Gourmet scenery/Three days in Suzhou

"Up there is heaven, down there are Suzhou and Hangzhou"! Because of this sentence, Suzhou and Hangzhou have become places that many people want to visit at least once. The unique jiangnan scenery and local cuisine also keep tourists coming to these two cities!

And Suzhou, it is jiangnan characteristics to the extreme!

Suzhou is China's "Yangtze River Delta" one of the important central cities, is also one of China's first national historical and cultural cities, with a history of nearly 2500 years, is one of the important birthplace of Wu culture, known as "heaven on Earth"!

"Hangzhou West Lake, Suzhou Garden", suzhou classical garden is a typical representative of Private gardens in China, it and China's Grand Canal Suzhou section is listed by UNESCO as a World cultural heritage.

What are the best places to visit in Suzhou? What are the local specialties that should not be missed?

Once in Suzhou, you can't miss the incomparable Jiangnan scenery. These places are a must to visit.

(1) Suzhou classical Gardens

Suzhou is known as the "city of Gardens". Private gardens were built in suzhou in the sixth century B.C. by the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 170 gardens inside and outside the city, of which there are more than 50 now.

Suzhou classical garden is the general name of the Chinese classical garden in Suzhou city, it, garden house garden unity, can enjoy, can travel, can live.

Two of the typical representatives are humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden, known as "reinventing the universe within a hand", is the leader and pride of Chinese garden culture.

The humble administrator's garden:

Humble Administrator's Garden, Together with Beijing Summer Palace, Chengde Summer Resort and Suzhou Lingering Garden, is known as one of the four famous gardens in China.

For more than four hundred years, Humble Administrator's Garden has been divided and closed several times, either as a "private" garden, or as a "golden house" to hide jiao, or as a "royal palace", leaving many tempting traces and allusions to explore.

The park is centered on water and surrounded by mountains and trees. The east is open and clear, the west is beautifully built, and the central part is centered on the pool.

The garden:

Lingering Garden, one of the four famous gardens in China, is located in Suzhou Gusu District, where there are pavilions, pavilions, winding corridors, stone rockery, potted green plants, ancient architecture distribution, spatial level sense of significant, strong contrast between light and shade, and subtle changes in the light, place yourself among them, with the fun of moving to change scenery.

The lingering garden is also a green "landscape garden", luxuriant flowers and trees, and the earth rock rockery mutually dependent. Compared with humble Administrator's Garden, here is more quiet.

(2) Taihu Lake Scenic Spot

As the saying goes, "Half of the beautiful Taihu Lake is located in Gusu". The Taihu Lake scenic area is famous for its grand level and rich and beautiful lake and island scenery. Suzhou is particularly advantaged along the Taihu Lake area. The long and varied lake shoreline forms a rich landscape along the lake, with lush forests, fragrant flowers, and cultural relics and historic sites all over it.

"Enjoy tea with flowers in spring, enjoy perch with lotus in summer, sing chrysanthemum with crab in autumn and explore plum in winter"!

(3) Zhouzhuang Ancient Town

Zhouzhuang ancient town is surrounded by water, because of the river into the town, according to the water into the street, street as the city, bridge street connected, to the boat instead of walking. The main scenic spots are Fuan Bridge, Shuangqiao, Shen Hall, etc. Fourteen ancient stone Bridges built in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties are well preserved on the well-shaped channel. More than 800 families of aborigines live beside the river, and more than 60% of the dwellings are still preserved in the architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The cradle of wu local culture, the model of jiangnan water town, the "Venice" of the East.

In 1983, the famous painter Chen Yifei's painting "Double Bridges" made Zhouzhuang known to the world, and enjoyed the good reputation of "China's first water town".

4. Hanshan Temple

Hanshan Temple, not to say a household name, is also known through the ages. Because of the Tang Dynasty poet Han Shanzi once lived here and named, and because of the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji "Maple bridge night moorbed" : "the moon falls, wu Ti frost sky, jiangfeng fishing fire to sorrow sleep. Hanshan Temple outside Gusu, midnight bell to the passenger ship.

"And became famous for a time, countless poets and calligrapher were here to write poems, painting and chanting, Maple Bridge also rose to the top of suzhou more than 300 famous Bridges.

It's also one of Japan's favorite temples. Hanshan Temple Buddha sculptures have a unique style, the art of tablet carving is world famous, the bell is very special, every New Year's Eve, the bell tower will sound 108 bells, in the melodious bell ringing out the old and ushering in the new, pray for peace.

(5) Tongli Ancient Town

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were many gardens, temples, mansions and former residences of celebrities. Fifteen rivers in the shape of "Chuan" divided the ancient town into seven islets, while 49 ancient Bridges connected them together, which are famous for "small Bridges, flowing water and people".

It is a lake-type scenic spot of ancient town featured by famous gardens and water villages.

(6) Jinji Lake Scenic Spot

Jinji Lake is a tributary of Taihu Lake, within the lake there are music fountain, water ferris wheel, Li Gongdike, Peach blossom Island, Jinji Lake bridge waterfall and other attractions.

It's a great place to cool off in summer and relax. The jinfi lake in the night has glamour most, the neon of time excessive color, the commercial street of amorous feelings fashion and bar street, the ferris wheel of lofty distance, the individual emotional appeal that arouses you, make you excited extremely.

Suzhou Museum

Suzhou Museum is located in zhongwang Palace of taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which is a complete historical building of taiping Heavenly Kingdom in China.

The new museum is designed by ieoh Ming Pei, the world's Chinese architect. It is a comprehensive museum integrating modern buildings, ancient buildings and innovative landscape gardens. It is the only special garden museum in China. Pottery, jade, paintings and other cultural relics from ancient times to modern times can be seen here. In zhongwang palace, you can see the beautiful and elegant "Soviet style painting".

(8) Shajiabang. Yushan Shanghu Tourist Area

The largest wetland park in east China has a long history of development. During the Anti-Japanese War, there were wounded soldiers hiding here, and it became so famous that it became the patriotic education base today.

Yushan is a national forest park, named after yu Zhong, the ancestor of Wu, who was buried here during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It is an important birthplace of Wu culture in China.

(9) Pingjiang Historical District

Suzhou has many ancient streets, the most famous of which are Shantang Street and Pingjiang Road. Pingjiang Road not only precipitates the primitive atmosphere, but also gathers suzhou's most famous food!

Here has the charm of jiangnan water town, a very beautiful and quiet, in the downtown but not noisy historical block, walk around the shop, listen to pingtan, look at the scenery, wash the mood, you will find that everything in the downtown has become floating clouds.

10. Tiger Hill

Huqiu Mountain, located in the northwest corner of suzhou city, has a long history of more than 2500 years. It is reputed as "the no.1 scenic spot in Wuzhong" and "the no.1 mountain in Wuzhong".

Here the historical atmosphere thick sword pool is the most mysterious, the most attractive. Bi towering into the clouds of yunyan temple tower has been tilted, but the ancient xiongqi, jian Pool mysterious, buried king Lu lu burial mystery... The most famous tiger Hill tower is called "Oriental Leaning Tower of Pisa".

(1) Squirrel mandarin fish

Squirrel mandarin fish, also known as squirrel Mandarin fish, is the best example of both color and flavor in Supan cuisine. Fried mandarin fish meat is crispy, drizzled with sauce, and the dish looks rosy, with a piece of fish wrapped in soup, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sour and sweet. In 2018, it was selected as one of jiangsu's top ten classic dishes.

(2) Collect mutton

Suzhou people have a tradition of eating mutton in autumn and winter, and make mutton very well. The most famous lamb is the lamb collected in books. The highlight is to stew mutton in a barrel of fir wood, so that the mutton stewed out is fragrant, tender and without odor.

(3) Ring oil eel paste

The characteristic traditional dish of jiangnan area belongs to Su Bang dish. Eel paste on the table after the oil is still in the crackling and named.

Take fresh eels as raw materials, cut the slaughtered eels into sections, add seasoning, stir fry. Dark red in color, oily but not greasy, fresh and delicious. Eel is characterized by delicious meat, rich fragrance, appetizing fitness.

(4) Osmanthus chicken head and rice soup

Chicken and rice head is a rare aquatic specialty, can only taste fresh chicken and rice head in August and September every year, osmanthus rock candy and chicken and rice head really match, osmanthus fragrance and just right sweet, eat can nourish Yin embellish lung.

(5) Cherry

A famous traditional dish, characterized by bright red color, salty sweet, fat but not greasy, melt in your mouth. Practice is to change the knife above the whole square meat, change the square like cherry size, and then use red qu, its color, marinade red, the meat is burned to crisp.

When you're hungry, a dish of cherry meat with a bowl of white rice is a perfect match.

(6) Snow crab fight

Snow crab is a famous traditional snack in Jiangsu Province. It belongs to Su cuisine and is a famous dish created on the basis of hibiscus crab. This dish uses crab shell as container, white as snow egg foam, embellished slightly, color, aroma, taste, shape and all.

(7) Female tanker duck

This famous Suxi dish is most suitable for tasting in autumn and winter. The biggest characteristics are: the meat is fat and tender, crisp and not broken, with rich fragrance and unique flavor. If you come to Suzhou at this time, when eating out, don't forget to order this dish to taste.

Mother oil, is a special production, very delicious soy sauce, jiangnan unique.

(8) Shrimp with green snail

Suzhou traditional famous dishes, a su cuisine. It is a little luxurious. It is mainly used to fry the peeled shrimps with oil, then stir fry them again with biluochun tea. The fragrance of tea leaves is blended into the shrimps, making this dish not only taste the freshness of shrimps, but also have fresh tea fragrance, fresh and tender, and endless sweetness.

(9) Barbel lung soup

Barbel lung soup is a traditional famous dish in Jiangsu province, belonging to Jiangsu cuisine. Barbel lung soup has fat and tender liver, floating on the soup surface, delicate fish, clear and delicious, and is a seasonal dish in summer and autumn.

(10) Fried raw

Sheng jian, a common Suzhou specialty, has a crispy skin that is topped with scallions and sesame seeds for flavor, and a bite of the gravy inside is rich and memorable.

In addition to the most famous pingjiang district, Suzhou also has many famous and lively districts where you can take a walk, enjoy fun and eat special food.

(1) Shantong Street

Shantang Street is a famous historical and cultural street in China. It is located in the northwest of the ancient city of Suzhou, with a total length of 3.6 kilometers, which is about 7 li when translated into li, so it is called Qili Shantang. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was the most prosperous place in the ancient city of Suzhou and one of the most prosperous places in ancient trade in China, with the title of "The first street in Suzhou".

(2) Fenchmen Street

Fenchmen Hengjie is the last well-preserved street in Suzhou. It is not only rich in history, but also the place with the most fireworks and human touch in Suzhou. It is the street most visited by people living in the city.

This gate was opened in the Spring and Autumn Period and rebuilt in the early Qing Dynasty. It was named "Brook Qingying" by the Academician Guji in the Qing Dynasty. Although it has gradually faded in the long history, it has been retained in the memory of suzhou people.

(3) Guanqian Street

Guanqian Street, the main street 780 meters in length, because of the ancient temple mysterious view named. The famous commercial food pedestrian street in Suzhou is a paradise of delicious food.

The building volume of Guanqian Street is small, forming a low building contour line, and the architectural colors are mainly black, white and gray. The main street of Guanqian Street is distributed with shopping malls and time-honored stores. The catering industry is mainly concentrated in The Area of Eunji Lane, and the entertainment and leisure places are mainly concentrated in the area of Qiaosiong Lane.

Huaihai Street

Huaihai Street is a famous Japanese style street in Suzhou. Many Japanese who come to Suzhou to work also need food and life, and as time passes, it has become a special landscape.

A few years ago, huaihai Street there also spread a huge stupid copy: "Tokyo too far, come to Suzhou Huaihai Street," although the slot point is full, but the overall style of the block is more Japanese characteristics, shopping in the inside of the photo is very good, Japanese materials are also a lot, more authentic.

(5) Stone road

Stone road is located in Suzhou Gusu district of a street, is also the general name of a nearby business district.

Suzhou Shilu, a commercial area with the same name as Suzhou Guanqian Street, contains a pedestrian street and a food street, where you can enjoy food while shopping.

(6) Northeast Street

Northeast street is the third pedestrian street in Suzhou after Guanqian Street and Stone Road. However, in terms of street landscape, the Northeast Street is obviously lower than the Guanqian Street, which is difficult to be compared with the Stone road. However, the world inside the wall of the northeast street is one of the roots of the ancient city of Suzhou, which can reach half of the city.

(7) 53 Road

54 road is a road in central Suzhou city, named in memory of the May 30 tragedy.

A pillar of old houses and rows of French plane trees of another style, is suzhou people "aftertaste" distribution center, more suitable for shooting the wind of the Republic of China or wedding photos.

The unique water town in the south of the Yangtze River and the delicious Subang food made us think we must visit Suzhou once in our lives!

It is said that the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River is also more than that of suzhou.