My hometown Suzhou

Suzhou is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, bordering Shanghai in the east, Zhejiang in the south, Taihu Lake in the west and the Yangtze River in the north. The geographic coordinates of the downtown area of Suzhou are 31 19' north latitude and 121 37' east longitude. The city covers an area of 8,488 square kilometers, including 1,651 square kilometers. At the end of 2116, the total population of the city was 6,161,814. Suzhou has jurisdiction over Zhangjiagang City, Changshu City, Taicang City, Kunshan City, Wujiang City, Wuzhong District, Xiangcheng District, Pingjiang District, Canglang District and Jinchang District, as well as Suzhou Industrial Park and Suzhou High-tech Zone huqiu district. In 1993, Suzhou was approved as a "big city" by the State Council.

Suzhou is a national key tourist city, and there are 538 cultural relics protection units at all levels in the city. The buildings are built near the water, with the front lane and the back river, forming a unique style of "small bridge, flowing water and people". Suzhou Garden, which integrates architecture, landscape, flowers and trees, sculpture, calligraphy and painting, is a wonderful work of human civilization. Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden are listed among the four famous gardens in China, along with Netscape Garden, Huanxiu Mountain Villa and Canglang Pavilion, Lion Forest, Art Garden, Couple Garden and Retreat Garden. It was listed in the World Heritage List by UNESCO in February 1997 and October 2111 respectively, and the ancient towns of Tongli, Zhouzhuang and Luzhi are being declared for inclusion in the World Cultural Heritage List.

Suzhou is located in a temperate zone, with a subtropical monsoon maritime climate, four distinct seasons, mild climate and abundant rainfall. The whole city has low terrain, plains accounting for 55% of the total area, dense water networks and fertile land. Rich in products. Mainly planting rice, wheat and rape, producing cotton, sericulture and forest fruits. The specialties are Biluochun tea, Yangtze river swordfish, Taihu whitebait and Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs.

Suzhou is known as the land of plenty and the land of silk, and is known as "paradise on earth".

Suzhou has been a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times.

The commercial streets in Suzhou are: Guanqian, Shilu, Nanhao Street, Shiquan Street, Fengqiao Street and South Gate.

Guanqian is located in the center of the ancient city of Suzhou, covering an area of 1.52 square kilometers. The business in the area is prosperous, famous shops are gathered, and there are many historical sites. It is located in the "East Park West" of Suzhou, with the ancient city in the middle. "One Body with Two Wings" plays an irreplaceable central role in the modern urban construction pattern.

Guanqian Street is named because it is located in front of the mysterious temple. Its name has a history of more than 151 years, and it has been famous all over the world as a century-old shop with many famous and famous characteristics, such as Daoxiang Village, Gantaixiang and Huang Tianyuan. Located in Bifengfang-the food street made by eunuchs is famous for its Su Gang food. Xuanmiao Temple, a national key cultural relic protection unit, attracts domestic and foreign tourists with its rich Taoist cultural connotation. After a hundred years of ups and downs, in 1999, the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and the municipal government invested huge sums of money to comprehensively renovate and update the Qianguan area. After the transformation, the Qianguan area is becoming a complete transportation network, complete infrastructure, beautiful human environment, reasonable commercial layout and excellent investment environment. It is a commercial, cultural, religious and tourist center with strong local color. Before Guanqian, tourists are bustling, and businesses are flourishing, with century-old shops and old shops everywhere. According to data records, Guanqian had an unprecedented prosperity in the early 1931s. According to rough statistics, there were seven financial institutions in Guanqian at that time, including China, Communications, Wuxian Tianye, Shanghai, Guohua, China Shijian and Xinfu. Department stores include Jingdezhen, Brother and Qian Hengsen, and there are also four companies: Huada, Lianhe, Yuchang and Taifeng. The silver houses are Hengfu, Cai Feng, Tianfeng and Tiancheng; There are Gantaixiang, Yihexiang, Tongren Hehe, Tianxiang, Ruihexiang, Ruitaifeng, Ruixintai and Jiuchang in the silk cloth villages. Bookstores include Xiaoshulin, Zhenxin, World, Commerce, Wen Yi, Transportation and Pingjiang; Pharmacies include Taihe, Zhongying, Huaying, Huamei, Chinese and Western, and Central. Local products stores include Caizhizhai, Daoxiang Village, Yeshouhe, Donglu, Luguojian, Ma Yongzhai, Wenkuizhai and Zhou Wanxing. The restaurants include Laodanfeng, Songhelou, Free Farm, Yihe Garden, Yuegong Hotel and Cooperative Farm. The noodle restaurant has a view of revitalization; Photo studios include Liu Cun, Songshixuan, Daguangming, Zhonghua and Kang Sheng. The theaters include the YMCA, the Central Committee and the East. Bathrooms include Huijin Spring, Xinhuijin, Pengying, Juxing Garden and Fuxing Garden. Teahouses include Yunlin Pavilion and Wuyuan; Hotels include mainland China, New Soviet Union and Anton. There are also Mao Hengfeng's Su Fan, the tobacco that flourished in the west, and the tooth carvings of Zhang Wanyuan and Tu Hongxing; On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, Jincheng Bank, Hongsheng, Hongyuan, Zhensu and Qingtai Qianzhuang, as well as Wang Ruiyu Tea House, International Photo Studio, Wugong Hotel, Xinya Hotel and Xin 'an Tea Room were added before the exhibition. Eunuch Lane has added restaurants such as Suzhou Laozhengxing, Shanghai Laozhengxing, Weiya, Sanwu, etc.

Nanhao Street in Suzhou is located along the Grand Canal in the east, Jinmen Road in the south, Laochangmen in the north, and Asia Plaza, the business center of Xilianshi Road, with a unique geographical location. The planned commercial street covers an area of 61,111 square meters, and the 611-meter-long commercial street is in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with 1211 storefronts in rows of two or three floors, uneven level. The Shenxian Temple, with a history of thousands of years, was rebuilt on the original site. The annual "Rolling Immortals" was held in Nanhao Street, pushing Nanhao Street to the peak of prosperity.

There are many high-rise buildings in Shilu Business District, and there are more than ten large and medium-sized comprehensive and professional shopping malls, including Bafangfeng, Asia, Venice, Pacific Ocean, HSBC, boutique, stationery and air-conditioning city. Hundreds of banks, post offices, hostels, hotels, restaurants, bathrooms, dance halls, bowling alleys, joint ticket offices, etc. are next to each other, forming a downtown area with strong popularity, complete functions, active transactions and great commercial development value. A few hundred meters to the north of Shilu Road are Suzhou Railway Station and Bus Station, and there are many interchange lines in the area as the origin, destination and interchange station. Rural buses and CMB buses bound for scenic spots such as Huqiu, Liuyuan, Xiyuan, Hanshan Temple, Tianping Mountain, Lingyan Mountain and suburbs also have stops at Shilu. Therefore, the Shilu area has convenient transportation, and it is also a place where foreign tourists are concentrated.

Nanmen Business District is located in the northern part of Ren Minqiao, the southern tip of Suzhou Ancient City. The famous "Paradise Waterway" Suzhou-Hangzhou Ferry Terminal is located here. The South Coach Station here sends nearly 211 trains every day. There are nearly 15,111 people going in and out of Suzhou every day, and Nanmen area has become the south gate of Suzhou. The business in Nanmen area is very prosperous, with nearly 11 large-scale comprehensive shopping malls, such as Taihua Mall and supermarkets. There are hundreds of professional shopping malls and shops; There is also a large aquatic product market, vegetable and fruit wholesale market, tea market and electronic market in Suzhou. At the same time, there are nearly 21 cultural and entertainment venues and various flavor restaurants. It is the most prosperous downtown area in the south of Suzhou with convenient transportation, numerous shopping malls and prosperous popularity.

Shiquan Street is located in the hotel area in the ancient city of Suzhou, and the famous Nanlin Hotel, Suzhou Hotel, Nanyuan Hotel and Classical Garden Master Park are located on this street. With the prosperity of tourism and the transformation of old neighborhoods in Suzhou, Shiquan Street has been transformed into a new look, and various catering and craft shops have emerged. The business is very prosperous. At first glance, Shiquan Street is strewn at random with white walls and tiles, and restaurants and craft shops with Ming and Qing styles have opened one after another with their own characteristics. "Tangtou Restaurant" with special fish head stewing soup, "Old Suzhou Tea Restaurant" integrating Wu culture and catering, "Yanzhi Shalong" meeting the east, west, north and south flavors of mountain city hot pot, Japanese cuisine, Korean cuisine, barbecue, Guangbang cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, etc., with a complete range of cuisines, attracting domestic and foreign tourists; The craft shops in Shiquan Street have their own strengths, including Su Xiutang, Jinsha Pavilion and Bo Gu Hall, which specialize in ceramic antiques, Ruiguangzhai, which specializes in calligraphy and painting, and small pieces of purple sand, pottery, silk, calligraphy and painting, epigraphy, jasper and mahogany. You can find everything here. Shiquan Street in Suzhou has become a famous street with catering technology characteristics at home and abroad.

Fengqiao Street and Hanshan Temple are cultural and tourist commercial streets with strong local characteristics in Fengqiao Scenic Area, with buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties and quaint features. There are many shops that bring together almost all the craft goods in the south of the Yangtze River, including silk, Suzhou embroidery, calligraphy and painting, Four Treasures of the Study, mahogany carving and sandalwood fans. There are also various antique shops, pearl shops, teapot shops, and galleries produced and sold by painters and painters. You can also see the performance of "Long Pen Calligraphy" listed in the Guinness Book of World Records in Shanghai, which is really dazzling and beautiful. The history of Fengqiao Street is as long as Hanshan Temple and Fengqiao. The Tang poem "a night-mooring near maple bridge" has been circulated from ancient times to modern times, and scholars of all ages have visited the ancient secluded spot and stopped to stay, and fengqiao ancient town has gradually prospered. The ancient town commercial street's white-walled buildings, antique signboards and craft goods with the characteristics of Wu culture together constitute a rich cultural landscape, which is worth walking around and savoring.