Shangfangshan

Shangfangshan

Suzhou Shangfangshan is located in the southwest suburb of Suzhou City, northwest of Shihu. It is the Northeast Branch of Qizi mountain. There is Shangfangshan National Forest Park, which is an important part of Shihu scenic spot.

geographical position

Suzhou Shangfangshan is the Northeast Branch of Qizishan, located in the southwest suburb of Suzhou, northwest of Shihu, Hengtang street, Huqiu District.

Place name allusion

Because the mountain has Lengjia temple, also known as Lengjia mountain. "Baoji temple, at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, is also called Lengjia temple. There is a pagoda on the top of the mountain. There are inscriptions on the pagoda written by the people of Sui Dynasty. The steles are all good, and the calligraphy and painting are beautiful and neat. There are no such inscriptions as Yu and Yi. Most of the calligraphy of the Sui Dynasty, and spread between the Jin and Song Dynasty, very valuable In the records of Gusu in the Ming Dynasty, "Mount Lengjia is called Shangfangshan."

physical geography

The mountain above Suzhou is 92.6 meters above sea level. Wushanling in the southwest, Fushoushan and baozhongling in the west, baojiding and chamoyu in the north.

Scenic spots and historic sites in Suzhou

Zhiping temple on the northern hillside has a Yuegong well with a diameter of 18 feet in front of the temple and a spring Pavilion on the well. Lengjia temple on the mountain. Dingjiashan in the southeast, Baojishan in the north, and wuwangjiaotai in the north. The northeast is Chamo Island (Chamo mountain), which faces the water on three sides. It is said that the king of Wu once arched here, so it is also called Shetai. There is the site of Wucheng on the island. There is Shihu Academy in the east of chamoyu. Tea mill villa is composed of fan wenmu temple and stone Buddha Temple. It is located at the east foot of tea mill. Fan wenmu temple was first built in Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty, and now there are seven steles engraved with Fan Chengda's poem "four seasons rural miscellaneous prosperity" on the walls, which is fan Chengda's handwriting. There is a long strip stone chamber at pier 6 on the ridge, which is in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Shangfangshan is an important scenic spot of Shihu scenic spot, with lush trees and more than 95% greening rate. There are large groups of egrets, herons and other birds on the mountain. In August 1992, it was approved as a national forest park. The park covers an area of 500 hectares and has about 800 meters of cableway.

Address: Shangfangshan, Huqiu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 120.58350372314

Latitude: 31.239660263062

Tel: 0512-68233691

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