Suzhou has a long history and rich cultural landscape. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, it has become "the intersection of boats and cars, the thoroughfare of Kyushu", and the opening of "Tongji Canal" in the Sui Dynasty has become a military center to "contain the Huaihe River and act as a crossroads between the north and the south". In 809 AD, Suzhou was established in the Tang Dynasty, and the first peasant uprising in the pre-Qin history of China rose in osawa Township. Chu and Han contended, and the decisive battle took place here. During the War of Liberation, this was the main battlefield of the Huaihe River Campaign, where Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, Peng Xuefeng, Zhang Aiping, Zhang zhen, Su Yu and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation fought.
The vicissitudes of history have left a profound cultural accumulation. In the south of Suzhou, there is a related platform built by Bobby Chen and Guangwu. In the north, there is a place where Liu Bang escaped from Qin Jun, which has been turned into the hidden valley of the emperor in the National Forest Park; There are ancient battlefields and Yuji's Tomb in the east; In the west, there are banquets for Li Bai to drink and write poems; One of them is Lindong Caotang, where Bai Juyi lived for many years. Confucius' disciples Min Ziqian, Ji Kang, Liu Ling and Zhu Wen, the Emperor of the Later Liang Dynasty, were all from Suzhou. People of insight such as Li Bai, Han Yu, Bai Juyi and Su Shi have all traveled or lived here, leaving many beautiful poems and relics. "wildfire never quite consumes them, the spring breeze blows high" is a famous saying of Bai Juyi, a young poet, in Suzhou.
Contemporary Suzhou is full of talented people, including sculptors Liu Kaiqu, Wang Ziyun, Xiao Longshi, Zhuo Ran, Wei Tianchi and Mei Chunyi, philosopher Sun Shuping, sociologist Deng, performing artists, and so on. Xiaoxian is a famous "hometown of Chinese painting", and Yongqiao District is known as "hometown of calligraphy" and "hometown of acrobatics".
Suzhou is rich in natural resources and has many famous and special products. The territory of the vast plains, fertile land, suitable climate, lush vegetation. The plain covers an area of 8,897 square kilometers, accounting for 9 1% of the city's total area, with 9,977,900 mu of cultivated land, accounting for 67.97% of the total area. This area is rich in wheat, corn, soybeans, sweet potatoes, cotton, peanuts, vegetables, apples, pears, peaches, grapes, mulberry and so on. The total grain output is 3.06 million tons, the total cotton output is 80,000 tons, the oil output is 405,000 tons, and the fruit output is 865,000 tons. The contiguous fruit producing area in China is 6.5438+0.2 million mu, accounting for more than 70% of the province's area and output. It has 800,000 mu of peanut planting base and 400,000 mu of greenhouse vegetable planting belt distributed longitudinally along national and provincial roads. The underground mineral resources are rich, and the coal reserves are about 6 billion tons, which is an important part of Huaibei coalfield. Huangkou Oilfield predicts oil reserves of more than 2 billion tons; The proven reserves of coalbed methane in southern Jiangsu reach 300 billion cubic meters; Marble reserves are 40 million cubic meters, ranking first in the province, with more than 20 varieties of colors. Lingbi Stone is one of the "Four Wonders" in China. Dangshan crisp pear is a kind of high-quality fruit, which is favored by customers at home and abroad. Fuliji roast chicken, with good color and delicious taste, is a famous dish in China. Jiagou fragrant rice is rich in flavor. "A family cooks ten coriander, and ten coriander is full of fragrance." It was once regarded as Gong Mi in Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty.