Plan your Suzhou tour? Suzhou has a century old street known as “Guanqian Street”（观前街). After having visited some big tourist draws in Suzhou, you may stroll along Guanqian Street to have a real feel of the local life. ABC of Guanqian Street in Suzhou Guanqian Street literally means “a street before a Taoist temple”. Guanqian Street…
Plan your Suzhou tour? The Master of the Nets Garden (网师园) should be included on your first time trip to Suzhou. Of all the famous classical gardens in Suzhou, the Garden of the Master of the Nets is the smallest in size, only one sixth of the Humble Administrator’s Garden. It is a typical residential…
Plan your Suzhou tour? Suzhou has four most famous classical gardens listed as World Cultural Site which includes Canglang Pavilion (沧浪亭). Canglang Pavilion is typical of the classical gardens in Song Dynasty (960 – 1279), the oldest private garden in Suzhou. The other three world-heritage crowned gardens are Humble Administrator’s Garden, Lingering Garden , and Lion…
Plan your Suzhou tour? Visiting the World Cultural Heritage crowned classical gardens in Suzhou is a must for many first time visitors. The Lion Grove Garden (狮子林) is one of the most famous gardens in Suzhou and the other three are the Humble Administrator’s Garden, Canglang Pavilion and the Lingering Garden. Where is Lion Grove…
Plan your Suzhou tour? Suzhou is just less than a 30-minute highs peed train ride from Shanghai or 2 hour from Hangzhou. The Suzhou Railway Station for high speed trains is located on the north of the city moat in Suzhou. One of the must-see attractions in Suzhou is the Humble Administrator’s Garden (拙政园), crowned…
Plan your Pingyao tour? If you have 2 days to spare after your Beijing tour, you are advised to visit Pingyao Ancient City, immersing yourself in an authentic China walled city which has been well preserved. A side trip from Beijing to Ping Yao will tear you away from Beijing’s modernity and take you closer…
Plan your Shanghai tour in December? December sees an autumn slowly morphing into winter in Shanghai and the temperature goes down at a big margin though it is not as cold as that in the northern China. If you choose this month to tour the megacity of Shanghai, get ready for warm clothes – overcoat,…
Plan your Xian tour in December? For various reasons, you are going to visit Xian in December. Well, December is not a glorious month to visit Xian since the temperature is low ( average lowest -3℃ during the month) often coupled with gusty wind blowing hard on your face. But the things are not so…