June 2, 2014. I have been to Suzhou less than 30 times, the Humble Administrator's Garden, Lion Forest, lingering garden, Nets Garden, Tiger Hill, art garden, Canglang Pavilion, Panmen, Hanshan Temple, Xiyuan Temple and other major scenic spots have also visited, but there are more scenic spots in Suzhou, or the gap to be filled. On March 9, 2014, I also traveled to Suzhou by car. Suzhou and Shanghai are only about 100 kilometers apart, and it takes more than an hour to drive from my home in Pudong if I don't get stuck in traffic. The self-drive tour of Suzhou coincided with the Dragon Boat Festival, the whole 262 kilometers, has visited 7 national key cultural relic protection units and 1 Chinese historical and cultural street. Suzhou tourism resources are quite rich, Shanghai people run several times Suzhou, should not be bored. What's more, the delicious food in Suzhou is good, and the aftertaste of Zhu Hongxing's noodles makes me want to find an opportunity to go to Suzhou again.

June 2, 2014 (Suzhou weather: Cloudy with light rain, 19 to 25 degrees)

8:50 a.m. from his home in Pudong, Shanghai.

9:23, arrived at the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed Jiangqiao toll station, a total of 29 kilometers.

9:35, arrived at the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed Anting toll station, a total of 48 kilometers, the high-speed charge of 15 yuan.

9:58, arrived at the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway Yangcheng Lake service area to rest, a total of 86 kilometers.

10:12, arrived at the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway Suzhou toll station, a total of 99 kilometers, the high-speed charge of 25 yuan.

Compared with Hangzhou, driving down the highway into Suzhou city is relatively smooth, the distance is short.

This road is called Wangxingqiao Beiyi, located in the old town of Suzhou, roadside parking is free.

Guantaiwei Bridge, across the river between Wangxing Bridge north Yi and Guantaiwei Bridge Road, Suzhou cultural relics protection unit. The bridge got its name because of the residence of Taiwei surnamed Guan. The original bridge was built in the Song Dynasty, rebuilt in the 35th year of Kangxi (1696) of Qing Dynasty, and rebuilt again in the fourth year of Guangxu (1878). The whole bridge is a single hole structure of SLATE beams.

The picture below is taken by Guan Taiwei Bridge road.

About 100 meters south of Guantaiwei Bridge is Dinghui Temple Lane, the Double Pagoda Garden and Dinghui Temple on this path

Dinghui Temple, Suzhou cultural relics protection unit. The temple was founded in the second year of Tang Xiantong (861), and was occupied by the seventh plastic factory in Suzhou in the 1950s. In the 1990s, it moved out of the factory and restored the ancient temple Dinghui Temple, which is now open to the public free of charge as the lower house of Xiyuan Ring Building Law Temple.

The intersection of Dinghuisi Lane on Fenghuang Street. The lane is a one-way street, and driving is required to turn north from the Star Bridge on the east side.

The ruins of the double tower and Main hall of Luohan Yuan, the fourth batch of national key cultural relic protection units announced by The State Council on November 20, 1996, ancient architecture category, the Northern Song Dynasty. Here is commonly known as the Twin Towers Garden, the entrance fee is 8 yuan. The temple was founded in the Tang Xiantong two years (861), the initial name of Prajna Yuan, the five dynasties Wu Yue changed its name to Luohan Yuan. Northern Song Dynasty Taiping Xingguo seven years (982) to build a pair of brick towers, called double towers. Qing Xianfeng ten years (1860) the temple was destroyed in the war, only the two towers and the main hall ruins.

The entrance fee is 8 yuan.

When returning to get the car, Yuan Xuelan's former residence was photographed next to the Guan Taiwei Bridge, that is, the Double Tower Shadow Garden, and the plaque on the gate reads "Wu Du Hui Hall", which is now the office of a company. Yuan Xuelan was an influential poet in Suzhou literary circle in the late Qing Dynasty.

The following two photos are taken on Ganjiang East Road.

Always think that Guanqian Street parking is difficult, in fact, from the Ganjiang East Road into the palace lane, the south side of Bifeng Fang has ground and underground parking, underground parking 5 yuan/hour. There are many alleys around here and many roads are one-way. Out of the parking lot to the west, you can see Zhu Hongxing, green Yang wonton and other time-honored signboards.

Zhu Hongxing Main Store, founded in the 1930s of the last century, the time-honored noodle restaurant. Zhu Hongxing's noodles are mentioned many times in Lu Wenfu's novel "Gourmet". The protagonist of the novel usually eats noodles, but does not eat non-Zhu Hongxing's noodles. Zhu Hongxing's noodles are really good, but compared with the head office, the price is higher than the branch.

When the Suzhou noodles are served, the topping is placed in a small bowl. "The topping should not be placed on the noodle bowl, but placed in another plate. When eating, I use chopsticks to just pick up into your mouth as if by a stone arch bridge..." Lu Wenfu described it in the novel.

Out of Zhu Hongxing and not far north along the palace lane is Guanqian Street, opposite the Xuanmiao View.

Xuanmiao View Sanqing Hall, the second batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by The State Council on February 23, 1982, ancient buildings and historical memorial buildings, the era of the Song Dynasty. Xuanmiao Temple was built in the western Jin Xianning two years (276), the Tang Dynasty called Kaiyuan Palace, the Northern Song called Tianqing Temple, the Yuan Dynasty changed the name, has been destroyed many times, many times repair. Sanqing Hall, the main hall of the Xuanmiao Temple, was rebuilt in the sixth year of Chunxi of the Southern Song Dynasty (1179) and is the largest ancient wooden structure south of the Yangtze River.

Guanqian Street.

Suzhou street view.

Park on Cang Street, charge 8 yuan at a time, walk to Ouyuan and Pingjiang Road Historical and cultural block.

The late Tang poet Du Xunhe "send people to visit Wu" poem cloud: "you to see Gusu, people do pillow river."

Couyuan, the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by The State Council on June 25, 2004, ancient architecture class, the era is Qing. The entrance fee is 20 yuan. Ouyuan Garden, formerly known as Shanyuan Garden, is located in Xiaoxinqiao Lane, Cang Street, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It was built by Lu Jin, Governor of Baoning Prefecture in Shunzhi period of Qing Dynasty. This garden has a garden on the east and west sides of the house, so the name of the garden.

The entrance fee is 20 yuan.

Follow Daxinqiao Lane at the gate of Ouyuan, cross Cang Street, and about 400 meters west is Pingjiang Road. Residents here still have access to well water.

Big New Bridge Lane. The house in the picture below is the former residence of Guo Shaoyu, a famous linguist, writer, and historian of literary criticism. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Guo Shaoyu served as the director of the Chinese Department of Fudan University, the vice chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Literature, the vice chairman of the Shanghai Writers Association, the vice president of the Shanghai Chinese Language Association, the deputy editor of Cihai, the former dean of the School of Literature of Tongji University, and one of the first doctoral supervisors of Fudan University. The house is currently a private residence and is not open to visitors.

Pingjiang Road Historical and cultural block, the first batch of Chinese historical and cultural streets awarded. Pingjiang Road is a path along the river, Song and Yuan Dynasty Suzhou is also known as Pingjiang, this is the name of the road. Pingjiang Road starts from Ganjiang East Road in the south, and connects North Vietnam Baita East Road and Northeast Street, with a total length of about 1.6 kilometers. The Pingjiang Road I visited this time is a section from Baita East Road to Zhongzhangjiaxiang, which is equivalent to about one-third of the whole journey.

Wei Dao Guan Pan House, the seventh batch of national key cultural relic protection units announced by The State Council in April 2013, ancient architecture class, the era is Qing. In front of the Weidao Guan is an alley intersecting with Pingjiang Road, and Pan Zhai is only more than 50 meters away from the intersection of Pingjiang Road. This house, also known as Li Geng Hall, was built by Hui merchant Pan Linzhao in the fifty-second year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1787). Unfortunately, I did not go to the time, only weekday afternoons open for Tours.

The Suzhou Pingtan Museum in Zhongzhangjiaxiang, China, is divided into three courtyards, of which the second hall is set up in the form of the Qing Dynasty. The museum was open to the public when it was not a book show, and I was equally unlucky when I went.

Quan Jin Guild Hall, the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by The State Council on May 25, 2006, ancient architecture class, the era is Qing Dynasty. The All-Jin Guild Hall was founded in the thirtieth year of Qing Qianlong (1765) by Shanxi merchants of money industry. After it was destroyed, it was rebuilt for Shanxi silk tea merchants. It is now the Kunqu Opera Museum of China, which is open to the public for free. Quanjin Guild Hall is only about 100 meters away from Pingjiang Road, where few tourists patronize, but the real cultural relics are ignored.

Kunshan Opera originated in the 14th century in Kunshan, Suzhou, China. After the improvement of Wei Liangfu and others, Kunshan Opera went to the whole country and was known as the "ancestor of all kinds of operas". The statue in the picture below is Wei Liangfu, the chief of the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Household, the criminal Ministry, the deputy minister of Guangxi, and the left Chief minister of Shandong. He was an outstanding opera musician, opera revolutionist and the ancestor of Kunqu Opera (Nanqu) in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. He has made outstanding contributions to the artistic development of Kunshan Opera, and is regarded as "the ancestor of Kunqu Opera" by later generations.

Jiachen Lane brick tower, the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by The State Council in April 2013, ancient architecture class, the era of the Song Dynasty. According to the "Wumen Table Yin", there were seven small brick towers in Suzhou, most of which were built in the Song Dynasty. Two of them were destroyed early, two were destroyed during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the White Pagoda was demolished in 1928 when Linden Road was widened, and the Lian Xi Fang one was also demolished in the 1950s when the road was widened. The only one left, "Wumen watch Yin" called the "seven towers in the city" the second, that is, Jia Chen Lane brick tower. From Cang Street to the south across the Ganjiang East Road is Jiachen Lane, from the intersection into more than 100 meters you can see the brick tower.

On the way from the old town to Bao Dai Bridge, pass the Soochow TV Tower. The tower, also known as the Dongwu Tower, is 168 meters high.

Street View.

Baobai Bridge, the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by The State Council on June 25, 2001, ancient architecture class, The Times are bright. Baodai Bridge, along the west side of the canal and across the mouth of Dantai Lake, is known as one of the top ten Bridges in China together with Zhaozhou Bridge and Lugou Bridge. The whole bridge is made of Jinshan stone, with a length of 316.8 meters and 53 holes, which is the longest porous stone bridge among the existing ancient Bridges in China. Built in Tang Yuan and 11 to 14 years (AD 816-819), the current bridge was built by the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Bao Dai Bridge is very famous, but now the surrounding environment is bad, very desolate, of course, there is no need to buy tickets to visit.

The day trip ended in a hurry. Before leaving Suzhou, came to Xizhong City Zhu Hongxing to eat noodles, the price is more than the main store in Guanqian Street. Plus, this one has freshly fried noodles, and parking on the side of the road is free.

A bowl of sesame oil eel noodles of Zhu Hongxing in West Central City is 15 yuan, and a bowl of eel noodles of Zhu Hongxing in Guanqian Street is 29 yuan, and the former is the topping noodles, compared with the two, you can find that the price of Zhu Hongxing in West Central City is more affordable. As for noodles and soup, they are equally delicious.

Chang Men not far away.

At 18:33, arrived at the Suzhou toll station of Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, and traveled 157 kilometers in total.

19:04, arrived at the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed Anting toll station, a total of 206 kilometers, the high-speed charge of 25 yuan.

19:50, arrived at the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed Jiangqiao toll station, a total of 225 kilometers, the high-speed charge of 15 yuan.

20:23, back to Pudong home, the whole distance of 262 kilometers.