Suzhou

    Located in the south of Jiangsu Province, in the middle of the Yangtze Delta; in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake, bordering on Shanghai in the east, Zhejiang Province in the south , Taihu Lake in the west and the Yangtze River in the north, the city is known as "Gusu city", having the fame of "Oriental Venice", Suzhou was set up in BC 514; being a city with history of more than 2500 years, it was named Suzhou in A.D.581, Sui dynasty.

Tiger Hill

    Located in northwest Suzhou, the Tiger Hill is a major tourist attraction in the city. At Hanshan Temple, people can go to the Tiger Hill by small dragon boat.

Hanshan Temple

    Located in Fengqiao Town 3.5 kilometers west of Suzhou City, Hanshan Temple was built during the Liang period (502-520) of the Southern Dynasties. The temple was once under the direction of eminent monks Hanshan and Shide of the Tang Dynasty, hence its name.

Fisherman Garden

    The Fisherman Garden was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. The tiny garden is a typical building complex of ancient China. All structures here were built with wood and all doors and window frames were decorated with carvings.

Zhuozheng (Humble Administrator's) Garden

    Built in 1513 in the Ming Dynasty, Zhuozheng Garden, or the Humble Administrator's Garden, is the largest garden in the city. The garden covers an area of 4.8 hectares, three fourths of which are on water.

Suzhou Embroidery

    Suzhou embroidery is one of the four famous types of embroidery in China, others being the xiang embroidery in Hunan, the shu embroidery in Sichuan, and the yue embroidery in Guangdong

Silk Weaving

    It is one of the traditional Chinese craftsmanship, a type of weaving done by the tapestry method with fine silk and golden thread. Silk woven articles were tributes to the royal court in the Qing Dynasty.

Zhouzhuang

    Located 30 kilometers southeast of downtown Suzou, Zhouzhuang Town was first a village established in 1086 in the Northern Song Dynasty.

    An ancient town on water, Zhouzhuang is charming for beautiful surroundings and simple, ancient buildings, crisscrossing rivers and lakes. Over half of the buildings in the town were constructed in the Ming and Qing dynasties. 

    Another feature of Zhouzhuang is small bridges. There are 10 ancient bridges in the town.

Tongli Town

    Located 20 kilometers southeast of downtown Suzhou, Tongli Town on water remains the original architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the 0.67-square-kilomerter town, there are 15 crisscrossing rivers, on which 20 bridges span. The streets in Tongli are narrow, simple but elegant. Teahouses, shops and residential houses line one after another.