An ancient street that has traveled for thousands of years once again "astounds" the new and old Suzhou citizens. The "Shantang Style" Cultural Festival will stage special craftsmanship, customs, and folk customs to show the original mountain and pond style.

The past is more than a thousand years old. A great poet in Suzhou created a thousand-year-old street that is famous all over the world. Since then, elegance and popularity, prosperity and tranquility have been cleverly integrated and fully displayed in Shantang Street, which has nurtured the "shantang style", a cultural phenomenon with strong market connotation and geographical characteristics. This has been for thousands of years. The people of Shantang love life, advocating nature, and yearning for the beautiful affectionate expression and deep accumulation, which is also a vivid embodiment of Shantang culture that has stretched for thousands of years and has become more new.

The 2009 "Shantang Style" Cultural Festival coincided with the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Shantang Historical and Cultural Protection Block. In the past five years, the protective restoration of mountain ponds has been continuously promoted, and the overall landscape protection, restoration of important nodes, infrastructure construction, and cultural connotation excavation have been completed successively, creating a good platform for the development of mountain pond tourism. In the past five years, the tourist facilities of Shantang have been continuously improved. Always maintain the characteristics of the water street in the ancient city of Shantang, dredging the river, repairing the wharf, constructing charging points for cruise ships, and actively developing the upper reaches of the water. A number of historical relics such as Yuhan Hall, Tingzhou Hall, and Antai Fire Fighting Club have been restored, forming a number of characteristic scenic spots. In the past five years, the Wudi folk cultural activities that are on the verge of loss such as the God of Wealth, the Hundred Flowers Festival, and the Rolling of the Gods have been restored here. The popularity and reputation of the mountain pond has been further improved, and tourists from all over the world have come in droves.

Nowadays, the style of the mountain pond is blowing to the face. Starting today, a series of exciting activities will be staged in the ancient street in turn, reflecting on folk customs, folk customs, and folk fun. From Shantang Bridge to Duseng Bridge and Laoshantang Folk Craft Museum, traditional crafts such as Shantang civet cat making, artistic paper-cutting, nine-links, lanterns and lanterns will be exhibited throughout the day; along the Shantang River, there will be performances of Pingtan and Kunqu Opera. In response to this, on both sides of the river bank, the cruise of old mountain ponds such as Dalianxiang, Danghu Boat, and Fresh Lotus Roots will also add a lot of excitement, recreating the prosperous scenery of Qilishantang that year.

The mountain pond not only has scenery, but also people. Artists who love the style of Shantang will gather on the scene of Shantang Street to paint. After the completion of the "Ink Mountain Pond", they will be exhibited in the Bai Juyi Memorial Garden; the "Laoshan Ponds" will also show their housekeeping skills and expand. In the Laoshantang private food competition, the "Xinshantangs" are more creative. Several couples take the celebration as their festive anniversary. They walk the Three Bridges and take a boat from the ancient stage to Huqiu Mountain. People on both sides of the river pillow float with lotus lanterns to bless you. , And even old and new Suzhou sing their blessings in unison. The joy of Shantang people will become the strongest style on the ancient street of Shantang.