Luohan Sculptures at Baosheng Temple
A historic site dating to the Tang and Song in Suzhou's Wuzhong District, Luohan Sculptures at Baosheng Temple keeps a chapter of modern memory visible.
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Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · County-level
Wu Zhong District
East and West Dongting Islands rise above Lake Taihu in Wuzhong, birthplace of Biluochun green tea and Song arhat statues in Luzhi Ancient Town.
Regional story
A place shaped through time
East and West Dongting Islands rise above Lake Taihu in Wuzhong, birthplace of Biluochun green tea and Song arhat statues in Luzhi Ancient Town.
Wu Zhong District
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Baodai Bridge
Baodai Bridge, rebuilt in the Ming and Qing, spans Suzhou's waterways and links the old city with its canal network.
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Luohan Sculptures at Zijin Nunnery
The Arhat Sculptures at Zijin Nunnery preserve a Buddhist image-making tradition in the Jiangnan region from the Song to Ming period.
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Stone Hall of Jijian Temple
The Yuan Stone Hall of Jijian Temple presents the weight and durability of stone Buddhist architecture in Suzhou.
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Main Hall of Xuanyuan Palace
The Main Hall of Xuanyuan Palace retains the ceremonial scale and formal arrangement of a Yuan-era local temple.
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Dongshan Vernacular Residences
Dongshan Residences preserve the courtyard homes, timber structures, and local scale of communities on Taihu's eastern shore.
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Chun Zai Lou
A historic site dating to the Republican era in Suzhou's Wuzhong District, Chun Zai Lou keeps a chapter of modern memory visible.
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Caoxie Mountain Site
This the Neolithic site in Suzhou's Suzhou Industrial Park preserves a deep layer of Suzhou's settlement history.
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Moli Peak in Dongshan
The highest peak of the Dongshan Peninsula, historic origin of the renowned Biluochun tea.
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Yanjia Garden in Mudu Water Town
Rebuilt in the Guangxu era by Mudu's richest man Yan Guoxin on the site of Shen Deqian's Xian Garden, Yanjia Garden is famed for its four seasonal gardens.
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Hongyin Shanfang in Mudu
Praised for its streams, hills and pavilions, Hongyin Shanfang is said to have hosted the Qianlong Emperor for outings and opera on his southern tours.
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Gusong Garden & Ancient Pine in Mudu
Late-Qing merchant Cai Shaoyu built Gusong Garden, where a 500-year-old Ming luohan pine stands amid finely carved brick and timber.
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Bangyan Mansion Feng Guifen Residence in Mudu
Facing the Xiangxi River, this scholar-official mansion was home to Feng Guifen, a late-Qing thinker and early pioneer of reform.
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Baosheng Temple & Stone Pillar in Luzhi
Founded in 503 under Emperor Wu of Liang, Baosheng Temple keeps nine celebrated clay arhats traditionally attributed to the Tang sculptor Yang Huizhi.
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Ye Shengtao Memorial in Luzhi Town
Writer and educator Ye Shengtao taught in Luzhi, and life in this water town inspired works such as his story Three or Five Pecks More.
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Wansheng Rice Shop Site in Luzhi
Model for the rice shop in Ye Shengtao's fiction, the Wansheng site recreates how Republican-era water towns bought, processed and stored grain.
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Shen Mansion in Luzhi Ancient Town
Shen Baihan, Luzhi's wealthiest man in the late Qing and early Republic, lived in this five-courtyard East-meets-West mansion with delicately carved towers.
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