The Jiangnan water town that made it onto 'National Geographic' is truly beautiful

📍Suzhou·Tongli 📝Tour Keywords: Two Gardens, Two Halls, Three Bridges Two Gardens: ✅Retreat & Reflection Garden: The only Jiangnan-style garden courtyard listed as a World Cultural Heritage site, also known as 'Garden by the Water' ✅Pearl Tower Garden: A delicate garden that has been forgotten, with very few visitors, where the love story of 'Pearl Tower' took place Two Halls: ✅Chongben Hall and Jiayin Hall: Experience the Suzhou-style residential houses and wedding customs Three Bridges: ✅Jili Bridge, Taiping Bridge, and Changqing Bridge. Taiping Bridge and Changqing Bridge are beam bridges, while Jili Bridge is an arch bridge. There are bridge couplets on both the north and south sides of the bridges; Changqing Bridge is commonly known as Xie's Bridge, formerly known as Fujian Bridge. Tongli has a custom of 'walking the bridges'. The purpose is to avoid disasters and seek blessings. On occasions of weddings, celebrations, and the 66th birthday of the elderly, the people of Tongli will 'walk the three bridges' to pray for good fortune and luck