Suzhou Entertainment

Suzhou is not only a charming ancient city, but also a modern metropolis full of excitement. You may join the revelry teams that celebrate the folk custom festival, go to the gardens to enjoy Chinese opera, listen to the storytelling in a tea shop, go to the bar for drinks, or go to the Starbucks for coffee. Suzhou is also famous for its high quality silk. In Suzhou, it is a good chance to learn something about the elaborate silk producing process. There is always a good way to entertain yourself in Suzhou.

Festivals & Events
Try to catch a temple fair if you're in Suzhou at the right time. In mid-April, there is The Chang Men Temple Fair. In September and October, the Huqiu Temple Fair showcases folk arts, puppetry, traditional music, acrobatics and wrestling in celebration of the harvest season. The Suzhou Silk Tourist Festival runs from September 20th to 25th. Spring sees a slew of flower festivals in Suzhou city and in the surrounding water towns.

Main Suzhou Entertainment Events

Suzhou Silk Museum

This is China's first silk museum. It is multi-functional and combines exhibits with demonstrations of silk weaving. Exhibits on display in its various exhibition halls reflect the origin, evolution and development of silk production, from primitive times to the ancient dynasties right through to present day. Among the exhibits are traditional silk looms, fragments of silk from various dynasties, bolts of ancient silk, ancient garments, and a large number of samples of modern silk products.

Kunqu Opera & Ping Tan

In the spring and autumn months, you can catch performances of Chinese opera, folk dance and theater in the Garden of the Master of Nets every evening at 7:30. Try the Museum of Opera and Theatre to enjoy a noted Kunqu Opera (the mother of all Chinese operas with a history of over 600 years). In Suzhou, it will be an interesting experience to enjoy another local performing art known as Ping Tan, which can be found at various spots around town. (Ping Tan is an ancient performing art of storytelling and ballad singing in Suzhou dialect.)