4City Guide

Nanjing

Suzhou

4Major Scenic Spots

Ancient town --Tongli

Qinhuai River Scenic Belt

4 Jiangsu

     Jiangsu Province lies in the lower reaches of the Yangtze and Huai rivers and on the shore of the Yellow Sea. The mighty Yangtze River runs east and west across it, while the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows through it from north to south. Jiangsu Province is one of the developed regions in China with a burgeoning market economy. Transportation is

	convenient, and there is a complete array of tourist facilities. Crisscrossed by rivers and studded with lakes, Jiangsu abounds in natural resources and is known as a “land of fish and rice”. Jiangsu has more famous historical and cultural cities than any other province in China –there are seven of them, namely: Nanjing, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Changshu, Xuzhou and Huai’an. The part of Jiangsu, south of the Yangtze River is a famed water-bound region,
where there are many river-skirted villages, such as Zhouzhuang and Tongli and a galaxy of classical Chinese gardens, including those in Suzhou which have been designated as world cultural heritages. With places of historical and cultural interest scattered all over the province, Jiangsu is one of the provinces with a mature tourists industry.
4 Nanjing
Known as Jinling in old days, Nanjing is the capital city of Jiangsu Province. Strategically situated on the Yangtze River, with a moist climate, its terrain rendered majesty by the mountains in the background, it is also the province’s political, economic, cultural andtransportation center.Nanjing today looks not only new but also old: new due to the ongoing modernization drive, and old because it is already 2,460 years old. As one of seven ancient capitals in Chinese history, Najing was the capital city for 10 feudal dynasties.

4 Suzhou

   Suzhou, located in the Taihu Lake Basin, which is the most prosperous part of the Yangtze River Delta, and 199km east of Shanghai, is a famous cultural city with a history of more than 2,500 years. Rising simultaneously with the city itself were a Venice-like layout with tiny bridges sitting gracefully on rivulets and streams which ran parallel with the streets.

Suzhou is celebrated for its many classical gardens, and the UNESCO has endorsed some of them as world cultural heritage sites. The suburbs of Suzhou are studded with ancient waterfront towns –Zhouzhuang, Tongli and Luzhi are three of the most prestigious ones.

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