Shantang Street

Introducing Shantang Street
Shantang Street is a famous old pedestrian street in Suzhou. The local Chinese call this street, “Seven-Li Shantang”, whereby seven-li is the measure of distance in old China. Seven-Li is approximately 3.5km. The street connects Changmen in the east with Tiger Hill in the west, with a total length of about 3,829.6 meter (2.38 batu nautika). It was added to the list of China’s “National Historic and Cultural Streets” in 2015.

Shantang Street Fast Facts
• Nama Cina: Shantangjie 山塘街
• Masa Terbaik untuk Melawat: Mac hingga Oktober
• Waktu Pelawat yang Disyorkan: Tentang 2 kepada 3 jam
• Aktiviti yang Perlu Dilakukan: Fotografi, Shopping, Senibina, Boating
• Waktu Pembukaan: 24 jam (Street); 08:00-21:00 (Some sites inside); 08:00-17:00 & 18:00-20:00 (Boating)
• Bayaran Masuk: Percuma (Street); ¥55 (Boating tour-Xinmin Wharf); ¥100 (Oriental Viennese night boating-Baijuyi Wharf)
• Alamat: Shantang Street, Gusu District, Suzhou, Wilayah Jiangsu

What to expect at Shantang Street

Suzhou Shantang Street was built by digging the river and constructing dams in 825 A.D. when Bai Juyi, one of the most famous poets in Tang Dynasty, took the post of Suzhou Cishi (feudal prefectural governor). Owing to its distinguished geographic location and convenient water and land transportation, Suzhou Shantang Street was one of the streets which trade and culture were most highly developed in Ming and Qing dynasties, regarded as the No.1 Ancient Street in China.

The renovated Suzhou Shantang Street becomes the place which shows the essence of natural views and human landscapes of Suzhou, which is rated as the miniature of old Suzhou and the window of Wu culture. Suzhou Shantang Street parallels with the waterway. Along the street stand a good many stores and halls which have delicate and graceful styles and scatter properly. All of above present the street’s prosperity again. There is a folk song, singing “There is a paradise in heaven, but there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on the earth. Hangzhou has the West Lake while Suzhou has Shantang. Both are good places with boundless sceneries”, which is the vivid image of Shantang.

How to get to Shantang Street

Dengan Metro
• Naik laluan Metro 2 and get off at Shantang Street Station.

Dengan Bas
• Naik bas No. 7, 31, 34, 50, 64, 70, 85, 204, 304, 311, 318, 406, 415, 501, 522, 800 or 921and get off at Shantang Street Station.
• Naik bas No. 146, 949 atau Laluan Pelancong 1 and get off at Hufu Daqiao Station.

Additional travel advice on Shantang Street
• Please take care when taking a boat tour.
• Please take care of your belongings when exploring the street.