Tiger Hill Pagoda 소주 호구탑

  

동방의 피사의 사탑으로 불리는 호구탑이다.  자세히 보면 탑이 한쪽으로 기울어져 있다.

 

 

천인석,

옆에 보면 커다랗고 넓다란 바위가 있는데, 1000명이 넘는 병사들이 여기 앉아 쉬었다고 한다..

 

 

검지(Sword Pool)

오나라 왕 합려가 이 아래 매장되어 있다고 하며, 매장할 때 그가 아끼던 검 3천자루를 같이 묻었다고 한다.

진시황이 그 검들을 손에 넣고자 이곳을 파는 바람에 물이고여, '검지'가 되었다고 한다.

실제 이 아래 엄청난 보물이 묻혀 있다고도 하던데, 중국 정부는 더 이상 발굴은 안한다고 하니..더 궁금하다..

 

 

위 사진을 보면, 탑이 기울어진것을 확실히 볼 수 있다. 건딜면 넘어질듯.. 

 

 

 

 

No trip to Suzhou would be complete if it didn't include a trip to Huqiu, or Tiger Hill, located in the suburbs of the old Suzhou city. Tiger Hill is renowned as the "Number one Scenery of the Kingdom of Wu." The hill is 36 meters in height and covers an area of about 14,100 square meters. A number of historic attractions, including some dating back 2,500 years, as old as the city of Suzhou, are located on the hill. Throughout history, many famous writers, poets, and celebrities have let flow their unreserved praise of Tiger Hill. A famous Song Dynasty poet, Su Dongpo once said, "It is a lifelong pity to have gone to Suzhou without a visit to Tiger Hill." People traditionally described Tiger Hill as illustrated in "Nine Scenes", namely, that Tiger Hill is best viewed "under the Moon, in the Snow, in the Rain, in the Mist, in Midsummer, in Refreshing Autumn, in a Spring Morning, in a late Autumn Day with Fallen Leaves, and at Sunset." All of Tiger Hill's major attractions are situated within a few steps from the main road that leads up the hill, making it quite easy to find your way around the park. In China's historic Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 BC), Suzhou was the capital of the Wu Kingdom, a strong regional power in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. King He Lu, the highly competent and heroic ruler of the Wu, lead his country to the peak of power by fighting a lengthy war against the Chu Kingdom in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River region. Many great contemporaries, such as General Wu Zixu, and Sun Tzu, the Military Theoretician, who authored the military classic The Art of War, served in King He Lu's forces. With military success and a burgeoning economy, the Wu kingdom reached its peak in land expanse and influence, and was recognized by other kingdoms in China as a strong power along the Yangtze River. But these good times didn't last long, as the Wu would soon be engaged in a prolonged struggle with the Yue Kingdom, which rose up from the area around present-day Hangzhou. King He Lu himself was wounded and died during a battle with Yue forces. After his death, his body was buried within the hill. Three days after the funeral a white tiger came and sat upon the grave as though guarding it. From that time on the hill has been known as Tiger Hill.