Metallic films perforated with sub-wavelength holes (~150 nm) can transmit the light with an efficiency thousand times larger than what theory predicts for single holes. The efficency can even be larger than the fractional area of the holes, which means that even the light falling beside the holes emerges on the other side of the sample. This extraordinary transmission is due to the coupling of the incident light with the surface plasmons of the film. The transmission spectrum contains peaks attributed to surface-plasmon modes that depend on both the symmetry and the 2D lattice parameter of the surface corrugation. We have shown that this phenomenon can also be used to tune and enhance the transmission of single subwavelength aperture. These results have broad fundamental and practical implications and show that, with modern fabrication techniques, surface plasmons can be engineered and controlled to yield unique optical properties.