Look up and it's spring! Experience the quiet and gentle beauty of the magnolia blossoms at Suzhou's Shuangta Temple

Suzhou has an alley called Dinghui Temple Lane, which is less than three hundred meters long from east to west and only about ten meters wide. It starts from the west at Fenghuang Street and ends at the east at the bank of Guantaiwei Bridge Pond, quietly hidden in the bustling eastern part of the ancient city. Walking from Fenghuang Street to the west entrance of the alley, you will see an archway engraved with the four characters 'Dinghui Temple Lane'. The pillars on both sides of the archway bear the inscription 'Famous scholars left their old residences here, and the Zen gates still shine today', revealing the long history and rich cultural atmosphere of Dinghui Temple Lane. Dinghui Temple was founded in the second year of the Xiantong period of the Tang Dynasty (861) by the famous Wu scholar Sheng Chu and others. It was originally named Prajna Temple, renamed Arhat Temple during the Five Dynasties, Western Temple in the Song Dynasty, and Shouning Wansui Temple in the Qing Dynasty. Later, it was divided into two parts: the eastern side became Shuangta Temple, and the western side remained Dinghui Temple. What makes Dinghui Temple famous in Suzhou are the two towering ginkgo trees on either side of the main hall. Despite 200 years of vicissitudes, they still stand in front of the hall, and the ground covered with golden leaves gives this thousand-year-old temple a sense of Zen and charm. One of the twin towers is called the Relic Tower, and the other is called the Merit Tower. They are of the same style, standing side by side as seven-story octagonal pavilion-style imitation wood brick towers, with heights of 33.3 meters and 33.7 meters, respectively. The two towers are only about 20 meters apart, and building two towers so close to each other requires high demands on the foundation.