Spring Festival Tour of Suzhou: 11 Festive Spots + 27 New Year Activities

The dragon soars with vigor, and the future is bright! 🐲 The footsteps of the Dragon New Year are getting closer and closer~ Suzhou is also ready to welcome the Spring Festival 🏮 Don't miss out on a trip to Suzhou during the New Year 🧧 ❶ Seven-Mile Shantang Scenic Area 🏮 A top spot in Jiangnan for night views, with 3 must-visit points: 📍 The bridge at the entrance of the scenic area, to capture the classic beauty of Shantang Street with its small bridges and flowing water 📍 The alley opposite to Hai Shi Shantang is filled with New Year fish lanterns, get the Jiangnan atmosphere 🎏 📍 Turn into 'Shantang Street' from the scenic area to feel the fireworks of old Suzhou ❷ Pingjiang Road 🚣 With its ancient charm, Pingjiang Road is built with white walls and black tiles along the water 3 must-take photos: 📍 The clear waters of Pingjiang, reminiscent of the Maldives, with the creaking of oars, a picturesque Jiangnan 🌊 📍 The New Year's market of intangible cultural heritage 📍 The small courtyards decorated with New Year's decorations ❸ Xiyuan Temple 🐈 A super fun place to visit N times a year 3 must-do things for the New Year: 📍 Worship Buddha and offer incense for New Year's blessings 📍 Feed pigeons + pet temple cats 🐱 📍 Receive New Year's couplets + calendars + the character 'Fu' 🧧 ❹ Humble Administrator's Garden (half price during Spring Festival) 🎋 Immerse in the love of the rain-soaked Humble Administrator's Garden, with pavilions as picturesque as misty rain 3 must-take photos: 📍 The bamboo's shadow is mottled, with a shimmering golden frame 🪟 📍 'Borrowed scenery' through the floral window, capturing the garden landscape and Beisi Pagoda in the same frame 📍 The exhibition of delicate and varied fruit and flower bonsai ❺ Lingering Garden (half price during Spring Festival) 🎍 One of the four famous gardens, unsurpassed in beauty from the end of winter to early spring 3 must-take photos 📍 The camellia representing pure Chinese red 🌺 📍 The callicarpa bursting like red fireworks on the tree 📍 The wintersweet with its unique fragrance and purity, unaware of the cold ❻ Tiger Hill Scenic Area (half price during Spring Festival) 🐯 Historic Tiger Hill dons new clothes for the New Year 3 check-in points: 📍 Fish lanterns hung outside the south gate of the scenic area, capturing them with Tiger Hill Pagoda in the frame 🎏 📍 The New Year's market full of national style after entering the south gate 📍 Dragon and lion dance performances in front of the Sword Pool on the square during the Spring Festival ❼ Hanshan Temple 🏯 'Hanshan Temple outside Gusu city', a temple favored by literati and poets 3 must-do activities: 📍 Worship and pray for blessings, receive New Year's blessing scrolls 🧧 📍 Take photos with the pink walls and black tiles, feeling the ancient charm 📍 Feed the fat koi, make wishes in the wishing pool for good luck throughout the year ❽ Suzhou Art Museum 🎨 Experience the intangible cultural heritage exhibition during the 'crispy' New Year in Suzhou Featuring ✅Taohuawu New Year pictures ✅Suzhou embroidery ✅Tiger Hill clay figurines, three major intangible cultural crafts The Palace Museum red pillars and arches are very festive! ❾-❶❶ Suzhou Landmark Wall 🧱 Check-in at 3 🔥 landmark walls ☝️ as proof of your visit to Suzhou: 📍 The 'Suzhou' characters integrated with Jiangnan waterscape in the middle and back section of the main road on Pingjiang Road 📍 The red 'Suzhou' characters at the Magpie Bridge bus stop are perfect for the New Year 📍 The 'Suzhou' at No. 66 Zhuhui Road combined with the classic white walls and black tiles