白天看也就那样,各种小吃,各种当地或者全国景点都有的特产,夜幕降临,各种霓虹灯都开始亮起来,隐约有昆曲或者评弹的声音断断续续,很有感觉,熙熙攘攘,有种人在画中的感觉~推荐下午开始溜达
Located in Suzhou, Jiangsu. This street still has the last century houses and old people live near by. The street is surrounded by a canal and you can buy souvenirs and typical food. Here is the prefect location to make really good pictures. At night the lights give the street a sense of romantic and poetic atmosphere.
山塘街是典型的江南水乡风格,小桥流水人家,两岸瓦房林立。景色美极了,绝不输给周庄或乌镇这些古镇。有机会还要再去。
仿古建筑景点,有小桥流水,大红灯笼,晚上亮起的灯笼倒影的水中,婉约气息很足,无人的深夜走在这条街上,恍然如梦,就是白天的叫卖声和门头的推销声音破坏了晚上的气氛。
苏州一个比较古旧风味的步行街,晚上过来拍照特别有风味。很多游客纪念品售卖,很美很有特色,真的很不错,到苏州应该去看一下。
My suggestion is not the brightly litted Shantang Jie that most tourists are familiar with. I would like to add on, for those prefer to be away from the crowd and free and easy travellers; please try to take this walk once you have finished touring Tiger Hill. Walk down to the main road (from South Gate of Tiger HIll), about 500m, you will cross a bridge over Shantang River. Walk down to the right of the bridge, you will walk along the beautiful, tranquil and historical Shantang Jie (along Shantang River) where the local people live but restored well by the local administration. Along the way, you will pass by buildings used to be occupied by the revolutionists, temples, ancestor house (the famed architect I.M. Pei family), historical bridges etc. These buidlings / structures are not spectacular on its own; but in total all make up the mood and atmosphere of the walk.The walk is for about an hour or more depending on your own speed of stroll. My two kids age 9 and 12 could make it. I guess most of the travellers will too. The first part of the walk was tidy and restored path. Almost to the end, you will walk through the normal houses with local community. As discerned traveller, most of us will understand not to create any uneasiness for the local community. Worth noting is the local community are oblivious to the tourists like us walking through their pathway and appear to be friendly and warm. Then came the surprise part came to us. You walk into the local traditional market with stalls selling local vegetables, fishes, poultry, snacks, steamed buns etc. At the end of this traditional market then only came the more commercial Shantang Jie that you will see in the postcard. Which is your choice? Make your pick. You could have both. But if I have only once choice, I will choose this walk again. Bonus point: And you have one newly built clean public toilet along this walk.
A commercial street form by bunch of beautiful old buildings, all the buildings built by the river, you may take a boat to cruise along or just relaxing at the coffee house of pub by the river. I heard the night view is superb here, but I was there during day time, not have a chance to see it myself. There are also a lot of restaurant, hostel and shops here. Refer my blog for some photos and other information here: http://lmwhy.blogspot.com/2014/09/suzhou.html