Taicang City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, is managed by Suzhou City and located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, on the south bank of the Yangtze River estuary, between 3120 ′-3145 ′ north latitude and 0/20 58 ′-120 ′ east longitude. It faces the Yangtze River in the east, Chongming Island, Baoshan District and Jiading District in Shanghai across the river in the south, Kunshan City in the west and Changshu City in the north.

In the tenth year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1497), Taicang State was established; The first year of the Republic of China (19 12) was named Taicang county; 1March, 993, Taicang City was built from the county. Taicang has Jincang Lake National Water Conservancy Scenic Area, Taicang Modern Agriculture Park, Taicang Shaxi Ancient Town and Taicang Yushan Garden.

geographical environment

Taicang city is located in the east of the lower Yangtze paraplatform. In the long historical period, the crust has not changed much except for the large-scale transgression and regression of the whole lower Yangtze paraplatform. The geological structure in the territory is relatively simple, mainly the Hu (Zhou) Su (Zhou) fault is obliquely inserted in the northern Liuhe area and crosses the river, showing a southwest-northeast structure. Magmatic activity is extremely poor, and basalt is only seen at the drilling hole101-460m in Luduqiao.

Taicang city belongs to the humid climate zone in the southern part of the north subtropical zone, with monsoon circulation as the main factor. Winter is controlled by the cold air in the north, mainly with little rain and cold weather; Summer is controlled by subtropical high, and the weather is hot; Spring and autumn are monsoon alternating periods, with changeable weather and alternating dry and wet.