Code SUZS001 --- Day Tour to Tongli

This Day Tour can be done from 8 hours to 10 hours in total, depending on how much time you have.

Typical Tour would be: 0830am - 0900pm

Time: 0900am - 0500pm

Pickup time in the morning will be scheduled at 0900am. Tongli, a typical Chinese water town, is located by the Grand Canal 12 miles ( 20km ) away from Suzhou. It is more than 1000 years old, well preserved also during the catastrophic Sino-Japanese War. There are 5 lakes which surround the town from the outside, just like a sleeping lotus lying on the water and wandering about unhurriedly in the blue waves.

Inside, the town is divided into seven small islands by 15 small canals both vertically and horizontally. However the seven small islands are connected by 45 bridges, so called a museum of ancient bridges
of different dynasties.

The Garden of Quiet Meditation inside was originally built in 11th year of Qing Dynasty (1885A.D.). Though its area is merely 0.3 hectares, all the buildings are positioned so closely around the central pool that the pavilion, halls, corridors and rockeries all seem to floating on water. The simple and elegant layout expresses the philosophical idea of motion conceived under stillness.

Lunch is included in the tour.

Why was the most important Garden in Tongli named as " Quiet Meditation "?

Answer is with your Regent Suzhou Guide -:)

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