PAGODAS
Suzhou has many pagodas, the most conspicuous being the twin pagodas at the Twin Pagoda Temple, or Shuangtasi. The temple no longer exists, and the site is now occupied by a school.

On the outskirts of town, in the southwest, one can find the Temple of Good Omen Light, or Ruiguangsita. The temple no longer exists. Only the seven-story brick pagoda remains. 

Another pagoda stands beside what was once the Temple of Gratitude, or Paoensi, also known as the Northern Temple, or Bei Si. The temple was founded in the third century A.D., and has since been destroyed and rebuilt several times. All that remains today is the nine-story pagoda thought to date from the 13th century.