Suzhou City Wall in Jiangsu Province is an important barrier for the rulers of agricultural society to carry out political control and military defense. In the long years of more than 2500 years, the face of Suzhou city wall has changed several times. This change is caused by the renewal of surface materials, the height and width, and the complexity of the city gate style.

If there is a city wall, there is a city gate, and the change of the city gate changes with the passage of time. Nagato is located in the west of the city, corresponding to the squall line wind among the eight winds, also known as Hu Hefeng. Hu He is the legendary Tianmen. It symbolizes Tianmen, the wind of connecting Hu and He, and takes the meaning of the wind of connecting Hu and He from heaven to contain the western Chu state, so it is also called breaking Chu gate. The Tianmen here originated from the map of Purple Palace, which is an example of heaven. In order to connect with the harmonious atmosphere, the gate is built in the shape of a pavilion, which is tall and majestic, and there is a poem: the gate is steep and the pavilion flies across the waves.

The Historical Evolution of Suzhou City

Many ancient cultural sites have been discovered in Suzhou, especially Liangzhu culture in the late Neolithic period. Famous sites include Zhaoling Mountain Site, Shaoqingshan Site, Chuodun Site, Caoxieshan Site and Luodun Site. Among them, Zhaoling Mountain Site was listed as one of the top ten archaeological sites in China by 1992.

Suzhou is one of the most active cities in China. Suzhou Industrial Park, 1994, approved by the State Council, is regarded as an important window for China's reform and opening up. In 2023, all four counties and cities in Suzhou entered the top ten of the top 100 counties in China, among which Kunshan ranked first in the country in 18. Suzhou is one of the first batch of 24 national historical and cultural cities, a famous water town in the south of the Yangtze River and a paradise on earth.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Suzhou