THE ANCIENT

With 2500 years of history，Suzhou is known for its rich ancient culture. check out a list of activities to indulge yourself in the ancient culture.

Humble Administrator's Garden

The Humble Administrator's Garden, located in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, was built in the early years of Ming Zhengde (early 16th century). It is a representative work of Jiangnan classical gardens. Over the past four hundred years, the Humble Administrator's Garden has been divided and combined several times, either as a "private" home, or as a "golden house", or as a "royal mansion", leaving many fascinating relics and allusions.

Master of the Nets Garden

The Master of the Nets Garden is located at No.11 Kuojiatou Alley, Taichengqiao Road, southeast of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, about 120 kilometers from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. It is a representative work of a medium-sized classical landscape house in Suzhou gardens. The Garden of the Master of the Nets was built in the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1127～1279). It was the former site of the "Wanjuantang" of Yangzhou literati Shi Zhengzhi, a bibliophile in the Song Dynasty and an official to minister. The garden was named "Yuyin" and was abandoned. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty (about 1770 AD), the retired Guanglu Temple Shaoqing Song Zongyuan purchased and rebuilt it, and the garden was named "Master of the Nets Garden."

Lion Grove

The Lion Forest was built in the Yuan Dynasty to the second year of Zhengzheng (1342) and is one of the representatives of Chinese classical private garden architecture. Belongs to one of the four famous parks in Suzhou. The Lion Forest is also a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

Tiger Hill

Huqiu Mountain Scenic Area is located in the Huqiu Mountain Scenic Area in the northwest corner of the ancient city of Suzhou. It has a long history of more than 2500 years. It has the reputation of "the first scenic spot in Wuzhong" and "the first mountain in Wuzhong". Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo wrote "Taste Yan Going to Gusu and not visiting Huqiu, not visiting Luqiu, is a famous saying in the past. It has been rated as one of the first batch of top ten civilized scenic tourist attractions in the country, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, and a national civilized unit.

Hanshan Temple

Hanshan Temple is located in Gusu District, Suzhou City. It was built during the Tianjian period of the Xiaoliang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties (502～519 AD) and was originally named "Miaolipu Ming Pagoda". Hanshan Temple covers an area of about 13,000 square meters, with a construction area of more than 3,400 square meters.

Pan Gate

Panmen, known as Panmen in ancient times, is located at No.49 East Street, Gusu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. In the sixth year of King Zhou Jing (514 BC), King Wu Helu ordered Wu Zixu to build the capital city of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. Panmen was one of the eight gates of the capital of Wu. Because there was a wooden beetle hanging on the door to show the deterrence of the country, and because of its "water and land phase half, along the buckling", named after.

Pingjiang Road

Pingjiang Road is a historical old street in Suzhou. It is a small road along the river. The river is named Pingjiang River. The Pingjiang Road Historic District is the most intact area in the ancient city of Suzhou so far, and it can be called a microcosm of the ancient city. Compared with the Southern Song Dynasty "Pingjiang Map" and the "Suzhou City Inner Waterway Map" at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Pingjiang Road basically continued the urban square pattern since the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has maintained vitality to this day.

Shantang Street

Shantang Street is located in the northwest of the ancient city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province, east to Changmen, the "first and second-class rich and romantic place" in Hongchen, and west to Tiger Hill, "the first place in Wuzhong". It is called "Qilishantang to Tiger Hill".