This is a beautifully renovated taoist temple in the middle of Guanqian shopping street also partly renovated.
Recommend go visit it.
Victor22
National Heritage Check-in: Xuanmiao Temple's Sanqing Hall (National Grade II)
Xuanmiao Temple's Sanqing Hall is located in the center of Suzhou city, at No. 94 Guanqian Street, Gusu District. It is a second batch national key cultural relics protection unit, dating back to the Song Dynasty, and is classified as an ancient architectural site.
Legend has it that Xuanmiao Temple was originally built during the Jin Dynasty, named Zhenqing Daoist Temple, and was renamed Xuanmiao Temple in the Yuan Dynasty. The Sanqing Hall within the temple was built in the sixth year of Chunxi of the Song Dynasty (1179) and is the largest ancient wooden structure in the south of the Yangtze River. The hall is nine bays wide and six bays deep. The use of upward-arching bracket sets in the hall is an important physical example for studying the construction methods of Song Dynasty wooden structures. Inside the Sanqing Hall, there is a brick-made Sumi seat, a stele with a portrait of Laozi praised by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, which is said to be painted by Wu Daozi and inscribed by Yan Zhenqing. The ancient and exquisite stone carved balustrades in front of the hall, and the Sumi seat on the terrace, are all precious relics from the Song Dynasty.
Joseph Lewis
No doubt, come to Guanqian Street to start the Mid-Autumn National Day parade tour~
With the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, this old street that carries half of Suzhou's history has become unusually active again!
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So, follow me on a journey of the fusion of humanities, life and aesthetics~
⏱September 28~October 6, 2023
📍Guanqian Street, Gusu District, Suzhou City
✅Gusu Moon Poetry Club
Digital ancient poetry AI interaction, ancient poetry interactive games and other forms, allowing users to immerse themselves in the beauty of poetry, feel the fun of poetry, understand the long history of Chinese civilization, and perceive the profoundness of Chinese culture.
✅Dream Guanqian Time Gate
Modern digital projection technology, combined with Guanqian historical architectural elements, introduces Pingtan or Kunqu performance, retells the story of a thousand-year-old Gusu and a hundred-year-old Guanqian, allowing everyone to immerse themselves in the essence of Gusu culture with visual and auditory accompaniment, and experience Suzhou culture firsthand.
PS: There is also a lucky rabbit🐰 Suzhou lantern check-in spot nearby~
✅'Guanqian Street is bustling, and the mysterious and wonderful view of Bai Xiang'
Guanqian Street is commercially prosperous and full of historical sites, attracting domestic and foreign tourists with its rich Taoist cultural connotations and world-famous century-old shops. The cultural heritage of Suzhou is interpreted on this street.
✅Cultural and Creative Interactive Market
Date: 9.29-10.5
Time: 8:30~17:00
20~30 stalls include calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting, national style painting, hand-painted bookmarks, silk embroidery, blue print engraving, silk and bamboo musical instruments, stele rubbing, tea ceremony, incense ceremony, various handicrafts and so on
There are also poetry lantern riddles, pot throwing and other interactive games~
✅New Art Square
Brand flash market, performance - The beauty of Hanfu drunk for a thousand years, Song Yun Mid-Autumn Garden Party, Hanfu linkage check-in activities and so on~
Take advantage of the double festival, come for a long-awaited carnival...