Starway Yijia Kaiyuan Hotel

Traditional grey roof tops

by SLLiew

They make a pleasant picture. The grey color of the tiles, the curves of the roof and flat white walls are atypical of the region. But somehow together in a cluster, there is a strong cultural symbolism.

Boat ride out of Ou Yuan

by imstress

If you would like to hear some singing as you are being rowed out of Ou Yuan, then be sure to picke a boat rowed by the ladies.

They will be singing about their Suzhou song for about a minute and you will reach your destination.

Chinese Garden city

by enzhu

Suzhou is a city with long history. The city was founded in 514BC. Since then, Suzhou is one of the most wealthy city in China since the fertile land and the most import, SILK production. Suzhou has long been known for its beautiful scenery, it's associated with many old Chinese poems. Lots of Gardens were built since Song Dynasty. Many of them now are "World Culture Hertage" selected by UNESCO.

To the east of the city, it's the new industry development zoo in Suzhou. Comparing with the classic Chinese style buildings in Suzhou, the buildings in the zoo are much modern and the roads are much wider. On the edge of the roads, there are lots of new resident buildings and office buildings. It is so clean that it doesn't seem to belong to China. I was really shocked when I saw it, how much investments would have been invested to build such a development zoo?