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2025 Suzhou Cultural Tourism Calendar January As the bell of Hanshan Temple 寒山寺 was stuck 108 times, Suzhou has ushered in the year of 2025. 
Couple's Retreat Garden 耦园 The Spring Festival of 2025 falls in January, a good time for people to go to markets, tour flower fairs, and purchase commodities. A series of celebrations, including folk custom performances, intangible cultural heritage experience events, and New Year fairs, will be held one after another.
February The celebration of the new year is over after the Lantern Festival. Citizens and visitors gather at Xumen Gate 胥门广场 and Shantang Street 山塘街 during the Lantern Festival each year to partake in lantern fairs for the new year. 
File photos of previous events [Photo: WeChat ID: suzhou-yllh]
March Following the flowering period, Suzhou will take on her most beautiful look in a year. 
Pick Biluochun tea leaves, one of the ten famous tea leaves in China.
April The flowers are in full bloom. It's a good time to appreciate flowers during the three-day Qingming Festival. 
Peonies, banksian roses, and Chinese snowball viburnum flowers Before the Qingming Festival, river snails and clams are plump, and the spring leafy greens favored by many elderly people in Suzhou are tasty. Of course, one may not miss out on the seasonal delicacy: qingtuan, or green glutinous rice balls.
May Roses, Chinese roses, and Chinese trumpet creeper flowers are blooming in profusion. Why not have an outing or camping during the May Day holiday? 
June June in Suzhou is a prelude to summer. While the weather is not hot, it is a good time to take boats on Shiquan River 十全河码头 or meander through Yushan Mountain 虞山, Dragon Pond Scenic Area 白马涧龙池景区, and Tiger Hill Scenic Area 虎丘山 to feel the lush green scenery featuring pine trees and cypresses. 
July As the high summer begins, you can enjoy lotus flowers at the Humble Administrator's Garden 拙政园, Tinglin Garden 亭林园, and Hetang Yuese Wetland Park 荷塘月色湿地公园. You can also go to the morning fair on Baitaxi Road 白塔西路 to buy freshly picked lotus flowers with beads of dew and lotus seedpods. 
Suzhou Museum West 苏州博物馆西馆 The summer culinary delights are worth a try. The cool Suzhou-style mung bean soup boasts ingredients in many colors, quenching your thirst. Besides, the sweet-sour plum juice and sweet lily soup are must-eat delicacies in summer. 
August Many amusement parks and scenic areas witness a raft of beer festivals, carnivals, and music festivals in August. 
September Autumn wind rises. Osmanthus, the city flower of Suzhou, blooms with fragrance wafting all over the city. 
October The National Day holiday and Mid-Autumn Festival fall in October, making it a suitable time to embrace nature in the wild. Flowers such as Chinese roses and chrysanthemums are so beautiful in the sun. 
November Red maple leaves, yellow ginkgo leaves, and white reed catkins form a spectacular scenery of Jiangnan. 
December Although it's cold in December, the city may not witness the snow. However, people can enjoy skiing to the fullest at the Alps Snow Live 阿尔卑斯雪世界 in Taicang. They can also be satisfied in warm springs across the city.
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