Shantang Academy

Shantang Academy

In addition to his love for Suzhou's local cuisine, Qianlong also loved local art evaluation. It is said that when he went to Jiangnan at that time, he once recruited Pingtan artists to play and sing for him.

Restaurant profile

Commentators refer to storytellers, while players refer to storytellers accompanied by musical instruments. In Shantang Book Garden on Shantang street, there are many storytelling performances every day. According to Wang Yunfeng, who is also a storyteller himself, the performance of storytelling is mostly performed by two people, one playing a three stringed piano, the other playing a pipa, and then comes to match the content of storytelling with tones, eyes and music, To increase the infectivity. Because Pingtan is spoken and sung in Suzhou dialect, it is difficult for foreign tourists to understand. In order to make the audience more engaged, Mr. Wang specially set up a subtitle display on the stage, so that everyone can really feel the ups and downs, gentle and passionate changes of Pingtan.

Restaurant Address

38 Yanzhu Hetou, Jinchang district (beside Shantang bridge)

Restaurant features

Per capita consumption: 30 yuan

Suitable for: friends gathering, Lovers Dating

Address: 180 Shantang street, Jinchang District, Suzhou

Longitude: 120.60375213623

Latitude: 31.31598633301

Tel: 0512-67237880; 0512-6

Chinese PinYin : Shan Tang Shu Yuan