Suzhou is located in the southeastern part of Jiangsu Province, east of Shanghai, south of Zhejiang, west of Taihu Lake, north of the Yangtze River. The geographic coordinates of the center of Suzhou city are 31°19' north latitude and 120°37' east longitude. The city's area of 8488 square kilometers, of which the urban area of 1650 square kilometers. 2006 year-end, the city's total population of 6,160,814 people, of which 23,014,970 people in the municipal districts, the city's births in 2006, 46,325 people, the birth rate of 7.57%, the city's natural population growth of 7,214 people, the growth rate of 1.18 per thousand; Suzhou City, under the jurisdiction of the Zhangjiagang City, Changshu City, In 1993, Suzhou was approved by the State Council as a "larger city".
Suzhou is a national key tourist city, the city's existing 538 various types of cultural relics protection units at all levels, of which 34 at the national level, 106 at the provincial level. The city has successfully joined the World Heritage Cities Alliance. The ancient city of Suzhou is located in the water network, the streets are built according to the river, parallel to the land and water; the buildings are built in front of the water, in front of the alleys and behind the river, forming a unique style of "small bridges, running water, homes". Architecture, landscape, flowers and trees, carvings, calligraphy and painting in one of the Suzhou gardens, is the human civilization of the Prancing Treasures of the wonders of the Humble Administrator's Garden and Liouyuan included in the four famous gardens in China, and with the network of the Master's Garden, Huanxiu Villa and the Canglang Pavilion, the Lion's Grove, the art of the nursery, coupled with the Park, Retreat Garden, and so on the nine classical gardens, respectively, in December 97 and in November 2000, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, the ancient town of Tongli, Zhouzhuang and Luzhi are being nominated for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
Suzhou is located in the temperate zone and has a subtropical monsoon maritime climate with four distinct seasons, mild climate and abundant rainfall. The city's terrain is low and flat, with the plains accounting for 55% of the total area, a dense water network, fertile land and rich produce. Mainly grow rice, wheat, rape, produce cotton, sericulture, forest fruits, specialties are Biluochun tea, Yangtze River swordfish, Taihu Lake silverfish, Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs and so on.
Suzhou is known as the land of fish, rice and silk, known as the "paradise on earth" reputation.
Since ancient times, Suzhou has been a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, with the reputation of "the land of fish and rice" and "the capital of silk"!
The commercial streets in Suzhou are: Guanqian, Shilu, Nanhao Street, Shiquan Street, Fengqiao Street, Nanmen .....
Guanqian is located in the center of the ancient city of Suzhou, covering an area of 0.52 square kilometers, with prosperous business, famous stores and many monuments, it has an irreplaceable central role in the modern city construction pattern of "East Park and West District, the ancient city in the middle, one and two wings" in Suzhou.
Guanqian Street is named after its location in front of Xuanmiao Guan. Its name so far has a history of more than 150 years, has been a collection of Taoxiangcun, Qian Taixiang, Huang Tianyuan and many other famous features of the century-old stores and famous; located in Bifengfang - Eunuchs Lane food street is the Su Gang food reputation in Jiangnan; the national key cultural relics protection unit of the Xuanmiao Guan, with its rich cultural connotations of Taoism, attracts the domestic and foreign tourists. After a hundred years of rise and fall, in 1999, Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government invested a huge amount of money to carry out a comprehensive renovation and renewal of the Guanqian area. After the renovation of the Guanqian area is becoming a complete transportation network, infrastructure, beautiful human environment, reasonable business layout, investment environment, with a strong local color of the city's commercial, cultural, religious, tourism center. Guanqian bustling with tourists, commercial prosperity, gathered around the centuries-old and old stores abound. According to information records, Guanqian in the early 30s, has been unprecedented prosperity. A rough count, then located in the Guanqian financial institutions in China, traffic, Wu County Tianye, Shanghai, China, China, China, China, China, the implementation of the 7 banks, as well as Paul D., Yikang, Yidai, Jiu Feng, 4 money changers; department stores have Jingde, Brothers, money Hengsen, and another Huada, Lianhe, Yuichang, Taifeng, 4 companies; Silver House has a Hengfu, Caifeng, Tianfeng, Tencheng; Silk and fabrics Zhuang have Qian Taixiang, Yihexiang, the Tongren and The silk cloth shop has Qian Taixiang, Yihexiang, Tongren and, Tianxiang, Ruihexiang, Rui Taifeng, Ruixintai, Jiuchang; bookstores have novel Lin, Zhenxin, the world, business, Wenyi, traffic, Pingjiang; pharmacy has Taihe, CY, Huaying, Hua Ying, Huamei, Zhongxie, Central; souvenir stores have Caizhizhai, Taoxiangcun, Ye Suhuo and, East Lu, Lu draft recommendation, Ma Yongzhai, Wenkui Zhai, Zhou Wanxing; food restaurant has the old Danfeng, Songhelou, the free farms, Yihoyuan, the Yuegong Hotel, cooperative farms; noodle shop has Guan Zhenxing; noodles have Guan Zhenxing; Yuecheang Farm; Noodle House has Guan Zhenxing; Photo Studio has Liu Village, Song Shi Xuan, Da Guangming, Zhonghua, Kang Sheng; Cinema Theatre has YMCA, Central, Oriental; Bathroom has Huijinquan, New Huijin, Peng Ying, Juxingyuan, Fuxingyuan; Teahouse has Yunlinge, Wuyuan; Hotel has Continental, Xinsu, Anton; and there is also Mao Hengfeng's Su Fan, Xixingsheng's Tobacco Silk, Zhang Wanyuan, Tu Hongxing's Tooth Carving; and so on. On the eve of the war, the Guanqian added the Jincheng Bank and Hongsheng, Hongyuan, Zhensu, Qingtai money changers, as well as Wang Ruiyu tea, the International Photographic Studio, Wu Gong Hotel, Xinya Hotel, Xin'an Tea Room, etc.; Eunuchs Lane added to the old Suzhou Zhengxing, Shanghai, Shanghai, old Zhengxing, taste of elegance, three Wu and other restaurants and restaurants.
Suzhou Nanhao Street along the Grand Canal in the east, south of Jinmen Road, north of the old Gate of Heaven, west of the stone road business center Asia Square, the location is unique, the planning covers an area of 60,000 square meters, 600 meters long commercial street for the Ming and Qing Dynasty styles, the two and three-storey rows of 1,200 stores, staggered, antique, there is a thousand years of history of the "Temple of the Immortal" in the original site of reconstruction. The thousand-year-old "Temple of the Immortals" has been rebuilt at the original site. The annual "Rolling Immortals" held in South Hao Street, South Hao Street to the peak of prosperity
Shilu commercial district in the skyscrapers lined up, large and medium-sized shopping malls comprehensive, specialized shopping malls have eight wind, Asia, Venice, Pacific, HSBC, boutique, cultural goods, air-conditioning city more than ten, hundreds of banks, post offices, hotels, restaurants, restaurants, and so on, and the city of the world's largest shopping malls. There are hundreds of banks, post offices, hostels, hotels, restaurants, bathhouses, dance halls, bowling alleys, joint ticket offices and so on, forming a popular, fully functional, active transactions, and a downtown area with great commercial development value. A few hundred meters to the north of Stone Road is Suzhou Railway Station and Bus Station, and there are a number of chemical transportation routes in the area as the starting, ending and interchanging stations, and there are also stops for scenic spots such as Huqiu, Liouyuan Garden, Xiyuan Garden, Cold Mountain Temple, Tianping Mountain, Lingyan Mountain, as well as rural buses and medium-sized buses operating in the suburbs. Therefore, Shilu area has convenient transportation, in and out of the stay, travel business is extremely convenient, but also foreign tourists are more concentrated in the place.
The South Gate commercial district is located in the south end of the ancient city of Suzhou, north of the People's Bridge. The famous "Paradise Water Route" Suzhou-Hangzhou passenger terminal is located here; and the long-distance bus station here sends nearly 200 trips a day. With nearly 15,000 people traveling in and out of Suzhou every day, the South Gate area has become the southern gateway to Suzhou. South Gate area business is very prosperous, there are large integrated shopping mall Taihua Mall, supermarkets and other nearly 10; all kinds of professional shopping malls, hundreds of stores; here there are also Suzhou's larger aquatic market, wholesale market of vegetables and fruits, tea market and electronic market, while the cultural and entertainment venues, all kinds of flavors of the cuisine of nearly 20 restaurants. Here the transportation is convenient, many shopping malls, popularity is booming, is the most prosperous downtown in the south of Suzhou City.
Shiquan Street is located in the old city of Suzhou hotel area, the famous South Forest Hotel, Suzhou Hotel, South Park Hotel and the classical gardens Net Shiyuan is located in this street, with the prosperity of the tourism industry and the city of Suzhou on the transformation of the old neighborhoods, so that Shiquan Street old look for a new look, all kinds of food and beverage, craft stores came into being, business is very prosperous. Step ten whole street, at a glance, patchwork, whitewashed walls and tiles, quite the Ming and Qing Dynasty style of the new buildings behind a restaurant, craft stores opened one after another with their own specialties; there is a special fish head simmering soup "Soup Head Museum", set Wu culture and dining in one of the "Old Suzhou Tea House", "Yanzhi Salon", "The Old Suzhou Tea House", "The Old Suzhou Tea House", "The Old Suzhou Tea House", "The Old Suzhou Tea House", and "The Old Suzhou Tea House". The "Yenzhi Salon" has a full range of cuisine genres, including hot pot, Japanese, Korean, barbecue, Guangbang, and Huaiyang delicacies, which attract domestic and foreign tourists; the craft stores on Shiquan Street have their own strengths, such as "Suzhou Embroidery Hall" specializing in embroidery, "Suzhou Embroidery Hall" specializing in ceramics, and "Suzhou Embroidery Hall" specializing in ceramics, and "Suzhou Embroidery Hall" specializing in ceramics, and "Suzhou Embroidery Hall" specializing in ceramics. "Jinsha Ge" and "Bogutang" specializing in ceramics and antiques, and "Ruiguangzhai" specializing in calligraphy and painting, etc., with alabaster, pottery, silk, calligraphy and painting, goldstone, jasper, mahogany, and so on. There are also "Ruiguangzhai", which specializes in calligraphy and painting. Zisha, pottery, silk, painting, calligraphy, goldstone, jasper, and mahogany are all available here. Suzhou Shiquan Street has become a famous street for food and crafts.
Fengqiao Street and Cold Mountain Temple is the Fengqiao Scenic Spot with strong local characteristics of cultural tourism commercial street, Ming and Qing Dynasty architecture, style and simplicity. The forest of stores brings together almost all the craft commodities in Jiangnan, including silk, Su embroidery, calligraphy and painting, stationery, mahogany carving and sandalwood fan, etc. There are also various antique stores, pearl stores, teapot stores, and galleries of self-produced and self-sold by calligraphers and painters. You can also see the performance of "Long Pen Calligraphy" which is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records in Shanghai, which is really mesmerizing and beautiful. The history of Fengqiao Street is as long as that of Cold Mountain Temple and Fengqiao. The Tang poem "Night Poetry at Fengqiao" has been passed down from ancient to modern times, and writers and artists have been coming to visit the ancient temple and stayed there, and the ancient town of Fengqiao has gradually prospered. Nowadays, with the development of tourism, the ancient town commercial street of pink walls and tiles of buildings, the ancient style of signboards and crafts with Wu cultural characteristics of the goods, together constitute a rich connotation of the humanities landscape, it is worthwhile for you to wander through it, slowly taste.