The Delicate Rock Hill

The Delicate Rock Hill

The Delicate Rock Hill lies at the side of Mudu Town 30 kilometers southwest to Suzhou city. It is 180 meters high and covers 1,800 mu. It was said that the Delicate Rock Hill was tall, straight, beautiful and queer, and it looked unwilling to be paralleled with the other hills. Therefore, it has been praised as “the most beautiful and superb hill in south of the Yangtse River ” and the “Number one Peak in Wu Area”. It has main scenes like the Well of the King of Wu, the Moon-enjoying Pond, the Flower-flowing Pond, the Hole of Xishi and the Terrace for Qin. 　　

From its history, it is observed that the Delicate Rock Hill got its name for the grotesque rocks on the hill, among which the ganoderma rock is the most outstanding. Even as early as in the Jin Dynasty, the Delicate Rock Hill had been known far and wide, and it has a history of more than 1, 700 years so far. 　　Here are jagged rocks of grotesque shapes on the Delicate Rock Hill which was said to have “ Twelve Grotesque Rocks ” or “ Eighteen Grotesque Rocks ” . In fact, there are more grotesque rocks with name on the hill than above-mentioned. 　　

The main characteristic of Delicate Rock Hill is that it has many relics of the State Wu, including the legends of Hu Chai, the once mighty King of Wu. 　　

The Delicate Rock Temple is the largest in scale of the old buildings on the Delicate Rock Hill. Built at the top of the hill, the temple is towering into the sky with a magnificent sight. The Delicate Rock Pagoda east to the hall was built in the second year during the reign of Tianjian in the Liang Dynasty and now is a brick pagoda of seven storeys with eight sides each after having undergone so many changes. The Pagoda stands erect and is the symbol of the Delicate Rock Hill where visitors all like to have pictures taken as souvenirs.