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China Suzhou “Oriental Water City” International Tourism Festial

Time: The first weekend of the last 10-day period of April

Venue: All counties and cities under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province and all tourist attractions

Origin: "Suzhou is skirted by green water on four sides, and has 290 bridges with red railings." Suzhou, which borders on the rivers and sea, is a city with a crisscrossed network of rivers. The Suzhou people have linked history with the future through water to leave an impression on all visitors that Suzhou is an "Oriental water city." Macao Polo, a famous Italian tourist, once gasped in admiration at the surprising similarity between Suzhou and Venice. In recent years, the China Suzhou International Tourism Festival has been held regularly with "water" as the medium and bridge. At the opening ceremony, several dozens of beautifully decorated boats run along the round-the-city moat with a history of2,500 years to display wonderful on-water and on-boat performances create an unusualartistic effects throtvarious stage art, thus starting the one-week on-water carnival activity.

What's On: The opening ceremony large on-water performances titled “Charm of Water,”“Lovefor Water” and "Soul of Water," on-water shows of international and domestic decorated boats, Suzhou on-water carnival week, the mayor consulting meeting the delicacy festival "Spring of South China," temple fairs, flower fairs, cultural festivals and other special tourism festivals

Main Tourist Attractions: Waterside towns (Zhouzhuang, Tongli Luzhi, Mudu and Jinxi); classical gardens and famous places of scenic and historical interest (Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Garden of the Master-of-Nets ,Lion Grove, Ouyuan Garden, Canglang Pavilion, Yipu Garden, Huanxiu Garden, Tuisi Garden, Tiger Hill and Hanshan Temple); and Taihu Lake National Tourism Holiday Resort (Shigong Mountain Linwu Cave, Taihu Lake New Land, etc.)

Transport: Tourists may fly to the Shanghai Hongqiao Airp Pudong Airport, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport or Wuxi Airport in Jiansu, and then go to Suzhou by bus or train.The Beijing-Shanghai and Beijing- Hangzhou railways pass Suzhou, so does the expressway.

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