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DayTourinSuzhou

(2020-01-06 17:16:57)
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苏州精品一日游

分类: 苏州攻略
Suzhou was founded in 514 BC, so it has over 2500 years of history, with an abundant desplay of relics and sites of historical interest. The canals, stone bridges, pagodas, and meticulously designed gardens have contributed to its status as one of the top tourist destinations in China. How do you expect to understand Suzhou better in one day? The itinerary below is strongly recommended.

Suzhou Museum/苏州博物馆

The museum was founded and first opened to the public in the former residence of the Zhong Prince of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in 1960. The current building was designed by Chinese-American architect Ieo hMing Pei and inaugurated in 2006.

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The museum has more than 15,000 pieces in its collections. Most are ancient paintings and calligraphy, ceramics, crafts, unearthed relics and revolution relics. It also possesses more than 70,000 books and documents, and over 20,000 rubbings of stone inscriptions. The collection of paintings and calligraphy includes works of masters from Song Dynasty to Ming and Qing dynasites.

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Pingjiang Street/平江路

The most amazing of Suzhou ancient city is the layout has never changed since it was built over 2500 years ago. You can still see the typical layout - double Chinese chess board - one street always paralleling one small river.

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Many local people are still living in the Pingjiang area, and  boutique shops, restaurants and hotels are booming along the street catering especially to the prosperous demand of tourists.

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Suzhou is often dubbed the 'Venice of the East' or 'Venice of China', so it must be an unforgettable experience to take a boat crusie in the Pingjiang river.  If you are enough lucky  that you can hear the boat driver's authentic songs.

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Suzhou is also called the city of gardens, so you can't miss the garden. You can ask the boat driver to send you to the Garden of Couple's Retreat from the Pingjiang river.

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The Couple's Retreat Garden/耦园

The original garden was built by Lu Jin, prefect of Baoning district, in 1874. Later, it was purchased by Shen Bigcheng, the magistrate of Susong county, who rebuilt it in its current from and changed the name to the Couple's Garden Retreat. This name refers to the garden's two parts and alludes to a couple. 

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The garden is located in the intersection of canals and is surrounded by water on three sides. It is accessibe directly from the canal by boat. The garden is divided into an east and west section by the residental core in the middle. 

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The Grand Canal/大运河

The ancient city of Suzhou was the paradise for all merchants owing to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal; even to this day, about half of the volume of goods is transported by waterway through the Grand Canal. Along the way, there are 8 ancient gates of Suzhou, more than 20 stone bridges in diverse styles of traditional designs, ancient river town dwellings and historical relics; and the gorgeous lighting adds more glamour to the night boating the Grand Canal.

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In addition, during the journey, vistors can also learn the historical stories, local customs, and enjoy good food of local flavors when appreciating the surrounding ladnscapes.

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The Panmen Ancient City Gate/盘门

The Panmen is a famous historical landmark of Suzhou for its complex of both land and water city gates that people directly refer to it as the 'Land and Water Gate'.

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The Panmen is part of the ancient city wall built in 514 BC that surrounded and protected Suzhou, which is the only entrance to the wall that surrounded ancient Suzhou.

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Travel Information

Time: 7-8 hours
Highlights: Discover Suzhou in one day through one museum, one street, one boat, one garden, one river and one city gate.
Route: Suzhou Museum, Pingjiang street, lunch, boat cruise, the Couple's Retreat Garden, the Grand Canal and Panmen ancient city gate.

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