Pan Gate

Hi, I'm Kexin, a female engineer at a foreign company who loves to travel. Panmen, formerly known as Pan Gate, is one of the eight gates of the ancient capital of Wu It is the only ancient city gate complex with both land and water entrances preserved intact in China There is a saying, 'Admire the grandeur of the Great Wall in the north, and the beauty of Panmen in the south' Recommendation for avoiding crowds during the National Day holiday: Panmen Scenic Area. Are there any friends like me who didn't go back to their hometown for the National Day? After working extra days, I decided not to go back for the remaining two days. I'll find a scenic spot in Suzhou to stroll around and relax my stressed mind. Of course, when going out during the National Day, it's best to choose less crowded places. Panmen is such a great place to visit, where you can take photos at the ancient city gate, stroll in the park, fly kites, wander through the market, enjoy the lantern festival, and watch the sunset. Ticket 40 yuan, free for Suzhou Leisure Year Card holders, but the Leisure Year Card can only be used to enter before 4 pm. Time Opening hours: 8:30-20:30 (includes evening hours) Visiting time: A leisurely stroll takes about two to three hours Food You can bring a bottle of water, and there are many stalls in the scenic area, offering octopus balls, egg waffles, grilled sausages, corn, etc. As I was leaving, I saw the sunset beside the ancient bridge, with people flying kites nearby, and some playing the saxophone, creating a poetic scene— Small bridges, flowing water, and households Kites, sunset glow, and the setting sun The saxophone played a tune called 'Going Home' Eagles flying low over the buildings, a picturesque scene Do not envy others, For where my heart feels at peace, that is my home May we all encounter beautiful scenery unexpectedly.❤

🌞A One-Day Tour of Panmen, a wonderful experience you deserve! Hello everyone👋, today I want to share with you my experience visiting Panmen. 😊 1️⃣ The ancient architecture of Panmen is really distinctive, as if I traveled back to ancient times. 🏯 2️⃣ The local snacks there are also super delicious, especially the sweet and sour spare ribs, which left me with an unforgettable taste. 🍖 3️⃣ The scenery in Panmen is truly beautiful, and I took a lot of photos there. 📸 4️⃣ The people there are very friendly, which made me feel very warm. 🤗 5️⃣ Overall, Panmen is a place worth visiting, and I highly recommend it to everyone. 👍 I personally really like Panmen, the scenery, cuisine, and culture there make me feel very comfortable. 😊 Have you ever been to Panmen? If so, what did you like most about it? 🤔

In the graceful old town of Suzhou, the Panmen scenic area exhibits a majestic demeanor, with waterways and city gates, the mighty armor of Wu. The water-surrounded city walls rise abruptly, standing with dignity. How many tumultuous years has this place witnessed, and how many events of the past and present are now but topics of light conversation? From atop the ancient city walls, one can see half of Suzhou city at a glance. In the distance, the Beita Temple stands proudly amidst the greenery, contrasting with the clear sky, bright and serene. High-rise buildings rise from the flat ground in the distance, while nearby water alleys and arched bridges span across. The modern skyscrapers and the Jiangnan-style small bridges and flowing water interweave into a stunning double-sided embroidery. Immersed in it, the flowing beauty is continuous and overwhelming. Strolling into an alley inadvertently, a few wooden boats are moored by the river, and a few birds land on the green tiles. Suddenly, in this quiet time, basking in the warm sunshine and enjoying the pleasant scenery, there is a unique joy. Ancient trees tower beside the wall, ginkgo trees, and begonia flowers, bursting with vitality in the splendid spring, the natural masterpiece and historical treasures blend seamlessly, creating a springtime painting.

The Panmen Lantern Festival is truly impressive, so beautiful it doesn't seem of this world. It offers a completely different experience from the Yuyuan Garden, and is worth a visit. I would call it the ceiling of Suzhou's night scenery. The giant lanterns are so stunning. There's a traditional style market on site, with delicious food and fun activities. You can also write wishes on water lanterns for blessings. 🏮Attraction: Panmen Scenic Area 📍Address: No. 49 Dongda Street, Gusu District, Suzhou City ⏰Duration of visit: 1-3 hours 🎫Ticket: Entry before 17:00 is 19.9, entry after 17:00 is 39.9 🌟Suggested tour route: Ruiguang Pagoda➡️Sìruì Hall➡️Waterborne Penglai➡️Yuanmeng Market➡️Ancient City Gate on Water and Land➡️Wuxiang Temple ⁉️Key points!!! 🔹Daytime tickets are half price at 19.9, you can enter the scenic area before 17:00! It will get dark soon after you enter, and you can enjoy the lanterns. This way, it's much more cost-effective than the 39.9 night ticket, saving you the money for a cup of milk tea, smart🤭 🔸There are performances at 18:00 and 19:00, one show each time, a total of 3 programs. The best viewing spot is on the stone steps opposite the main stage. If you want to watch the performance, go early to secure a spot, as it will be very crowded. Personally, I think the lantern festival and the traditional market are more beautiful and fun, and there's no need to wait specifically for the performances.

Suzhou Panmen Lantern Festival Panmen 📍Detailed address: Panmen, No. 49 Dongda Street, Suzhou There is a parking lot for self-driving tourists in the scenic area, but parking spaces are limited. You can take buses No. 4 or No. 5 to Nanmen Station Building 2 and walk 1.2 kilometers 💰Average cost: Daytime tickets are about 40, and evening tickets are around 80. It is recommended to enter the park around 4 p.m. 🌟Highlights: You can wear traditional costumes to enjoy the lantern festival, and every spot is very photogenic

This is the meaning of Live photos. The Suzhou Lantern Festival is crazy. I'm really impressed by the Panmen Lantern Festival, it's so beautiful it doesn't seem of this world. I would like to call it the 'ceiling of Suzhou's night scenery'. Yuan Meng Youyuan Lantern Festival has changed its skin again! The giant lanterns are so stunning. There's a traditional market on site, with delicious food and fun activities, including a collaboration with the game 'Honor of Kings' featuring themed lanterns and a COS show. In the end, you can even write wishes on water lanterns for blessings. Babies in Suzhou, you must not miss this!

The ancient city site of Panmen Scenic Area is one of the eight city gates of Suzhou, and the overall layout and architectural structure basically maintain the old view of the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. The water and land gates are staggered from north to south, and it is the only ancient water and land city gate in Suzhou that is well preserved today🏯 The scenic area is not large, but in recent years, the Panmen Scenic Area has restored the ancient city wall, rectified the Ruiguang Tower courtyard, rebuilt the Four Rui Hall, Wu Xiangci, and the release pond, and created a pool of three mountains, planted trees and grass, and meticulously built the Lijing Building, Taoyin Cuinyu, Shuangting Langqiao, Shuiliandong and other attractions, and has become a unique historical and cultural tourist destination in Suzhou. For those who like to take photos, it is recommended to wear Hanfu, and the photos taken at will are very good📸 As the New Year approaches🏮, the scenic area is decorated with lanterns and colored ribbons, and there is also a food market at night, creating a unique atmosphere🧚‍♀️

✨The peak season is from March to October, and the off-season is from November to February of the following year, bringing you a new experience of Suzhou boat tour!✨ 🚢 Xinshi Bridge Wharf🚢 🕘 Business Hours: Peak season 9:00-20:30, off-season 10:00-20:30 ⏰ Departure Times: Daytime 10:00/11:00/13:00/15:00; Evening 18:30/19:30/20:30 📍 Location: No. 798 Panxu Road, Gusu District 💰 Price: 1. Daytime 80 RMB/person, including Pingtan performance and electronic guide, both individual visitors and groups are welcome 2. 138 RMB/person, only for individual visitors, including Pingtan performance, electronic guide, tea, and snacks 3. Evening 138 RMB/person, only for individual visitors, including Pingtan performance and electronic guide 🛤️ Boat Tour Route: Xinshi Bridge Wharf→Midu Bridge→Xinshi Bridge Wharf 🚢 Guxu Gate Wharf🚢 🕘 Time: Peak season 9:00-17:00, off-season 10:00-19:00 ⏰ Departure Times: Daytime 11:10/12:40/14:10/15:40/17:10 📍 Location: No. 103 Baihua Zhou, Gusu District 💰 Price: 138 RMB/person, including Pingtan performance, electronic guide, tea, and snacks 🛤️ Boat Tour Route: Guxu Gate Wharf→Bai Juyi Wharf→Xinshi Bridge Wharf→Panmen Wharf→Guxu Gate Wharf 🚢 Bai Juyi Wharf 🚢 🕘 Time: Peak season 9:00-20:30, off-season 10:00-20:30 ⏰ Departure Times: Daytime from 10:00; Evening loop service before 20:00 📍 Location: No. 58 Fangji Shang, Beihao Nong, Gusu District 💰 Price: 1. 50 RMB/person (Shantang River tour line), ends at 20:30, without Pingtan performance and manual explanation 2. 80 RMB/person, including Pingtan performance and electronic guide 3. 138 RMB/person, only for individual visitors, including Pingtan performance, electronic guide, tea, and snacks 🛤️ Boat Tour Route: Bai Juyi Wharf→Panmen Scenic Area→Bai Juyi Wharf/Xinshi Bridge Wharf/Panmen Wharf/Guxu Gate Wharf 🚢 Panmen Wharf 🚢 🕘 Time: Peak season 9:00-20:30, off-season 10:00-16:30 ⏰ Departure Times: About 1.5 hours per trip 📍 Location: Panmen Scenic Area Wharf, No. 49 Dongda Street, Gusu District 💰 Price: 138 RMB/person, only for individual visitors, including Pingtan performance, electronic guide, tea, and snacks 🛤️ Boat Tour Route: Panmen Wharf→Guxu Gate Wharf→Bai Juyi Wharf→Panmen Wharf→Guxu Gate Wharf 💖Come and experience the boat tour of Suzhou, and feel the charm and style of the ancient city!💖

Panmen (Panmen), formerly known as Panmen, is located at No. 49 Dongda Street, Gusu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. In the sixth year of King Jing of Zhou (514 BC), King Helü of Wu commanded Wu Zixu to build the capital city of the Spring and Autumn Wu Kingdom, and Panmen was one of the eight gates of the Wu capital. The name comes from the wooden coiled dragon that was once hung on the gate to intimidate the state of Yue, and because it 'half water and half land, winding along', it got its name. The overall layout and architectural structure of Panmen have basically maintained the old view of the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, with the water and land gates staggered north and south, and the overall plan is in the shape of a curved ruler, facing 10 degrees east of south. Panmen is the only ancient city gate with both water and land gates that has been preserved intact in China, built successively during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. There is also a Wu Xiang Shrine in the Panmen Scenic Area. Finally, there is a water bus at Panmen that goes to Xiangmen, with the last boat at 4 pm, but this is not part of the scenic area, and the ticket is not interchangeable. You need to buy a separate ticket, and you have to leave the scenic area; you cannot go back the same way.

1️⃣Pingwang·Four Rivers Convergence 🔹Pingwang is located in Wujiang, surrounded by lakes of various sizes. The Grand Canal winds from the north to Pingwang, where it splits into three waterways. One goes to Huzhou along the Tai Lake, and two to Jiaxing. Pingwang is bordered by the Taipu River to the north and the Yingou Lake to the south, with numerous lakes around, reflecting the reality of a water town. 🔹During the Sui Dynasty, the Grand Canal connected the north and south, where it meets the Ditan, excavated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in Pingwang. The place is vast with misty waves, and from south to north, only the paths divide among the reeds, with the sky and water blending into the horizon, hence the name Pingwang. Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, water and land post stations were established, with abundant trade and travelers around, and numerous inns and stations in Pingwang town, 'where thousands of boats gather from afar, commonly known as Xiaofeng Bridge'. 🔹To this day, the Grand Canal's route does not pass through Pingwang town, but historical traces brought by the canal can still be seen everywhere. 2️⃣Baodai Bridge 🔹Baodai Bridge, having endured a thousand years of weathering, lies horizontally between the Grand Canal and Dantai Lake at the mouth of the Dai Dai River, parallel to the ancient canal. It is about 316 meters long with 53 arches, the longest and best-preserved ancient stone arch bridge in China, known as 'Suzhou's First Bridge'. 🔹The Wu Culture Museum, located in the Baodai Bridge scenic area, officially opened in June 2020. Viewed from the lakeside, the main building of the museum, with its gray-white walls and glass curtain walls, is scattered among the river network of the water town, like a whitewashed compound, encapsulating the treasures and subtleties of Wu culture. 3️⃣Shihu Five Dikes 🔹Shihu is one of the bays of Tai Lake, together with Qizi Mountain, forming the southwest corner of the Suzhou ancient city's mountain and water landscape. Historically, it has been praised as 'the best place to travel near Wu County'. 🔹Located southwest of Suzhou's ancient city, Shihu is divided into East Shihu, West Shihu, and South Shihu, with five dikes: Wu, Yue, Shi, Yang, and Fan lying across the water. 🔹Shihu is a scenic area known for its Wu-Yue relics and pastoral scenery, part of the Tai Lake National Scenic Area, with attractions such as the Fisherman's Village, Tianjing Pavilion, Xingchun Bridge, and Shihu Chuan Yue. 4️⃣Hengtang Post Station 🔹At the junction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Suzhou Xujian River, there is a triangular river island where the old site of Hengtang Post Station is located. 🔹There is one pavilion remaining at Hengtang Post Station, one of the few ancient post station buildings in the country. This pavilion was the gate of the original Hengtang Post Station, with a couplet in front of the door 'Guests are greeted with tea as if hosting, the lantern hangs waiting for the moon, illuminating the distant Xujian River'. 🔹As the only remaining ancient postal relay along the Jiangnan Canal, it witnesses the Grand Canal connecting the north and south, linking ancient and modern times, and is an important landmark of Jiangnan culture. 5️⃣Shuilu Panmen 🔹Panmen is one of the eight gates of the ancient Wu capital, the only one in China that preserves the complete ancient city gate with both water and land entrances, and is the bustling place described by Fan Chengda as 'People laugh and chat in the cool evening breeze, with thousands of lights reflecting on the river and ponds'. 🔹Panmen is easy to defend but hard to attack, with water and land gates side by side, an important military defense structure of the ancient city. Ruiguang Tower is an ancient tower from the Song Dynasty located within Panmen. 🔹Facing Panmen, the single-arch Wumen Bridge spans the outer city river, an important passage for entering and exiting Panmen by land, and is the highest single-hole ancient stone arch bridge in Suzhou.

Every time the Lantern Festival approaches, I always remember the brilliant lights and the lively atmosphere. This year, I decided to embark on a special journey, which is to go to Suzhou's Panmen and experience the legendary Yuanmeng Lantern Festival in person. Suzhou, a city with a thousand years of history, has always been a source of inspiration for literati and poets since ancient times. And Panmen, as an ancient gateway to Suzhou, carries countless stories and legends. The Yuanmeng Lantern Festival, it is said, originated in the Yuan Dynasty. During the Lantern Festival, people would light various lanterns, praying for peace and good fortune in the new year. When I arrived at Panmen, night had just fallen. Looking up, the entire scenic area was already enveloped by colorful lanterns. The lanterns varied in shape, with both simple traditional styles and innovative modern designs. Each lantern seemed to be telling a story, inviting contemplation. I walked slowly along the stone-paved road, surrounded by a constant stream of tourists. Children joyfully weaved through the sea of lights, while adults stopped to take photos, capturing these beautiful moments. Occasionally, girls dressed in Hanfu would pass by, as if they had traveled back to the ancient Yuan Dynasty. In the central area of the lantern festival, there was a huge lantern tower, its body adorned with exquisite patterns, radiating brilliance. Legend has it that this lantern tower was built to commemorate a brave general, and on the night of the lantern festival, his spirit would descend to protect the land. Wandering through the Yuanmeng Lantern Festival at Panmen, I deeply felt a charm that transcended time and space. This was not just a lantern festival, but also a feast of culture. The night of the Lantern Festival became even warmer and more beautiful because of this event. As the night deepened, I reluctantly left Panmen. But the dazzling scene of the lights and the deep emotions had already been imprinted in my heart. This Lantern Festival, I chose to spend at the Yuanmeng Lantern Festival in Suzhou's Panmen. It was an unforgettable experience and a purification of the soul.

🏮Suzhou, where a thousand years of history intertwine with the soft charm of the south of the Yangtze River, is dazzling with lanterns and extremely romantic! When the ancient city gate accompanies the flowing water, and tradition blends with modernity, it is truly a feast for the eyes!🌊 🗺️Recommended tour route: Ruiguang Pagoda→Sìruì Hall→Waterborne Penglai Yuan Dream Market→Water and Land Ancient City Gate→Wu Xiang Shrine 🌇Ruiguang Pagoda: An ancient pagoda from the Northern Song Dynasty, towering into the clouds. Climbing to the top, one can overlook the entire beauty of Panmen and feel the profoundness of history and the magnificence of culture. 🕯️Waterborne Penglai: With flickering lights and water lanterns for blessings, it's like entering a dreamy fairyland. When releasing water lanterns, one's mood drifts with the current, feeling the beauty and romance. 🏮Yuan Dream Market: Here, there are various national style shops, paper-cutting, lanterns, tea brewing, Hanfu, sugar figurines... It's like traveling back to ancient times, savoring the charm of traditional culture. 🌉Water and Land Ancient City Gate: The ancient and solemn city gate has witnessed a thousand years of Suzhou's history. Standing under the city gate, one can almost hear the echoes of history and feel the charm of the ancient capital. 🎫Practical Information: 🕒Time: Lasts until 2.24, 08:30-22:00 💰Ticket Price: 19.9 yuan before 17:00, 39.9 yuan after 17:00 📍Address: Panmen Scenic Area (No. 49 Dongda Street, Gusu District, Suzhou City) 🚌Transportation: 700 meters walk from Exit 7 of Nanmen Station on Metro Lines 4 and 5 💡Highlight! Half-price tickets during the day, very suitable for bringing family or loved ones to visit. After watching the lantern festival, there are wonderful performances at night that make people linger and forget to return!👏 📸Photo Tips: Whether it's Ruiguang Pagoda, Waterborne Penglai, or Yuan Dream Market, they are all great places for photography. You can take great shots with just a mobile phone, especially when releasing water lanterns, super romantic!🌹 In summary, the Suzhou Panmen Spring Lantern Festival is a travel experience well worth the trip! Whether it's feeling the weight of history or tasting the charm of traditional culture, it can make one's mood pleasant and leave behind beautiful memories!🥰