What's your favorite Suzhou-style dish?

What are you most looking forward to exploring when visiting Suzhou?

What is your favorite thing to do in Suzhou?

Today is Dragon Boat Festival! One of the traditional customs of Chinese families on this day is to hang a portrayal of this scary-looking character on the house door. Do you know why?

Among all the classical gardens of Suzhou, The Mater-of-nets Garden stands out from the rest; especially noted for being “small”. With a small yard and the smallest bridge in the world, the garden’s sophisticated landscaping along with the zigzagging corridors; always causes visitors to linger here for some time. However, about 100 years ago a large animal was once raised in this small garden by an artist. Do you know what animal it was?

The Yamen, pictured below, was once the office of the provincial governor of Jiangnan, an ancient province spanning Jiangsu, Anhui, and Shanghai. Today, the building still stands, although it now serves a different function. What do you think the Yamen is used for today?

We all know that education is incredibly important to the Chinese. What's interesting is how that has played out in history. So take a guess: in ancient times, if a son of a big family does badly in his studies, who get punished by his teacher?

The Lingering Garden (留园) is one of the noted "Four Gardens of China.” One hall in the Lingering Garden is named the“Mandarin Ducks Hall,” seen in the image below. It is divided into two parts, a women's area and a men's. Notably, one area sports much more complex design and architectural details, while the other side has much simpler adornments. So which area is women’s area?

Shen Hall was the residence of a very rich Ming Dynasty merchant. Every round table in the hall had decorative boards at the table legs. The naiads used for the tables in the women's parlours were made of thicker and more solid wood than those in other rooms. Is it because...

Shen Hall was the residence of a very rich Ming Dynasty merchant. Every round table in the hall had decorative boards at the table legs. The naiads used for the tables in the women's parlours were made of thicker and more solid wood than those in other rooms. Is it because...