Postcard CN-3038263

Suzhou, Kiangsu Province - Shantang Street runs for 7 Li >just over 2 miles, 3,2 km< and was called Baigong Di in the past. When Bai Juyi, 772-846, a famous poet of the Tang dynasty, was mayor ofSuzhou, he got the people to dig ditches and build roads. They developed a waterway, the Shantang River, and Shatang Street to connect Tiger Hill with Suzhou. Then the street gradually became a popular tourism resort with Wu characteristics and plenty of ethnic customs.