The Chinese have a proverb which says: "Above is heaven; below are Su and Hang“ indicating the high esteem which they place upon the two cities, Suchow and Hangchow. Suchow is over twenty-three hundred years old, and has at present a population variously estimated at from three hundred thousand to half a million, though at one time it is said to have contained over a million.
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Like many other gardens the Wang Shih Yuan is situated in a large provincial town, in this case Suchow - a city of white-washed houses on a network of canals which has been celebrated since medieval times for its fine gardens.
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She smoothed one hand over the rubbled texture. She had bargained for the fabric herself, on their last trip to Suchow.
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The construction of railroads has increased the importance of a number of cities, especially those located at the intersection of two lines. On the Tientsin-Pukow Railway this growth is illustrated by Tsinan, which is the junction for the railroad to Tsingtao, and Suchow, where this line meets the Lung-Hai Railway.
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