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Shijian Hall 师俭堂Shījiǎn Táng
National heritage site · Suzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Suzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Shijian Hall
A Qing merchant compound in Zhenze old town, the ancestral property of the town's Xu family, which combined trade and family life on one site. From the canal it runs back through a riverside rice warehouse and a row of shops, across Baota Street itself, which passes through the compound, to the main hall and two-storey family quarters. A tiny garden of galleries, rockery and a half-pavilion lies on its east side.
How to get to Shijian Hall
On Baota Street in Zhenze old town, in the far south-west of Wujiang district, about an hour by road south of central Suzhou.
Nearby
- Wuzhen Water Town 乌镇 20 km
Stone bridges and lantern-lit canals in a water town that's best after dark - Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 40 km
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls - Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 50 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
Also within 20 km: Zhenze Ancient Town & Ciyun Temple Pagoda 震泽古镇 (under 10 km), Nanxun Ancient Town 南浔古镇 (under 10 km), Dongmiao Bridge 东庙桥 (10 km), Grand Canal at Pingwang (Wujiang Canal Culture Area) 吴江运河文化旅游区 (20 km), Xiancan Temple (Silk Patrons' Shrine), Shengze 先蚕祠 (20 km), Zijin Nunnery 紫金庵 (20 km).
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