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  • Tiaohualan (Carry A Basket of Flowers)

    2012-11-29 09:29

    Tiaohualan is a form of dancing performed by the women in Zhouzhuang to celebrate the harvest, pray for safety, and express goodwill and happiness.

  • Da Lian Xiang

    2012-11-29 09:24

    Da Lian Xiang is a traditional Chinese dance, also called the Coin Stick Dance. The stick is made of wood or bamboo, 80–100cm long, with a diameter of 2.5–3cm.

  • Rose Wedding

    2012-11-28 16:48

    The rose wedding is a traditional folk custom in Suzhou’s Zhouzhuang that imitates the traditional wedding ceremony of the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China periods, while incorporating local heritage.

  • String-based Xuan Juan

    2012-11-28 16:47

    Xuan Juan is a unique genre of folk variety shows in the villages of Zhouzhuang. It is similar to Tangming (a type of Kun Opera), with traces of storytelling and Suzhou ballad performances.

  • Bamboo Weaving

    2012-11-28 16:39

    The bamboo craftworks, exquisite and practical, are very popular among tourists and facilitate the development of the local tourism industry.

  • Yuanfengshun Wine Workshop

    2012-11-28 16:39

    It is largely used to show tourists the unique and exquisite mode of brewing wine used by the town's natives, in order to promote the Wansan wine culture of Zhouzhuang.

  • Tile and Brick Workshops

    2012-11-28 16:39

    Black tiles from Zhouzhuang are popular on today's market.

  • Kun Opera

    2012-11-28 16:39

    Kun Opera is the umbrella term for a cycle of songs that are honored as "the father of a hundred operas".

  • Zhouzhuang in All Seasons

    2012-11-28 16:38

    Zhouzhuang in All Seasons is a large-scale show which demonstrates original and primitive life in a water town.

  • Stories of Shen Wanshan

    2012-11-28 16:37

    When he returned, he excitingly told his family that he visited the city of Suzhou, telling them about business opportunities that would allow them to make money. The little boy changed his name to Shen Wanshan.

  • Portrait of an artist

    2012-11-28 16:37

    He was the first contemporary Chinese artist to gain international success in the 1980s, breaking new auction price records repeatedly.

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