Shanghai Trip Overview
• Visit Suzhou, praised by Marco Polo as Venice of the East, famous for its UNESCO World Heritage classical gardens
• Wander through Master of Nets Garden, the finest garden in all of southern China
• Visit Panmen Gate, the oldest city gate of Suzhou and the only existing water and land gate in China
• Salat at Taipingfang Mosque which was built in 1928.
• Stroll along Shantang Street, a window of Wu Culture and a platform to experience the lifestyle of Suzhou
• Experienced English speaking tour guide
• Overland round-trip transfers with private chauffeur and in-transport refreshments
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Duration: 10 hours
Starts: Shanghai, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China
• Visit Suzhou, praised by Marco Polo as Venice of the East, famous for its UNESCO World Heritage classical gardens
• Wander through Master of Nets Garden, the finest garden in all of southern China
• Visit Panmen Gate, the oldest city gate of Suzhou and the only existing water and land gate in China
• Salat at Taipingfang Mosque which was built in 1928.
• Stroll along Shantang Street, a window of Wu Culture and a platform to experience the lifestyle of Suzhou
• Experienced English speaking tour guide
• Overland round-trip transfers with private chauffeur and in-transport refreshments
Itinerary
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Stop At: Master-of-Nets Garden, No.11 Kuojiatou Alley, Daichengqiao Road, Canglang District, Suzhou 215006 China
The Master of the Nets Garden is among the finest gardens in China. It is recognized with other classical Suzhou gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The garden demonstrates Chinese garden designers’ adept skills for synthesizing art, nature, and architecture to create unique metaphysical masterpieces. The Master of the Nets is particularly regarded among garden connoisseurs for its mastering the techniques of relative dimension, contrast, foil, sequence and depth, and borrowed scenery. First constructed in 1140, it was later restored in the 18th century as part of the home of a retired official turned fisherman (hence the name). The striking feature of the garden is the use of space: the labyrinth of courtyards, with windows framing other parts of the garden, is ingeniously designed to give the illusion of a much larger area.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Panmen Gate, No.1 East Street, Canglang District, Suzhou 215002 China
Panmen Gate is the original entrance to Suzhou and is said to boast a history spanning 2,400 years. It was the only gate in the ancient time to be equipped with both a water entrance and a higher land entrance. The present gate structure was rebuilt in 1986, but the original structure could be traced back to the Yuan dynasty during the peak of the Mongol empire. The Panmen Gate is part of a larger scenic area that houses two other main attractions. Wumen Bridge was the highest bridge in Suzhou, and was the central passageway leading to the land entrance. Ruiguang Pagoda was the ancient city’s first such structure, and its present form has been reconstructed from bricks supported by wooden platforms.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mosque, Gu Tang Jie, Tai Cang Shi, Su Zhou Shi, Jiang Su Sheng, China, 215499
Salat at Taipingfang Mosque which was built in 1928.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Shantang Street, Jinchang District, Suzhou 215008 China
Shantang Street is a famous old pedestrian street in Suzhou. The local Chinese call this street, “Seven-Li Shantang”, whereby seven-li is the measure of distance in old China. Seven-Li is approximately 3.5km. The street connects Changmen in the east with Tiger Hill in the west, with a total length of about 3,829.6 meters (2.38 miles). It was added to the list of China’s “National Historic and Cultural Streets” in 2015. Construction of the Shantang Canal started in 825 AD, during the Tang Dynasty by Bai Juyi, a poet and the governor of Suzhou, to provide a link between Tiger Hill and the city. The sludge dug out from the construction formed a dam along the north bank of the canal known as Baigong Dam in honor of Bai Juyi. A street was built on dam, which later became the modern-day Shantang Street.
Duration: 1 hour
