SuZhouThecityofSuzhou,originallyconstructedbyHELU,ruleoftheStateofWu,willcelebratethe2500thanniversaryofitsfoundationthisyear.Thisancientcitywitnessedinitslonghistoryinnumerableepochmakingeventsandcountlesseminentoftheper-sonages.ThesehavebecomearichculturalheritageoftheChinesepeople.ThetowardingpagodaontheTigerHillismutetestimonytothesplendidcultureandcivilisationofthecity.peopleinSuzhouareadeptingatheringcondensingandreproducingeverythingbeautifulthathaseverexisted.ThegardensforwhichSuzhouisfamou***oasttheexquisitereproductioninassmallareaofloftymountainsandaffluentrivers,imperialpalacesandcountryhouses.GardenssuchasCanglangPavilion,Zhuozhengyuan(TheHumbleAdministratorsgarden),Wangshiyuan(AnglersGarden),Shizilin(thelionGroveGarden),Liuyuan(Lingeringgarden),Yiyuan(Joyousgarden),etc.EpitomisethedifferentarchitecturalstylesoftheSong,Yuan,MingandQingDynasties.NaturalhillsandcreeksaddbeautytothetranquilruralsceneryofSuzhou.Hillslowastheyare,aredottedwithscenicspots;creaks,shallowastheyare,crisscrossthewholecity,henceitsnametheVeniceoftheEast.Suzhouislikeapicturerichinuniqueflavour.themistupontheLigninHillandthereflectioninwateroftheBeesPagodaandthechimingofthegianttotheears.Touristswillbedazzledbythegreatvarietyofhandicraftarticles--pottedlandscapes,Suzhouembroiderysandalwoodfans,theatricalengraving,mahoganyfurniture,minutecarving--whichareknownfarandwidefortheirsuperbartistry.NowonderpeoplespeakofSuzhouasaparadiseonearth.
