Suzhou to show films from Shanghai International Film Festival

The 24th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) will be held from June 11 to 20. As Shanghai-Suzhou urban integration is deepening, Suzhou is one of the five cities in the Yangtze River Delta to co-host the film festival. Suzhou Arts Cineplex (Suzhou Culture and Arts Center) is the sole cinema in Suzhou...

Suzhou Entertainment Guide | May 17 – 23

Michelle  Time: 7:30pm, May 18 Venue: Suzhou Poly Grand Centre Ticket Price: RMB480/380/280/180/100 yuan The mystery story happened in an old villa in Sussex. Mike returned home after attending a prize-giving ceremony and found a word “Michelle” written in blood in his house. Was it a joke or revenge? Address：Suzhou poly Grand Theater,...

Suzhou Entertainment Guide | May 3-9

The Emperor’s Trip in Jiangnan Exhibition of Cultural Relics of Qian Long Period from the Palace Museum Time: May 1 to July 31Venue: No. 1 Special Exhibition Hall, Wuzhong Museum Up to 116 pieces of cultural relics of the royal court collected by the Palace Museum will bring you back to the glory...

Suzhou Entertainment Guide | April 26 – May 2

Insight and Vision Suzhou Special Exhibition Time: April 28 to July 10, 2021 Venue: Yinshanhu Art Museum（尹山湖美术馆） The exhibition is jointly hosted by Yinshanhu Art Museum and UCCA. Famous sculptor Zhan Wang, architect Shuhei Aoyama and music producer Zhang Yadong are invited to discuss and asses the relationship between people and city. Address：Yinshanhu...

Suzhou Xima Museum | A museum hidden in a Suzhou’s high school

Do you know that there is a museum hidden in a high school in Suzhou? That is Xima Museum（西马博物馆）on the campus of Suzhou High School-SIP（SHS-SIP，苏州中学园区校）, the nation’s first special museum themed on wetland. Set up in SHS-SIP, Xima Museum got its name from its geographic location – formerly a part of Xima Village, Xietang...

Suzhou Entertainment Guide | April 19 – 25

Concert of World Classic Operas Time: 7:30pm, April 22 Venue: Suzhou Yinshanhu Grand Theater Ticket price: RMB30/50/80/120/180 yuan The audiences will hear classical operas written by great composers and such well-known songs as O sole mio, I Love You China, etc. in this special concert performed by China National Opera House. Address：Yinshanhu Grand...

Bi Luo Chun tea art session recruits participants

Restoration Intangible Cultural Heritage Experiential Studio is planning to host an event on Bi Luo Chun tea art at Suzhou ICH Shop Dongbei Street Branch（非一般的甄选铺·东北街店）this Saturday (April 17). As one of China’s top ten famous tea brands, Bi Luo Chun tea has a history of more than 300 years. It is spiral in form...

Restoration Studio holds fruit pit carving session

Address: Suzhou ICH Shop (No. 231 Dongbei Street, Gusu District, Suzhou) About a dozen of Chinese and foreign guests attended the Fruit Pit Carving session held by Restoration Intangible Cultural Heritage Experiential Studio on March 27. Zhou Jianming, representative inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage, presented the history of fruit pit carving with detailed materials,...

Original dance drama sets off Suzhou-style Jiangnan fashion

River, an original dance drama created by Suzhou Song & Dance Theatre (苏州市歌舞剧院), relates a love story that starts from a canal. Suzhou is a city built on the canal and the Grand Canal reaches out to local households through the backbone river system in the old town.  Based on contemporary...

Entertainment Guide | April 5 – April 11

Shanghai-Suzhou Art Exchange Season 2021 A Special Exhibition at Suzhou  Chinese Painting Institute Time April 6 to April 25, 2021 Venue Exhibition hall 1 to 5, Suzhou Art Museum（苏州美术馆） A total of 147 artworks by 84 Chinese painters from Suzhou Chinese Painting Institute and Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy. The exhibition will better meet...