The last trip of Xinchou Year went to the fashionable and charming East Taihu Lake in Suzhou, where I played for five days and four nights.

This trip is my gift to myself to welcome the New Year, and this detailed guide is also my gift to you.

After reading this travel story, you will know what fun to come to East Taihu Lake in winter

No.1 Enjoy the music fountain at Yuehu Terrace

I put the musical fountain at Reading Lake Terrace first because it's really amazing.

In the evening to the reading lake platform, the winter dusk is short and romantic. Sitting quietly on the steps facing East Taihu Lake, waiting for the start of the musical fountain. When the lights came on and the music started, I was filled with anticipation. "Ode to the Red Flag" passionate melody with cool lights, fireworks, constitute a audio-visual feast of sound and electricity. Ten minutes of open water dance show, exciting new surging. Grateful for the prosperity of the country, grateful for the beauty of life, grateful to have you around.

Address: Yuehu Terrace, Suzhou Bay, Wujiang District, Suzhou City (Renmin Road, Wujiang District, Suzhou City)

Reading lake terrace at dusk

Yuehu platform music fountain

No.2 Suzhou Bay Cultural Center to see the performance

After enjoying the music fountain at Yuehu Terrace, turn around and you will see Suzhou Bay Cultural Center flowing like a "streamer". "Streamers", like the flying bridge in Suzhou and the dancing sleeves in Kunqu Opera, exist in the overall urban landscape in the form of curves and inverse curves.

This iconic building on East Taihu Lake is the third largest theater complex in the country planned by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Christian de Bauzambak. He designed this "ribbon" as a link, connecting the city, the sky, the lake, and the people.

Suzhou Bay Cultural Center includes Suzhou Grand Theatre, Wujiang Expo Center, museum and conference center. It is recommended that you check the performance time in advance, and listening to a concert in it will be a great experience.

Add: No. 12000, East Taihu Avenue, Wujiang District, Suzhou

Suzhou Bay Cultural Center, a new landmark building in East Taihu Lake

No.3 Take a speedboat to see the East Taihu Lake from another Angle

Boating on the sea is very exciting, what about on a calm lake?

The degree of stimulation is completely in the hands of the driver, I also felt the "wind and waves" on the East Taihu Lake, the speed and passion of the speedboat, can bring us into the dynamic and charm of the new East Taihu Lake in the first time, looking across the water to the lake city, to meet different beautiful.

Looking at the city on the shore on the lake, there is a little more freshness.

Speedboat Dock: In the East Taihu Hotel, speedboat ride in the East Taihu hotel reservation

No.4 to Southern white phase to explore the taste of true feelings

Special trip to "Bai Xiangli" visit, after two months to see the founder of teacher Zhang again, a short time together to chat very happy. He took us into the ancient village of Nangodown, past the stone bridge of the Ming Dynasty, tasted hot tuanzi, and ate rice candy made with freshly exploded rice flowers, which was the taste of the Spring Festival in childhood.

Bai Xiangli is full of the flavor of the New Year, is carrying out the "Sun Festival" activities, sun cured meat, sun dried radish, sun salted fish, sun soy meat, sun quilt, sun happiness, sun red envelope, sun baby, sun... Everything can be exposed to the sun.
Speaking of Bai Xiangli, I have to say that the play of "taking a relative's rural vacation". In the white phase is a B&B, a hotel, a tour, and a vacation, but also to create a traditional good white phase of relatives.

South of the Baishangli · green water people, and the village dwellings adjacent. Living here can enjoy the quiet rural life with the villagers, breathe the fresh free air of the countryside, and experience the farming and joy of the villagers. At the same time as an immersive rural vacation, the stay experience is also very comfortable, in the Bai Xiangli renovated and newly built villa-style homestay, underfloor heating, air conditioning, bathing and other facilities are fully equipped. Abundant amusement facilities: outdoor barbecue grill, KTV, tea room, billiard room, clay kitchen, home party, grass, campfire area, tent and small farm, is a good place for group construction and family tour.

Address: Area A, Nantuo Village, Wujiang District, Suzhou

People basking in the sun and drinking tea in the courtyard in winter

Baishangli open kitchen, KTV, tea room, guest room

South village, Suzhou protection of ancient villages

Life in the village

Look for ancient flavor

No.5 in Wangong Di travels through the forest of time

This long embankment by the Taihu Lake was named after Premier Zhou's maternal grandfather, Wan Qingxuan, a water control expert in the late Qing Dynasty. Wan Qingxuan once served as governor in Wujiang, during his tenure, he spent his salary to build the pond bank from Songling Sanli Bridge to Bahe Dapu Bridge.

Today, Wangongdi is an urban forest slow life destination, where you can temporarily escape the hustle and bustle of life. On one side is a city full of tall buildings, on the other is an endless forest, and in the middle is a lake sparkling in the sun.

It is just the weekend to go to Wangong Di, most of them are parent-child families with children to play. Transparent kayaking, jogging on Rainbow Road, riding in East Taihu Lake, walking in the woods, riding the jungle train, reading a good book in Fandeng Book Club...

"Time forest" brings together a lot of delicious fun good shopping place. Exquisite Japanese cuisine is hidden in the container, and in the forest area, there are tent barbecues, exquisite dessert cafes, various snacks, and you can also enjoy the fun of DIY.

I bought a bunch of handmade wool flowers at a shop called Little Money Handmade. The bouquet of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics also uses hand-knitted wool to braid flowers, implying warmth and peace, while practicing the concept of sustainability, can be preserved forever, this trend I want to keep up.

1936 The Time Train Restaurant is the highlight of Time Forest. In 1936, the Suzhou-Jia Railway from Wujiang was officially opened to traffic. This railway was once the only railway in Wujiang, which left a deep impression on a generation of Wujiang people. In order to commemorate the former Suka-Jia railway, the park specially shipped a green leather train car from Xi 'an, and the old picture of Wu Jiang was hung inside the car. On the retro train, you can take photos and clock in and enjoy food.

Address: 200 meters north of the intersection of Qiufeng Street and Liuhong Road, Wujiang District, Suzhou. It is recommended to take Suzhou Rail Line 4 to Liuhong Road Station and walk about 200 meters

The flowers bought in Wan Gong Di, at home, the more I look, the more I like them

No.6 to BFM Art Center Experience "Everything shining"

Art in front of everyone will bloom a different attitude. The BFM Art Center (Bain Furman Art Center) on the edge of the East Pacific Lake has a patchwork of pure white Spaces exhibiting painting, installation, sculpture, video, pottery, jewelry and other art categories, as well as new media performances and interactive live art projects.

The opening exhibition of the BFM Art Center is titled "All Things Bright" and brings together the works of more than a dozen contemporary Chinese artists. They stand on the common basis of contemporary life and express their modern life attitude. Through these works, visitors can feel their own experience.

In Beijing such venues are mostly ticketed, and here it is free, need to make an appointment before the exhibition. The coffee here is delicious. Buy a cup and sit down for a while.

Address: South Square, Pingkai Business Center, No. 11666, Taihu Avenue, East Bay, Songling Street, Wujiang District, Suzhou

Contemporary art exhibits

No.7 Find a good book to impress yourself in Shangshuzhou

In order to write this sentence on the outside wall, "the bookstore of the heart and stop", I walked into the Shangshu Island. "Shangshuzhou" is like a homing ship moored at East Taihu Lake. Exquisite and simple Jiangnan tone, in the light of warm colors, immersed in the quiet ink fragrance.

From the "starry sky of the Pre-Qin Dynasty" to the "elegant Song Dynasty", from the "looking back at the Ming and Qing Dynasties" to the "Republic of China Garden", the books here are placed on the shelves in chronological order. The room was full of books and quaint ornaments. In this quiet space, the left hand miscellaneous books, the right hand zen tea blindly. Where the eyes touch, are quiet, distant souls.

Address: Suzhou Wujiang District Songling Street, Gaoxin Road and Hujing Street interchange

Left hand miscellany collection, right hand zen tea blindly

No.8 Shopping Sheng Jia, buy a Chinese fancy dress

If you like me, like to wear Chinese clothes, then be sure not to miss the "Sheng Jia Old Street". Wujiang in Jiangsu Province has a history of silk weaving for more than 4,000 years. Shengjia was once the most prosperous part of Wujiang City, is Marco Polo once visited the streets, where the silk had been exported to the four corners.

Today's Sheng home in the ancient revealed elegance and fashion, many fashion designers moved into the town, there are cafes, bookstores, clothing stores, can also be tailored. Here you can buy not only silk, but also incense gauze clothes. I'm going to have to make a long gauze dress one day, but I can't make up my mind this time. Bought a grey blue autumn winter improved cheongsam. Elastic fabric is comfortable to wear, with high heels, sneakers can be.

Address: Wujiang Taihu New City, South Zhongshan Road and Lize Road interchange

No.9 Go Sand boat ole leisure Taobao

Sand Boat (Suzhou Bay) Outlet, there are several pavilions, the volume is not small, a total of 120,000 square, bringing together more than 600 well-known brands at home and abroad to jointly settled, covering international famous products, clothing shoes and bags, outdoor sports, special catering, leisure and entertainment, children's world... You might actually find something valuable in an Italian space.

Address: Northwest corner of intersection of Kaiping Road and Fengqing Street, Wujiang District, Suzhou City

No.10 Stay at Huayi Hotel, soak in Wang Yan Hot Spring

To Suzhou East Taihu Lake, how can we not soak in hot springs?

Wangyan Hot spring is a rare neutral pure natural carbonate hot spring in Taihu Lake Basin. It contains many mineral elements such as strontium and radon. The open-air hot spring park here, built along the lake, the air is moist and fresh, the plants in the park are lush, the lake landscape is mirrored in the garden, and there are dozens of outdoor bubble pools of various types and effects, plus geothermal fumigation. Suzhou people are very good at playing, water yellow duck, water chess, water afternoon tea, enjoy delicious food while playing. After soaking in the hot spring to do an essential oil SPA, the hands of the technician care to wipe away all fatigue.

Address: East Taihu Lake Eco-Tourism Resort, Wujiang District, Suzhou

Afternoon tea over water

Huayi Hotel is a high-end hotel brand created by intercontinental Hotels Group for the Chinese people. The word "Huayi" has a cultural dimension, "Hua" symbolizes the land of China with abundant resources, treasures and talents, and "Yi" refers to the gathering place of Chinese elites. Hotel rooms also have a pool on the balcony, where you can enjoy a private hot spring time in your room.

Especially recommend Huayi Hotel buffet breakfast noodle stall, pure Soviet-style soup noodles, noodles tendons, delicious soup, pouring real material, seasonal taste.

No.11 Don't miss it Sweet glutinous rice cake of Caifeng Lou

Caifeng Floor is the Chinese restaurant of Huayi Hotel, and all Caifeng floors have their own characteristics. Suzhou East Tai Lake Caifeng building, low-key exquisite Oriental artistic conception decoration design, private rooms are very elegant, there are waiters to provide service throughout. Dishes include local Subang, Cantonese and fusion dishes, our nine partners from all over the world gathered in East Taihu Lake, choosing dishes that are mostly local flavor, and feeling the local food characteristics on the tip of the tongue.

This meal, sweet and sour osmanthus small tomatoes and pepper sesame lotus diced, open the taste buds; Soviet-style steamed white fish, fried shrimp with crab powder, steamed crab with steamed pork cake gradually improve the satisfaction; After the entrance of the signature crispy snow beef, pick eyebrows smile, crisp inside tender, thick taste, everything in the aftertaste; The last of the fragrant glutinous rice cake and Ao Zao noodles to complete the meal.

Address: Caifeng Building is in Huayi Hotel

Feel the beauty of art and fashion

I like Le Meridien Hotel in Suzhou Bay, East Taihu Lake. The artistic atmosphere makes people feel happy and enjoyable. Any corner of Le Meridien Suzhou Bay Hotel can feel the collision and integration of local customs with modern art and life aesthetics. When you step into the hotel, you can hear the "new wave rhythm" of the Paris New Wave band, smell the classic fragrance LMO1, and feel the romantic atmosphere from France.

Located by the beautiful Dongtai Lake, the hotel is the first Le Meridien brand hotel in Suzhou. East Taihu Lake has a hundred miles of beautiful scenery, unique ecological environment. Inspired by the local culture of Suzhou, the landscape of Taihu Lake is introduced into the vision of the room. Through each unique combination of ingenious ideas, the unique fashion and elegance of Jiangnan are carved.

Each Le Meridien hotel has a "Le Meili", and Suzhou's Le Meili wears a dress with "Jiangnan Water Town" painted on it. The giant goldfish on display in the lobby is made of recycled metal, reflecting colorful light in different light, and reminding us to be kind to the earth and cherish resources.

Amy of Suzhou Bay

As the Spring Festival approaches, the hotel is filled with a festive atmosphere. The lobby bar launched the "New Year" afternoon tea, the local special New Year gift box, the restaurant launched the festival dishes, even the welcome dessert in the room is the God of wealth sent ingots, a good picture.

Room 53 square meters jump, elegant atmosphere, spacious and bright, lake view room can see the beautiful east Taihu Lake. The entrance to the bathroom is a two-panel, dry and wet separation, separate bathtub. MALIN + GOETZ's star products - sage body wash, mint shampoo, coriander conditioner, lime soap and vitamin B5 body lotion - are worth mentioning.

The indoor heated swimming pool, fitness center, table tennis room, spa and other recreational facilities are available. The hotel offers free one-hour rental of bicycles, which can be ridden along the Suzhou Bay Lake. You can also take a walk around the characteristic old town around the hotel.

The children's playground has introduced two well-known ips: LEGO and POLI, which are equipped with projects suitable for children of all ages. There is an outdoor children's playground around the hotel with climbing nets, slides, hammocks, basketball courts... The breakfast buffet is extensive and the hotel has three restaurants with different specialties.

No.13 Go to Le Meridien Chinese Restaurant for a surprising meal of fusion Soviet cuisine

At breakfast, I met the chef of the Chinese restaurant and briefly chatted with him. At lunch, I also listened to his suggestions. The dishes with meat and vegetables were reasonable and had local characteristics. Eight small friends have dinner, booked the hotel Chinese restaurant private room, near the New Year's Eve everyone get together.

This meal has: Jiangnan six dishes, crab powder and potato thick soup, crystal shrimp with oil fried river shrimp, veal with orange peel sauce, braised old goose pot, chicken stir-fried pork, asparagus yellow ear fried Ao belt, pepper fragrant bamboo goby shell fish, raw baked Lanzhou lily, oil crumbs taro cabbage, dim sum platter. The dishes are exquisitely prepared and pleasing to the eye. Crab meat and potato soup has the taste of tomato, very new, come to Suzhou so many days, the first time to eat such crab food, Western cuisine, very like.

The final dessert was a surprise. There were traditional Dingsheng cake, but also realistic shapes of persimmon cake, Yuan Bao cake, mahjong cake, matcha Ruyi cake, and two large white geese on the plate to highlight the water village characteristics. Translucent koi fish swim in orange-yellow pumpkin gnocchi topped with fermented lotus root powder dyed with butterfly bean flowers. Elegant, poetic and beautiful.

Address: No.518 Yingbin Avenue, Wujiang District, Suzhou. Take the high-speed train to Suzhou Station, after arriving, you can take metro Line 4 to Suzhou Bay.

No.14 East Taihu Hotel Soak in hot springs and listen to Pingtan

East Taihu Hotel is divided into Wanghu Building, VIP building and villa building, with 242 rooms, including lake view terrace room, family villa room, super intimate pet room, hot spring suite and other room types, can meet the needs of different people.

The hotel has its own natural hot springs, in addition to 12 open-air soaking pools, also equipped with geothermal steam, salt stone steam room. The hotel has prepared children's indoor park and small animal outdoor park for children. The hotel will arrange opera performances during holidays.

The Chinese and Western breakfast served at the hotel is very rich, and it is a pleasure to have a leisurely buffet brunch with loved ones

Add: No.588 Yingbin Avenue, Taihu New Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou

Suite with private soup and daughter room

Open pool

Children's play facilities

No.15 Go to LAN restaurant and enjoy Japanese ingredients

LAN Cuisine 268 yuan/bit of self-service daily ingredients, quality ingredients + intimate service + private environment, cost-effective is really excellent!

More than 130 dishes to choose from, can be a la carte, can also choose to put the question, in addition to the palm of the same size peony shrimp limited to two per person, the rest of the pipe is enough. Private room, personal service, order made, ensure the temperature and fresh ingredients.

Sashimi is a fresh, thick cut salmon, tuna naked, arctic shell, scallop, abalone, octopus feet, sweet shrimp, peony shrimp, conch, quality is good. The variety of sushi is also very rich, Nishiku lovers like nigiri sushi, roll sushi, hand roll sushi, warship sushi, roll sushi, Inari sushi, various kinds of sushi. Other Japanese dishes are also plentiful, from roasted shark's fin with wine and salted ginkgo to tempura, oxtail stew, teppanyaki, sukiwokan, earth bottle steaming, ramen, udon. If you like foie gras, don't miss the plate foie gras. The matcha ice cream and almond tofu in the dessert are still okay. Almond tofu is a rich version with light cream, with a bit of caramel, a bit of richness.

Address: No. 539, Hujing Street, Suzhou Bay Food New World, Gaoxin Road, Wujiang District, Suzhou City
Special note: Be sure to make an appointment in advance, his house only accepts appointments.

No.16 Go to the carnival to taste Authentic Suzhou food

Under the nourishment of the canal and Taihu Lake, Wujiang people have been thriving since ancient times, living and working in peace and contentment, which has also derived and nurtured a rich food culture. East Taihu Lake is near Zhejiang province. Compared with other areas in Suzhou, the food here is less sweet and more suitable for our taste.

For authentic Subang cuisine, the Carnival Hotel is a good choice. Before the Spring Festival, the local characteristics of braised mutton, braised hooves 髈, steamed white fish, cabbage, gluten wrapped meat, braised winter bamboo shoots, crystal River shrimp can not be missed.

Address: Shop A1, Suzhou Bay Food Xintiandi, Gaoxin Road, Wujiang District, Suzhou City

No.17 Taste Angel's Hepburn time of bourgeois fusion dishes

Hepburn Time Restaurant from the environment is very bourgeois, the dishes are a combination of Chinese and Western creative fusion dishes. Fun-loving Suzhou diners flock to this restaurant. The restaurant is quite large, but it is still full every night, we booked a private room a week in advance, and there are resident performances in the lobby every night.

The chef of the restaurant comes from Chaoshan. While pursuing taste, he also attaches great importance to the presentation and sense of form.

Address: Intersection of Kaiping Road and Shuixiu Street, Wujiang District, Suzhou

No.18 to pure white Enjoy Western cuisine at Lim cafe

I am impressed by several cafes, but Lim cafe is my favorite, not only because it is beautiful, but also because the food and coffee here are delicious.
The space of Lim cafe on the second floor is partially left blank, the main color is white, and there are three areas on the first floor: balcony for 20 people, standing area, and lounge area with some pink and green sofas. The second floor can be reached by a spiral staircase. The sofa in half of the second floor is red, and the toilet is green, dividing the area in color. From the space layout and decoration, I feel just right.

The coffee beans at Lim cafe are roasted themselves. Rich variety of coffee, there are many creative fancy coffee. Other drinks are also rich in variety. Lim cafe's pastry chefs have worked in Michelin restaurants, selecting ingredients and constantly innovating. Make the food delicious and interesting.

Food recommendation: 2022 New Year limited rich cake, very New Year atmosphere, 4 inch sponge cake in the middle of the blueberry sandwich, sweetness is just right, suitable for sharing, no burden. Light blue sea salt melaleuca cake, colorful fog rainbow rolls, low temperature Australian steak, pineapple coffee are all recommended.

Address: 65m South of Badminton Court, Suzhou Bay Sports Park, Yingbin Avenue, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Lim is in the Sports park, which must be beautiful in spring! There are basketball courts, football fields, lawns, is a good place for outdoor sports

No.19 in OCC Coffee and Western Food Academy, in the name of drinking coffee to take photos

OCC Coffee and Western Food Academy, deep ins wind essence. There are three areas in the living museum, a cafe, a western restaurant, and a clothing store on the second floor. The store carefully arranged a number of shooting scenes, rotating stairs, sunset lights white wood-framed mirrors, so that the space scattered interesting. In recent years, red elements can be seen everywhere, very festive, met in the store a lot of beautiful little sister, in the name of drinking coffee to take photos.

I had lunch here with my friends and ordered pasta, salads, snacks, desserts and drinks. The food is beautiful and the taste is OK. The store will launch a variety of packages from time to time, you can ask the clerk before ordering. The two of us got a $60 discount on the package.

Address: Building C, Meizhuang, East Taihu Ecological Park, East Taihu Ecological Tourism Resort, Suzhentao Road (near Taihu New City)

No.20 to Suzhou Bay Sports Center sweat

Sharing so much food and drink, we must consume some calories, life in the world, only the most happy health.

Suzhou Bay Sports Center is operated by Ali Sports, including a swimming pool, a gymnasium and a business service building. At present, there are 28 badminton courts, 1 sports competition hall, including 2 full court and 2 half court basketball training hall, outdoor basketball court is open to the public free of charge from 10:00 to 18:00 on weekdays. The swimming pool includes a standard competition pool, a training pool and a children's paddling pool. In addition, an 11-a-side outdoor football field is being planned.

With its excellent facilities and affordable fees, the Suzhou Bay Sports Centre has become an integral part of people's lives and I am very envious of the residents who live nearby.

Add: 1288 Longhe Road, Taihu New Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

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