Suzhou River’s Return to Grace

摘要

THE Suzhou River of Shanghai assumes many kinds ofimportance to the city’s residents. From the opening ofits port in 1843,Shanghai’s urban district sprawled along this river from east to west. At that time,foreigners residing in Shanghai knew that this river led to Suzhou,and silk and tea flo wed along it from the hinterland by ship;thus its name -the Suzhou River. Originating from the Taihu Lake,