Suzhou Xishan Scenic Area

Suzhou Xishan, also known as Dongting Xishan, is located in Taihu Lake, more than 40 kilometers southwest of the ancient city of Suzhou. It is 11 kilometers wide from north to south, 15 kilometers long from east to west, and covers an area of 79.8 square kilometers. It is the largest island in China's freshwater lakes.

Xishan is the largest island in Taihu Lake. And the surrounding islands form a huge landscape bonsai. Shigong mountain has beautiful rocks and lush green cypresses, just like a Fairy Island. It's no wonder that there is a holy view of the western mountain in Shigong's opinion. The ethereal peak of the western mountain is the first of the 72 peaks of Taihu Lake. Whenever the clouds or drizzle shrouded, look hazy illusory, detached secular, mysterious. In the season of fruit ripening, citrus, bayberry, green plum and loquat make Xishan a veritable "flower and fruit mountain".

Suzhou Xishan Scenic Area

Xishan is the abbreviation of Xidongting mountain. It is 11 kilometers wide from north to South and 15 kilometers long from east to west, covering an area of 79.8 square kilometers. It is the largest island in Taihu Lake. Xishan Scenic Area is the cream of Taihu scenic spots. It is a lake island area with archipelagic scenery, flower and fruit forests, and historical sites since Wu and Yue dynasties. It has four scenic levels: Islands in the lake, mountains and waters in the lake bay, valleys in the mountains and peaks on the top of the mountain. The whole district plans to build 20 scenic spots, such as misty cloud field, water moon tea, forest house evening smoke, summer fishing song, Luli Liyun, xuanyang Daolang, Xiaoshan remains, MaoGong snow, west lake sunset, Shigong autumn moon, Fenghuang Yanyu, Jinduo Songhuang, Wenhua Xunfeng, Dasha Guanfan, Luohan ancient temple, Jilong Meixue, mingwan ancient village, Lujiao Fengtao, Tianwang Yuguo, Hengshan Xuri, etc. The planned area of the scenic spot is 609.3 hectares.

Suzhou Xishan

"Beautiful Taihu Lake, charming Xishan" is the first eulogy of Professor of Shanghai Academy of social sciences on Xishan island. There are 72 peaks in Taihu Lake, including 41 peaks in Xishan

. The so-called "mountain is not high, there is a fairy name", the highest peak ethereal peak is only 336 meters

However, the rich cultural and historical connotation endows Xishan with endless charm.

scenic spot

The ninth hole in the world

Linwu mountain is located in the southeast of Xishan town. According to historical records, Dayu left his footprints here as early as during the period of Dayu's flood control. According to Wu Di Ji, "there is a Dongting in 130 Li west of the county, which is far-reaching and unpredictable. The king of Wu sent Lingwei's father-in-law into the cave, but he couldn't finish it on the 17th, because he got the book of Yu.

Linwu cave, known as "the ninth cave in the world", is located in Zhenxia village in the east of Xishan Mountain. Taoist relics such as golden dragon, jade slips and statues of gods of Tang Dynasty have been unearthed from Linwu cave. Ancient poetry praise: "a mountain flying in the Taihu Lake, QIANJIAO deep forest cave.".

Daoyin garden is located in the south of Linwu cave, also known as Wuwu jingshe. It is a Song Dynasty Wuwu Jushi (Li Mida)

Seclusion. He once served as the magistrate of Pingjiang (now Suzhou), but was dismissed in February, so he built a garden and lived in seclusion, claiming to live in "Daoyin garden". His story of Daoyin garden was carved at the entrance of the forest house. In April 1995, it was announced as a provincial cultural relics protection unit in Jiangsu Province.

Lin Wu Mei Hai

With the forest house as the center, thousands of mu of plum forest around the mountain is continuous. Its large area, many plum species and high density can be called the highest in the country. Forest house has been a famous place for appreciating plum since ancient times, and it has left a deep historical trace of plum literature since Tang Dynasty. There are red plum, green plum and white plum, especially white plum. Every plum blossom season, thousands of acres of plum blossom, white, like snow, like the sea, the scene is very spectacular. Linwu Meihai is also the research base of Chinese plum culture, where the annual Chinese Taihu Plum Blossom Festival is held.

Shigong mountain

Shigong mountain is a peak in the southeast corner of Xishan Town, ranking first among the eight scenic spots of Xishan. It faces water on three sides, with beautiful rocks and lush green cypresses. Before Shigong mountain, there were two strange stones. Shigong was the one bent like an old man, and the other was Shipo. The two of them stood on different shoulders and looked at each other. It is said that they missed their aunt and sister-in-law day and night across the lake. From this came the name of Shi Gong.

Shigong mountain, located in the southeast corner of Xishan, is named "Shigong" because of the huge Taihu Lake stone in front of the mountain, which looks like an old man. "There are families gathering in the stone, and Taihu Lake is the first one." the famous "huashigang" in Song Dynasty was collected here, and left "lianyunzhang" and other relics. In the south of the mountainside, the Yumo Pavilion, which is flying at four corners, is named after the stone tablet of "respecting Buddha" written by Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty. As the treasure of Zhenshan, the word "Yumo Pavilion" was written by Pu Jie. "Guiyun cave" is the cursive script of Yan Shu in Ming Dynasty. At the entrance of the cave, there are cliff stone inscriptions of Xu Gang's regular script, such as "reading the books of sages, doing benevolent and righteous deeds, preserving loyalty and filial piety".

Duanshan Pavilion is a square pavilion with a couplet written by the famous calligrapher Fei Xini written by Wang Wei of Ming Dynasty on its column: "when mountains meet people, the sky floats the water together.". In the pavilion, there is also a poem by the ancient Zhang Pengchong: "when the stone ascends to a secluded place, you can see the distant view of the isolated Pavilion. There are no four walls near the sky, and you can drink the light of the lake by the moon. "

It is said that when the pavilion was built, a group of cranes came from the crane releasing Pavilion in Xizi lake. When they saw the green mountains and waters, they lived all night, so the pavilion was named "Laihe". The antithetical couplet on the pavilion column "the rainbow flies, the sunset falls, the crane dances and the mirror returns" is written by the famous calligrapher and painter Wu Yimu. The pavilion is located on the dangerous rock with extraordinary momentum. There is an old cypress behind the pavilion, vigorous and straight. At the foot of the cliff is the "crane pond".

Yu Temple

Yuwang temple is a temple built by Xishan islanders to commemorate Dayu who made great contributions to flood control. Yuwang temple has a long history. According to historical records, it was first built in the Liang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1200 years. The existing main hall of Yuwang temple is a building built in the 14th year of Jiaqing (1809) of Qing Dynasty. Yuwang temple covers an area of more than 20 mu.

The ancient Yuwang temple not only displays its artistic beauty in its delicacy, but also reflects its image beauty in its integration with the natural environment. The ancient Wharf at the southeast corner of Yuwang temple is a relic of the Ming Dynasty. The wharf is 65 meters long, 3.4 meters wide and 1.8 meters high. The stones used for the wharf are granite. It is the most magnificent and has a long history in Taihu Lake.

Traffic information

69 (Suzhou railway station), 58 (Wuzhong bus station) Xishan agricultural park, linwudong, shigongshan can get off the station. The whole journey is about 2 hours and 1 hour respectively, and the ticket price is 5 yuan. The last bus is 21:00.

Practical information

Ticket Price

It costs 10 yuan for Luohan temple, 50 yuan for Linwu Cave (Meiyuan), 50 yuan for Shigong mountain, 10 yuan for Baoshan Temple, 50 yuan for mingyuewan village, 25 yuan for guzhangyuan, 20 yuan for Baoshan Temple, 25 yuan for Xishan agricultural park, and 80 yuan for Miaofeng (including sightseeing bus). Half price for senior citizen card, full ticket for children over 1.4 meters.

Opening Hours

8:00—17:00

Time reference

Luohan temple, Baoshan Temple, guzhangyuan 0.5 hours, linwudong (Meiyuan), Xishan agricultural park 1 hour, miaomiaofeng 1.5 hours, shigongshan 2 hours

Introduction in English

Introduction of Suzhou Xishan

Xishan Dongting Mountain is a short 11 km from north to south, from east to west, 15 km, an area of 79.8 square kilometers, the Department of Taihu Lake's largest island. Xishan scenic area is the essence of Taihu Lake scenic area. It is based on islands scenery, flowers and fruits jungle, Wu Yue has been known for monuments to visit, holiday-based Lake Island. It has a lake, islands, bays landscapes, mountains, dock Valley, Peak levels of the mountainous scenery 4. Region's planning and construction of misty cloud field, Suigetsu asked tea, forest estate late tobacco, summertime fisherman's song, Puli Village plow cloud, Genyo That Shakes the Barley, Xiao Shan left a trace, Maogong snow, Lake Sunset, Shigong Chiu-Huang Rain in the wind , Kim Duo Shoko, cultural Xun Feng, large sand concept of sails

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