Suzhou has always been famous for its beautiful landscapes and elegant gardens. It is known as "the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River are the best in the world, and the gardens in Suzhou are the best in the south of the Yangtze River". Because of its ancient water town characteristics of small bridges and flowing water, it is also known as the "Oriental Water Garden". "Du".

The density of ancient ruins in the ancient city of Suzhou is second only to Beijing and Xi'an, with the ancient city of Suzhou covering an area of ??14.2 square kilometers. Suzhou Ancient City and Suzhou Gardens are world cultural heritage and world intangible cultural heritage combined into one, while Kun Opera, Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab, and Zhouzhuang are three international and heavyweight brands. Suzhou gardens are among the top ten in the world and one of the top ten scenic spots and historic sites in China. Nine of them are included in the World Cultural Heritage List. As of 2009, six intangible cultural heritage items were listed as world oral and intangible cultural heritage; "Wuzhong Gardens" The profound cultural heritage of Tiger Hill, the first scenic spot, makes it a must-visit place for tourists in Suzhou.

Suzhou currently has 2 national historical and cultural cities (Suzhou, Changshu) and 12 Chinese historical and cultural towns (Kunshan Zhouzhuang, Wujiang Tongli, Wujiang Zhenze, Wujiang Lili, Wuzhong Luzhi, Wuzhong Mudu , Taicang Shaxi, Kunshan Qiandeng, Kunshan Jinxi, Changshu Shajiabang, Wudongshan, Zhangjiagang Fenghuang), well-preserved ancient towns (such as Lili, Shengze, Pingwang in Wujiang, Liuhe in Taicang, etc.), China's famous historical and cultural villages (Wuzhong Luxiang Ancient Village, Mingyue Bay), Pingjiang Road and Shantang Street, two of the first ten famous historical and cultural streets in China. As of the end of 2014, there were 8 5A-level scenic spots, 28 4A-level scenic spots, and 20 3A-level scenic spots in Suzhou. Suzhou has been identified as a national smart tourism pilot city.

As of 2009, Suzhou has 34 national key cultural relics protection units and 73 well-preserved classical gardens. Among them, the Humble Administrator’s Garden and the Liuyuan Garden are listed among the four famous gardens in China. Nine classical gardens, including Tongwangshi Garden, Huanxiu Villa and Canglang Pavilion, Lion Grove Garden, Art Garden, Couple Garden, and Tuisi Garden, were listed in the UNESCO "Tongwangshi Garden" in December 1997 and November 2000 respectively. World Heritage List".

National Scenic Area Name Scenic Area Level Scenic Area Address Jinji Lake Scenic Area AAAAA Suzhou Industrial Park Humble Administrator's Garden No. 178 Northeast Street, Suzhou City Zhouzhuang Ancient Town No. 121 Quanfu Road, Zhouzhuang Town, Kunshan City Tongli Ancient Town No. 1, Zhongchuan South Road, Tongli Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City Huqiu Mountain Scenic Area, Suzhou City, Huqiu Mountain Gate, No. 8 Liuyuan Garden, No. 338 Liuyuan Road, Suzhou City, Shajiabang Yushan Shanghu Tourist Area, Changshu City, Shanghu Huanhu South Road (Shanghu), Suzhou Wuzhong, Taihu Lake Tourist Area, Suzhou Ancient City Southwest Lion Forest AAAA No. 23 Yuanlin Road, Suzhou Master of the Nets Garden No. 11 Kuojiatou Lane, Suzhou City Suzhou Paradise No. 87 Jinshan Road, Suzhou High-tech Zone Suzhou Panmen Scenic Area No. 1 East Street, Suzhou City Baimajian Ecological Park Suzhou High-tech Zone Hua Southwest of the mountain road, Hanshan Temple, No. 24, Hanshan Temple Lane, Suzhou City, Xiyuan Jie Zhuanglu Temple, No. 18, Xiyuan Lane, Liuyuan Road, Suzhou City, Luzhi Ancient Town, Mudu Ancient Town, Luzhi Town, Wuzhong District, Suzhou City, Yanjia Garden, Mudu Town, Suzhou City On the east side, Suzhou Xishan Scenic Area, Suzhou Taihu National Tourism Resort, Xishan Town, Jinting Road, Qionglong Mountain Scenic Area, Suzhou City, Wuzhong District, Cangshu Town, Bingsheng Road, Qionglong Mountain, Dongshan Scenic Area, Suzhou City, Wuzhong District, Dongshan Jingsi Garden Scenic Area, Suzhou City, Wujiang District, Songling Town No. 919 Yunli Road, Changshu Fangta Historic Area, Changshu Fangta Garden, Changshu Garment City Shopping and Tourist Area, Changshu City, Changshu City, Shangcheng Middle Road, Changshu City, Qiandeng Ancient Town, Kunshan City, Qiandeng Town, No. 1 Shangshu Road, Tinglin Garden, Kunshan City, Ma'anshan East Road, No. 1 Jin Xi Ancient Town Kunshan City Jinxi Town Tourism Company Taicang Jincang Lake National Scenic Area Taicang City Dongting North Road Suzhou Heshan Park AAA No. 462 Changjiang Road, Suzhou High-tech Zone Suzhou Zhenhu Embroidery Art Museum Suzhou High-tech Zone Zhenhu Street Embroidery No. 1 Guan Street, Suzhou Guangfu Scenic Area, Wuzhong District, Wuzhong District, West Side of Situ Temple, Guangfu Town, Lotus Pond, Moonlight Wetland Park, Taiyang Road, Taiyang Road, Huangqiao Street, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City, Baitang Ecological Botanical Garden, Suzhou Industrial Park, Modern Avenue, Nanshi Street, Beidongdu Garden Scenic Area Dongduyuan Xiangshan Scenic Area, Tangqiao Town, Zhangjiagang City, Liangfeng Ecological Park, Xiangshan Scenic Area, Zhangjiagang City, Shazhou East Road, Zhangjiagang City, Yangcheng Lake Scenic Area, No. 15 Hubin Middle Road, Bacheng Town, Kunshan City, Jusha Garden, No. 1 Tongta Road, Meili Town, Changshu City, Shijian Taicang Park (Yanshan Park), No. 12, Baota Street, Zhenze Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City Nanyuan Park, No. 40, Xianfu West Street, Chengxiang Town, Taicang City, No. 7, Nanyuan East Road, Chengxiang Town, Taicang City, National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit, Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit Unit cultural relics belong to the dynasty cultural relics unit address Chuodun site Neolithic to Zhou Kunshan City Baosheng Temple Arhat statue Tang and Song Dynasty Luzhi Town Yunyan Temple Tower Five Dynasties Huqiu Ruiguang Temple Tower Northern Song Dynasty Panmen Nei Luohan Courtyard twin towers and main hall ruins Northern Song Dynasty Dinghui Temple Alley Xuanmiao Temple, Sanqing Hall, Southern Song Dynasty, Guanqian Street, Canglang Pavilion, Song Dynasty, Chongjiao Xingfu Temple Pagoda, Changshu City, Song Dynasty, Changshu City, Baoen Temple Pagoda, Song Dynasty ~ Qing Dynasty, Renmin Road, Zijin Temple Arhat Statue, Song ~ Ming Dynasty, Eastern Shanxi Maowu, Suzhou Confucian Temple and Song Dynasty stone carvings, Southern Song Dynasty ~ Renmin Road, Panmen, Yuancheng Southwest, Lion Forest, Yuan Garden Road, Jijian Temple, Buddhist niches and statues, Collection of Books, Tianchi Mountain, Xuanyuan Palace, Main Hall, Dongshan, Yuan Dynasty, Yangwan Village, Taicang Stone Arch Bridge, Yuan Taicang City, Yipu, Mingwen Government Office, Dongshan Residential House, Dongshan Town, Ming Dynasty, Zhao Yongxian’s House Ming Zhang Pu's Residence, Changshu City, Ming Dynasty, Taicang City, Humble Administrator's Garden, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Northeast Street, Liuyuan Garden, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Liuyuan Garden, Luhuan Xiu Villa, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jingde Road, Baodai Bridge, Ming and Qing Dynasties (reconstruction), Tantai Lake East Couple Garden, Qing Xiaoxinqiao Lane Net Master Garden, Qingkuojiatou Lane, Quanjin Guild Hall, Qingzhong, Zhangjia Lane, Yu Yue’s former residence, Qingma Medical College, Tuisi Garden, Qing Dynasty, Wujiang District, Caiyi Hall, Qing Dynasty, Changshu City, Shijian Hall, Qing Dynasty, Wujiang District, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Prince Zhong’s Mansion, 1860-63 Northeast Street, Spring in Building Liu Yazi's former residence in Dongshan Town of the Republic of China Modern Wujiang District Human Oral and Intangible Heritage Kunqu Opera and Guqin Art Yushan School Chinese Sericulture and Silk Weaving Techniques Suzhou Song Brocade Chinese Sericulture and Silk Weaving Techniques Suzhou Kesi Silk Dragon Boat Festival Suzhou Dragon Boat Festival Customs Traditional Wooden Structure Construction The traditional architectural construction skills of Suzhou Xiangshan Gang have been selected into the preliminary list of world cultural heritage. Ancient water towns in the south of the Yangtze River: Zhouzhuang, Luzhi, Tongli, Shaxi, Qiandeng and Jinxi. Gardens The history of Suzhou's classical gardens can be traced back to the gardens of King Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period in the 6th century BC. The earliest record of a private garden is Pijiang Garden built by Gu Pijiang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (4th century). Gardening has flourished in the past dynasties, and there are more and more famous gardens. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Suzhou became one of the most prosperous areas in China, with private gardens scattered inside and outside the ancient city. In its heyday from the 16th to the 18th century, there were more than 200 gardens in Suzhou, and Suzhou was known as the "Paradise on Earth".

Suzhou currently has nine gardens including the Humble Administrator’s Garden, the Lingering Garden, the Lion Grove, the Canglang Pavilion, the Huanxiu Villa, the Art Garden, the Couple Garden, the Master of the Nets Garden, and the Tuisi Garden, which are listed in the "World "Heritage List", there are 73 remaining gardens in the city, including Yiyuan, Wufeng Garden and Huiyin Garden.

Red Tourism Shajiabang Reed Marsh Scenic Area: Shajiabang Reed Marsh Scenic Area is a national patriotic education demonstration base, one of the top 100 red tourism classic scenic spots in the country, a national AAAA tourist area, and one of the largest ecological wetlands in East China. Covering an area of ??more than 1,000 acres, it has built functional areas such as a revolutionary traditional education area, an aquatic plant viewing area, a red stone folk cultural village, a reed water and land maze, a gourmet shopping area, and a bamboo forest path, reed fragrance in the streets, waves on the willow embankment, and a hidden lake. Wenyu, Shuanglian Shuinuan and other scenic spots. Zhanyang Plaza covers an area of ??13,300 square meters.

New Fourth Army Taihu Guerrilla Memorial Hall: New Fourth Army Taihu Guerrilla Memorial Hall is located in the north mountain of Chongshan Village, Guangfu Town, Wuzhong District, Suzhou City. The main project covers an area of ??1,700 square meters. The memorial hall is divided into three chapters, showing the tortuous history of the Taihu Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment of the New Fourth Army during its initial establishment, reconstruction and expansion. The museum not only displays daily necessities, combat tools, letters, etc. used by New Fourth Army soldiers, but also reproduces the reed ditch, communication ships and liaison stations during the Anti-Japanese War, making it immersive. Introduction to the name Su embroidery The history of Su embroidery can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,600 years ago. Su embroidery, together with Hunan embroidery, Sichuan embroidery, and Guangdong Yue embroidery, are known as the "Four Famous Embroideries in China". And it is the first of the four famous embroideries. The themes of Su embroidery are mainly figures, landscapes, flowers, birds, and animals, and there are embroidery pieces, album surfaces, screen strips, screens, etc. After the founding of New China, Suzhou artists successfully created double-sided embroidery, and their representative work is "Double-sided Cat". Silk Suzhou is the hometown of silk. There are ruins from the Neolithic and Paleolithic Ages in the Taihu Lake Basin, which bear witness to the long history of silk. Fragments of textiles dating back 6,000 years were unearthed from Caoxie Mountain in Weiting Town, the park; silk fabrics dating back 4,700 years were unearthed from Qianshanyang, Wuxing; and a large number of spinning wheels and bone needles 4,000 years ago were unearthed from Meiyan, Wujiang. , as well as pottery with silk twist patterns and silkworm patterns, which all show that Suzhou's ancient ancestors have mastered the technology of raising silkworms and spinning silk very early. Taohuawu Wooden New Year Pictures Taohuawu Wooden New Year Pictures are the main folk wood New Year pictures in Jiangnan, China. Taohuawu is located north of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. (Taohuawu New Year pictures are located under the north city of Changmen, Suzhou, Jiangsu) Taohuawu New Year pictures originated from the engraving printing process in the Song Dynasty. They evolved from embroidered images and developed into a folk art genre in the Ming Dynasty. They were at their peak during the Yongzheng and Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty, and were produced every year. There are more than one million Taohuawu woodblock New Year pictures. Song brocade "brocade" is a kind of high-grade silk fabric. Song brocade produced in Suzhou, Yun brocade in Nanjing and Shu brocade in Sichuan are called "the three famous brocades in China". Its weaving technology is exquisite, and the warp wire has two layers: surface warp and bottom warp, so it is also called "heavy brocade". Biluochun is one of the top ten famous teas in China and is a green tea. Produced in the Dongting Mountain of Taihu Lake in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, the water vapor rises from the surface of Taihu Lake, the mist is long, the air is moist, the soil is slightly acidic or acidic, and the texture is loose, which is very suitable for the growth of tea trees. Because tea trees and fruit trees are interplanted, Biluochun tea has Special floral scent. According to records, Biluochun tea was famous as early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties and has a history of more than a thousand years.

Biluochun belongs to the green tea category. Also known as "Dongting Biluochun". Dongting Biluochun tea is produced in the east and west mountains of Dongting. It has many buds, tender fragrance, clear soup and mellow taste. It is one of the top ten famous teas in China. Suzhou Wedding Dress Suzhou Huqiu Wedding Dress is located in the north of Suzhou City. It is a production base specializing in wedding dress manufacturing and wholesale in Suzhou. It is one of the two largest wedding dress production bases in China. Food Brief introduction picture Taihu plum bream, also known as lake bream, is commonly known as hairy leaf fish and knife bream. Su Dongpo in the Song Dynasty called it "silver knife", also known as lake bream. In other areas, it is also called anchovy or grilled fish. The body is flat on the sides, the abdomen is slightly moist, the tail is slender, and silvery white; the body is slightly flat and thin, the head is small and the mouth is large, the eyes are located on the front and upper end of the head, the abdomen is slightly wider, the tail is narrow and narrow, and the scales are thin. It is white in color and takes the shape of a narrow and long bamboo leaf. Taihu white shrimp Taihu white shrimp, also known as spine-tailed white shrimp. It is known as "Taihu Lake white shrimp is the best in the world". The shape of Taihu white shrimp is the same as that of other freshwater shrimps. The white shrimp is white in color, has a thin shell, and is completely transparent. "Huzhou Fu Zhi" records: White shrimps come out of Taihu Lake, white in color, soft in shell, and delicious in taste. White shrimp has high nutritional value and is rich in protein, vitamins and various trace elements. Folk gourmets like to use white shrimp to make drunken shrimp, which has a unique flavor. Caizhizhai Candy's Soviet-style candies are well-known in China, with more than 150 varieties in four categories: plain goods, roasted seeds and nuts, soft candies, and special flavors, such as pine nut candies, rice dumpling candies, peanut candies, three-color pine nut soft candies, crispy pine nut candies, and pine nut candies. Among them, the zongzi candy produced exclusively by Caizhizhai is the most famous. Squirrel Mandarin Fish is red in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and sour. Emperor Qianlong greatly appreciated it after eating it, and squirrel fish became famous. Today, squirrel fish uses mandarin fish as raw material. Mandarin fish has tender meat, sparse bones and few spines. After being grilled and deep-fried, the head is wide open, the tail is raised, and the inside looks like squirrels. The sound of a squirrel. Yangcheng Lake hairy crab Yangcheng Lake hairy crab, also known as golden claw crab. Produced in Yangcheng Lake. The body of the crab does not stick to mud, and is commonly known as the clear water crab. It has a large and fat body, a green shell and a white belly, and golden claws and yellow hair. Starting from September 2011, Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs carry anti-counterfeiting marks. Zhang Taiyan’s wife Tang Guoli once said, “I don’t know if Yangcheng Lake crabs are so good, why should I live in Suzhou in this life?” Beggar's Chicken Beggar's Chicken is a famous dish in Changshu, Jiangsu, also known as yellow mud braised chicken. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a beggar who begged for food and ended up in a village in Changshu County. One day, he accidentally got a chicken and wanted to kill it and cook it, but he had neither cooking utensils nor seasonings.

He came to the foot of Yushan Mountain, killed the chicken, removed its internal organs, and coated the feathers with yellow mud and firewood. He put the coated chicken in a fire and roasted it. When the mud dried and the chicken was cooked, he peeled off the mud shell, and the chicken feathers also followed the mud. The shell is taken off to reveal the chicken. About 100 years ago, the "Shanjingyuan" restaurant in the Yushan resort in the northwest of Changshu County based on this legend, removed the rough and extracted the essence, and followed the example to create this chicken.