922, a famous city in the south of the Yangtze River

"The moon is falling and the sky is full of frost, and Jiang Feng is sleeping; Hanshan Temple outside the city of Gusu, the bell rings in the middle of the night to the passenger ship. This is a famous poem in the ancient city of Suzhou at night, can you smell a sweet and warm, simple and elegant night sound taste?

At this point, it is necessary for us to introduce to you the appearance of Suzhou through the ages:

Suzhou Panmen

Suzhou is located in the middle of the Yangtze River Delta and in the south of Jiangsu Province. It is bordered by Shanghai in the east, Zhejiang in the south, Wuxi in the west, and the Yangtze River in the north. With a total area of 8,488 square kilometers, the city now has jurisdiction over 8 districts including Canglang, Pingjiang, Jinchang, Huqiu, Wuzhong, Xiangcheng, Suzhou Industrial Park and Suzhou New District and 5 county-level cities of Changshu, Zhangjiagang, Taicang, Kunshan and Wujiang, with a total population of 5.78 million. The rivers in the territory are vertical and horizontal, there are many lakes, the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal runs through the north and south, the Wangyu River, the Loujiang River, the Taipu River and so on connect the east and west, and the eighteen lakes such as Taihu Lake, Yangcheng Lake, Kuncheng Lake, Dianshan Lake, Shihu Lake, Jinji Lake and Dushu Lake are inlaid in between.

There are four distinct seasons, a mild climate, abundant rainfall, fertile land, and abundant products. Agricultural specialties include rice, cotton, rapeseed, japonica rice, duck blood glutinous and Taicang white garlic; Specialty citrus, loquat, millet, plum, osmanthus, camellia, Biluo spring tea; Taihu Lake is famous for whitebait, lettuce, pearls and Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs.

Suzhou is the birthplace of Wu culture, and there are many talented people in the literary world. Pingtan, Kunqu Opera, and Suzhou Opera are known as the "three flowers" of Suzhou culture. Kunqu Opera, which has a history of more than 400 years, is the "mother of Chinese opera"; Pingtan is a rap art performed in the Suzhou dialect, which has been circulated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai for more than 300 years. Suzhou's arts and crafts are famous at home and abroad, Suzhou embroidery and Hunan, Shu, Guangdong embroidery are known as China's "four famous embroidery"; Taohuawu woodcut New Year painting is as famous as Tianjin Yangliuqing woodcarving, known as "South Peach and North Poplar"; Suzhou's handicrafts such as silk, sculpture, Song Jin, jade and mahogany carvings have their own merits and ingenuity.

As the saying goes, "there is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below", Suzhou is a key tourist city in the country, the ancient city is located in the water network, the streets are built along the river, and the water and land are parallel; The building is built near the water, with the front alley and the river behind, forming a unique style of "small bridge, flowing water, and people". Suzhou garden, which integrates architecture, landscape, flowers and trees, carving, calligraphy and painting, Yan Garden, Durian Garden, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lion Forest, Master of Nets Garden, etc., is the treasure of human civilization, and the Humble Administrator's Garden and the Lingering Garden are listed in the four famous gardens in China.

According to incomplete statistics, Suzhou gardens mainly include the following: Humble Administrator's Garden, Canglang Pavilion, Lion Forest, Lingering Garden, Master of Nets Garden;

Yi Garden, Coupling Garden, Yan Garden, Huanxiu Villa, Art Garden;

Retreat Garden, Song Garden, Listening to Maple Garden, South Half Garden, North Half Garden;

Meteor Garden, Ke Garden, Residue Garden, Tao Garden, Wufeng Garden;

Ancient Pine Garden, Lingyan Mountain Museum, Firewood Garden, Plantation Garden, Mu Garden;

Leyin Garden, Crane Garden, Tower Shadow Garden, Laughing Garden, Pu Garden;

Wan's Garden, Yan's Garden, Huiyin Garden, Gu's Garden, "Yan's Garden".

As the old saying goes, "the garden in the south of the Yangtze River is the best in the world, and the garden in Suzhou is in the southeast", Suzhou, a place known as the "city of gardens", there are more than 60 large and small gardens, almost every one of them can be said to be ingenious and full of flavor, and some of them are the heritage of world-class bigwigs.

Among them, the four major gardens in Suzhou: Canglang Pavilion, Lion Forest, Humble Administrator's Garden, and Lingering Garden, respectively represent the outstanding works of the artistic styles of the four dynasties of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and are praised as the "Four Famous Gardens (Yuan)" in Suzhou by the rivers and lakes.

Suzhou has both the beauty of gardens and the victory of mountains and rivers. Temples and famous temples, all over the city and countryside; Cultural relics and historic sites complement each other. In addition, the inscriptions of literati and ink writers were remembered, and they were composed of paintings and calligraphy, which made them famous at home and abroad. Lingyan, Tianping, Dongting Dongshan Mountain, Sanshan Island, Dengwei, Yushan, Yushan and other places are all natural scenic spots.

In 2000, Suzhou's GDP reached 154.1 billion yuan, and it has basically built a modern manufacturing base dominated by high-tech industries. It is a technological innovation base where production, learning and research are closely combined, and all kinds of talents gather; a modern agricultural base with high scientific and technological content, high extroversion and good economic benefits; Integrating cultural landscape and natural scenery as a whole, Suzhou in the 21st century will be a modern area with "prosperous economy, developed science and education, rich life, beautiful environment and social civilization".

I believe that all the heroes are fascinated by today's Suzhou City,