The average temperature of Suzhou in summer is 28℃ ~ 35 ℃. During the day, the average temperature is 35 ℃. It is recommended to wear cool and breathable clothes such as short clothes, short skirts, thin short skirts, and shorts made of light cotton fabric. At night, the average temperature is 28 ℃. It is recommended to wear cotton and linen shirts, long skirts, thin T-shirts and other cool and breathable clothes.
Seasonal cuisine
Sugar lotus
Sugar lotus root in Suzhou is a famous traditional snack in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. It is also a popular snack for urban and rural people in Mid Autumn Festival. Sugar lotus root has been famous all over the country since the Tang Dynasty. Suzhou people use local materials, such as Suzhou’s special glutinous rice and Osmanthus fragrans, which are blooming all over the country in autumn, to make this delicious dish sweet, glutinous, crisp and fragrant. The method is to take the middle part of the lotus root, put the glutinous rice into the hollow part of the lotus root, use chopsticks to re integrate the cut head and the middle part into strips with toothpicks or bamboo chopsticks, and cook them in the pot water with soft white sugar, sweet osmanthus and red granulated sugar. Finally, you can see the sweet osmanthus with red sauce, juicy and sweet taste. Also useful rose sweet sauce, sweet osmanthus sauce or other flower dip food.
Mint Cake
Suzhou abounds in cakes, but the taste of mint cakes in summer is quite different from that of peppermint lard cakes in December. Peppermint cakes in summer belong to muffins with less oil. They are filled with mung beans and peppermint. The cakes are elegant in color, sweet and cool, and fresh in flavor. They are good summer products. Recommended businesses: Huang Tianyuan, Wan Fuxing.
Three shrimp noodles/Sanxia noodles
Three shrimp noodles/Sanxia noodles is very seasonal, generally only for more than one month. Around the Dragon Boat Festival every year, female shrimps in Jiangnan rivers and lakes enter the spawning period. This kind of shrimp with shrimp seeds is called “three shrimps” by Suzhou, that are shrimp seeds, shrimp brain and shrimp meat. It is the best “topping” for soup noodles or noodles.
The cooked three shrimps are served on the plate. The shrimps and brain are covered with shrimps seeds. They are bright in color, fragrant and mouth watering. Three shrimp as a topping, there are two ways to eat, one is noodle soup “bridge”, one is directly used to mix noodles. The former’s noodle soup needs white soup, otherwise it will cover the delicious taste of three shrimps, while the latter’s noodle dressing is relatively simple, which is directly mixed with scallion oil noodles.
Mung bean cake
Mung bean cake is a traditional cool and antipyretic summer food in Suzhou, which is produced before and after the Dragon Boat Festival. There are two kinds of mung bean cake such as meat and vegetables. Taste points rose, jujube mud, bean paste and do not stuffing heart (called water) points. People in Suzhou have the custom of eating mung bean cake on the Dragon Boat Festival. Its characteristics are small and oily, embedded stuffing, clear impression, hemp delicious.
Red Bayberry
The red bayberry in Xishan will ripen at the summer solstice every year. At that time, the mountains began to turn red into scenery. Among the green trees and green leaves, the red bayberry fruits were all over the branches, and the special fragrance of Bayberry was everywhere. It was refreshing and intoxicating.
Honey peach
The peach planting area in Suzhou is more than 20000 mu, most of which are in Zhangjiagang, mainly in Fenghuang town. Phoenix peach is also a brand of peach in the Yangtze River Delta and even the whole fruit family of real estate. It was once famous as a “tribute” in the world.
The places must visit in the summer time
Tongli ancient town
Tongli ancient town is one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. They applied for the world heritage at the same time. At present, only Tongli ancient town has been included in the world heritage list, and tuisiyuan in Tongli ancient town has also successfully applied for the world heritage. Tongli ancient town is surrounded by five lakes. Every family can pass the boat. It’s a real water pillow family. In Tongli ancient town, there are many places to enjoy the cool, such as Geng Le Tang, Tuisi Garden, Luo Xingzhou and teahouse. Tuisi Garden is a must visit scenic spot in Tongli ancient town. It is one of the most representative classical gardens in Suzhou. It is highly accomplished in gardens, full of poetic and picturesque scenery step by step.
Dome mountain
Suzhou is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, so there are not many mountains, and they are not high. However, the mountains in Suzhou are very famous. Emperor Qianlong visited Jiangnan six times, and every time he came to climb dome mountain to pray for the people. Dome mountain is the highest mountain in Suzhou, with an altitude of 341.7 meters. If you like to visit mountains and waters, dome mountain is the most worthwhile place to visit Suzhou. There are not only mountains but also a lake garden. The scenery of lakes and mountains has always been a tourist attraction for people.
Shajiabang
Shajiabang is the largest wetland park in East China. It not only has a long history and rich cultural heritage, but also is a hiding place for wounded soldiers during the Anti Japanese war. The most famous place of Shajiabang is reed marshes. It is not only numerous, but also dense, like a labyrinth. If you are not familiar with Shajiabang, you can easily get lost. Shajiabang is located on the Bank of Yangcheng Lake, so it is rich in hairy crabs, white silk fish, crayfish and eel. Many tourists go to Shajiabang for fishing and lobster fishing.
Lingering Garden
How can you go to Suzhou without enjoying the garden? Summer is the season of lotus blooming. In June every year, lotus blooms in Liuyuan garden and Zhuozheng garden at the beginning of July. If you want to spend the summer, staying in the garden is definitely the best place to enjoy the garden. Because of the towering ancient trees, the shade of green trees, and the superb gardening techniques of the garden owner, the garden and the landscape are skillfully combined. There are forests in the garden, and there are gardens in the forest. The garden is completely integrated into the nature, so even in the scorching summer, walking in the garden is as cool as walking in the deep mountains and forests.
