No, these isn't an artist representation of a recent (if not light) experiment with psychadelic drugs, but it is, in fact, a picture of a nighttime tour cruise on the Grand Canal, a very integral part of Suzhou's fame.
The Grand Canal, which reaches from Beijing to Hangzhou (passing through Suzhou along the way), was a project initiated during the Sui Dynasty (581-618) to combine sections of older canals (some of which were earlier attempts to complete the Grand Canal, whose plans were said to have been truely initiated in the early Qin Dynasty).
The boatride itself lasted about an hour, and passed some interesting parts of the city (which unfortunately were lost in translation as the tourguide spoke in quick Chinese) and finished off with a show of Suzhou folk music on the erhu.
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