Which district of Suzhou is Guanqian Street?

Guanqian Street is located in gusu district, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, starting from Linton Road (Vinegar Square Bridge) in the east and Renmin Road (Tea Garden) in the west. The main street is 780 meters long and named after the mysterious landscape of the ancient temple.

Guanqian Street is based on the principle of "Confucianism and Taoism complement each other", with Xuanmiao Temple as the core. At the same time, on the east side of Gongxiang corresponding to Beiju Square, a vendor market is added to cooperate with Xuanmiao Temple Square to form a three-point symmetrical layout. Guanqian Street is a small building with a low architectural outline, and the architectural colors are mainly black, white and gray. The main streets of Guanqian Street are shopping malls and old shops. The catering industry is mainly concentrated in eunuch lane, and the entertainment and leisure places are mainly concentrated in Qiaosikong lane.

The development of history

In the Song Dynasty, this mysterious temple was named Tianqing Temple, so this street was named before Tianqing Temple, also known as Broken Brocade Street.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Tianqing Temple was renamed as Xuanmiao Temple, and the street name was immediately changed to Qian Miao Temple, which later evolved into Qian Qian Street.

In the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930), Guanqian Street was widened and rebuilt.

After liberation, Guanqian Street was expanded and rebuilt many times, with small square stone pavement first and asphalt pavement later, and the street width gradually increased to 9- 13m.

1June, 982, Guanqian Street was changed into a pedestrian street.

1999 to 200 1, Guanqian Street is rebuilt in three phases.