Using "Sheng shi zi sheng to" (a landscape painting around Suzhou of China painted in 1759), we could know the formation of its waterside town of those days. It is characterized by the relation between canals and streets, squares and buildings. For example, buildings faced to a canal beyond a street were shops or restaurants, and the street was used as their piers. Such relation was based on the transportation through canals. Canals were also used as an amusement of city life. We consider that such circumstances were common to towns and cities in China Jiangnan district.