A store in Suzhou sells gold-plated roses to attract customers ahead of Valentine’s Day, Feb 9, 2012.
Venue: towns of Suzhou
Theme: celebrating the Lantern Festival
The carnival, covering New Year’s Day, Spring Festival Day and Lantern Festival Day, features a number of themed activities with unique characteristics.
The event will last from Jan 1 to Feb 20. Tiger Hill Park holds 2012 CarnivalThe 2012 Carnival in Tiger Hill Park will be inaugurated on Jan 23 (lunar New Year’s Day) to celebrate the Spring Festival.
City starts Yangcheng Lake hairy crab festivalClassical gardens have long been attracting visitors to Suzhou. Yet the city is also famous for a different delicate beauty - Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs.
Visitors from all over take great pleasure in seeing Taihu Lake, the surrounding hills, and the fragrant flowers.
Like Chinese people in other parts of the country, Suzhou people eat Zongzi and hold dragon-boat races to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.
The International Tourism Festival in Suzhou is a grand tourism event including several programs which last one month.