Suzhou Dongshan Travel Guide with the Best One-Day Tour Routes

Suzhou Dongshan Scenic Area is a relatively famous tourist attraction, and there are many good places worth visiting! So let’s take a look at the best travel routes and strategies in Suzhou Dongshan Scenic Area below! 1. Tour route

Route: Diaohualou Old Soup Noodles—Dongshan Diaohualou—Zijin’an—Luxiang Ancient Village—Daixinwan 2. Transportation Guide

Transportation: It is recommended to drive there by yourself, use navigation To various attractions 3. Ticket prices

Tickets: Dongshan Diaohualou 60 yuan, Zijin Nunnery 30 yuan, Luxiang Ancient Village 65 yuan 4. Travel guide

1. Diaohualou Old Soup Noodles: 8:00

In Dongshan, Suzhou, there is a bowl of old noodle soup, which has attracted countless diners to drive dozens of kilometers early in the morning to taste it for many years. This famous bowl of old noodle soup is hidden in Diaohualou Restaurant next to Dongshan Diaohualou.

2. Dongshan Diaohualou: 9:00

After tasting the old noodle soup at Diaohualou Restaurant, you can’t miss the famous Dongshan Diaohualou next to it. The name of Dongshan Carved Building is "Spring is in the Building", which is taken from Yu Yue's poem "Spring is still there when the flowers fall, and the sky is bright and sunny". With its exquisite carvings and ingenious structure, it is known as "the first building in the south of the Yangtze River".

3. Zijin Nunnery: 10:00

After visiting the Dongshan Diaohua Tower, follow the navigation and drive along Zijin Road for about 4 kilometers to reach the next attraction - Zijin Nunnery. Zijin Temple is located in Ximaowu, Dongshan Mountain. It is surrounded by mountains and green mountains and towering ancient trees. It has a quiet artistic conception of "ancient temples hidden deep in the mountains".

3. Luxiang Ancient Village: 12:00

Drive along the Molifeng Huanshan Road for about 9 kilometers to Luxiang Ancient Village, "the first ancient village in Taihu Lake". The ancient village was established in the Southern Song Dynasty. According to historical records, the Song Dynasty family crossed south and passed through Taihu Lake. They saw the majestic Dongshan Mountain in the lake, which was quiet and quiet. Therefore, many generals such as Wang, Ye, Jiang, and Zhang settled their families here. Because the village has six lanes, it was named Lu Lane.

Special food recommendations: White Jade Square Cake, Lard Cake, Taihu Farm Restaurant.

1) Huihe Hall (Prime Minister’s Mansion)

Huihe Hall (Prime Minister’s Mansion) located in Wenning Lane is the former residence of Wang Hao and is also the memorial hall of Wang Hao. Wang Hao was Tang Bohu's teacher. Tang Dynasty once praised him as "the best in articles in the country and the unparalleled prime minister in the mountains." Huihe Hall is large in scale, with five front and rear entrances and 148 rooms.

2) Baojian Hall

Baojian Hall was built in the Song Dynasty, also known as Mengyuan. It is the former residence of Ye Mengde, a writer and poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. Dream Garden occupies a small area and is famous for its compactness and elegance. With the pool as the center, there are pavilions, corridors, rockery and winding bridges.

3) Three Archways of the Ming Dynasty

The Three Archways of the Ming Dynasty on Zishi Street is the iconic landscape of Luxiang Ancient Village and the best interpretation of the cultural foundation of Luxiang. In the tenth year of Chenghua's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Hao ranked first in the provincial examination and won the title of Jieyuan; in the second year of the general examination, he won the first place and was named Huiyuan; in the palace examination, he ranked third in the first class and won the title of Tanhua. From then on, the three archways of Jieyuan, Huiyuan and Tanhua were left.

4. Daixinwan: 17:00

After visiting Luxiang Ancient Village, you can take some beautiful photos on the way back to the city.

The Daixinwan Bridge and Fengqi Bridge in Wudongshan are known as the "Little Kamakura" of Suzhou. The clean and artistic road around the lake and the island makes people travel to "Slam Dunk" in one second. Kamakura in China has now become a popular destination for many literary and artistic young people.