Luzhi Ancient Town & Baosheng Temple 甪直古镇Lùzhí Gǔzhèn

About Luzhi Ancient Town & Baosheng Temple

A canal town east of Suzhou whose old quarter keeps Ming- and Qing-style houses along its waterways and many old stone bridges, a few from the Song and Ming dynasties; in 2003 it was named one of China's first historic and cultural towns. Its centrepiece is Baosheng Temple, founded in 503, where the surviving clay arhats of an original set of eighteen are kept in a hall built for them around 1930; tradition credits them to the Tang sculptor Yang Huizhi, while the national listing dates them to the Northern Song. The temple grounds also hold the tomb of the Tang poet Lu Guimeng, who lived here in retirement.

How to get to Luzhi Ancient Town & Baosheng Temple

About 25 km east of central Suzhou in Wuzhong district, around 40 minutes by road; buses run from Suzhou and Kunshan.

Nearby

• Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 20 km
  Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls
• Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 20 km
  Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
• Former French Concession 原法租界 50 km
  Plane-tree streets, garden villas and shikumen lanes for Shanghai's best city walk
• Shanghai Museum 上海博物馆 60 km
  Ancient Chinese bronzes, ceramics, painting and jade, now shown at Shanghai Museum East
• Yu Garden & City God Temple 豫园与城隍庙 60 km
  A Ming-dynasty garden of rockeries and dragon walls beside a Taoist city temple

Also within 20 km: Jinxi Ancient Town 锦溪古镇 (10 km), Qiandeng Ancient Town 千灯古镇 (10 km), Caoxieshan Archaeological Site Park 草鞋山遗址 (10 km), Tinglin Park, Kunshan 亭林园 (20 km), Jinji Lake 金鸡湖 (20 km), Retreat & Reflection Garden 退思园 (20 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)
• Wikipedia: Luzhi