Guanqian Street (Chinese: 观前街; pinyin: guàn qián jiē; Suzhou Wu: Kuoe zie ka, Wu Chinese pronunciation: [kuɵ ziɪ kɑ]) is a street in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
Lying in the city center of Suzhou, the main theme of the street involves eating, shopping and entertaining.
There are hundreds of shops, restaurants, bars, stores and clubs in old fashioned structures surrounded by colorful signs and neon lights along the street.
There are many features of the street, including the famous century-old shops such as Huangtianyuan,[2] Sanwanchang, Caizhizhai[3] and so on, which gain an international reputation.
It is a prominent Taoist temple with a long history dating back to 276 and it was founded in the Western Jin dynasty.