Popular Suzhou Attractions

Suzhou is a modern city with a historic past. A tour of Suzhou will provide the visitor with much to see and admire from the ancient streets and classical private gardens to modern malls, from traditional arts and crafts to trendy fashion shows, from skyscrapers to parks and museums - Suzhou is a city that combines the historic and the modern in its own unique way.

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  Garden of Cultivation

  Started to be built during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the Garden of Cultivation (Yipu Garden) is a small scale garden with artistic characteristics of the Ming Dynasty. The entire garden's layout is plain and open, with a natural and simple style; not overly elaborate and affected. Its artistic value is much higher than the Later Qing gardens in Suzhou. The layout of mountains and waters, pavilions, terraces and...

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  Suhzhou Embroidery

  As one of the representatives of Chinese culture and arts, Suzhou embroidery enjoys a good reputation of the first of the Top-four embroiders in China. Suzhou embroidery was originated in Wuxian, Jiangsu Province. These areas have been famous for their high quality silk productions for centuries. The country of Wu (current Suzhou area) has started to use embroidery to decorate garments over 2,000 years ago. Suzhou embroid...

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  Twin Pagodas at Luohanyuan Temple Suzhou

  Suzhou Twin Pagodas at Luohanyuan Temple are considered the best-preserved twin pagodas built in early times in China.It is at Dinghui Lane in southeastern Suzhou, where the twin pagodas were built, which now is called Shuangta (Twin Pagodas) Lane. According to historic accounts, the twin pagodas, once called Sarira Stupa and the other called Sarira Stupa of Merits and Benevolence, were built in 982 during the Song...

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  Suzhou Kun Opera Museum

  Suzhou Kun Opera Museum, also known as Chinese Kun Opera Museum, is located in Pingjiang Road in the ancient city area of Suzhou. It is a museum to rescue, protection, inherit and carry forward the old Kun Opera for the purpose and it make performances, exhibitions, collections, research, and heritage as the main job content. After half a century of efforts, now the museum has a collection of the National largest...

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  North Temple Pagoda

  The North Temple Pagoda, or Beisi Pagoda is a Chinese pagoda located at Bao'en Temple in Suzhou. The base of the pagoda has an octagonal frame, and the tower raises nine stories in a total height of 76 m. It is said to have first been constructed during the Three Kingdoms period by the order of Sun Quan, the king of Wu, who prayed for the happiness of his mother. The extant pagoda was constructed between 1131 and...

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  Couple's Retreat Garden

  Couple's Retreat Garden is a famous classical Chinese garden, located in Suzhou city. It was recognized with other classical Suzhou gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in November of 2000.The original garden was built by Lu Jin, prefect of Baoning district, in 1874. Later, it was purchased by Shen Bingcheng, the magistrate of Susong. Who rebuilt it in its current form and changed the name to the Couple's Garden Retrea...

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  Baodai Bridge

  Baodai Bridge，also known as "Long Bridge", is located at the bank of Grand Canal of China in Wuzhong District of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is one of the "Ten Famous Bridges in China" together with Anji Bridge in Zhaozhou, Lugouqiao Bridge in Beijing and other renowned bridges.The Baodai Bridge (Precious Belt Bridge) was built by Wang Zhongshu, a magistrate of Suzhou prefecture during the...

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  Hanshan Temple

  Hanshan Temple, or Cold Mountain Temple is situated ten kilometers from Fengqiao Old Town in Suzhou, originally built during the Liang during the Southern Dynasties (420 - 589), when the former name is Miaoli Puming Temple. It is said that a famous monk named Han Shan once visited here and took charge of the temple. Later, the temple was named in honor of his coming. Once, a poet of Tang dynasty (618-907), Zhang...