January 22, 2023 (First day of the Year of the Rabbit, Suzhou weather, light rain, 6 to 7 degrees)

Departing from his home in Pudong, Shanghai, at 10:35 a.m.

11:17, arrived at the Huyu Expressway Xujing toll station, a total of 28.0 kilometers.

11:48, arrived at the Huyu high-speed Dianshan Lake service area to rest, a total of 66.2 kilometers.

At 12:16, arrived at Changtai high-speed Wujiang South toll station, a total of 98.8 kilometers.

Stay in Suzhou East Hengsheng International Hotel, listed five-star. Deluxe Twin room, two nights (including double morning) total 693 yuan. This is an old 5-star hotel with easy parking, decent room arrangement and large bathtub. The hotel is opposite the Rainbow shopping center, dining is convenient. The price including double breakfast is affordable, but the variety of breakfast needs to be improved. In addition, the hotel room heating and air conditioning is not enough, which may be related to the floor we live on (10 floors).

Hotel rooms.

Outside the hotel room window, the building on the right is Rainbow Shopping Center.

Originally prepared to go to the West garden Temple, can be found that there is a foreign license plate restriction.

From Wujiang drive to Suzhou Hanshan Temple about 20 kilometers, take the elevated is very convenient, half an hour or so by car.

More than 2 p.m., there is still a lot of traffic in front of Hanshan Temple, and the parking space is tense.

Hanshan Temple is crowded with visitors.

Admission to Hanshan Temple is 20 yuan.

Hanshan Temple belongs to the Linji sect of Zen. During the period of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty, Hanshan and Xiqian, two famous monks at that time, founded Hanshan Temple. Hanshan Temple has been destroyed by fire five times in more than 1,000 years (it is said to be seven times), and the last time it was rebuilt was during the reign of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. Hanshan Temple was once one of the top ten famous temples in China, and there are many historical sites in the temple.

Hanshan Temple, Han area Buddhist national key monastery, Jiangsu Province cultural relics protection unit.

"Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City", "Mooring at Night on Maple Bridge" is a poem written by Zhang Ji in Tang Dynasty.

Roadside temporary parking, 20 yuan (unlimited time).

Revisiting the Belt Bridge after nearly 9 years. Compared with that time, parks have been built around Bao Dai Bridge, and parking lots are currently free.

Baobai Bridge is the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by The State Council. It was built in the eleventh year of the Tang Dynasty (816), lying at the mouth of the Dedai River between the Grand Canal and the Dantai Lake, parallel to the ancient Canal, and is the longest and most complete large ancient stone bridge with multiple arches existing in China.

Tang Yuan and the eleventh year (816 AD), the Bao belt bridge by the governor Wang Zhongshu presided over the construction of the bridge, to raise funds for the construction of the bridge, Wang Zhongshu took the lead in donating his own belt, the name of the Bao belt bridge from this, and it is said that because the bridge is like a Bao belt floating on the water and named.

When I returned to the hotel in the evening, I felt that the air conditioning in the room was not warm enough and asked for a new room.

This room has a better bathroom.

Night view outside the guest room.

By the end of the night, a total of 158.7 kilometers had been driven, with an average fuel consumption of 7.1 liters /100 kilometers.

January 23, 2023 (Suzhou weather, light rain, -2 to 7 degrees)

Light rain.

Hotel parking lot.

Tongli Ancient Town has several free temporary parking lots. We parked on the north side of the ancient town, a short walk into the scenic area, about 800 meters to the retreat Garden.

Individual visitors can take Wujiang wisdom rail to Tongli Ancient town.

Tongli Ancient Town, free tickets this Spring Festival holiday.

Retreat Garden, the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by The State Council. Built in the 11th to 13th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1885-1887), the garden was built after Ren Lansheng, an official of the Qing Dynasty, was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown, and the name of the garden is quoted from the meaning of "Lin Fu's thing, King also, forward thinking and loyalty, retreat thinking and repair."

There are ancient town on the Geng music Hall and other monuments, because of the rain, and tourist attractions are too crowded, we did not go to visit.

Pu 'an Bridge, Suzhou cultural relics protection unit.

Compared with ordinary buses and BRTS, the smart rail has a larger capacity and can carry more than 300 passengers when fully loaded.

Visit the Sibon Bridge. This bridge is one of the oldest existing Bridges in Wujiang. It was built by the Tongli poet Ye Yin during the period of Baoyou in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is named after the meaning of "When thinking about the people, it is the seventh batch of national key cultural relic protection units.

The Siben Bridge lies between the fields and the factory.

In the evening, dine at Jiangcheng Stove Fish on the 5th floor of Tianhong Shopping Center, 161.80 yuan.

We chose the sturgeon arowana.

Street fireworks.

By the end of the night, a total of 184.1 kilometers had been driven, with an average fuel consumption of 7.7 liters /100 kilometers.

January 24, 2023 (Suzhou weather, fine, -6 to 0 degrees)

At 9:30 a.m., the hotel's breakfast buffet was still packed. We have not seen such a hot scene before the epidemic.

A swimming pool and gym are available on the 8th floor.

At noon, I tasted Jiangcheng furnace fish, 166.8 yuan.

Jingsi Garden, free this Spring Festival. This garden is the private garden of Mr. Chen Jinguen, a private entrepreneur, covering an area of more than 100 mu. It was built in 1993 and lasted 10 years to complete. The name "Jing Si" is the meaning of quiet thinking. The buildings in the garden follow the classical garden culture of Suzhou.

The parking fee is 5 yuan.

The garden displays a large number of Lingbi stone, especially the "Qingyunfeng" more than nine meters high, weighing 136 tons, the most record of Lingbi stone Ginis.

Drive from Tongli through Zhouzhuang, Grand View Garden back to Shanghai city.

Through Zhouzhuang, the roadside is full of cars, which shows the number of holiday tourists.

Interprovincial checkpoint on the Zhouhu line.

Enter the Shanghai territory.

By the Shanghai Grand View Garden.

An inter-provincial checkpoint on the Shanghai-Qingping Highway.

Dongfang Luzhou terminal station of Metro Line 17.

15:53, arrived at the Zhufeng Highway toll station, a total of 232.3 kilometers.

16:18, arrived at Huyu Expressway Xujing toll station, a total of 258.8 kilometers.

Yan 'an Road elevated.

17:02, back to Shanghai Pudong home, the total distance of 287.1 kilometers, the average fuel consumption of 7.5 liters /100 kilometers.