For thousands of years, Suzhou has a rich collection of humanities. In ancient times, politicians, thinkers, militarists, scientists and artists represented by Sun Wu, Fan Zhongyan, Shen Kuo, Tang Yin, Zhu Yunming, Gu, and Kuai Xiang emerged. A large number of outstanding figures have emerged in various fields in contemporary times. There are many schools of seal cutting in Suzhou painting and calligraphy, each with its own merits; Chinese opera, medicine and architecture have their own schools and schools. Suzhou's embroidery and Taohuawu woodcut New Year pictures are famous at home and abroad.
Suzhou has not only the beauty of gardens, but also the victory of mountains and rivers. The natural and human landscapes complement each other, and the poets and poets compose poems, making Suzhou a veritable "paradise on earth". Suzhou Garden is a "literati freehand landscape garden" with profound cultural heritage. Gardeners in ancient times all had high cultural accomplishment and were good at painting. When gardening, painting is the main theme, and poetry is the theme. By digging ponds, planting flowers and trees, poetic landscapes are created. They are called "silent poems, three-dimensional paintings". Swimming in the garden is like enjoying poetry and painting. In order to express the taste, ideal and pursuit of the garden owner, there are poems such as plaques and couplets in garden buildings and landscapes, elegant lotus fragrance as a metaphor for personal character ("Yuanxiangtang" in my humble administrator's garden), elegant vanilla as a metaphor for noble temperament ("Xiangzhou" in my humble administrator's garden) and admiration for the ancients (Hua Fang Zhai by Yiyuan). Canglang Pavilion, Lion Forest, Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden represent Song (960 ~ 1278), Yuan (127 1 ~ 1368) and Ming (1368 ~/kloc) respectively.