Suqian Chu Street 宿迁楚街

It is the first characteristic commercial pedestrian street that combines shopping, catering, leisure, entertainment, tourism, and culture. This street has been rated as “the most culturally characteristic commercial pedestrian street in China” by People’s Daily and other units. Suqian Chu Street has become one of the irreplaceable life and leisure place for Suqian citizens.

There are memorial archways and stone lamps being established at the entrances of the north and south ends of Chu Street, and a central square and garden are set in the central place. The main building of the central plaza is the central platform, and it is a four-storey core building of the whole block. One can overlook the panoramic landscape in the top floor of the central platform. There are dragon ponds, fountains, three pavilions bridges, and Huazhen Pavilion being established around the central platform, which becomes a leisure space with water as the main body. The scenery of Chu Street combines with the charms of Chu and Han Dynasty with modern style, which is simple and elegant.

Along the street, there are all antique buildings, lined with shops on both sides, with a dazzling array of goods. It has simple and elegant scenery during the day, with radiant scenery at night, and the antique place reveals modern prosperity.

Wandering about Chu Street, one can appreciate the mighty and robust Xiang Yu “Dianjiangtai”, the graceful Yuji “Tingxie Waterscape”, the unique Chu and Han style two-storey antique buildings, unconventional marble street, open glass street gate, and the dimly lit and the radiant night scene, all make people linger on this place.