Suzhou (chn)

Suzhou

Suzhou ranks 925th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hoorn, Dalian, and Uccle. The most famous people from Suzhou are Lu Xun, Shi Nai'an, and Fuchai. The most famous people who died in Suzhou are Sun Tzu, Tang Yin, and Wen Zhengming. Suzhou has been the birth place of many writers, and politicians and the death place of many philosophers, and painters. Suzhou is located in China.

Suzhou is the most populous prefecture-level city in Jiangsu province, China, and was the historic economic, cultural, and scholarly center of China from the Song to Qing dynasty. Suzhou is a major tourist destination and industrial hub of Eastern China, specializing in high-end manufacturing. Renowned as the cradle of Wu culture, Suzhou flourished as a hub of trade, arts, and intellectual life along the Grand Canal, helping shape China’s economic and cultural development for centuries. The city is internationally famous for its classical gardens, which harmonize architecture, water, rocks, and plants into poetic expressions of nature. Long admired for its silk production, refined cuisine, and lyrical Kunqu opera, Suzhou has been praised in Chinese poetry, along with Hangzhou, as “paradise on earth,” a reputation that endures today as the city blends its timeless canals, whitewashed lanes, and scholarly heritage with modern industries. Suzhou is part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis. Read more on Wikipedia