7 Sights in Suzhou, China (with Map and Images)

The Master of the Nets Garden in Suzhou is among the finest gardens in China. It is recognized with the other Classical Gardens of Suzhou as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The garden demonstrates Chinese garden designers' adept skills for synthesizing art, nature, and architecture to create unique metaphysical masterpieces. The Master of the Nets is particularly regarded among garden connoisseurs for its mastering the techniques of relative dimension, contrast, foil, sequence and depth, and borrowed scenery.

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The Beisi Pagoda or North Temple Pagoda is a Chinese pagoda located at Bao'en Temple in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The base of the pagoda has an octagonal frame, and the tower rises nine stories in a total height of 76 m (249 ft). The pagoda was once eleven stories tall, but was damaged and reduced to nine stories. Its double eaves and flying corners are similar to that of the Liuhe Pagoda found in Hangzhou. Its base and outside walls are made of brick, the balustrades made of stone, and the eaves and banisters encircling the structure are made of wood.

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Xu Gate, located in the west of the old city of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, is a gate of the Suzhou City Wall. The existing city gate was built in the eleventh year of the Yuan Dynasty (1351) and has survived to this day, making it one of the few remaining ancient city gates in Suzhou. In 1982, Xumen was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Suzhou City; In 2006, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province.

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The Lion Grove Garden is a garden located at 23 Yuanlin Road in Gusu District, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. The garden is famous for the large and labyrinthine grotto of taihu rocks at its center. The name of the garden is derived from the shape of these rocks, which are said to resemble lions. The garden is recognized with other classical gardens in Suzhou as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Zhang Shicheng Jigong Monument is located in the pagoda courtyard of Bao'en Temple in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, formerly known as "Longping Statue Monument". Built at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it is a rare stone inscription of the Yuan Dynasty. In 1957, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province.

Wikipedia: 张士诚纪功碑 (ZH)

Located at No. 98 Minzhi Road, Gusu District, Suzhou City, Wanshou Palace is a palace-style building built in the Qing Dynasty and listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Suzhou in 1963. It is now the location of Suzhou University for the Elderly.

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Suzhou Education Museum, located in Chai Yuan, No. 44 Vinegar Curry Lane, Gusu District, Suzhou, was completed in 2017 as a public professional museum with the theme of education and the first educational museum in China.

Wikipedia: 苏州教育博物馆 (ZH)