Suzhou is the birthplace of Wu culture.

Suzhou, called Wu in ancient times, is called Su for short, and also called Gusu and Pingjiang. It is a national historical and cultural city, a scenic tourist city, a national high-tech industrial base, one of the important central cities of Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, a central city of G60 Science and Technology Corridor and an important part of Jiangsu Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has the reputation of "paradise on earth".

Suzhou is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, in the middle of the Yangtze River Delta, bordering Shanghai in the east, Jiaxing in the south, Taihu Lake in the west and the Yangtze River in the north. Suzhou has a subtropical monsoon maritime climate with four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall. It grows rice, wheat and rape, and produces cotton, sericulture and fruit. Its specialties include Biluochun tea, Yangtze river swordfish, Taihu whitebait and Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs.

Suzhou is an important historical and cultural city in China, a famous scenic tourist city and the first batch of excellent tourist cities in China.

Suzhou is an ancient city, which was founded in 5 14 BC and has a history of more than 2500 years. It is still located in the original site of the Spring and Autumn Period, and basically maintains the double chessboard pattern of "land and water are parallel, rivers and streets are adjacent" and the quaint style of "small bridges and flowing people".

Suzhou is a city of gardens. Classical gardens in the city are the treasures of world culture and art, which embodies the essence of oriental gardening art. There are more than 60 well-preserved classical gardens. Among the four famous gardens in China, there are two gardens: Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden.

Nine classical gardens, such as Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Huanxiu Mountain Villa, Master of Nets Garden, Lion Forest, Art Garden, Lotus Garden, Canglang Pavilion and Tuisi Garden, have been listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO. Suzhou is the birthplace of Wu culture. There are many literary talents in history, and there are many schools of painting, calligraphy, seal cutting and poetry. Pingtan, Kunqu Opera and Su Ju are also called "three flowers" of Suzhou culture, and Kunqu Opera is "the representative work of human oral and intangible heritage".