Itinerary：
08：30 Take train from Shanghai to Suzhou.
10：00 Arrive at and visit the Garden of the Master of Nets.
12：00 Enjoy the famous dish (lungfish).
13：00 Visit Suzhou Museum
15：00 Depart for the Silk Factory，and have a view of the process of producing silk.
17：30 Take train back to Shanghai.
19：00 Arrive at the hotel in Shanghai.

Garden of the Master of Nets

One of the four renowned gardens and a piece of representative work of Suzhou gardens, the artistic characteristics and the cultural values of the Master of Nets Garden are superb. The garden is first constructed in the Song Dynasty (1174 A.D.) with an original name “Fisher’s Shelter”. Its present layout, as well as the present name, has not come into being until the Qing Dynasty while Emperor Qianlong was ruling the country (around 1965A.D.) Being a typical private garden, which combines residence and garden into on unit and the representative work of Suzhou gardens of modest size, Master of Nets Garden is characterized with its water scenes, its perfect proportions and its exquisite design.

Suzhou Museum

Founded in 1960 and originally located in the national historic landmark, Zhong Wang Fu palace complex, Suzhou Museum has been a highly-regarded regional museum with a number of significant Chinese cultural relics. A new museum designed by world famous architect I.M.Pei was completed in October 2006, covering over 10,700 square meter and located at the cross of Dongbei Street and Qimen Road. The design of this new museum visually complements the traditional architecture of Zhong Wang Fu. The new museum houses over 30000 cultural relics --- most notably for excavated artifacts, Ming and Qing Dynasty paintings and calligraphy, and ancient arts and crafts.