We are alive in this precious world

隆冬时节，我与考考来到了古城苏州。第四届中欧医院管理学科建设人才培养全球论坛将于2024年11月16日至17日在中国苏州盛大开幕。当晚我们入住上个月新开的苏州四季酒店，新中式风格，四周是金鸡湖环绕，有山水，有园林，出门就是李公堤，中午与考考在1757年开业的松鹤楼午餐。菜品是正宗的苏邦菜。下午我们散步到了平江路，代表了中国美食的万国春中菜馆下个月即将启幕。贝聿铭先生设计的苏州博物馆像一场流动的盛宴。傍晚时分，我们去了七里山塘，华灯初上，小桥流水，古色古香。我们仿佛穿越到了唐宋，唐代诗人白居易曾任苏州刺史，他为苏州送上了《忆江南》，江南好，风景旧曾谙，日出江花红胜火，春来江水绿如蓝，能不忆江南。晚上去了曲水兰亭，8800平方的全新洗浴中心，也是新中式装修风格，我们进门的时候，两扇非常巨大的木门自动打开，仪式感拉满，全球美食应有尽有。国际著名专家来到苏州，可以让他们体验中国特别的洗浴文化。我们要把代表中国的文化风貌带给前来中国苏州参加我们2024SEOS的欧洲关键学术领袖。古时的苏州，皇帝、贵族、文人均来到苏州，形成了特有的苏式文化。我们见一次面吧，请来中国苏州，我们活在这珍贵的人间，太阳强烈，水波温柔。

In the midwinter, I, along with one of our colleagues Kaokao, traveled to Suzhou, an ancient city of China. The 4th Sino-Euro Global Forum on Hospital Management, Speciality Construction and Talent Cultivation will be grandly held from November 16 to 17, 2024 in Suzhou. At night, we had a stay at the Four Seasons Hotel Suzhou, which was freshly opened last month and is decorated in a new Chinese style. The hotel is surrounded by Jinji Lake, mountains and waters, and Chinese gardens. The Ligong Causeway is a short walk from it. At noon, I had lunch with Kaokao at Songhelou Restaurant, an old restaurant opened in 1757 and serving authentic Suzhou-style cuisines. In the afternoon, we had a walk to the Pingjiang Road, where Wanguochun Chinese Restaurant, a representative of Chinese cuisines, will be opened next month. The Suzhou Museum, designed by Mr. Ieoh Ming Pei , is like a flowing grand feast. At dusk, we went to the Shantang Street, also known as Seven-Li Shantang. There presents a scenery of antique beauty with the streetlights just lit and small bridges over the flowing stream. We seemed to have traveled back in time to the Tang and Song Dynasties. BAI Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once served as the Prefectural Governor of Suzhou, and wrote a poem, Dreaming of the Southern Shore, for this city. Fair southern shore, with scenes I adore. At sunrise riverside flowers redder than fire. In spring green waves grow as blue as sapphire, which I can't but admire. In the evening, we went to Qushui Lanting Resort Hotel which holds a new-Chinese-style SPA center of 8,800 square meters. When we entered the hotel, both huge wooden doors opened automatically, showing a sense of ceremony. And all kinds of cuisines from the world are served there. When internationally renowned specialists come to Suzhou, they can enjoy the special SPA culture of China. We would introduce Chinese culture to the European key academic leaders who will attend the 4th Sino-Euro Orthopedics Summit in 2024 in Suzhou. Back in the ancient time, emperors, nobles and literati traveled to Suzhou, forming the unique Suzhou culture. Let us meet once in Suzhou, China, while we are alive in this precious world with the bright sunlight and tender waves.