The Best Route Recommendation for One-day Tour of Suzhou Gardens

What are the interesting places in Suzhou gardens? What scenic spots should I visit for a one-day tour of Suzhou Gardens? Next, I would like to recommend an excellent route for a one-day tour, where you can see one of the four major gardens in China. See the text for a detailed tour guide!

1, recommended tour route: Humble Administrator's Garden-Lion Forest-Suzhou Museum-Tiger Hill-Hanshan Temple.

Brief introduction: Humble Administrator's Garden is a masterpiece of Suzhou gardens and one of the four major gardens in China. Lion Grove is a garden famous for its rockery, just next to Humble Administrator's Garden, only 5 minutes' walk. Take a look at Suzhou Museum, a masterpiece of Bei Lao, just on the street of Lion Forest in Humble Administrator's Garden, and walk for 5 minutes. These three scenic spots are very concentrated, all on a pedestrian street, like a series of doors. Then you can take a taxi to Tiger Hill, which is also a landmark attraction in Suzhou. After the evening, you can go to Hanshan Temple, and at midnight, you can go to the passenger ship and Millennium Temple, which is also worth visiting.

2. Humble Administrator's Garden If you want to see Suzhou Garden, people who know it will first recommend you to visit Humble Administrator's Garden. Humble Administrator's Garden is the largest existing classical garden in Suzhou. It is called the mother of China gardens and listed as a world cultural heritage. It is said that Cao Xueqin once lived in the Humble Administrator's Garden for a long time. Many scenes of the Grand View Garden (tickets) in A Dream of Red Mansions are set in the Humble Administrator's Garden. You can also enjoy Kunqu Opera, which is the most beautiful ancient drama in China.

Address: No.0/78, Northeast Street, Suzhou.

3. Lion Grove Lion Grove is the only existing China garden in Suzhou that was built in14th century. Although small, the rockery in the garden is rugged and winding, and the ingenious layout makes people feel lost. The huge and complicated rockery in the park is the most famous. These strange rocks are like dancing lions. You can count stone lions in this stone maze and experience the fun of hide and seek.

Address: No.23 Garden Road, gusu district, Suzhou.

4. Huqiu Huqiu has beautiful scenery and a long history and cultural landscape, and enjoys the reputation of "the first scene in Wuzhong". According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, buried his father here. Three days after the burial, a white tiger sat on it, hence the name. The mountain is about 36 meters high, with towering old trees and numerous hills. The Millennium Tiger Hill stands on the top of the mountain. Su Song Dongpo said, "It's a pity to go to Suzhou instead of Tiger Hill".

Address: No.8, Tiger Hill Gate, gusu district, Suzhou.

5. Hanshan Temple Hanshan Temple is famous for a poem "a night-mooring near maple bridge" written by Zhang Ji, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, and belongs to Buddhist gardens. Hanshan Temple was mostly built in Qing Dynasty, mainly including Daxiong Hall, Tibetan Scripture Building and Bell Tower. The carving of Buddha statues is unique, and the art of inscription is world-famous. Every year on New Year's Eve, Chinese and foreign tourists gather in Hanshan Temple to listen to the bell of 108, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new in the melodious bell, and pray for peace.

Address: Qiao Feng Road, gusu district, Suzhou.