Is Suzhou suitable for tourism? Is Suzhou a fun place to travel?

Suzhou is a charming Jiangnan city with an exciting array of ancient ruins and paintings. Suzhou has both modern and classical beauty. Not only is the economy developed here, but it is also rich in local cultural elements, making it very suitable for tourism and vacation. Let me share with you the specific tourism status of Suzhou.

The vast south of the Yangtze River is spacious, elegant and quiet. People often say that "there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below", but this is the best place in the world.

Suzhou, formerly known as Gusu. The ancient city of Suzhou is famous for its dense water network. The long flowing water, like the delicate veins of the city, stretches to the door of every household, connecting the ancient city into an organic whole. It can be said to be a leisurely water city and exquisite Suzhou.

The beauty of Suzhou lies in its subtlety, small bridges and flowing water, exquisite and elegant. The imprint of the long millennium is hidden in the people of the Hezhen River, hidden in the white walls and gray tiles, and hidden in the sound of boats.

Today, when you go to Suzhou, you will feel its unique taste, exquisite, delicate and delicate.

From the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the garden you live in, to Wu Nong’s soft words, your attitude towards things is all exquisite and delicate.

Exquisiteness, accompanying the ancient city through thousands of years, also makes Suzhou a unique city.

Wu Zixu Chengjian

When it comes to the origin of Suzhou City, locals will proudly say that it was built by Wu Zixu.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Suzhou was the territory of the State of Wu.

The king of Wu at that time, Helu, wanted to fight for Chu, destroy Yue, and dominate the Central Plains. So he accepted Wu Zixu's suggestion and built a powerful capital city first.

Wu Zixu "looks like earth and tastes water, like heaven and earth". After carefully surveying the surrounding geographical and hydrological environment, he finally selected a low-lying land east of Taihu Lake to build a new capital, which is now Suzhou. The location of the ancient city.

In the process of building the capital, Wu Zixu took advantage of the abundant water resources in the south of the Yangtze River and ordered people to dig moats inside and outside the city wall, giving Suzhou a unique double moat in the history of world urban construction.

At the same time, three vertical and three horizontal rivers were excavated in the city to connect the internal and external water networks, and eight sluices were built to regulate the water volume inside and outside the city.

Wu Zixu carefully planned the city with the concept of excellence, not only making it a tightly defended military fortress, but also making this ancient city an institution that could regulate the Jiangnan water system.

Since then, the Suzhou area has transformed from a swamp into a blessed land in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Suhu has matured and the world is full"

After the ancient city was established, the local people lived and worked in peace and contentment, but the Suzhou area is located in a swampy depression. Although the land is fertile, it is very scarce. People had to constantly control water and cultivate farmland and reclaim wasteland to utilize every inch of land.

Through intensive farming and reaching out to the "rivers, lakes and seas", the local people gradually figured out a production model suitable for Zeguo's water town.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was built, incorporating Suzhou into the canal channel, and more and more people gathered there. For a time, the demand for food in the ancient city increased greatly.

On the one hand, prosperous and developing cities require a large amount of food to support them; on the other hand, arable land is becoming increasingly scarce, making it difficult to significantly increase food production. The contradictions are getting more and more serious.

This contradiction lasted until the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. At that time, the Suzhou area was under the rule of the Wuyue Kingdom, which pursued a policy of protecting the environment and protecting the people. A special unit, the Liao Qian Army, was set up specifically to clear silt, strengthen embankments and build polders.

The Liao Qian army dug horizontal and vertical river channels in the mud of rivers and lakes, creating a large area of ????Tangpu Polder.

Since then, raising fish in the water, growing rice in the fields, and growing mulberries on the shore have become the characteristic farming methods in the Jiangnan area.

Since then, Jiangnan has become "the granary of the world", and the saying "if Suhu is ripe, the world is sufficient" has been widely circulated.

Suzhou people have created a world with their own exquisiteness

First, Suzhou's silk, brick carving, gold brick and other handicraft industries have developed rapidly and become world-famous royal tributes.

“The peaks are hidden in the courtyard, and the quiet scenery falls into the world.”

If refined agricultural production is the starting point for the prosperity of Suzhou people, then the canal brings The prosperity of industry and commerce is the beginning of the refined life of Suzhou people.

During the heyday of ancient industry and commerce, the exquisite and meticulous Su craftsmanship and Su craftsmanship allowed the "craftsman spirit" of Suzhou craftsmen to be passed down for thousands of years.

Suzhou is also known as the "City of Hundred Gardens". There are more than 100 traditional gardens in the ancient city, and 9 gardens, including the Humble Administrator's Garden, the Liuyuan Garden and the Canglang Pavilion, are listed as world cultural heritage.

Suzhou gardens were formed in the Spring and Autumn Period, matured in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The gardens dotted in the ancient city vary in size and style. Behind each garden is a perfect fusion of garden art and culture and art, carrying the interests and pursuits of the garden owner.

Walking around the garden, you will be immersed in its elegant and romantic style of "recreating Gan Kun within a stone's throw", and you will marvel at the ingenuity and superb skills of the skilled craftsmen who create a miniature landscape in one place.

Stacking stones, managing water, architecture, flowers and trees are the four major elements of Suzhou gardens. These most common raw materials in nature have become a century-old cultural heritage under the careful craftsmanship of Suzhou craftsmen.

In the past, most private gardens in Suzhou were a combination of houses and gardens.

The garden is not only an extension of the house, but also a place where the family enjoys exquisite life.

This concept of living as a poem has gradually been influenced by dignitaries and wealthy businessmen to ordinary people. Even a small courtyard with only one square inch of land should have landscape flowers, plants and trees to create a beautiful world of its own.

In other places, life may be "firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea", but in Suzhou, life is more important than "playing chess, calligraphy, painting, lanterns and hops". Even in the most trivial things, you must live as delicately and delicately as poetry.

The craftsman shows the craftsman.

Suzhou’s gardens are beautiful, but they have been created with the skillful hands of the Xiangshan Gang’s craftsmen over thousands of years.

The Xiangshan sect is said to be the first skilled craftsman to build a palace for King Wu Fu Chai. Their craftsmanship is passed down from generation to generation, becoming more and more sophisticated. According to historical records, “all carpenters in the south of the Yangtze River come from Xiangshan.”

In the Ming Dynasty, the Xiangshan Gang was famous for building the Forbidden City in Nanjing and the Forbidden City in Beijing.

68-year-old Xue Lingen is the inheritor of the Xiangshan School’s traditional architectural techniques. In his mind, craftsmen have to show themselves to craftsmen, which means that the work must be approved by professionals before it is considered qualified.

“Ask only who does the work, not the workload” is a saying he often says. A simple industry proverb tells the secret of the exquisite skills of Xiangshan craftsmen.

When he first entered the industry, Lao Xue made himself a measuring ruler and kept it with him.

On this day, he came to the Wujiang Confucian Temple restoration project site, and his apprentice was leading everyone to complete the floor tile laying project. Lao Xue took out a measuring ruler and measured it, and found that the contact surface of the two bricks was uneven.

Although the apprentice was leading the workers to find ways to level the floor, Lao Xue asked to knock out the floor tiles and lay them again. In his mind, even a discrepancy of one or two millimeters is not allowed, and the work must be done strictly in accordance with the requirements.

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It is Suzhou craftsmen like Lao Xue who have adhered to traditional techniques and requirements for thousands of years that make Su Gong and Su Zuo's techniques so exquisite. They built elegant gardens, made exquisite Sufan handicrafts, and weaved gorgeous silks and satins with water mills. All of these left a permanent impression of exquisite Sufan in people's hearts, and also enabled us to look back at traditional culture and learn about it in our hearts. Make it mine today.

Tonight at 20:00, walk into Suzhou and see the smoke rising from the canal in the water town, and see the dedicated craftsmanship behind the exquisiteness.