Suzhou Seven-Mile Long Creek Scenic Area is a very famous tourist attraction in China. There are many interesting tourist attractions in the scenic area. Next, we will introduce in detail what attractions there are for you guys! Let’s learn about it together!
1、Business Association Museum
The Suzhou Business Association Museum is located in the former Quanzhou Guild Hall on Shan Tang Street. The Suzhou Business Association Museum is a century-old exhibition of the Suzhou Business Association, a concentrated display of Suzhou’s modern commercial culture, and a microcosm of the development of modern Suzhou history.
The Business Association Museum is currently open to the public for free. Opening hours are 8:00-17:00.
Address: No. 192, Shan Tang Street
2、Ancient Stage
The ancient stage is in the style of Tang Dynasty architecture. It was originally used as a place for community plays to worship the gods, praying for good weather and peace. Later, it gradually became a place of entertainment for celebrating festivals, holding temple fairs, and enriching people’s leisure life.
At present, the first floor of the ancient stage has Shan Tang cultural and creative product displays and party building achievements displays. The second floor is the elegant Shan Tang tea room and Qin Chuan bookstore. There are also irregular exhibitions of calligraphy and painting!
Address: No. 176, Shan Tang Street
3、Tonggui Bridge
Tonggui Bridge is located west of Shan Tang Bridge, spanning Shan Tang River, connecting Shan Tang Street on the east and Dong Yang An Bin on the west. It was built by Wu Yipeng in the early Hongzhi period (1488) of the Ming Dynasty, and is a single-hole stone-step arch bridge, named “Tonggui Bridge”. The bridge railings are made of solid brick and stone, with the name of the bridge written in the middle of the railing, and the inscription “Tonggui Bridge rebuilt by Wu Sanfu, a local resident” and “September, the auspicious day of the sixth year of Guangxu” and “Huqiu Qingjie Tang, Changshan Bureau rebuilt”. It is also one of the must-visit attractions for tourists coming to Shan Tang.
Special reminder: According to the bridge load test report of the quality inspection unit, Tonggui Bridge has a limited carrying capacity. To ensure safety, when swiping through Tonggui Bridge, please do not crowd or linger.
4、Yuhan Hall
Yuhan Hall is the former residence of Wu Yipeng, commonly known as the “Ge Lao Ting”, located at No. 16, Dong Yang An Bin, Guangji Road outside Changmen, and was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Suzhou City in 1982.
Wu Yipeng, a Jinshi in the sixth year of Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty, served as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in Nanjing. The existing house of his former residence can be divided into three roads, facing south, with a small river in front (the west section has been filled in), and Dong Yang An Bin near the east, passing the bridge is Shan Tang Street. Its main road is slightly east of 0, the first and second advances are buildings, the fourth and fifth advances are connected to both sides of the horse-riding building. The main hall of the third advance is “Yuhan Hall”, 16 meters wide and 14 meters deep, with a flat beam frame, the east and west mountain walls are pasted with brick wall skirts, bluestone drum piers and column bases, spacious and simple, and still belongs to the Ming Dynasty relics. Except for the main hall, the rest are Qing Dynasty buildings.
Address: No. 16, Dong Yang An Bin
5、”Seeking Dreams of Shan Tang”
“Seeking Dreams of Shan Tang” is an immersive tourism experience project in the back garden of Yuhan Hall. You can hear the melodious flute, the gentle pingtan, the familiar and simple cries of vendors along the street, and you can also appreciate the elegance of Kunqu and graceful dance, as if you have returned to the era when Shan Tang was first built and Gusu was prosperous thousands of years ago. While savoring the slow-paced life culture of Suzhou in ancient and modern times, experience the Su-style elegance that seems like a world away.
Combining the seasonal characteristics of Yuhan Hall’s Zhenqu Garden, “Old Dreams of Shan Tang” is presented along the chapters of winter, spring, summer, autumn and the full moon, perfectly integrating Kunqu “Mulan”, Suzhou small tunes, classical dance, Suzhou-style cheongsam shows, street vendors, etc., condensed into a cultural experience journey full of the original flavor of old Suzhou.
6、Shan Tang Kunqu Museum
Kunqu originated in the Kunshan area of Suzhou. Since the Ming Dynasty, Kunqu has become popular all over the country. At that time, people, whether they were princes and nobles, literati and scholars, or ordinary people, loved Kunqu. People explored the beauty of love in the tunes of “Mulan”, experienced the cruelty of reality in the lyrics of “The Eternal Palace”, and expressed the bitterness of joy, sorrow, separation and reunion in the tenderness of “The Peach Blossom Fan”.
Shan Tang Kunqu Museum is the only venue in Suzhou area that performs traditional Kunqu operas all day long. It is a Kunqu display base integrating performance, arrangement, practice, teaching and so on.
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