Yipu Garden
Yipu Garden (Garden of Cultivation) Located in the ancient Suzhou city, Yipu Garden is a small scale garden with artistic characteristics of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The garden highlights its simple, unsophisticated and elegant style.
Yiyuan Garden
The Yiyuan Garden is one of the youngest classical gardens in Suzhou.
Historical Shantang St
Shantang St runs for 7 li (just over two miles) and was called Baigong Di in the past.The street has a number of old temples, ancestral halls, memorial arches, and guild halls.
Charitable community and ancestral temple
Of all the historical buildings along Pingjiang St, the Yi Zhuang ancestral temple accounts for a relatively large part, which is a good reflection of the high place that charitable communities and ancestral halls held in earlier times.
Wu’an Guild Hall
The Wu’an Guild Hall, located at No 10 Tiankuqian, inside the Chang Gate, was added to the Suzhou cultural relics list in 1982.
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Ordnance Factory Ruins
The ruins of an ordnance factory dating back to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period (Taiping tianguo 1851-1864) can be found at No 12 Madalu Alley, off Zhongjie Rd. They were added to the list of Suzhou cultural relics in 1982.
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