Pingjiang District

Suzhou Guanqian Street

Suzhou Guanqian Street is the most important commercial district in Suzhou. It is a pedestrian street located in the center of the ancient city of Suzhou. The area has prosperous commerce, famous stores and numerous historical sites. It plays an irreplaceable central role in Suzhou's modern urban construction pattern of "East Park and West District, with the ancient city in the middle, one body and two wings". Guanqian Street starts from the main road Renmin Road (formerly Hulong Street) in the west, and ends at Jiufang Bridge in the east where it connects to Linton Road. In the middle, facing north and south, is the Millennium Taoist Temple Xuanmiao Temple, facing Gongxiang. In addition, there is a food street, Eunuch Alley and other streets and lanes crisscrossing it.

Qian Street is named after its location in front of Xuanmiao Temple. It has a history of more than 150 years since it was named. It has been famous all over the world for gathering many famous and characteristic century-old shops such as Daoxiangcun, Qiantaixiang, Huangtianyuan, etc.; the food street located in Bifengfang - Eunuch Alley is even more popular Therefore, Subang delicacies are well-known in the south of the Yangtze River; Xuanmiao Temple, a national key cultural relic protection unit, attracts domestic and foreign tourists with its rich Taoist cultural connotations.

Guanqian Street is located in the center of the ancient city of Suzhou, covering an area of ??0.52 square kilometers. The area has prosperous commerce, famous stores, and numerous historical sites. It is a modern city in Suzhou with "East Park and West District, with the ancient city in the middle, one body and two wings" It plays an irreplaceable central role in the construction pattern.

Guanqian Street is a bustling downtown area in Suzhou. Not many people who have been to Suzhou know about it. Naming streets and alleys, adding the word "front" or "back" after a certain landmark building is not uncommon in Jiangnan, but as Suzhou people like it, I am afraid it is unparalleled. In front of Xuanmiao Guan, in front of Zhenfusi, in front of Shenya, in front of Fanzhuang... there are too many to mention. Among them, the most famous one is Xuanmiao Guanqian, which is commonly called "Guanqian Street" or simply "Guanqian". Its reputation is like the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, the City God Temple in Shanghai, and the Tianqiao in Beijing. It is a public entertainment place that integrates commerce, entertainment, food, and culture; it is also just like the Confucius Temple and the Yuyuan Garden in the City God Temple. The street is famous for its mysterious temple.