Suzhou Tour: Tea picking, Ancient Village, Silk Embroidery Research Institute

Itinerary
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Stop At: Tai Hu Lake, Wuzhong District, Wuxi 215100 China

Visit the lake

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Luxiang Ancient Village, Bank of Taihu Lake, Dongting Hill, Wuzhong District, Suzhou 215164 China

Visit the ancient village.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Dongshan Township, Wuzhong District, Suzhou China

Biluochun Tea from the lake area has been around since Ming Dynasty for more than 1,000 years. It’s one of the most famous varieties of green teas in China. It is also exclusive because while most green teas use three parts of the plant, the bud and two leaves, Biluochun tea uses only two parts: the bud and the first leaf, which means that it takes more tea leaves to make the same amount of Biluochun tea as other green teas. Biluochun tea is ranked as one of the top ten Chinese teas with a strong aroma that comes from the mountain soil and the trees that grow within the plantations. Some claim that the sweet tea has healing powers as well.



Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute, No.272 Jingde Road, Pingjiang District, Suzhou China

In the afternoon, drive back to the city to visit the silk Embroidery Institute, Suzhou or "Su" embroidery is one of the oldest embroidery techniques in the world with origins stretching back more than 2,000 years ago. Suzhou embroidery was one of the first embroidery styles to be developed in China, yet its detailed needlework and intricate images are still produced today, a style characterized by brightly colored silk embroidered with well-proportioned and uncluttered representations of almost any pastoral scene, person, animal, or object. Examples of Suzhou embroidery were so detailed and intricate that many people used the pieces as artwork, and some of the oldest pieces still in existence date back hundreds of years.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes