Where does Suzhou Lingyan Mountain belong?

Lingyan Mountain is located at the western end of Mudu Town, and you can directly reach the top of the mountain along the Royal Road in Shantang Street. The mountain is about 1.5km from Taihu Lake, with a height of 182m and a width of 124 hectares. There are many strange stones in the mountains, especially ganoderma lucidum stones, hence the name. It is also called Xiangshan because it looks like a giant elephant in the distance. Because the west foot produces inkstone, it is also called inkstone mountain.

Lingyan Mountain is known as "Lingyan Xiu is the first in Jiangnan", "Lingyan Xiu is the first in Tiantai" and "the first peak in Wuzhong". Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited the South many times and stayed in Lingyanshan Palace. The hiking trail winds from Louguling to the top of the mountain, all paved with Shi Zhuan, which is said to be the Imperial Road of Kangxi. Beautiful scenery along the way, a path through the pavilion, green welcoming people, sunset glow, scattered wind in the tower yard, traces, Taihu Lake in sight, fragrant flowers in the arrow, Xiufeng ancient temple, Lingyan tower shadow, Xiao temple bells, thousands of lights, Green Mountain Hall, Wugong ruins, hilltop garden, cloister, piano platform and bells. Celebrities such as Li Bai, Wei, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi, Su Dongpo, Fan Zhongyan and Fan Chengda. I have visited the site and left more than 400 well-known poems. Yuan Hongdao, a writer in Ming Dynasty, called Lingyan "the mountain is not high, and it is secluded in Wuzhong".

The mountain of Lingyan Mountain is composed of granite, and the spherical weathering of rocks is remarkable, so there are many pictographic stones on the mountain. Formerly known as twelve strange stones and eighteen strange stones. These strange stones are lifelike and quite interesting, either like people or things. Such as drunken monk stone (commonly known as idiot and other wives) and stone turtle (commonly known as tortoise looking at Taihu Lake), the images are vivid and interesting.

Lingyan Mountain is the witness of wuyue's hegemony. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Gou Jian, the King of Yue, presented the stone to the queen of Wu, who was deeply loved. Fu Cha, the king of Wu, built a large-scale official tile palace for her in Lingyan Mountain in order to win her heart. Today, there are still many remains of the Baby Palace on the top of Lingyan Mountain, leaving many anecdotes and legends. At present, there is a garden on the west side of Lingyanshan Temple. In the Ming Dynasty, Qin Wang wrote "Wuzhong Shengjing". There is a "playing with a flower pond" in the garden. According to legend, it was chiseled by Fucha tea, for the waiter to enjoy the lotus. There are two wells in the north of the pool, the round one is called "Wuwangjing". According to legend, stones often wash wells here, taking water as a mirror; The mouth of octagonal is called "Chicken Well", and the water quality is sweet and clear, which is inexhaustible. On the north side of the garden is a "moon pool" surrounded by rockeries. According to legend, because he was too lazy to look up at the moon, the king of Wu ordered people to open the "moon pool" and let the moon be reflected in the water. On a moonlit night, I often admire the moon side by side with the prince of Wu. In addition, there are other victories, such as Xi Shi Dong, Qintai, Chuantai, Moon-gazing Platform, Buddha Sun Rock and Flower-offering Rock, all of which contain poems.

Lingyan Mountain is "a famous jungle in the southeast". At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sikonglu once lived in this mountain and built his house as a temple. In the second year of Tian Liang Prison (AD 503), it was expanded into a temple named Xiufeng Temple, which was renamed Lingyan Temple in the Tang Dynasty. In Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty, the court gave Han Shizhong, a famous anti-gold star, the name of which was changed to Xianqin Chongbao Hall. During the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Guo Xiang Shuangta Temple, which was later destroyed by fire. Qing Shunzhi was rebuilt in six years, and Xianfeng was destroyed by war in ten years. Rebuilt in 1926, it lasted more than 20 years and was renamed as "Lingyanshan Temple" by Master Yin Guang.

Address: Shishou, Shantang Street, Mudu Ancient Town, Wuzhong District, Suzhou (near Lingshan Road)

Type: Mountain historic sites, temples and ancient pagodas.

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Mudu Town: Mudu Town is located on the shore of Taihu Lake, at the foot of Lingyan Mountain and Tianping Mountain. It is an ancient garden town in China with a history of more than 2,500 years, with profound Wu culture and beautiful scenery. The town covers an area of 62.28 square kilometers, with a local population of 86,000 and a foreign population of more than 200,000. It has always been an important town in Wuzhong, known as the hometown of stone carving, calligraphy and gardens, and enjoys the reputation of "the first town in Wuzhong". It has been successively rated as "the national demonstration site for creating civilized small towns", "the national advanced town for creating civilized towns", "the famous historical and cultural town in China" and "the national health town".