Hiking and Cooling Off: A Guide to Visiting Tiger Hill in Suzhou
🌈 For a refreshing hike, come and visit Suzhou, where Tiger Hill, also known as Haiyong Mountain, is a highlight with its 'hidden mountain within the temple' feature. There are many attractions within, with an elevation of 34.3 meters, it is a famous 5A tourist spot. Don't miss the beautiful scenery here when visiting Suzhou.
📍Address: No. 8, Inside Tiger Hill Gate, Gusu District, Suzhou City
🚇Transportation: You can ride a bike or take a taxi from Shantang Street Station on Metro Line 2 or Sujin Station on Line 4. It is recommended to take a taxi from the train station. Bus 32/36 to Tiger Hill North is also an option.
🕰Opening Hours: 07:30-17:30 Ticket Price: 70
There are also sightseeing cars and boats available in the scenic area
✅Tour Route
Wuzhong's First Mountain Archway — Broken Beam Hall — Yongcui Villa — Simple Spring — Sword Testing Stone — Pillow Stone — True Lady's Tomb — Thousand People Stone — White Lotus Pool — Sword Pool — Grand Buddha Hall — Yunyan Temple Pagoda — Little Wudang — Wanjing Villa
💫Travel Tips
Enter the scenic area from the south gate, and you will see the Wuzhong's First Mountain Archway where you can take photos. I started my visit from Yongcui Villa, which is an uphill path. After visiting the top, come down and check in at Simple Spring, a well. Continue walking forward, and you will find Sword Testing Stone, Pillow Stone, True Lady's Tomb, and Thousand People Stone, all close to each other.
Then, the scenery around White Lotus Pool and Sword Pool is very beautiful, and you can learn about the legends, including the mysterious tale of 3000 swords buried here. Afterwards, you need to walk uphill; on the right is the Grand Buddha Hall, where you can visit first and enjoy a panoramic view of Suzhou City from the observation deck.
On the left is the famous Tiger Hill Pagoda, which leans 2.43 meters from the northeast direction. There are many tourists at the main entrance, so it is recommended to take photos from behind the pagoda where there are fewer people. After visiting here, walk down the hill to see the scenery known as Little Wudang, then head right to Wanjing Villa after passing through Tongyou Pavilion. The natural landscape and antique architecture blend together, with over 500 potted landscapes, one for each pot. After visiting, turn left towards the exit, where you will find small bridges and flowing water, another beautiful sight, and finally exit through the south gate.
⭐️Recommended Spots
Sword Pool: It is said that the tomb gate of King Helü of Wu is hidden under the pool, with 3000 swords buried here, very mysterious.
Yunyan Temple Pagoda: Also known as Tiger Hill Pagoda, it is a landmark attraction, leaning 2.43 meters from the northeast direction.
Grand Buddha Hall: Here you can pray for blessings, and there is an observation deck at the back to overlook the city of Suzhou.
Wanjing Villa: The largest garden bonsai park in Suzhou, with as many as 500 pots, each pot representing a different scene, it is a garden within the Tiger Hill garden.
interesting place with a pagoda and very huge serene and peaceful gardens. you could see the difference in the preserved part of the gardens vs a modern garden at the exit
Don't say that this time I came to Suzhou, I personally think that Huqiu is the most worthwhile attraction. Maybe my personal preferences are different, but I must recommend it here. Huqiu must come. It belongs to a comprehensive attraction and will not only be a garden.
It is said on the Internet that the two-way choice, the person who is going, must meet the right person. So to a certain extent, the people who go here are people who have this unique appreciation for beauty. You also hurry up and play
Huqiu is lush, wild and quiet, halfway through the mountain, it is worth a visit to WTF, almost by those in order to show a different network red, blogger, short video to the ditch, they will always despise the public, Huqiu may not be suitable for like to soak in the bar, the network red punching filter party, each has a good, it doesn't matter, But there is no need to force bad reviews. If you are looking for a journey of historical precipitation, don't believe that it is not a leaning tower. Tiger Hill has a primitive quiet and wild beauty, a winding path away from the hustle and bustle, and a kind of self-cultivation beauty. Although the iconic building of Huqiu is a leaning tower, do not ignore its historical and cultural precipitation and lush mountains and forests, and there are traces of Kangxi and Qianlong South patrol sites.
Yunyan Temple Pagoda is also called Huqiu Pagoda. It is the second largest leaning tower in the world. In the scenic spot, the introduction said that it is tilted north to east, but standing in front of the tower can see the obvious tilt, and it feels more than. The Yongcui Mountain Villa in the scenic area is the only garden in Suzhou without water systems. The entire Huqiu Scenic Area is a perfect blend of human history and natural landscape. If you have something to do, you can play for two or three hours. After exiting the south exit of the scenic spot, you can take a boat to the east and go straight to Shantang Street for 50 yuan.
Huqiu is worth visiting. It is much larger than the Humble Administrator's Garden and the Lion Forest. Although it is a weekend, it is not crowded, but the tower and the forest are really nothing special. There is no recognition. Nanning is basically the same, and it looks better and cheaper, and the spirit is more beautiful. But there is a small pavilion and pavilion at the exit.
Going on May 4, get up early and catch up for a night. Because the distance of the hotel and the reverse bus ride, it was a waste of time. After arriving, it was more than 11 o'clock and went shopping for more than two hours. I have learned the historical legends of trying sword stones, stone pillows, thousands of people's stones, and other caves. Checked in China's "Leaning Tower of Pisa". There are fewer people on this day and the environment is good. A store near the exit ate noodles and charged the electricity for free, which eased the dilemma of insufficient mobile phone power.