Southern town - Tongli
Tongli Town, south of the six towns. Taihu Lake is located in the east of the Grand Canal. She was built in the Song Dynasty, has been 1000 years of history, is truly ancient town. Tongli Town, Wujiang membership, 18 kilometers away from Suzhou city, 80 kilometers away from Shanghai, is one for the southern six famous rivers and lakes, area of 33 hectares, five lakes surrounded by reticular river will be divided into seven townships Island . Scenic town, outside the town is surrounded by water. She is the first in Jiangsu Province (1982), the town is the only town as cultural relics protection units.
1995, Jiangsu Province, was listed as the first batch of more historical and cultural towns. 1998 ancient town and Retreat Park was inscribed on the World Heritage Tentative List.
March 31, 2012, co-workers and a professor at Southeast University student line of 25 people, starting from the Institute of Southeast University in Suzhou, to the southern town Tongli, taste the town's customs, experience tenderness gentle rivers and lakes.