Humble Administrator's Garden: Located atNo. 178, northeast street of Loumen, it is the largest and most famous garden in Suzhou. The Humble Administrator's Garden was built in the Ming Dynasty, and Wang was the first owner of the Humble Administrator's Garden. During the reign of Jiajing and Zheng De, he lived in the official residence to supervise the imperial history. In his later years, he was dissatisfied with his official career and dismissed from office and returned to his hometown. He bought land to build a garden, and borrowed the meaning of "My Humble Administrator's Garden" in "Living in Idleness" and named it Humble Administrator's Garden. The main attractions in the park are: Lan Xuetang, Furong Pavilion, Xiangxiang Pavilion, Kuangjian Pavilion, Yuanxiangtang, Xiaocanglang, Liuting Pavilion and Fucui Pavilion.
Transportation: Take lines 1, 2 and 5, get off at Humble Administrator's Garden Station No.2 and 3, and walk eastward 100 meters.
Admission: peak season (3.1-5.31; 9.1-11.30) 70 yuan; Off-season (6.1-8.31; 12. 1-2.29)50 yuan. Free Rhododendron Festival and Lotus Festival are held in two peak seasons respectively.
Opening hours: 8: 15- 17: 30.
Lion Forest: Located at No.23 Garden Road in the northeast of the city, it was built by Zen Master Tian Ru, a monk in the Yuan Dynasty, in memory of his teacher Zhong Feng. Lion Forest has the largest existing ancient rockery group in China. There are many beautiful rockeries on the lake, which are very spectacular and dance like lions. They are called "Rockery Kingdom" and "Eighteen Scenes of Taoyuan". The highest peak in the garden is Lion Peak, and there are other famous peaks, such as Han Hui and Tuyue. These buildings include Li Xue Hall, Sleeping Cloud Room, Bai Xuan and Mei Wen Pavilion.
Reminder: You can travel with Suzhou Folk Museum and Coin Museum. One hundred meters north along Garden Road is Humble Administrator's Garden.
Transportation: Take lines 1, 2 and 5, and take lines 2, 3, 4, 40, 70 1.
Admission: peak season (3.1-5.31; 9.1-11.30) 30 yuan; Off-season (6.1-8.31; 12. 1-2.29)20 yuan.
Tiger Hill: It is the landmark landscape of Suzhou, and it is called "the first scene in Wuzhong". Suzhou was the capital of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and He Lv, the king of Wu, was buried in Tiger Hill after his death. When Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, served as a secretariat in Suzhou, he dug mountains to divert water and built Qili Dike, which made the scenery of Tiger Hill more beautiful. Su Shi, a poet in the Song Dynasty, once said, "It is a pity not to visit Suzhou Tiger Hill." When evaluating the characteristics of Tiger Hill, the ancients once put forward the theory of "Nine Suits", thinking that Tiger Hill is suitable for the moon, snow, rain, smoke, Yichun dawn, summer, autumn, falling wood and sunset.
The main landscapes in the park are: the world-famous leaning tower-Tiger Hill, "the third spring in the world", Duanliangtang, Hanhan Spring, Shijianshi, Jianchi, Cuiyong Mountain Villa and Wanjing Mountain Villa.
Transportation: Take bus 1, bus 2, and bus 8 and bus 49.
Admission: peak season (3.1-5.31; 9.1-11.30) 60 yuan; Off-season (6.1-8.31; 12. 1-2.29)40 yuan. The flower show and the temple fair are held in two peak seasons respectively.
Lingering Garden: One of the four famous gardens in China, it was founded in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Qingganlong was acquired by Liu Shu, and it was renamed Hanbi Villa after expansion, so it was called "Liuyuan". In the early years of Guangxu, Shen Shengkang, an official, bought this garden, absorbed the strengths of various gardens in Suzhou, re-expanded and repaired it, and changed its name to stay in the garden.
Lingering Garden is divided into four scenic spots, namely, China, the East, the West and the North. The scenic spots are connected by an arc corridor more than 700 meters long. There are more than 300 calligraphy and stone carvings of famous artists in the past dynasties embedded in the two walls of the promenade, which is called "Lingering Garden Fa Tie". There is a white wall with a leaking window under the veranda, and the pattern is exquisite. Looking from the flower wall, the pavilion in the mountain pool is looming among the flower trees, just like a picture of a painter's painting, which has a special interest.
Transportation: Take 1 and Line 2, and take 1 1 Road.
Admission: peak season (3.1-5.31; 9.1-11.30) 40 yuan; Off-season (6.1-8.31; 12. 1-2.29)30 yuan. During the peak season, the performance of "Wu Biao Lanxun" is provided free of charge.
Opening hours: 7: 30- 17: 00.
Saionji: Xiatang Street, located outside Jinmen, Suzhou, not far from the west side of Liuyuan, is the general name of Zhuangjiefa Temple and Xiyuan Release Pond.
The temple was founded in the first year of Yuanyou (1264- 1294), and its real name is Guiyuan Temple. There are four buildings, namely, the Heavenly King Hall, the Ursa Major Hall, the Five Hundred Arhats Hall, the Guanyin Hall and the Tibetan Scripture Building. Among them, Luohantang has outstanding characteristics. In the center of the main hall, there is a Guanyin statue 13 meters high, carved with a whole camphor tree. Not far from it, there is a special Buddha statue with four different faces. It is said that it represents four famous Buddhist mountains and their main gods, namely Manjusri Bodhisattva of Wutai Mountain, Bodhisattva of Jiuhua Mountain, Bodhisattva of Emei Mountain and Guanyin Bodhisattva of Putuo Mountain. There are also statues of Maitreya, Hanshan and Picked Up, Guan Gong and Wei Tuo in the temple, among which the most famous ones are "Jigong" and "Jigong", which are amazing and fascinating and can be called masterpieces.
The release pond in Xiyuan is also very charming. There are many fish and turtles in the pond, most of which were released by Buddhists. Among them, five-color carp can be compared with Yuquan in Hangzhou. There is also a giant salamander in the pool, which is over 300 years old. It only appears in hot weather.
Transportation: Take lines 1, 2 and 3, and take bus 6, 10,1,17.
Tickets: 25 yuan.
Hanshan Temple: Located on the edge of Qiao Feng outside Gusu City, it was founded in the Six Dynasties and has a history of more than 65,438+0,400 years. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Hanshan Temple. The main buildings in the temple are: Daxiong Hall, Xiandian (Piandian Hall), Tibetan Scripture Building, Monument Gallery, Bell Tower, Fengjiang Building, etc. On the right side of the Hall of Ursa Major is a bronze bell given by a Japanese friend, which was cast by a group of craftsmen such as Kobayashi Cheng Yi in 1906. This clock is made of two pieces, one in Guanshan Temple in Japan and the other in Hanshan Temple, and it has been well preserved so far.
Reminder: You can visit nearby scenic spots, such as Qiao Feng and Tielingguan.
Transportation: Take bus No.3, No.3, No.6, No.9, 17, No.21and No.31and get off at Qiao Feng Station.
Admission: 15 yuan/person, exhibition hall 5 yuan/person, joint ticket 20 yuan/person, bell tower 5 yuan (3 times).
Wangshiyuan: Located atNo. 1 1 Kuanjiatou Lane, Daichengqiao Road, it is a typical house garden in Qing Dynasty. It turns out that during the Southern Song Dynasty (1174-1189), assistant minister Shi of the official department built a house after being removed from office. He claimed to be among thousands of books and named the garden "Wanjuantang" and "Yuyuan Garden". During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, Song Zongyuan, a teenager of Guanglu Temple, built a villa in the former site of Wanjuantang, which was originally a place where his mother raised her relatives and was named "Net Garden". "Net" means fisherman and fisherman. The park covers an area of 5,400 square meters and consists of three parts: the mansion in the east, the main garden in the middle and the inner garden in the west. The main landscapes in the park are: sedan chair hall, main hall, ladder cloud room, moon pavilion, temple spring courtyard and so on. China Courtyard Xuan Ming was built in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 198 1, which was designed and built on the basis of Dianchun Courtyard in the park.
The most special part of Master Wang's garden is the night garden. Kunqu Opera, Pingtan, Jiangnan Sizhu, Guzheng, flute and other folk art programs were staged in different halls in the park. Because the performance has the characteristics of southern China, and the environment is the famous Suzhou garden night scene, it helps tourists to understand Wu culture to a certain extent, so it is very popular with domestic and foreign tourists.
Canglang Pavilion: The oldest garden in Suzhou, which was originally the pool hall of Wang Guangling in wuyue in the Five Dynasties. Canglang Pavilion is famous for its quietness and simplicity. It combines the rockery in the park with the pool water outside the park. There is a corridor between the rockery and the pool water, and there are flower windows on the wall of the corridor, which communicate with the water outside the mountain through the leakage of scenery. It is said that there are 108 kinds of flower windows in the whole garden, with various patterns and exquisite structure, which are typical Suzhou garden flower windows.
Canglang Pavilion is engraved with the word "Canglang Pavilion" in calligraphy by Yu Yue, a master of park studies in Qing Dynasty, at the highest place in the fake Shandong. The architectural style is simple and the structural form is in harmony with the whole garden atmosphere. On the stone pillars on both sides, there is a pair of stone couplets: "The breeze and the bright moon are priceless, and there are feelings near the water and distant mountains."
Yiyuan Garden: Located in the middle section of Renmin Road in the city center, it is a private garden built by Gu Wenbin, a rich man in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. The eastern part was originally the former residence of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the western part was expanded by Gu. The east and west parts are separated by a corridor, and the walls of the corridor are decorated with flower windows. From the flower window, the landscape on both sides of the east and west is particularly deep and tortuous.
Transportation: take 1 and Line 4, and take 1, 8, 9, 20, 2 1, 38, 46, 68,10/,102,/.
Admission: 15 yuan, free for licensed soldiers.
Panmen: Located in the southwest corner of Suzhou ancient city wall, there are the famous "Three Scenes of Panmen" Ruiguang Pagoda, Wumen Bridge and Panmen Pagoda.
The existing Ruiguang Tower is a brick tower in the Northern Song Dynasty, with a height of 43.2 meters, which is divided into 7 levels and 8 sides, and consists of an outer wall, a cloister and a tower center. Precious cultural relics have been found many times in the Ruiguang Tower. 1963 Two wooden Buddha statues were found on the tower wall on the first floor, and a stone Buddha was taken out from the tower center on the third floor, as well as some cultural relics such as brick carvings and inscriptions in the years of Dazhong Xiangfu. 1978, more than 100 volumes of relic buildings, Guanyin, Tathagata bronze statue, woodcut printing and blue paper gold book were found in the third-floor tower brick niche, which were cultural relics from the Five Dynasties to the Northern Song Dynasty.
Transportation: Take Line 2 and Line 5, and get off at Panmen Scenic Spot Station on Line 7, 30, 70 1. Starting from Taihua Commercial Building on Renmin Road, 200 meters to the west, you can also reach Panmen Scenic Area.
Admission: 25 yuan, free pingtan performance.
Opening hours: 8: 00- 16: 45.
Recommended tourist routes:
Saturday: Take the intercity train to Suzhou at Shanghai Railway Station in the morning. Upon arrival, take bus No.2 to Humble Administrator's Garden, Lion Forest and Suzhou Folk Museum, then take bus 1 to visit Tiger Hill, Lingering Garden and Xiyuan Garden in turn, then take bus No.6 to Hanshan Temple, visit Guanqian Street in the evening and stay in the hotel.
Sunday: Take Tour Line 2 in the morning to visit Netscape Garden, Canglang Pavilion and Yiyuan Garden in turn, and visit Panmen Scenic Area in the afternoon. After the tour, take Tour No.2 to return to the railway station and take the cross-track train to return to Shanghai.
Guide for travel experts:
Entertainment:
Suzhou amusement park is known as "Oriental Disney", which has the characteristics of international modern amusement high technology and profound cultural connotation. In it, you can not only enjoy the gorgeous European and American elegance, but also feel the rich oriental sentiment. The essence of Chinese and western cultures is like a breeze, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
After several years of renovation, Guanqian Street and Shiquan Street in Suzhou have become modern commercial streets integrating entertainment, catering, sightseeing and shopping, and now they are the must-see places for domestic and foreign tourists to travel to Suzhou.
Catering:
The famous Soviet-style specialty dishes are: sweet and sour mandarin fish, shark's fin in clear soup, sesame oil eel paste, watermelon chicken, whole chicken with mother oil, Taihu water shield soup, emerald shrimp bucket, hibiscus stew and so on. Suzhou snacks are also famous all over the world. Dried bean curd with honey sauce, pine nut sugar, rose melon seeds, shrimp soy sauce, jujube paste sesame cake, lard rice cake, etc. They are all well-known foods and must be tasted.
"Deyuelou" and "Songhelou" are old-fashioned Soviet-style restaurants; "Old Suzhou Tea Restaurant" is famous for its traditional Subang cuisine. "Zhuhongxing Noodle Restaurant" and "Lvyang Wonton" are cheap and suitable for mass consumption. The main food streets in Suzhou are eunuch lane, shiquan street, bachelor street, Jiayufang, Fenghuang street, Ganjiang road and Shilu Jinmen Shangshi street.
Transportation:
The intercity train from Shanghai to Suzhou leaves from Shanghai New Railway Station every morning, and it takes 40 minutes to arrive directly.
Several bus stations in the south, north and west of Suzhou have high-speed buses bound for Shanghai every day, among which the buses in the North Station are the most, with an average frequency of every 20 minutes. The fare is 26-30 yuan, and the travel time is about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Shanghai has Hengfeng Road, Hutai Road, Xujiahui Hongqiao Road, Pudong Bailianjing and other places. It is recommended to ask clearly when purchasing tickets and choose a station near the destination.
Taxi: Starting price 10 yuan (3km). After 3 kilometers, the unit price per kilometer is 1.8 yuan, and after 5 kilometers, 50% idle driving fee will be charged. The 5-minute waiting time is free. If it exceeds 5 minutes, every 5 minutes is equivalent to 1 km. After 23: 00, the fare (starting price) will be raised by 30%. Some scenic spots in Suzhou are located in alleys, so cars can't reach the door directly. At this time, tricycle is the best means of transportation. The starting price of tricycles is 2 yuan, with an additional 2 yuan per kilometer, and 5 yuan per person per hour when chartered.
Suzhou has many scenic spots. Riding a bicycle across the street, visiting ancient times and exploring secluded places, you will surely indulge in the artistic conception of "bridge, flowing water and people". There are many car rental shops in Pingmen Bridge on the east side of the railway station. The approximate price is: 2 yuan within 4 hours, 3 yuan within 5-6 hours, and 5 yuan for one day. I need an ID card and a deposit.
Accommodation:
If you travel by car, there are many luxury villas near Tianping Mountain and along Taihu Lake, and the prices are also very cheap. Generally speaking, the daily rent of a double-decker villa is about 400-600 yuan.
Of course, for those tourists who want to save money, it is quite easy to find a clean and cheap hostel. You can find "standard rooms" of about 100 yuan everywhere on the streets of the city. For example, the sports bureau guest house on Wu 30 Road is more comfortable.
Shopping:
Suzhou embroidery is the first tourist souvenir when shopping in Suzhou. Suzhou Embroidery, Hunan Embroidery, Sichuan Embroidery and Guangdong Embroidery are called the four famous embroideries in China. Suzhou Biluochun Tea is one of the top ten famous teas in China, and it is a good gift for relatives and friends. There are also Suzhou Jin Song, Taohuawu Woodblock New Year Pictures and Su Fan, which are local specialties. In addition, Suzhou dried bean curd is also a famous local specialty snack, so you might as well buy some to share with your family.
Guanqian Street in Suzhou is a famous commercial pedestrian street integrating entertainment, catering and sightseeing. There are sightseeing buses (1 yuan/person) running on the street. Shiban Road outside Nagato and Huaihai Street in the new district are also famous commercial districts. In addition, Shiquan Street is a tourist souvenir street, Pishi Street is a flower and bird market, and Huqiu Road and Railway Station are wedding dresses and photographic equipment streets, all of which are good places for shopping.
"China Pearl City" in Hejiawan, Tang Wei Town is a large pearl trading center, which can be reached directly by bus No.83 or 12 or bus No.84.
Travel tips:
Special dishes: Pufei soup, white sauce, abalone, shrimp and sweet and sour mandarin fish and watermelon chicken.
Specialty: Biluochun Tea, Caizhizhai Candy, Jin Song Su-style Cake, Su-style Candy, Su Xiu Taicang Rousong Taihu Silverfish Taohuawu Woodblock New Year Pictures.
Reminder: Most scenic spots in Suzhou are closed before 17: 30, and holidays are no exception. If you travel alone, you should pay special attention to this and arrange your time reasonably.
Suzhou Tourism Festival:
Xishan Taihu Plum Blossom Festival March 1- 10
Tiger Hill Flower Show from March to May
Rhododendron Festival in Humble Administrator's Garden from March to June
April Jiaozhi Watertown Costume Culture Festival
Fairy Temple Fair in Nanhao Street in May
Lotus Festival in Humble Administrator's Garden from July to August
Huqiu Temple Fair September -65438+ 10
China Silk Tourism Festival will be held from September 20th to 25th.
Suzhou Tianping Hongfeng Festival 165438+ October
Hanshan Temple listens to the bell on New Year's Eve from 23: 00 on February 3 1 Sunday.