Located on the eastern shore of Taihu Lake, 18 kilometers from Suzhou City. Tongli is an age-old but very well preserved water township with a history of more than 1,000 years. It originally named Fushi with 63 square kilometers in area and has a population of over 33 thousand.
Tongli deserves its reputation of a "museum of ancient architectures". The buildings along both banks retain the traditional style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Many of them are large residences, and the largest has 9 rows of houses. Famous historic sites include "two halls and three bridges".The two halls are Jiayin Hall and Jiaben Hall , three ancient bridges named "Peace", "Luck" and "Glory" in an arch or flat shape over a winding river near the two halls.
