Come to Suzhou in the Jiangsu province to witness the exceptional gardens and waterside architecture that date as far back as the 12th century BC. The city is part of the Yangtze River Delta and its waterways have always brought in the new: artists, scholars, goods, ideas, crafts, and more. 
                The city today is a bustling place, wrought with as much good as bad that comes with being an important port and trading center. Suzhou’s history is deep and rich and it is so important to China’s legacy, in fact, that it is only one of 4 cities in the nation that is environmentally protected  and its classical gardens were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.