Dome mountain

Qionglong Mountainis the highest mountain of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. It is located in southwest of Suzhou, whose elevation is 341.7m. One of the most famous ancient Chinese militarist Sun Tzu lived here after retirement, and he wrote the masterpiece The Art of War here.Qionglong Mountain has the longest sky way in Suzhou and the only provincial natural reserve in Suzhou as well. View Detail

Hornsey Hai Tang Wei

Suzhou - Deng Wei Hill, Guangfu Town, southwest of Suzhou The Qing emperor Qianlong paid pilgrimage to the plum blossom on the hillsides of Deng Wei in Suzhou in each of his six promenades to the Yangtse South. A Q'ing official was so inspired that he left calligraphy of three characters of overwhelming ambience, ? Xingxuehai ? , to depict the hillside of snow white Mei blossoms there, as a ? sea of scented snow ?. Needless to say more! The Mei trees here are predominately white double blossom ... View Detail

Maple area

The Fengqiao (Maple Bridge) resort sits in a scenic spot, alongside a river, 3.5 kilometers to the west of downtown Suzhou, and is known for its historical relics. These include the Hanshan (Cold Mountain) Temple, Fengqiao Bridge in the town of Fengqiao, Jiangcun (River Village) Bridge, Tie Ling Pass, and Jiangfeng Islet, as well the Jiangfeng (River Maple) Bridge, Tieling (Iron Bell) Pass, and its canal. The Fengqiao and Jiangcun bridges cross an old canal and give an air of primitive ... View Detail

Suzhou Museum (New Museum)

Founded in 1960 and originally located in the national historiclandmark, Zhong Wang Fu palace complex, Suzhou Museum has been ahighly-regarded regional museum with a number of significantChinese cultural relics. A new museum designed by world famousarchitect I.M.Pei was completed in October 2006, covering over10,700 square meter and located at the cross of Dongbei Street andQimen Road. The design of this new museum visually complements thetraditional architecture of Zhong Wang Fu. The new ... View Detail

Museum of Chinese opera

At No.1 East Maanshan Road (Maanshan Dong Lu) in Kunshan, visitors find the Kun Opera Museum in Tinglin Park. Kunshan is the cradle of Kun Opera, which is said to be the 'ancestor of all operas' in China. In 2001, the Kun Opera was included on the List of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. To promote this traditional art, the Kun Opera Museum was established in 1993. The design of the museum is mellow and exquisite. It is an archaized complex with a clear ... View Detail

Suzhou Museum Tablets

The Suzhou Steles Museum is a specialized museum in China. Located inside the Confucian Temple at Renmin Road of Suzhou City in Jiangsu Province, the museum was opened to the public on July 10, 1985. The museum boasts over 1,000 steles, of which four map steles of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) are the most famous, including the stele of the Pingjiang Map, the stele of the Astronomical Map, the stele of the Geographical Map and the stele of Song Emperor Shaoyuan. Besides, there are other ... View Detail

Suzhou Silk Museum

The entire museum design is dignified and elegant - yet unconventional - combining a sense of ancient civilization with modern style. The Suzhou Silk Museum is divided into several parts: the Introductory Hall, the Ancient Exhibit Hall, the Silkworm-Rearing Room, the Silk Weaving Workshop, the Neoteric (1840 - 1919) Exhibit Hall, and the Modern (1919 - 1949) Exhibit Hall. There are also retail stores for purchasing silk. The dominant color of Suzhou Silk Museum is white, which represents the ... View Detail

Suzhou Folk Museum

The Museum of Suzhou Folk Customs, located at an ancient residence in Suzhou, is a regional folk custom museum of China. The building of the Museum, featuring the architectural style of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), is listed as one of the major historical sites under the protection of Jiangsu Province. It was officially opened to the public in November 1986 on the occasion of 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Suzhou City. The Museum of Suzhou Folk Customs has collected 2,000 pieces of ... View Detail

Suzhou Coin Museum

Suzhou Coin Museum is located in the city of suzhou northeast street, number 204 west side.The museum established in December 1989. Suzhou coin museum building use of housing construction area of nearly 400 square meters, the main exhibition hall covers an area of 180 square metres, the museum the other new monarch to build a certain scale and its characteristics. The museum has organized the Chinese currency on display for the museum display basic, according to the currency history ... View Detail

Suzhou Embroidery Museum

At the top of the four great famous embroideries in China, Suzhou embroidery has a long-standing history of about two thousand years up till now. The Suzhou Embroidery Museum with an exhibition hall of about 300 square meters has highly summarized the age-long art history of the Suzhou embroidery. From the 200 odd works on display visitors can appreciate the evolutionary process of the Suzhou embroidery art. The Hall of Having the Grain exhibits part of the real samples of the Suzhou embroidery ... View Detail