The Humble Administrator’s Garden
As a Suzhou native, I was asked many times by visitors that what is the most specialty of Suzhou I could not miss to introduce to strangers. I bet absolutely 99% of the natives will have the same answer that is the classical gardens. Then pop the next question "Is there a garden that I must visit since there are quite a lot of gardens in Suzhou town?" Yes! If you have not enough time to visit several gardens one by one , there is one you really can't miss it---The Humble Administrator Garden. click to view more photos Maybe you have ...
Enjoy Kunqu Opera in Suzhou
Kunqu, also known as Kunqu opera is one of the oldest form of Chinese operas. Originated in Kun Shan(a satellite town of Suzhou) from the late of Yuan dynasty about 600 years ago, Kunqu is recognized as the mother of a hundred Chinese operas such as Jingju (Peking Opera). And in May 18th, 2001, Kunqu was added to the Intangible World Culture Heritage List by UNESCO. click to view more photos Kunqu combines speaking, singing, dancing and some acrobatic accompanied by Chinese traditional musical instruments including Dizi (a bamboo flute), Sheng (a reed pipe wind instrument), Xiao (a vertical bamboo flute), Suona ...
Suzhou Museum
Museums are always the great places to feel and explore local culture and history directly and intuitively. Experiencing the brilliant civilization in such a concentrated site is really deserve your time. Suzhou has quite a lot of museums and the main of them is Suzhou Museum. Suzhou Museum is located in the old district of the city, Zhong Wang Fu Palace complex. Founded in 1960, the museum has been highly regarded as a regional museum with a substantial of significant Chinese cultural and historical relics. click to view more photos from our Flickr album In 2006, a big innovation happened to Suzhou ...
Jiaozi Party & Culture Activity: Feb. 6
// Jan 27th, 2010
Make Chunlian & Chinese Fu to welcome The Tiger Year
// Jan 27th, 2010
You can’t miss Laba rice porridge on the Laba Festival!
// Jan 22nd, 2010
2010 Suzhou Trade Fairs / Exhibitions / Congresses
// Jan 17th, 2010
Enjoy Partial Solar Eclipse in Suzhou: 2010 Jan 15
// Jan 5th, 2010
Suzhou will show her style at EXPO 2010 Shanghai!
// Dec 24th, 2009
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