Coiled Gate
- Address
- 1 Dong Dajie
- Price
- admission Y25, incl Ruiguang Pagoda Y31, boat rides Y12
- Hours
- 7.30am-6pm
Lonely Planet review for Coiled Gate
By the southwest corner of the outer moat (but entered from Dong Dajie), and part of one of Sūzhōu’s few remaining stretches of city wall, Coiled Gate is thought to be China’s last remaining land-and-water-gate, and dates from 1355. Inside the same grounds, Ruiguang Pagoda (Ruìguāng Tǎ) dates from the 3rd century and can be climbed. Further north, Gold Gate (Jīn Mén), just inside the western stretch of the city moat, is a plain but charming, unrestored city gate.






