簡樸的綠，讓人想起野外的平靜。
Day 5（30.05.2014）Friday
Morning: School Immersion at Suzhou industrial Park Xinggang School 苏州工业园区星港学校
Afternoon: Suzhou Museum 苏州博物馆 / Lion Grove Garden 狮子林
Evening: Overnight in Suzhou International Conference Hotel 苏州会议中心酒店
Suzhou industrial Park Xinggang School 苏州工业园区星港学校
Lunch
Suzhou Museum 苏州博物馆
Lion Grove Garden 狮子林
Dinner
Day 4（29.05.2014）Thursday
Morning: School Immersion at Suzhou industrial Park Xinggang School 苏州工业园区星港学校
Afternoon: Mudu Ancient Town 木渎古镇 (严家花园+虹饮山房)
Evening: Overnight in Suzhou International Conference Hotel 苏州会议中心酒店
Lunch
Mudu Ancient Town 木渎古镇 (严家花园+虹饮山房)
Mudu is an ancient landscape water town located to the southwest of the Suzhou City. Surrounded by groups of hills and next to Taihu Lake, it has beautiful natural scenery and abundant natural resources. It now covers about 34.5 square kilometers (about 13.32 square miles). With a history more than 2,500 years long, Mudu has witnessed the rise and fall of many dynasties and it is also endowed with plentiful cultural connotations. This is a traditional town and has typical landscape gardens, small rivers and bridges.
The Name ‘Mudu’ is derived from a story about Xishi, one of the Four Beauties in Chinese history. It is said in the Spring and Autumn Period (773BC-476BC), Fuchai, the king of Wu, obliged workers to build a Guanwa Palace in order to please the Beauty Xishi. Then, considerable wood was carried here so that the river in this area was blocked. This was called’jimusedu’ (which means the accumulated wood blocks the river). So, the town was named ‘Mudu’. In the past thousand of years, Mudu has produced many outstanding scholars and wealthy businessmen. Some of their former residences have now become popular sights.
木渎古镇
木渎（Mudu），别名渎川，胥江，雅称香溪。相传春秋末年，吴王夫差为取悦美女西施，在灵岩山顶建馆筑宫，并增筑姑苏台，建造用的木材通过水路源源而至，竟堵塞了山下的河流港口，因“积木塞渎”，于北宋年间，木渎由此正式得名。木渎镇位于江苏省东南部，苏州古城西部，地处太湖流域，是江南著名的风景名胜区，素有“吴中第一镇”、“秀绝冠江南”之誉。木渎人才辈出，地灵人杰，古城镇格局风貌富有特色，主要文物古迹9处，文物古迹建筑面积3万平方米。
木渎历史悠久，是与苏州城同龄的水乡古镇，迄今已有2500多年历史。深厚的历史文化底蕴，使木渎充满了无穷魅力。木渎名胜古迹遍布，建筑文化、园林文化、宗教文化和民俗文化都各具特色。木渎又有“园林之镇”美誉，有严家花园、古松园、榜眼府第等古典园林多处。镇上老街纵横，山塘、下塘、下沙、中市街，历经沧桑，风貌犹存。老街古巷中深宅大院荟萃。这些古建筑体量宽大，保存完好，具有较高的文物价值和艺术观赏价值。
木渎又是手工艺品之乡。历史上有泥塑名家袁遇昌、银器高手朱碧山、琢玉名家陆子冈、绣圣沈寿等名家高手，他们的作品都是国家级收藏的珍品。如今，木渎当地生产的丝绸、双面绣、红木雕件、澄泥砚、书画、石雕等工艺品同样驰誉天下，为海内外游人所青睐。
嚴家花園
位於木瀆古鎮山塘街王家橋北，最初是清乾隆年間蘇州大名士沈德潛的寓所。清道光八年（公元1828年），沈氏后人将此院落让给木渎诗人钱端溪。钱氏叠石疏池，筑亭建楼，有友于书屋、眺农楼、延青阁诸胜，一时题咏颇盛。龚自珍对此园有“妙构极自然，意非人意造”，“倚石如美人”等溢美之句。光绪二十八年（公元1902年），木渎首富严国馨（台湾政要严家淦先生祖父）买下端园，重葺一新，更名“羡园”。因园主姓严，当地人称“严家花园”。严家花园经过三代主人努力，前后历时一百七十多年，无论是岁月沧桑，还是人文底蕴，都赋予严家花园一种文化气息，名园风范。被現代著名建築學家劉敦桢教授稱為“江南園林經典之作”。
紅飲山房
虹饮山房位于严家花园东200米处，是清代乾隆年间苏州近郊著名园林，因为门对香溪，背靠灵岩，“溪山风月之美，池亭花木之胜”远过于其它园林，所以乾隆皇帝每次下江南游木渎的时候，必到虹饮山房，在这里游园、看戏、品茗、吟诗，直到夜色降临，才依依不舍，顺着门前的山塘御道，返回灵岩山行宫。因此，虹饮山房在当地又被称为乾隆皇帝的“民间行宫”。
Dinner
Day 3（28.05.2014）Wednesday
Morning: School Immersion at Suzhou industrial Park Xinggang School 苏州工业园区星港学校
Afternoon: Suzhou No.1 Silk Fillature Mill 苏州第一丝绸制造厂 / Xinhua Bookstore 新华书店
Evening: Overnight in Suzhou International Conference Hotel 苏州会议中心酒店
Lunch
Suzhou No.1 Silk Fillature Mill 苏州第一丝绸制造厂
Xinhua Bookstore 新华书店
Dinner
Day 2（27.05.2014）Tuesday
Morning: School Immersion at Suzhou industrial Park Xinggang School 苏州工业园区星港学校
Afternoon: Tiger Hill 虎丘 / Hanshan Temple 寒山寺
Evening: Overnight in Suzhou International Conference Hotel 苏州会议中心酒店
Breakfast
Lunch
Tiger Hill 虎丘
Tiger Hill (Hu Qiu) is the most famous sight of Suzhou, with old trees and cultural relics everywhere – the Sword Testing Stone, the Broken Beam Hall, the Thousand Men Rock, the Sword Pond, etc. The millennium-old Yunyan Pagoda, also known as the Leaning Tower, stands on top of the hill and is regarded as the symbol of Suzhou. “It’s a pity of a lifetime if you have been to Suzhou but missed the Tiger Hill,” said Su Shi, the Song Poet. Tiger Hill is 36 meters high and is set in a 20-hectare park. Near the top of the hill is the burial place of the founding father of Suzhou, King He Lu, who died in 600 B.C. It was said that a white tiger occasionally appeared to guard the tomb; hence the name for the hill.
被誉为”吴中第一名胜”的虎丘，占地约20公顷，山体为距今1.5亿年的中生代侏罗纪时代喷发的岩浆凝结而成的流纹岩。远古时代，虎丘曾是海湾中的一座随着海潮时隐时现的小岛，历经沧海桑田的变迁，最终从海中涌出，成为孤立在平地上的山丘，人们便称它为海涌山。如今虎丘虽已远离大海，人们依然能感受到海的踪影，海的信息。
Hanshan Temple 寒山寺
Hanshan Temple, literally “Cold Mountain Temple”, is a Buddhist temple and monastery in Suzhou, China. It is located at the town of Fengqiao (lit. Maple Bridge), about 5 kilometres west of the old city of Suzhou. Traditionally, Hanshan Temple is believed to have been founded during the Tianjian era (502–519) of the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang, in the Southern and Northern Dynasties period. The current name of the monastery derives from Hanshan, the legendary monk and poet. Hanshan and his disciple Shide are said to have come to the monastery during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang (627–649), where Hanshan became the abbot.
The Bell
Two bells are currently used at Hanshan Temple, both dating from the late Qing Dynasty when the temple was last rebuilt. One was forged in China in 1906, and the other was forged in Japan at around the same time. The dedication on the bell was written by Japanese Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi. The original Tang Dynasty bell is believed by some (including Itō Hirobumi and modern Chinese statesman Kang Youwei) to have been taken to Japan in ancient times. These two factors have roused some nationalistic controversy among Chinese and Koreans (see, for example, this opinion).
A new 108 tonne bell commissioned by Hanshan Temple and built by a foundry in Wuhan was completed recently, and is on its way to Hanshan Temple to replace the hundred years old Japanese built bell. The new bell is 8.5 metres high and 5.2 metres in diameter at its widest.
The Famous Poem
Hanshan Temple is famed in East Asia because of the poem “A Night Mooring by Maple Bridge” (枫桥夜泊), by Tang Dynasty poet, Zhang Ji. The poem describes the melancholy scene of a dejected traveller, moored at night at
Fengqiao, hearing the bells of Hanshan Temple:
月落乌啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠。
姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船。
寒山寺在蘇州城西閶門外5公里外的楓橋鎮，建於六朝時期的梁代天監年間（西元502-519年），距今已有1400多年。原名“妙利普明塔院”。唐代貞觀年間，傳説當時的名僧寒山和拾得曾由天台山來此住持，改名寒山寺。1000多年內寒山寺先後5次遭到火毀（一説是7次），最後一次重建是清代光緒年間。歷史上寒山寺曾是我國十大名寺之一。寺內古跡甚多，有張繼詩的石刻碑文，寒山、拾得的石刻像，文徵明、唐寅所書碑文殘片等。寺內主要建築有大雄寶殿、廡殿（偏殿）、藏經樓、碑廊、鐘樓、楓江樓等。
Dinner
Day 1（26.05.2014）Monday
Afternoon: Depart Singapore for Shanghai by Singapore Airlines
SQ832 : ETD-1245 hr / ETA-1805 hr
Evening: Proceed to Suzhou by coach
Overnight in Suzhou International Conference Hotel 苏州会议中心酒店
Suzhou蘇州
Suzhou is one of the oldest cities in the Yangtze Basin in China and rich in its natural and man resources. It has been praised as ‘a paradise on Earth’ since ancient time. It grew rapidly as a center of shipping and storage with the completion of the Grand Canal in 609 AD.
Marco Polo visited Suzhou in 1276, described it as ‘great’ and ‘noble’. By the 14th century, Suzhou was China’s leading silk producer. The wealthy inhabitants in this time built many gardens, of which over 100 survive. Many of them are already listed as a world cultural heritage by the UNESCO.
The elegant classical gardens, the old-fashioned houses and delicate bridges hanging over flowing waters in the drizzling rain, the numerous scenic spots and historic sites, the exquisite arts and crafts, and the notably soft dialect have made Suzhou a renowned historic and cultural city full of poetic charm. Famous local handicrafts include silk hand embroidery, silk double sided embroidery, silk brocade and sandal wood fans.
苏州原称吴，又称姑苏，素有“人间天堂”之美誉。地處長江下游，京杭大運河縱貫南北，沪寧鐵路和高速公路橫穿東西，擁有太倉、常熟、張家港等口岸港口。總面積8488平方公里，總人口583.86萬人，現轄5縣（市）7區。
蘇州是全國重要的歷史文化名城和重要的風景旅遊城市，也是長江三角洲重要的中心城市之一。公元前514年，吳王閩間建城，至今2500餘年城址未變，並保持著宋代“水陸平行、河街相鄰“的雙棋盤格局和”小橋、流水、人家“的古樸風貌。”蘇州園林甲天下“，現存古典園林60余個，拙政園和留園列全國四大名園之中。古典園林、蘇繡、繪畫、書法及昆曲、評彈、蘇劇等，構成吳文化的豐富內涵。
Dinner
Suzhou International Conference Hotel 苏州会议中心酒店
我們家小QE今天回新。 
班機凌時30分抵新。
一向嗜睡的妹妹，敵不過挨夜的辛苦，上車就睡著了，到了機場讓她坐在嬰兒推車，繼續做夢。
7日不見，隔了21秋，終於看到我的小QE。
飛機雖然準時到達，但卻浪費很多時間等候行李。
結果，出閘已是凌晨1時30分。
妹妹仍在熟睡ing。
合照一張，有圖為證。
不然她睡醒以為我們沒帶她去機場。
小QE帶回來的手信。
雙Q爸、妹妹和我都有禮物喔。
中國小夥伴送的見面禮。
上科學課與當地學生交流，回答問題獲得的獎勵。
今天端午節，順祝大家～端午節快樂。
聽聞，小四升小五，不論任何科目，都會有一定的難度。
就算不及格，也是平常事。
小QE今年小五，功課比往年多，高級華文題目及答案模陵兩可，搞得我滿頭霧水。
與此同時，也出現一些雙Q爸解不開的數學試題。
這種狀況，我們逼不得已得說服自己接受他可能退步的慘劇。
終於，成績出爐。
沒有想像的糟糕，分數大致與去年不相上下。
英文，依舊是最弱的科目。
閉關修煉幾個星期，他已經盡力了，我們看到他的努力。
老師評語：
QE is an enthusiastic and outspoken pupil. He speaks well and confidently. He is able to connect new knowledge to prior experience and works with others to meet the group’s goals. He takes the initiative to help his peers. He is encouraged to be more conscientious in his work to ensure quality and consistency.
至於妹妹，這次的確出人意表。
英文－93
數學－99
華文－83
不曉得是因為早產，抑或是年底出世，妹妹的學習進度一向比同齡小孩慢一些。
從去年初不會握筆寫字，到今天的成績，一路陪著她走過來的指導老師，說到她的進步，竟然興奮得比我們激動。
妹妹的躍進，證明我的努力不是白費的。
雙Q爸負責監督小QE的課業。
我則是妹妹的媽媽cum補習老師。
讀書固然重要，但是不能讓小孩沒有童年，雙Q爸和我一直在學業與玩樂之間尋找一個平衡點。
經過這次，我深深覺得父母不應該把教育孩子的責任完全推卸給學校。
成績重要，笑容更可貴。
我希望我的小孩，是快樂的。
老師評語：
Language Arts
QX possess good self-discipline. Her daily assignments are always completed in a timely manner. She also gets along well with others in the classroom. She is making a better progress reading sight words. Her spelling scores have improved greatly since the beginning of the school year. With her continued effort, she will receive much satisfaction from her work.
Math Concepts
QX has matured nicely this year, both academically and socially. She is very cooperative in class, works independently and stays on task. She has no difficulty retaining math processes of addition and subtraction. She can also recognise numbers and read number words. She has improved her counting skills. I hope this effort and attitude will carry over into the next semester.
Chinese Language
QX是個嫻靜溫婉的孩子， 非常有禮貌。她上課專心，做功課認真，也非常樂意回答問題和參與課上的一些活動。她的握筆能力不錯，寫字、塗色都很出色。她能聽懂老師的指令，並能很好的完成老師的要求。只是希望她發言時能提高聲量。
學術成績並不能肯定人的一生一定成功。
人生，能有幾個100分。
讀書，是累積智慧與財富。
