Song dynasty poet su dongpo said, "don't swim to suzhou huqiu is pity. The poet's praise became huqiu advertisement today.
To huqiu, over the past two paths, road is the car we go today, while in a carriage is worth in the past; Another is waterway, from Chang under a ship, after the excavation of the secretariat of the tang dynasty bai juyi bai causeway seven shan, before huqiu "sea flow fai" water wharf to dock.
General temple are hidden in the mountains, while the tiger mountain in the temple. Have a doggerel image location out huqiu chu tomb at baoshan temple temple features: "first remove the old monk had feared mountain, sunset teach temple door lock".
Now we came to the gate of the tiger "master chao hui". This four word points out the history of the tiger. Huqiu, formerly known as master mountain ancient here is a piece of waste, a few green island hidden when trapped during the changing of the tides, then called master mountain huqiu most short, but beautiful, such as the vast blue waves of the shining pearl stream hui today. "Sea flow fai" doors in water is a kind of zhaobi, suzhou humble administrator's garden, the old gate still holds high the water doors of of primitive simplicity, embodies the people of the region of appearance and face.
We know that the prince he lu he lu built in suzhou city in 514 BC. At that time, China is the spring and autumn period, the fight between the small. As most parts of our country is still in the Bronze Age, wu is known as cast iron, cast jian, appeared the child cure, lieutenant, m-sword famous blacksmith. Wu in 496 BC, the Vietnam war, the prince he lu injured died on his way home. In order to build the prince he lu tomb, wu used hundreds of workers, structures and the sword of three thousand in the tomb. In order to keep secret of the prince's tomb, rumours that prince buried after three days, a white tiger crouching hai-yong yu mountain, he said to prince domineering condensation. Since then, there is a tiger of appellation, has been two thousand five hundred years.
By 961, huqiu built seven layers on the top of the eight sides 2-foot-tall tower one. Huqiu tower is now heavily skewed, off center 2. 34 meters, huqiu tower is famous, and because of it and the prince's tomb of complicated relationship between scientists and tourists accused of dense interest. In principle, the prince's tomb was built in 496 BC, huqiu tower was built in 961 AD, difference before and after one thousand five hundred, should not have what to do. But now the two sites are below. A link between them, to the hu qiu hill after I'll make a detailed introduction.