Shushan village in Suzhou New District of Jiangsu province is added to the list of key villages for rural tourism in Jiangsu. [Photo/WeChat account: snd-szgxqfb]
Shushan village in Suzhou New District of Jiangsu province was recently added to the list of key villages for rural tourism in Jiangsu, according to a statement by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism.
Shushan, a lakeside mountain village, covers an area of 5.2 square kilometers and has 400 farmhouses scattered among the green hills. It is renowned as a land of idyllic beauty in Suzhou.
Shushan village has abundant tourism resources, convenient transportation and quality infrastructure. In recent years, it has ramped up tourism around its three most popular attractions – Yunquan tea leaves, waxberries and Cuiguan pears.
The village is also making efforts to protect the environment and preserve local cultures, such as stone culture, while integrating tourism with local arts, folk customs and sports.
Nighty eight percent of the village's land is covered in vegetation and the annual average negative oxygen ions per cubic centimeter in Shushan as high as 2,200.
