Exquisite Suzhou: Famous Scenic Spots and Historical Sites

Author: Yan Yanhua
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: The water town ancient city Wu culture is the theme of Suzhou, and the famous scenic spots, temples, monasteries, bridges, and pagodas within and outside the city serve as the framework and subheadings for this thematic article. From the city gates, walls, and ruins of the Palace of the Lady of the Pavilion built by King Wu over 2,000 years ago, to the Baoguo Dike built by Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, the ancient tombs and Fan Gong Temple of Fan Zhongyan's family from the Song Dynasty; from Tiger Hill Pagoda, Ruiguang Pagoda, Twin Pagodas, Shangfang Pagoda, Lingyan Temple Pagoda, and the tallest Beisi Temple Pagoda to the largest existing Song Dynasty architecture Xuanmiao Temple and the Tang Dynasty sculptures of Baosheng Temple, Zijin An Temple, and Song Dynasty sculptures; there are historical records, ruins, and buildings to verify the millennia-old history in Suzhou. As for the historical sites of the Ming and Qing dynasties, they are even more numerous. Suzhou City has 10 national key cultural relics protection units, 58 provincial-level cultural relics protection units, and 351 municipal and county-level cultural relics protection units. Not to mention the vast number of ancient bridges, ancient trees, ancient residential buildings, as well as the ruins of ancient alleys, streets, shops, and teahouses that are still under controlled protection and are being gradually unearthed from beneath the yellow soil. Even the thick dust of thousands of years of history cannot obscure the brilliant radiance of Suzhou's ancient city historical sites, nor can it seal the unique local characteristics of Wu culture that deeply permeate every corner. The water town ancient city Wu culture is the theme of Suzhou, and the famous scenic spots, temples, monasteries, bridges, and pagodas within and outside the city serve as the framework and subheadings for this thematic article. From the city gates, walls, and ruins of the Palace of the Lady of the Pavilion built by King Wu over 2,000 years ago, to the Baoguo Dike built by Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, the ancient tombs and Fan Gong Temple of Fan Zhongyan's family from the Song Dynasty; from Tiger Hill Pagoda, Ruiguang Pagoda, Twin Pagodas, Shangfang Pagoda, Lingyan Temple Pagoda, and the tallest Beisi Temple Pagoda to the largest existing Song Dynasty architecture Xuanmiao Temple and the Tang Dynasty sculptures of Baosheng Temple, Zijin An Temple, and Song Dynasty sculptures; there are historical records, ruins, and buildings to verify the millennia-old history in Suzhou. As for the historical sites of the Ming and Qing dynasties, they are even more numerous. Suzhou City has 10 national key cultural relics protection units, 58 provincial-level cultural relics protection units, and 351 municipal and county-level cultural relics protection units. Not to mention the vast number of ancient bridges, ancient trees, ancient residential buildings, as well as the ruins of ancient alleys, streets, shops, and teahouses that are still under controlled protection and are being gradually unearthed from beneath the yellow soil. Even the thick dust of thousands of years of history cannot obscure the brilliant radiance of Suzhou's ancient city historical sites, nor can it seal the unique local characteristics of Wu culture that deeply permeate every corner.