Introduction to Suzhou’s famous attractions

1. Jinji Lake, named after the legend that a golden rooster fell into the lake, is located in Suzhou Industrial Park. It is the core scenic spot of Suzhou Industrial Park, with a total area of ??11.5 square kilometers, of which the water area is 7.4 square kilometers, with an average water depth of 2.5 to 3 meters. It is a branch of Taihu Lake. In accordance with the urban business tourism functional layout of "parks are scenic spots, business is tourism", the scenic spot has carefully created five major functional areas: cultural exhibition area, fashion shopping area, leisure food area, urban sightseeing area, and central water scenic area. It can be called the 21st century "A new paradise on earth". The scenic spot has eight major landscapes: the world's largest sky screen, Asia's largest water Ferris wheel, ink-wash Long Causeway Li Gongdi, Lakeside Avenue Yuanrong Sculpture, Moonlight Pier, Peach Blossom Island Linglong Island, Spring Arrival Lakeside, Jinji Lake Bridge Waterfall.

2. Tongli, formerly known as "Fuji", has a history of more than a thousand years. It is one of the six ancient towns in Jiangnan and a national 5A tourist attraction. Her famous scenic spot "Tuisi Garden" has been listed as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Tongli is surrounded by water, and the ancient town is embedded in the five lakes of Tongli, Jiuli, Yeze, Nanxing and Pangshan. The town is divided into seven small islands by 15 Sichuan-shaped rivers, and 49 ancient bridges with different styles and shapes connect the small islands into a whole.

3. The Humble Administrator’s Garden, located in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is the largest existing classical garden in Suzhou. It is also a representative work of Jiangnan classical gardens. Together with the Summer Palace in Beijing, Chengde Summer Resort and Suzhou Lingering Garden, it is known as one of the four famous gardens in China. The Humble Administrator's Garden is a treasure in my country's national cultural heritage and a masterpiece among classical gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. It is unique in its layout design, architectural modeling, calligraphy and painting sculptures, flowers and trees, and gardening, and is known as the mother of gardens in the world.

4. The Lion Grove is located in the northeast corner of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, adjacent to the Humble Administrator's Garden. It is the only existing garden in Jiangnan that was built in the Yuan Dynasty and has a history of more than 650 years. The Lion Grove Garden, the Humble Administrator's Garden, the Liuyuan Garden, and the Canglang Pavilion are also known as the "Four Famous Gardens in Suzhou". It not only has the cultural landscape of Suzhou classical gardens, pavilions, and pavilions, but is also famous for its lakes and mountains, strange rocks, and deep caves and ravines. It is known as the "rockery kingdom".

5. The Lingering Garden is a large classical private garden in China, covering an area of ??23,300 square meters. It represents the style of the Qing Dynasty. The garden is famous for its exquisite architectural art, with grand and gorgeous halls, varied courtyards, and Taihu stone crowns. Yunfeng is the most beautiful, with "the pleasure of enjoying the mountains and forests without leaving the city walls." Its architectural space processing is exquisite, and the gardeners used various artistic techniques to form a rhythmic garden space system, which has become a world-famous example of artistic processing of architectural space. The current garden is divided into four parts. The east is dominated by buildings, the middle is a landscape garden, the west is a large rockery of earth and stone, and the north is pastoral scenery.

6. Huqiu Mountain Scenic Area is located in the northwest corner of the ancient city of Suzhou. It has a long history of more than 2,500 years and is known as "the first scenic spot in Wuzhong" and "the first mountain in Wuzhong". Su Dongpo, the great poet of the Song Dynasty, wrote an eternal saying: "It has been said that if you don't visit Huqiu or visit Luqiu in Gusu, you will be in trouble." It has been rated as one of the first batch of top ten civilized scenic tourist area demonstration sites in the country and a national AAAAA scenic spot.

7. Wuzhong Taihu Tourist Area takes Taihu Lake as the main line. The scenic area includes ancient towns, Jiangnan hills, ecological natural villages and other theme attractions. The Dongshan Scenic Area here is the hometown of Biluochun in China, Taihu Biluochun and West Lake Longjing. It is also a famous Chinese tea with a long history. Qionglong Mountain Scenic Area, the world's most intelligent mountain, Wangshan, the most beautiful mountain village in Suzhou, Taihu Lakeside National Wetland Park, Xishan Scenic Area, Guangfu Scenic Area, etc. all belong to Wuzhong Taihu Lake Tourist Area.

8. Zhouzhuang is a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. It is known as "China's No. 1 Water Town" and is among the first batch of 5A-level scenic spots in the country. Zhouzhuang has a long history and is a typical Jiangnan water town with unique cultural landscape. It is a treasure of Chinese water town culture and Wudi and Han culture. More than 60% of the residential buildings in Zhouzhuang Town are still Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings. The ancient town of only 0.47 square kilometers has nearly a hundred classical houses and more than 60 brick-carved gatehouses. The ancient style of Zhouzhuang residential buildings still exists, and 14 ancient bridges with different characteristics have been preserved. .

9. Yushan is a national forest park and an important birthplace of Chinese Wu culture. Shanghu Lake and Yushan Mountain depend on each other, and the lake is covered with wetlands. It is the best ecological leisure tourism lake in China. Shajiabang's red educational tourism, green ecological tourism, golden food tourism, and film and television cultural tourism are well-known at home and abroad. On April 11, 2013, it became a national 5A tourist attraction.

10. Hanshan Temple is located in Gusu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It was built during the reign of Emperor Xiaoliang of the Southern Dynasties and was originally named "Miaoli Puming Pagoda Courtyard". During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, two eminent monks, Hanshan and Xiqian, founded Hanshan Temple. Historically, Hanshan Temple was one of the top ten famous temples in China. There are many historical sites in the temple, including the stone inscriptions of Zhang Jishi, stone statues found by Hanshan and Hanshan, and fragments of inscriptions written by Wen Zhengming and Tang Yin. Hanshan Temple has a history of more than 1,400 years. It is famous all over the world for the line "Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the midnight bell rings to the passenger ship" in the famous poem "Night Mooring on Maple Bridge" by the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji.