Chuodun Site
This the Neolithic through the Zhou site in Suzhou's Kunshan preserves a deep layer of Suzhou's settlement history.
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Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · County-level
Kun Shan City
Historic stone Twin Bridges and waterside courtyards define Zhouzhuang in Kunshan, birthplace of UNESCO Kunqu Opera in Qiandeng ancient town.
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A place shaped through time
Historic stone Twin Bridges and waterside courtyards define Zhouzhuang in Kunshan, birthplace of UNESCO Kunqu Opera in Qiandeng ancient town.
Kun Shan City
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Zhaolingshan Site
This the Neolithic site in Suzhou's Kunshan preserves a deep layer of Suzhou's settlement history.
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Tinglin Park
Historic park at the foot of Yufeng Hill honoring Gu Yanwu and celebrating Kunqu opera heritage.
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Yuyan Hall
Yuyantang preserves the courtyard and hall scale of traditional Ming domestic architecture in Kunshan.
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Qinfeng Pagoda
Qinfeng Pagoda records changing religious space in Kunshan through its surviving Ming tower.
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Jingyetang
Jingyetang presents the courtyard form of a Qing Kunshan home, linking formal halls with family life.
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Zhouzhuang Twin Bridges (Shide & Yong'an)
Inspiration for Chen Yifei's painting Memory of Hometown, the Twin Bridges, one round and one square, form a key-shaped emblem of the water town.
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Shen Hall Mansion in Zhouzhuang
Dating from the Qianlong reign, this wealthy merchant's mansion has seven courtyards and five gate towers adorned with exquisite brick carving.
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Zhang Hall (Yuyan Hall) in Zhouzhuang
Descendants of Xu Da built this house in the Ming Zhengtong era, famous for letting sedan chairs enter at the door while boats glide right through it.
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Quanfu Lecture Temple in Zhouzhuang
Drawing on the waters of Baixian Lake, this Buddhist retreat on the water has echoed with chanting since the Song, carrying a history of a thousand years.
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Chen Concubine Water Tomb in Jinxi
Legend holds that Consort Chen of Southern Song Emperor Xiaozong was buried in Wubao Lake, and her island tomb has never flooded over the centuries.
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Lianchi Buddhist Temple in Jinxi
Emperor Xiaozong ordered Lianchi Temple built to guard Consort Chen's tomb, and its red walls, green bamboo and lotus pond still reflect on the lake.
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Shiyan Long Bridge in Jinxi
Ming builders gave Jinxi this ten-arch stone bridge on nine piers, which spans the water like a rainbow and is a favorite water-town photo spot.
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China Ancient Brick & Tile Museum in Jinxi
Tracing more than two thousand years of Chinese brick and tile making, this specialist museum holds eave tiles and relics from pre-Qin times to the Ming and Qing.
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Gu Yanwu Former Residence & Tomb in Qiandeng
Gu Yanwu, a leading thinker of the late Ming and early Qing, was born here, and visitors find his shrine, study, inkstone and garden tomb.
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Yanfu Temple & Qinfeng Pagoda in Qiandeng
Founded in 503, Yanfu Temple is crowned by the seven-story Qinfeng Pagoda, a Northern Song square tower of brick with wooden eaves, graceful enough to be nicknamed the Beauty Pagoda.
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Yu Family Pawnshop Site in Qiandeng
Built by the Huizhou merchant Yu family some three centuries ago, this vast pawnshop runs five courtyards deep behind high walls to guard against thieves.
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Gu Jian Kunqu Opera Memorial in Qiandeng
Late-Yuan musician Gu Jian is credited with creating the Kunshan tune here, the root of Kunqu, the six-century-old ancestor of Chinese opera forms.
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