Suzhou Luzhi Ancient Town Travel Guide: Recommended Attractions

Suzhou Luzhi Ancient Town is a very famous tourist attraction in China. Every year, many tourists come here to visit. If you don’t know how to play, you can check out the following information for Luzhi Ancient Town.

1、Travel Recommendations

No.1 Take a boat trip and experience the Luzhi on the water

Small boats come and go on the river bed, one after another, in an orderly manner.

No.2 See the archway and learn about the ancient town culture

Listening to the cheerful singing of the boatwomen dressed in traditional water town costumes, as well as the creaking sound of the oars, take a tour of the ancient town.

No.3 Walk on the ancient bridge, feel the history of the ancient town

One of the characteristics of Luzhi Ancient Town is the ancient bridges that can be seen everywhere. It is known as the “Bridge Capital of Jiangnan”, and each ancient bridge bears a piece of history of the ancient town.

No.4 Visit the ancient temple and savor the vicissitudes of history

Baosheng Temple, after thousands of years of vicissitudes, is still well preserved. It retains the layout of a first-class temple and is known as one of the four major temples in Jiangnan.

No.5 Visit the traditional houses and experience the deep courtyards

There are well-preserved Ming and Qing Dynasty houses in the ancient town, with gray tiles and white walls, wooden doors and windows, blue bricks and eaves, full of the atmosphere of Jiangnan.

No.6 Observe the unique costumes of women in the water town

The costumes of women in the Luzhi water town are an outstanding representative of Han Chinese costumes, and are the ultimate typical and representative costumes of the working people.

2、Ticket Prices

Entrance Ticket

Adult ticket: Original price ¥62, online booking ¥40.

Children/student/senior ticket: Online booking ¥20.

Parent-child ticket for 1 adult and 1 child: Original price ¥90, online booking ¥70.

Parent-child ticket for 2 adults and 1 child: Original price ¥195, online booking ¥100.

Boat ticket

[Adult] 6-seater hand-rowed boat, whole boat: Original price ¥240, online booking ¥150.

Ticket Package

Entrance ticket + hand-rowed boat: Original price ¥228, online booking ¥190.

Entrance ticket + Wansheng Waterway Cruise: Original price ¥318, online booking ¥198.

[Adult] Entrance ticket + Fuli Boat Banquet Package A: Online booking ¥680.

[Adult] Entrance ticket + Fuli Boat Banquet Package B: Online booking ¥880.

Purchasing Notice:

Please read the purchasing notice carefully before purchasing tickets.

3、Recommended Attractions

Baosheng Temple

Recommendation: The outstanding work of the Tang Dynasty sculptor Sheng Yang Huizhi, the half-hall Arhat, the ancient object of the Northern Song Dynasty Xiangfu year, the inverted basin-style stone base, the Tang and Song Dynasty bluestone scripture pagoda, the iron bell of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty… A thousand-year-old temple, beyond the Zen, is another kind of tranquility accumulated over time.

Ye Shengtao Memorial Hall

Recommendation: Mr. Ye Shengtao said that Luzhi was his second hometown. Those years, the people or things that inspired his endless creativity, the traces and old objects that integrated into his infinite affection, you can all find them in the Ye Shengtao Memorial Hall.

Xiao Residence

Recommendation: The former residence of Hong Kong Film Award Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Fong Fong. I’m curious, what exactly are the everyday things that this beautiful woman cherishes?

Wang Tao Memorial Hall

Recommendation: This is the former residence of an outstanding thinker who preceded the “Kang Liang” reform. The memorial hall is divided into three parts: the Wang Tao’s Life and Deeds Exhibition Room, Wang Tao’s Former Residence and Tao Garden. Some stories you can only understand by slowing down.

Water Town Women’s Costume Museum

Recommendation: I’m always curious about the hardworking and kind Luzhi women, what are the characteristics of the “eight-piece suit” they wear. The answers you want are all in the Luzhi Water Town Women’s Costume Museum, where there are texts, pictures, real objects, etc., systematically introduced in categories.

Historical Relics Museum

Recommendation: If you want to know what Luzhi was like five thousand years ago, go to the Historical Relics Museum. It showcases the production and life scenes of the ancestors over the past five thousand years.

Jiangnan Cultural Garden

Recommendation: Just a glance, all the beautiful imaginations of the Jiangnan in my dreams emerge. Small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and rockeries, long corridors reflecting the azure sky, emerald green willows, there are endless verses to read.

Wansheng Rice Merchant

Ye Shengtao’s novel “Gained Three or Five Dou More” is depicted on the walls of the courtyard in the form of comic strips. It’s like going back to the past, in the magnificent scroll of Jiangnan’s traditional farm tools and the prosperous scene of the rice merchant in the Republic of China.

Shen Residence

The most famous big family in Luzhi, with financial value comparable to half a town. Those years, what’s so special about the layout of a big family? Go to the Shen Residence and see for yourself.

4、Introduction to the Scenic Area

Luzhi Town, formerly known as Fuli, is under the jurisdiction of Wujiang District, Suzhou City. It was once praised by Fei Xiaotong as “the first town in the water town of Shenzhou”, known for its abundance of water, bridges, alleys, and celebrities. It is also famous for its sculpted Arhat and water town women’s costumes, and has a 2,500-year history of civilization. Luzhi Town is a town with abundant water. It has Yangcheng Lake to the north, Dianshan Lake, Chenghu Lake to the south, Jinji Lake, and Dushu Lake to the west, and therefore is known as “the five lakes’ tingle”.

Within the scenic area, there are Ye Shengtao Memorial Hall, Wansheng Rice Merchant, Wu Dong Water Town Women’s Costume Museum, Wang Tao Memorial Hall, Fong Fong Film and Television Art Museum, and other attractions, which are unique. “Water alleys, many small bridges, people all sleep on the river” is a true portrayal of the thick water town atmosphere of Luzhi. In the original one square kilometer area of the ancient town, there were “72 and a half” stone bridges of various styles from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. There are still 41 bridges, known as the “China Ancient Bridge Museum”.

In addition, ancient ginkgo trees are also a major feature of Luzhi Town. There are currently 7 ginkgo trees in the town. Mr. Ye Shengtao, a famous educator and writer, loved ginkgo trees. After his death, he was buried next to four ginkgo trees (Baosheng Temple in Luzhi).

5、Transportation Guide

Luzhi Address: Luzhi Town, Kunshan City, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province (25 kilometers southeast of Suzhou City, G map, Suzhou Tourism Electronic Map).

Luzhi Ancient Town Internal Transportation: The internal transportation tool in the town is a sightseeing tricycle, the starting price is 2 yuan, and it will take you to various attractions.

Luzhi Ancient Town Bus Route:

Every weekend and holiday, there are tourist shuttle buses from Shanghai Yangpu Sports Center, Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai Stadium to Luzhi, and return in the afternoon.

Suzhou Bus Routes: Routes 518, 52, 18 can all reach.

There are air-conditioned tourist minibuses at the front square of Suzhou Railway Station to Luzhi directly; There are also minibuses from Suzhou Wu County Bus Station to Luzhi, 6:20-17:20, every 40 minutes. You can also take bus No. 18 from Loufeng in the east of Suzhou city, the ticket price is 2.5 yuan, there is one bus every hour, and it takes about 50 minutes.

Luzhi Ancient Town Self-driving Route:

Shanghai – Yan’an Elevated Road – Shanghai-Qingpu Expressway (A9 Highway) – Suburban Ring Road (A30 Highway) (Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway direction) – Chonggu Daying Exit – Beiqing Highway – Suhong Airport Road – Luzhi.

Passing trains: 1228/1229, 1230/1227, 1342/1343, 1344/1341, 1461, 1462, 2001, 2002, etc.