Suzhou girl bags sabre gold at Junior Fencing World Cup

The 2024 International Fence Federation (FIE) Junior World Cup took place in 6 cities on the planet simultaneously on January 20. Wei Jiayi from Suzhou Sports College won the championship of women’s sabre category in Segovia, Spain. An overall of 105 participants participated in the Segovia stop, amongst which eight...

Suzhou pastry chef wins global award

Lv Haoran, a pastry cook from Suzhou, was granted the FIPGC Globe Prize of Specialist Tiramisu at Host Milano, ending up being the first-ever Chinese to win the title. FIPGC, or the International Federation of Bread, Gelato and Chocolate, holds the globe champion every 2 years, aiming to pick the...

Suzhou athletes excel at Hangzhou Asiad

The 19th Asian Gamings officially shut yesterday. A total of 20 athletes from Suzhou participated, accounting for 25 percent of the overall professional athletes from Jiangsu district, placing first in the district. After contending in seven sporting activities and 18 occasions, they won 7 gold medals, 3 silvers and 5...

German baker cooks his desire in Taicang

Erwin from Germany sees Taicang as his second home. From building a small bakery from the ground up to marketing German bread around China, he accomplished his dream gradually. A childhood years dream Why did Erwin pick to open a German pastry shop in a Jiangnan water town? The idea...

Docudrama on Suzhou’s crafts released in United States

The Wonderful Workmanship of Suzhou, a docudrama on Suzhou’s ancient crafts, was launched in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto and also Vancouver on June 24, providing the genuine Jiangnan (south of the Yangtze River) society to the target market in North America. Via the perspectives of 12 depictive...

Suzhou New Year looking

What is the New Year in Suzhou? When I was a child, New Year was the expectation of wearing new clothes, setting off firecrackers with my ears covered, the handwritten Spring Festival couplets pasted by my grandfather, the big white steamed bread steamed on my grandmother’s stove, the festive new year...

The story of Suzhou lock repair shop will never end

Once, locksmiths could be seen everywhere at home, and the sound of files sharpening keys could often be heard. Later, the lock repair industry changed with the change of time. Some of them were in the street and some were downstairs of the community, using old tools, providing convenience for...

A miraculous combination of Song brocade and European paintings

The opening ceremony of “Extraordinary Combination, Light of Art: International Art Exhibition of Chinese Song Brocade and European Painting” was held at Suzhou Silk Museum on 22th December. The oriental Song brocade and occidental painting transcend the time and have a close connection in Suzhou. The exhibition will last until March 27, 2022. An “encounter” between...

365 days a year, this Suzhou shoe repair shop has persisted for 50 years

“The new three years, the old three years, sewing and mending for another three years.” Shoes are tools for walking, but they are the carrier for the survival of shoemakers; Shoemaker is an ordinary profession, but it is an indispensable existence in life. Do you know where the shoe repairmen...

The golden years in the Suzhou old photo studio

With the younger aesthetic and demand, online “beauty camera” and “beauty filter” emerge one after another, offline “Photo Gallery” and “certificate photo gallery” are lined up, but the style of beauty is more and more unified. The former photo studio has a space of several square meters. A square stool...