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JiangsuProvinceSuzhou

YangzhouLianyungang上有天堂，下有蘇杭Upabovethereisheaven;downbelowthereareSuzhouandHangzhouSuzhou蘇州Suzhou(Chinese:蘇州;SuzhouWu),isamajorcitylocatedinsoutheasternJiangsuProvinceofEastChina,about100kmnorthwestofShanghai.Itisamajoreconomiccentreandfocalpointoftradeandcommerce,andthesecondlargestcityintheprovinceafteritscapitalNanjing.ThecityissituatedonthelowerreachesoftheYangtzeRiverandtheshoresofLakeTaiandbelongstotheYangtzeRiverDeltaregion.Administratively,Suzhouisaprefecture-levelcitywithapopulationof4.33millioninitscityproper,andatotalresidentpopulation(asof2013)of10.58millioninitsadministrativearea.Itsurbanpopulationgrewatanunprecedentedrateof6.5%between2000and2014,whichisthehighestamongcitieswithmorethan5millionpeople.IntroductionSuzhouwasfoundedin514BC,withanabundantdisplayofrelicsandsitesofhistoricalinterest.Ataround100AD,duringtheEasternHanDynasty,itbecameoneofthetenlargestcitiesintheworldmostlyduetoemigrationfromNorthernChina.Sincethe10th-centurySongDynasty,ithasbeenanimportantcommercialcenterofChina.DuringtheMingandQingDynasty,Suzhouwasanationaleconomic,culturalandcommercialcenter,aswellasthelargestnon-capitalcityintheworld,untilthe1860TaipingRebellion.

HistoryWhenLiHongzhangandCharlesGeorgeGordonrecapturedthecitythreeyearslater,Shanghaihadalreadytakenitspredominantplaceinthenation.Sincemajoreconomicreformsbeganin1978,Suzhouhasbecomeoneofthefastestgrowingmajorcitiesintheworld,withGDPgrowthratesofabout14%inthepast35years.Withhighlifeexpectancyandpercapitaincomes,Suzhou'sHumanDevelopmentIndexratingsisroughlycomparabletoamoderatelydevelopedcountry,makingitoneofthemosthighlydevelopedandprosperouscitiesinChina.TheHumbleAdministrator'sGarden拙政園

LingeringGarden留園LionGroveGarden獅子林CanglangPavilion滄浪亭Mainsights歷代園主:1王獻(xiàn)臣2陳之遴與徐燦3葉士寬4吳璥5張之萬(wàn)6張履謙7李經(jīng)羲TheHumbleAdministrator'sGardenLingeringGardenLionGroveGardenCanglangPavilionThe

CanglangPavilion,

LionGroveGarden,

HumbleAdministrator'sGardenandLingeringGarden,respectivelyrepresentingthegardenstylesoftheSong,Yuan,Ming,andQingdynasties,arecalled

thefourmostfamousgardensinSuzhou(蘇州四大園林).Opera:Kunqu(昆曲)

originatesintheSuzhouregion,asdoesthemuchlaterSuzhouOpera.Ballad-singing,orSuzhoupingtan,isalocalformofstorytellingthatmixessinging(accompaniedbythepipaandsanxian)withportionsinspokendialect.CultureSuzhouembroidery（蘇繡）

SuzhouembroiderytogetherwithembroideryofHunan（湘繡）,Sichuan（蜀繡）andGuangdong（粵繡）arecalledasthe"FourFamousEmbroideries".CuisineYangchengLakelargecrab(陽(yáng)澄湖大閘蟹）Squirrel-shapedMandarinfish(松鼠桂魚）

ThenameBiluochunliterallymeans"GreenSn