation of popularity. During the month-long tourism festival, it attracted tourists from all over the world through activities such as the International Seminar on Sun Tzu's Art of War, the World Women's Go Tournament, the ancestor worship ceremony of Sun Wu's descendants, and the large-scale celebration ceremony of the Cultural Tourism Festival.

The Taihu Fishing Festival in China begins.

As the largest inland fishing port in China, Suzhou’s fishing port villages along Taihu Lake still retain nearly a thousand original ancient fishing boats, fishermen’s living customs and fishermen’s culture. Every year in late summer and early autumn, Suzhou (Wuzhong) Taihu Lake Tourist Area will hold the grand "China Taihu Lake Fishing Festival". The Taihu Fishing Festival, which has been held for seven times, is hosted by the Suzhou Municipal Government, Wuzhong District Committee, District Government, Provincial and Municipal Tourism Bureaus, Provincial and Municipal Fisheries Departments, and hosted by the Suzhou Taihu National Tourism Resort Management Committee. The Taihu Fishing Festival has developed into a multi-field, comprehensive event integrating culture, business, and tourism. During the Fishing Festival, in addition to the exciting opening ceremony activities, the scenic spot also used the festival to build momentum and launched the "Taihu Golden Autumn Tourism Month" activity, which lasted for more than a month, and launched a series of Taihu-style and characteristic tourist routes in the golden autumn, which were favored by tourists.

Folk Customs Tourism Festival.

As an important carrier to showcase the history, culture, folk customs and landscape resources of Wuzhong and around Taihu Lake, the Folk Customs Tourism Festival hosted by the Dongshan Town People’s Government has successfully continued with its distinctive regional characteristics and rich cultural connotations. It has been held for eight times and has gradually become a brand tourism event with cultural influence. The Folk Customs Tourism Festival originated from Taige, a unique folk art treasure in Dongshan Town. Dongshan Taige originated from the Song Dynasty and became popular in the Qing Dynasty. It is an ancient drama that mainly focuses on high-altitude acrobatic performances. It mainly performs dramatic stories that are popular among the people. It is a unique flower in the Jiangnan folk art library. During the tourism festival, in addition to the grand folk customs display held at the opening ceremony, special projects such as Taihu Lake water tours, folk performance gala, autumn orange picking, farm entertainment, and parent-child tours were also carefully launched for tourists to participate.