{"id":10432,"date":"2021-12-13T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=10432"},"modified":"2021-12-14T00:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T16:36:12","slug":"how-to-visit-guanqian-street-in-suzhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/jiangsu-travel\/suzhou-travel\/how-to-visit-guanqian-street-in-suzhou","title":{"rendered":"How to Visit Guanqian Street in Suzhou (Tips, Photos & Map)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Suzhou tour<\/a>? Suzhou has a century old street known as “Guanqian Street”\uff08\u89c2\u524d\u8857). After having visited\u00a0some big tourist draws in Suzhou, you may stroll along Guanqian Street to have a real feel of the local life.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC of Guanqian Street in Suzhou<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Guanqian Street literally means “a street before a Taoist temple”. Guanqian Street is named after a Taoist temple called “Xuanmiao Temple”(\u7384\u5999\u89c2). This Taoist temple has a long history dating back to 276AD and it was originally built in the Western Jin Dynasty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guanqian Street was renovated and widened in 1930 during the republic era. On June 1982, it was designated as “Pedestrian Street”, a night market as well by the local Suzhou Government. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The street has been\u00a0reputed\u00a0as one of the best known walking streets in China including Wangfujing Street<\/span><\/a> in Beijing, Nanjing Road<\/span><\/a> in Shanghai and Fuzi<\/a>m<\/a>iao <\/a>in Nanjing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a bunch of time-honored shops like Songhelou, Caizhizhai, Sanwanchang, Deyuelou and\u00a0Huangtianyuan. A slew of fashionable stores, chic shops and quality restaurants line the street. The street has become a pastime, a must see attraction in Suzhou. Your Suzhou trip is incomplete if you miss the street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Get to Guanqian Street<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Guanqian Street is located in the city center of the old area within the city moat of Suzhou with a length of 760 meters from east to west. The street can be divided into three sections: west section ( teeming with old buildings), middle section ( the temple itself) and the east section (trendy shops and restaurants).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Location of Guanqian Street (Google)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You can bus to the street since there are numerous bus lines running past Guanqian Street: Tourist Bus line Bus 1\u30012\u30014; Public Bus 1\u3001101\u3001102\u3001103\u300133\u300138\u3001313\u3001146 and the list could be much longer. You may walk to Guanqian Street which is walking distance\u00a0within the city proper\u00a0of the old Suzhou\u00a0city.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best visit time: from 10:00am to 9:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Tour of Guanqian Street <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Xuanmiao Taoist Temple<\/span> is located on the mid section of the Guanqian Pedestrian Street.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People are passing by Xuanmiao Taoist Temple along Quanqian Street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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East Section of Guanqian Street teeming with modern and chic shops and restaurants <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A century-old Restaurant Deyuelou<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A time-honored restaurant Zhuhongxing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Palatable steamed buns with minced pork fillings at Zhuhongxing Restaurant<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tip:  Hassle-free Jiangsu Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to do a self-guided tour and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for organized tours to Jiangsu Province:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suzhou Tour<\/a>
Nanjing Tour<\/a>
Jiangsu Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Attractions in Suzhou<\/a>
How to Visit Tongli Water Town<\/a>
How to Visit Zhouzhuang Water Town<\/a>
How to Visit Pingjiang Road in Suzhou<\/a>
How to Visit The Garden of the Master of the Nets<\/a>
How to visit Humble Administrator\u2019s Garden<\/a>
How to Visit Lion Grove Garden<\/a>
How to Visit Canglang Pavilion<\/a>
How to Visit Guanqian Street in Suzhou<\/a>
4 Amazing Short Trip Ideas from Shanghai<\/a>
Wuzhen Pictures \u2013 Wuzhen Photo Gallery<\/a>
Zhouzhuang Pictures \u2013 Zhouzhuang Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 10 Attractions in Nanjing<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Confucius Temple-The Qinhuai River Scenic Area<\/a>
How to Visit Zhonghua Gate Nanjing<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge<\/a>
How to Visit Linggu Temple Scenic Area<\/a>
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Music Stage<\/a>
How to Visit Dr. Sun Yat-sen\u2019s Mausoleum<\/a>
How to Visit Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum<\/a>
How to Visit Nanjing Presidential Palace<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nanjing South Railway Station<\/a>
Nanjing Taxi: Nanjing Taxi Fares, Tips and Phones<\/a>
Suzhou Railway Station<\/a>
Suzhou Taxi: Suzhou Taxi Fares, Tips and Phones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your Suzhou tour? Suzhou has a century old street known as “Guanqian Street”\uff08\u89c2\u524d\u8857). After having visited\u00a0some 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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1920,137],"tags":[2065,2068,2066,2067,4218],"class_list":["post-10432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jiangsu-travel","category-suzhou-travel","tag-guanqian-jie","tag-guanqian-pedestrian-street","tag-guanqian-street","tag-guanqian-walking-street","tag-how-to-get-to-guanqian-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10432"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29779,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10432\/revisions\/29779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}