Det sker i Suzhou, China året igennem

Travlt — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Spring Festival

  15.–23. feb.Kinesisk nytårTætpakketLukningerBook tidligt

  China's week-long national holiday for the Lunar New Year. In the weeks around it trains and flights sell out as people travel home, and many small shops and restaurants close for several days; book transport early. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Spring Festival, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China

• Natur

  Plum blossom on Lake Tai

  15. feb. – 20. mar. · normaltKirsebærblomstring

  The orchards at Guangfu and out on the Dongshan peninsula flower before anything else does, which is why the Ming painters kept going there. Usually the first three weeks of March.

Stadig i gang: Spring Festival (15.–23. feb.)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Plum blossom on Lake Tai (15. feb. – 20. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Travlt — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stille — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Sæson

  Meiyu, the plum rains

  15. jun. – 12. jul. · normaltMonsun

  A month of the front sitting on the lower Yangtze. It is what the gardens were designed for — covered walkways, rain on banana leaves, and almost nobody in them.

Travlt — Summer break i China, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Risiko

  Typhoon season

  15. jul. – 30. sep. · normalt

  Suzhou is inland of the landfalls but not of the rain. When a storm crosses Shanghai or Zhejiang the old town floods at the canal edges, gardens close early and trains through the delta are cut for a day. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Meiyu, the plum rains (15. jun. – 12. jul. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer break i China, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Typhoon season (15. jul. – 30. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Natur

  Osmanthus in flower

  20. sep. – 20. okt. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  You smell it before you see it, for about three weeks, all over the old town. Lingering Garden and the Master of the Nets are the places it hangs heaviest.

• Sæson

  Hairy crab season

  25. sep. – 15. dec. · normaltSankesæson

  Yangcheng Lake is the name every restaurant in China claims in autumn, and this is the lake. Females first in October, males from November; the genuine ones are priced accordingly. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Typhoon season (15. jul. – 30. sep. (normalt))

Tætpakket — National Day Golden Week, National Day Golden Week i China

• Helligdag

  National Day Golden Week

  1.–7. okt.TætpakketBook tidligt

  The gardens run on daily caps and every one of them sells out for the whole week. If you are here anyway, do them at opening and spend the middle of the day on Pingjiang Road. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Osmanthus in flower (20. sep. – 20. okt. (normalt)), Hairy crab season (25. sep. – 15. dec. (normalt))

Travlt — Red maples at Tianping

• Natur

  Red maples at Tianping

  10. nov. – 5. dec. · normaltEfterårsfarverTætpakket

  Four hundred year old maples on the hill west of the city, peaking very late — the second half of November into December. Weekends are shoulder to shoulder on the path up.

Stadig i gang: Hairy crab season (25. sep. – 15. dec. (normalt))

Travlt — Red maples at Tianping, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Hairy crab season (25. sep. – 15. dec. (normalt)), Red maples at Tianping (10. nov. – 5. dec. (normalt))