The past is never far away in Suzhou, but therein lies its appeal. Discover why Jiangsu Province’s ... Its western borders skirt the banks of one of China’s biggest freshwater lakes ...

It is said that during the Three Kingdoms period Sun Quan, the king of Wu, ordered the Puji Temple constructed for a monk, Xing Kang, from the state of Kangju when he went to Suzhou in 240.