Fuzhou Lingyuan Caves, Lingyuan Dong
Name: Fuzhou Lingyuan Caves(Lingyuan Dong)
City: Fuzhou
Suzhou Luxiang Ancient Village, Luxiang Gucun
Luxiang Ancient Village is located on the bank of the Tai Lake. It is an ancient village that is high in quality, most in number, best preserved in south of the Yangtze River. The Luxiang Ancient Village is the hometown of Wang Ao, the prime minister in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Wang Ao used to be the gateway of Xieyuan , Huiyuan (the first place in metropolitan exams), and Tanhua (number three on imperial examination). Now the three gateways of Xieyuan, Huiyuan and Tanhua still stood firmly there.
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Suzhou Piaomiao Peak, Piaomiao Feng
Located in the middle of the West Mountain, Piaomiao Peak is the highest peak in the West Mountain. It ranks first of the seventy-two peaks in the area of the Tai Lake.
Suzhou Luzhi, Luzhi Shuixiang, SZ
“The Best Water Town in China—Luzhi,” is Fei Xiaotong. The vice-chairman of the National People’s Congress Committee highly praised this water town. Luzhi, has a long history of 2,500 years and is famed for its ancient civilization. Ancient bridges, ancient streets, ancient houses and ancient maidenhair trees tell us the long history of the city.
Suzhou Happy Farmhouse on Kiln Village, Yaoshang Longjiale
The Happy Farmhouse in Kiln Village is situated in the Guangfu Scenic Area, which is surrounded with mountains, rivers and streams. This area is rich with sweet-scented osmanthus, loquats, waxberries and clubs. The especially sweet-scented osmanthus covers a planting area of 666.7sqkm, which makes the scenic area well-known. In the Kiln Village of this area, every farm family does embroidery. Beautiful bonsais are every where. If you visit here, you may live and have dinners in the farmhouses and experience the life of farmers.
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Suzhou Zhang Ling Park, Zhang Ling Gongyuan
The Zhang Lin Park is located 1.5km southwest of Luzhi town. Following the north road of Fucheng and then leading southward to Dongzhuangbang, the first thing that came in sight is a very tall but small hill lying in the center of the garden. This is the Zhanglin Hill, which is said to be the tomb of the Prime Minister Zhang Cang in the Han dynasty. In addition, there are lots of famous scenic spots in this garden, such as 24 Pieties Palace, Fishing Pond, Four Directions Hall and so on.
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Suzhou Wintersweet Garden, Mei Yuan
Wintersweet Garden is situated at the west of the Linwu Cave in West Mountain Scenic Area, opposite of which stood Baoshan Temple, a famous scenic spot of Buddhism. It is named after several square kilometers of wintersweets.
Suzhou Crane Garden, He Yuan
The Crane Garden is located at the place where the Suzhou Political Consultative Conference locates. The scale of the Crane Garden is not large and has a style of the common courtyard.
Suzhou Lingyan Pagoda, Lingyan Ta
Lingyan Pagoda, also known as Yongzuo Pagoda, stood at the Lingyan Temple that is 15km southwest of Suzhou. It is a brick pagoda built in 503 AD. It was destroyed by thunder in the late Ming Dynasty. The current brick pagoda was rebuilt in 750AD. It is a 7-storey pagoda with eight angles, with poses of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) carved on the walls.
Suzhou Shen’s Residence, Shen Zhai
Shen’s Residence is located at the opposite of Baosheng Temple. Decorated with colorful flowers, it is a typical residence owned by magnates. It is said that the original owner of the residence was the magnate whose surname was Shen. In order to enrich the content for viewing and admiring for tourists, the Wudong Water Town Museum of Womens Dress that was originally in the Heavenly King Palace of Baosheng Temple has been moved into the front hall of western Shen’s Residence.
