Traditional site
Tiger Hill (Huqiu)
Chinese name
虎丘山风景区
Chinese address
虎丘山风景区南门售票处 苏州市姑苏区头山门8号(虎丘地铁站3号口步行350米)
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Opening hours
08:30-17:30
Tiger Hill, known in Chinese as Huqiu, is a wooded hill and park located just northwest of Suzhou's old town. With more than 2,500 years of recorded history, it is closely tied to the ancient kingdom of Wu. According to legend, King Helü was buried on the hill in the late sixth century BC, and three days later a white tiger appeared to crouch upon his tomb, giving the site its name. Over the centuries, scholars, poets, and emperors travelled here to admire the landscape, inspiring the Song dynasty poet Su Shi to remark that visiting Suzhou without seeing Tiger Hill was a lifelong regret.
The summit is crowned by the Yunyan Pagoda, a seven-storey octagonal brick tower completed in 961 AD. Often referred to as China's leaning tower, the structure has tilted noticeably to the northwest for centuries because of differential ground settling, predating the Leaning Tower of Pisa by more than two hundred years. Just below stands the Sword Pool, a narrow rocky gorge filled with dark green water. Legend holds that King Helü was buried beneath the pool along with several thousand bronze swords, though the site has never been excavated out of concern for the structural stability of the pagoda above.
Winding pathways lead through groves of bamboo and ancient trees to several other historical stops, including the Sword-Testing Rock, a spring well linked to the Tang dynasty tea scholar Lu Yu, and the Broken Beam Hall, constructed without a central crossbeam. Near the base of the hill, the Wanjing Villa features a serene collection of Suzhou-style penjing potted landscapes and miniature trees.
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