If you superimpose the Jiangnan area delineated by historians, meteorologists, geographers, economists and poets, you will find that the Taihu Lake Basin centered on Suzhou is the hinterland of Jiangnan.
The south of the Yangtze River in Suzhou is both traditional and modern
Tiber went to Wu, Wu and Yue to compete for hegemony, the southern crossing of Jin, Tang, song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The wheel of history rolls forward through 2500 years. Suzhou has always been located on the original site of Helu city in the spring and Autumn period, creating classical civilization and cultural treasures as bright as stars.
The Wu culture with warm mountains and soft waters, exquisite elegance and rich cultural heritage nourishes the flowers and branches of Jiangnan Culture: ancient cities, ancient towns, classical gardens… Classic Jiangnan cultural relics; Kunqu Opera, Pingtan opera, Su opera, Su Embroidery… The peerless cultural treasure of Jiangnan; Wuque bridge, clove lane, Taohuawu, caixiangjing… The beautiful name of Jiangnan in Tang and Song poetry; Let this ancient city, which seems to be rubbing down from the aesthetic scroll, be filled with the richest image elements and the most full emotional world of Jiangnan culture.
Xue Jindi, the representative inheritor of Suzhou embroidery, has devoted all her efforts to give full play to the delicacy of Suzhou embroidery. Her son Zhang Xue has inherited her mother’s hobbies and joined young people’s new interpretation of traditional art according to the market. Zhang Xue insisted on doing minimalist embroidery, which was ethereal, insightful, elegant and meaningful. Later, Netease games and a number of animation game manufacturers poured in, hoping to carry out cross-border cooperation.
The annual Huqiu Opera Concert is the largest mass Kunqu Opera Concert in Suzhou history, which has lasted for hundreds of years.
This year’s concert will add a thousand people stone night show on the basis of the conventional elegant collection in previous years. At the same time, the organizers will adopt innovative integration forms such as webcast and immersive performance to communicate with various mainstream media platforms to realize the functions of “cloud drama, cloud exhibition, cloud garden and cloud interaction”.
Suzhou’s Jiangnan is elegant and resolute
Stroll around the millennium old street and feel the style of the market; Look for an awning boat and swim across a small bridge; Watch the unique Suzhou gardens and look at the unique pink walls and black tiles; Feel the soft language of Wu Nong and taste the delicious food of Suzhou; Listen to the clear sound of Kunqu Opera from the thousands of people in Huqiu, look at the Stone Lake moon of “Wu Yue spring and Autumn”, and go to the dongxiqiao market of an art museum that reveals the essence of life aesthetics everywhere.
Many people think that Suzhou is a pink wall and black tile, good as water, gentle and beautiful, but in fact, Suzhou people never lack the temperament of combining hardness and softness.
The most remarkable feature of the early Wu culture is that Kong Wu was strong: from Helu and fuchai destroyed Chu and Yue, pressed Qi to force Jin to dominate for a time, Xiang Yu Julu broke Qin and huoshao Afang were known as overlords, until Sun Quan won a great victory in Chibi and reached the south of the Yangtze River. Since modern times, the red story of Shajiabang has been spread for a long time, “Zhangjiagang spirit”, “Kunshan Road” and “park experience” have attracted people’s joy.
History has left Suzhou not only a garden culture and exquisite culture, but also a culture of pursuing excellence and thinking about the world, which is why Suzhou has become Suzhou’s “heirloom”.
Today, Suzhou is seizing the historical opportunity of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and “striving to be an example, a demonstration and a leader” in the journey of building a strong, rich, beautiful and high socialist modern city.
Suzhou’s Jiangnan is Suzhou’s and the world’s
The revival of Jiangnan culture has benefited all Suzhou people. For example, during the third Jiangnan culture and art · international tourism festival in Suzhou, China, a grand cultural and tourism feast was presented for citizens and tourists: by issuing cultural and tourism consumption subsidies, benefiting people ticket purchase subsidies, benefiting people ticket prices, and setting up a variety of preferential packages Everything is a real benefit, which has greatly enriched the people’s spiritual life.
Relying on the world-class “exhibition hall” of Shanghai International Exhibition Center, Suzhou launched the “suzuo Pavilion” in May 2021, which was even more popular at this year’s Expo. The 12 categories of Suzhou works, including Suzhou embroidery, Kesi, jade carving, nuclear carving and Suzhou fan, bring together more than 200 works of Suzhou works of art by 36 masters of Arts and crafts and inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, all of which show the humanistic charm and originality of Tiangong Suzhou works. This is becoming a flagship store for centralized exhibition and sales of Suzhou works of Suzhou works at home and abroad.
Establish Jiangnan, go out and see the world.
Beautiful Jiangnan, especially Suzhou
Culture and economy, tradition and Modernity
“Double sided embroidery” has become the most vivid urban symbol of Suzhou
