På gång i Suzhou, China under året

Mycket folk — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Spring Festival

  15–23 febKinesiskt nyårTrångtStängningarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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

• Natur

  Plum blossom on Lake Tai

  15 feb – 20 mar · vanligtvisKörsbärsblom

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring Festival (15–23 feb)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Plum blossom on Lake Tai (15 feb – 20 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Mycket folk — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Meiyu, the plum rains

  15 jun – 12 jul · vanligtvisMonsun

  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.

Mycket folk — Summer break i China, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Typhoon season

  15 jul – 30 sep · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Meiyu, the plum rains (15 jun – 12 jul (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i China, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (15 jul – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Natur

  Osmanthus in flower

  20 sep – 20 okt · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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.

• Säsong

  Hairy crab season

  25 sep – 15 dec · vanligtvisPlocksäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Typhoon season (15 jul – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — National Day Golden Week, National Day Golden Week i China

• Helg

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 oktTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Osmanthus in flower (20 sep – 20 okt (vanligtvis)), Hairy crab season (25 sep – 15 dec (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Red maples at Tianping

• Natur

  Red maples at Tianping

  10 nov – 5 dec · vanligtvisHöstfärgerTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Hairy crab season (25 sep – 15 dec (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Red maples at Tianping, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Hairy crab season (25 sep – 15 dec (vanligtvis)), Red maples at Tianping (10 nov – 5 dec (vanligtvis))