A day in Gusu, revisiting the old places!
Traveling from Wuxi to Suzhou, this time I chose to stay in the old city area, which is closer to various attractions, making dining, lodging, and transportation very convenient. The small city and small scenes are full of life! The old city area of Suzhou has largely maintained its original appearance, with no high-rise buildings, white walls and black tiles, small bridges over flowing water, and an antique charm!
A day in Gusu, in the morning, visit the Lion Grove Garden, Humble Administrator's Garden, and Suzhou Museum together, and in the afternoon, go to Tiger Hill, Maple Bridge/Cold Mountain Temple, and Lingering Garden for a tour.
The Lion Grove Garden is one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou, and the most famous feature is the lake rockery, where the rocks resemble lions, forming a 'forest of lions'!
The Humble Administrator's Garden is ranked first among the four famous gardens in China and is a model of classical gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. It is famous for its long history, natural style, and elegant scenery.
The Suzhou Museum was originally established in 1960 at the site of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's Loyalty King's Mansion. In 2006, the Suzhou Museum designed by I.M. Pei was completed. The new museum combines traditional Suzhou architectural style with modern minimalist architectural features, looking both classical and elegant as well as fresh and beautiful!
'The foremost scenic spot in the land south of the Yangtze River,' they say, is Tiger Hill. The most famous attractions of Tiger Hill are the Tiger Hill Pagoda and the Sword Pool. The Tiger Hill Pagoda is the world's second most leaning tower and has a history of over a thousand years. This seven-story, eight-sided tower is 47.7 meters tall and leans towards the northeast. The top of the tower is 2.34 meters off-center, with a maximum inclination of 3 degrees and 59 minutes, and the Tiger Hill Pagoda is also known as 'China's Leaning Tower of Pisa.' From above, the Sword Pool resembles a flat-lying sword and is the most mysterious place in Tiger Hill, with many legends surrounding it.
'Moon sets, crows cry, frost fills the sky; Maple trees and fishermen's lights face my sleepless sorrow. Outside Gusu city, Cold Mountain Temple, midnight bell reaches the passenger boat.' This timeless quatrain has made the famous Cold Mountain Temple in Gusu. Once one of China's ten famous temples, the temple has many ancient relics, including the stone inscription of Zhang Ji's poem 'Mooring by Maple Bridge at Night,' stone carvings of Hanshan and Shide, fragments of inscriptions written by Wen Zhengming and Tang Yin, and outside the temple, the ancient Maple Bridge.
The Lingering Garden is one of the four famous gardens in China, a large classical private garden representing the Qing Dynasty style. The garden is known for its architectural art, with spacious and magnificent halls, courtyards full of changes, and an irregular layout that integrates garden buildings with mountains, water, and rocks to create a natural charm, truly unique!
Huqiu Mountain Scenic Area is located in Gusu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is a bright pearl northwest of Suzhou ancient city. This scenic spot has a long history of more than 2,500 years and is known as "Wuzhong's first scenic spot". It is a popular place for literati and ink guests to praise. Dawenhao Su Dongpo once said: "To Suzhou not to visit Tiger Hill is a pity", it shows its charm.
Huqiu Mountain Scenic Area is located in Gusu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is a bright pearl northwest of Suzhou ancient city. This scenic spot has a long history of more than 2,500 years and is known as "Wuzhong's first scenic spot". It is a popular place for literati and ink guests to praise. Dawenhao Su Dongpo once said: "It is a pity not to visit Huqiu in Suzhou", which shows its charm. Huqiu Mountain is34.3 meters above sea level, the scenic area is72.8 hectares, and the core scenic area is15.97 hectares. It was once a small island in the bay. After the changes of the vicissitudes of the sea, it finally emerged from the sea and became a mountain isolated on the flat ground, so it was named "Sea Yong Mountain". Tiger Hill is most famous for its Jianchi and Tiger Hill Tower.
Huqiu Mountain is34.3 meters above sea level, the scenic area is 72.8 hectares, and the core scenic area is 15.97 hectares. It was once a small island in the bay. After the changes of the vicissitudes of the sea, it finally emerged from the sea and became a mountain isolated on the flat land, so it was named "Haiyong Mountain". Tiger Hill is most famous for its sword pool and tiger hill tower.
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.
Huqiu Scenic Area is the first stop on the third day of Suzhou. When we entered the main entrance, we were preparing to start climbing the mountain with a drumbeat, and a girl in a sightseeing car greeted us and said that the car could take us to the top of the mountain and then visit from top to bottom. When you reach the top of the mountain, look up and see the famous Leaning Tower Yunyan Temple Tower in front of you. If you compare the two windows and fences at the bottom, the tilt is clear at a glance. Such a Leaning Tower, which can stand for thousands of years, is really a miracle! Down the stone steps, I came to the famous attraction "Huqiu Jianchi". Many people are here to take a photo with these four words to punch in. Then down the slope, I saw the spring and the green villa. I think the name "Yongcui Villa" is particularly charming! After the broken beam hall, I returned to the location of the sightseeing bus at the main entrance of the mountain. On our way to the exit of the small bridge, we found that the door on the left side of the road read "Wanjing Mountain Villa", which I saw in the Raiders. Entering Wanjing Villa, I found that there is a cave. There are hundreds of beautiful and beautiful Su-pai bonsai bonsais here, which can be regarded as making up for the shortcomings of our lazyness in Yangzhou Slender West Lake because we are lazy and did not go to see the Yangpai bonsai exhibition. But after returning to the hotel, when I watched the Huqiu video, I found that there were still two attractions that we regretted to miss, one was Wu Wangxuan's test sword caster, the Moxie Bao sword front cast by the Moxie couple, and the other was the pillow stone of Tang Bohu Zhuzhishan's bet. This may be the convenience of downhill, easy and labor-saving. But anyway, the trip to Huqiu fully validated what Su Dongpo said, "It is a pity not to visit Huqiu in Suzhou."
Huqiu during the May Day holiday is already the least crowded in Suzhou attractions. It is very convenient to take a taxi to the north gate. It is very convenient to climb up all the way. When you walk to the south gate and go back, you don't have to climb up again. After turning around the mountain, you will return to the north gate. There are still a lot fewer people in the north gate, and the return car will be better.