Although I have always been fascinated by Suzhou, this visit to Suzhou is really out of plan.

Five days of vacation, say not long, say not short. Flying from Qingdao to Zhoushan, who expected, Putuo Mountain every day rainy, the air is also fresh and pleasant, but for the play incense, or some inconvenience. So after staying in Putuo Mountain for three days, I decided to go home from Suzhou on the spur of the moment, but from Putuo Mountain to Suzhou, the calculation was not accurate in time, and it took some trouble.

In fact, the traffic is also quite convenient, from Putuo Mountain to do the ferry island, and then take a bus to Putuo Mountain passenger transport center, three to four hours by bus, you can go to Suzhou North bus Station.

Walk all the way from Suzhou North Railway Station to the hotel, which is a city suitable for slow walking.

These small alleys and streets are just another look of Suzhou. Fade away the prosperity, reveal the true.

Still on foot, from the hotel, follow the navigation through these small streets, came to Mute Ba Sheng Jian, solve the first meal to Suzhou.

When I arrived at the store, there were many customers, and there was only one kind of sheng fry.

Three points of fresh meat fried, one night beef vermicelli soup, delicious meal. Just sweet, a fried is eight, eat a little greasy, may be the north is not used to eat this sweet "meat bun".

Guanqian Street is a short walk from the Sheng Sheng restaurant.

This is an old commercial street from the Qing Dynasty, and now it has been transformed into a commercial pedestrian street. It is a famous snack street in Suzhou, equivalent to the Confucius Temple in Nanjing and the City God Temple in Shanghai.

Guanqian Street, because there is a mysterious view on the street named, mysterious view was built in the Western Jin Xianning two years (AD 276), has a history of more than 1700 years. In the early Qing Dynasty, in order to avoid the Kangxi Emperor Xuanye's name, it was renamed "Yuan Miao Guan". At its peak, Xuanmiao Temple had more than 30 temples and was the largest Taoist temple in the country at that time.

When I went, the temple was being closed for renovation, so I had no chance to visit it.

(Borrow two pictures of the traveler to make up for the shortcomings!)

From Guanqian Street to Jinji Lake, take Metro Line 1, Mudu - Zhong South Street direction, after six stops to the Cultural Expo Center.

Here is another look of Suzhou, modern, bustling and colorful.

Right next to Jinji Lake is Eslite, the first Eslite bookstore to open on the mainland. It is not so much a bookstore as a comprehensive building with a bookstore as its main body.

The whole building is built with a sense of design, and from the east door you can see the iconic 72 steps, 18 meters high and 6 meters wide, which is very magnificent.

A large number of books are sold in the bookstore, and the area for customers to sit and read is thoughtfully marked out. In addition, exquisite stationery shops, dessert shops, coffee shops, restaurants, clothing stores are distributed on each floor, and literary and artistic young people can stroll here for a whole day.

The Gate of the East, commonly known as "Long Johns building". It has become a new landmark of the modern city of Suzhou.

In fact, I like the urban planning of Suzhou, the separation and combination of classical and modern, but complement each other.

When I returned to the hotel, it was raining lightly, and the first day or half day of the trip ended in a drizzle.

The next day, the Humble Administrator's Garden started.

As a representative of Jiangnan gardens, Humble Administrator's Garden is one of the classical landscape gardens in Suzhou. This grand garden style classical garden, with its layout of mountain island, bamboo dock, pine hill, curved water fun, won the title of "the model of the world garden".

The Humble Administrator's Garden, together with Chengde Summer Resort, Suzhou Lingering Garden and the Summer Palace in Beijing, are known as the four most famous gardens in China.

The Humble Administrator's Garden is centered on water, surrounded by mountains and rivers, exquisite halls and pavilions, luxuriant flowers and trees, full of poetry and painting, and has strong characteristics of Jiangnan water town.
The garden is divided into three parts: East, middle and west. The east garden is open and spacious, the middle garden is the essence of the whole garden, and the West garden is beautifully built and has its own characteristics. The south of the garden is a residential area, reflecting the pattern of the typical Jiangnan folk houses.

Thirty-six Mandarin duck Hall is also called eighteen mandala flower Hall, which is a form of mandarin duck hall in ancient architecture. The north is named "thirty-six Mandarin ducks Hall", and the north Hall is named for the thirty-six pairs of mandarin ducks raised in Linchi.

The south is called "18 mandatura Flower Hall", planting 18 mandatura flowers, namely camellia.

The Humble Administrator's Garden is very large. It is the largest of all the large and small gardens in Suzhou.

From the Humble Administrator's Garden, next to the famous Suzhou Museum.

Suzhou Museum consists of two parts, the new museum opened in 2006 and the old building of the Zhongwang Mansion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (the old museum), the whole museum is like a small garden.

In the new museum, you can see pottery, jade, paintings and other cultural relics from ancient times to modern times; In the palace of King Zhong, you can also see the beautiful and elegant "Soviet-style painting".

Designed by master architect Ieoh Ming Pei, the Suzhou Museum has a traditional Suzhou garden style, with high and low, dark gray roof and white walls to match, fresh and elegant.

The pyramid-shaped glass skylights on the roof fill the museum with natural light, which can be seen in the main entrance, skylight gallery, cool hall and various exhibition halls.

Suzhou Museum collection is very rich, with Wu land treasures, Wu Pagoda national treasure, Wu elegance, Wu men calligraphy and painting 4 full of Suzhou characteristics of the permanent exhibition.

Here is a collection of many found from the Tiger Hill Tower and Ruiguang Tower cultural relics, which must be seen is displayed in the "Wu Tower national treasure" of the two treasures of the town hall, one is "Yue Kiln secret color porcelain lotus bowl", composed of bowls and cups, large lotus relief is very elegant, crystal clean; The second is the "Pearl Seri Treasure Building", which is a container for storing seri with seven treasures such as pearls.

There are courtyards, pools and stone Bridges, which are both traditional and modern. Walking in the courtyard of the new museum, the blue sky, white walls, green bamboo, water, is very comfortable; Walking on the stone bridge, you can also see the painting made of sand and stone under the white wall, which is very characteristic.

From the Suzhou Museum, the mobile phone received a news alert, Mr. Pei died, the heart can not help but sigh.

Jiezhunlv Temple, also known as Xiyuan Temple, is the only temple garden in Suzhou.

Imperial archway of Xiyuan Ring Building and Law Temple, the top of the archway with a plaque in the middle, the words "Zhenguo Ring Building" were given by Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty.

West Garden Temple seems to be famous for vegetarian food, a bowl of Guanyin noodles.

The price is low and the taste is good.

There are many ancient trees in Xiyuan Temple, including cinnamomum camphor and ginkgo trees with a history of more than 100 years. To the north along the Yongdao, there are bell towers and drum towers on the east and west sides of the road. After walking through the passage, you can see the Hall of Heavenly Kings and the Hall of Great Heroes.

In Suzhou, you can see two of China's four famous gardens, the Humble Administrator's Garden and the Lingering Garden.

In fact, there are many gardens in Suzhou, and it is enough to choose one or two unique ones to stroll around.

From the lingering garden, take the bus to Pingjiang Road Historical and cultural district.

Jianglu Historical District, south of the Humble Administrator's Garden, has a history of more than 2,500 years and is the most typical and complete ancient district in Suzhou. The whole block is centered on Pingjiang Road, which is a riverside path with a total length of 1,606 meters. There are hanging bridge lane, Daru Lane, Weidaoguan Lane, ZhongZhangjiaxiang, Daxinqiao Lane and other alleys on both sides. Especially, there are a number of water lanes in the east, which are parallel to the water and land and adjacent to the river street.

It is only one lane away from Guanqian Street in the west, but it has a quiet and simple atmosphere that is completely different from it. It can be said that it is an "ancient town" that does not charge admission fees, and it is very comfortable to stroll around and eat snacks while looking at the buildings.

On Pingjiang Road, there is a cat's Sky City concept bookstore.

The store is not big, but the love and dedication to the original art in the store has been infected by many people, who can come here to read books, drink coffee, appreciate the dazzling array of groceries, and write a postcard to send to their future.

At this point, the Suzhou trip is over.

A total of less than a day and a half of time, in fact, not a few places to play.

Before you leave Suzhou, treat yourself to a bowl of Suzhou's signature pasta dish, braised meat and fried fish noodles, at Soochow Noodle Restaurant. Sweet and salty mouth, braised meat warm soft, fried fish sweet and tender, noodles strong way. Two words, yum!

Suzhou, a city where you have to eat noodles.

Because there is no suitable time for the high-speed train, the return trip is from Suzhou to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport.

Bullet train is very convenient, Suzhou station to Shanghai Hongqiao, 25 minutes, without leaving the station, you can walk directly to the airport terminal.

A person, a trip to say go, pick up the bag, pick up the camera.

Leave all your troubles behind.

When I was tired, I sat next to the bridge and the water, and from the viewfinder I found the office workers in a hurry, the elderly, the lively and lovely children, and of course, the travelers like us.

Take a trip, maybe you can relax yourself.