Beauty in Suzhou

Author: Lu Dancuo
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: In the Chinese world, Suzhou is a city whose fame and reputation do not match its scale and status. No matter where you go, when people mention Suzhou, they always say, "Suzhou, a great place!" If you ask where it's great, it's、、、. However, these familiar "symbols" seem insufficient to explain why so many people love Suzhou. After all, each has their own preferences. In truth, there are many unique reasons for loving Suzhou. Behind the small town old houses and apricot blossoms in spring rain, lies the great charm of Chinese local culture. Spring rain, apricot blossoms, flying swallows, willows, small bridges over flowing water, white walls and black tiles, beautiful gardens and secluded forests, the soft Wu dialect, and women like jasmine—blooming with the sorrow of lilacs! Since ancient times, Jiangnan has produced beautiful women, and the most beautiful are in Suzhou! If it's insisted that Suzhou has historically produced many beautiful women, that might not be true. Even Suzhou people can hardly name many famous Suzhou beauties—only Xi Shi, Yu Ji, Zhen Niang, Jin Yu Chan, Dong Xiaowan, Liu Rushi, Chen Yuanyuan, and the fictional Lin Daiyu. Moreover, some of them were not even from Suzhou, but only had some connection to it. But even so, is the association between beauty and Suzhou not enough?!