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1、TheTigerHillissaidtobethemostattractivespotofhistoricalinterestinSuzhou.Longtimeago,itwasavastseainthisarea.Thishillusedtobeoneofthesmallislands.Later,duetothemovementoftheearth,theseaturnedintothemulberryfields.ThentheYangtzeRiverDeltacameintobeing,ThisIslandbec
2、amethehillontheplain.SoitwascalledthehillofEmergencefromtheSea,with34metersabovesealevel,andsome20hectaresinarea・In514BC,HeLu,kingofStateWu?foundedthecityofSuzhouandmadeithiscapital.Thishillwashissummerresort.In496BCthekingtookthetrooptotheStateYue,thebattlehappe
3、nedinJiaxingarea・Thekingwasseriouslyinjuredinthebattleanddiedonhiswaybackhome.ThenhissonnamedFuChaiordered100,000laborstobuildtombforhisfathe匚Threedaysaftertheking^sburial,atigerwassaidtoappearonthetopofthehilltoguardhistomb.Sothehill'snamewaschangedintotheTigerH
4、ill.Thenthelocalpeoplesaidtheshapeofthehilllookslikeacrouchingtiger.Thebuildingaheadisitshead・Thegateisregardedasitsmouth,tworoundwindowsasitseyesandflyingeavesasitsears・Thehillpathisitsback,thepagodaatopisitstail・Inthehill,wecanseemanyinterestingrocks,behindthem
5、,arestoriesandlegendsoftheking.Themostfamoushighlightisthepagoda,itisknownastheleaningpagodaofPisainChina.ThefamouspoetSuDongpointheSongDynastyonceremarked,"TovisitSuzhouwithoutseeingtheTigerHillwouldbeathingforregret."HereistheBridgeofEmergencefromtheSea.In1956,
6、whenthehillmoatwasdredgedthebridgewasbuilt,anditwasbuiltofgranite・Wecansee12lovelystonecarvedlionsontherailingsofthebridge,theyarevividandlifelike.ThelionsculptureisasymbolofauspiciousinChina.ThesecondentrancehallisalsocalledtheBrokenBeamHall.Inthehillthereareonl
7、ytwothingswhichareoriginal,oneisthishall,andtheotheristhepagoda.ThishallwasbuiltintheYuandynasty(1279-1368)some700yearsago.Sincethemainbeamismadeoftwologslookinglikeabrokenbeam,sothat^swhywecallittheBrokenBeamHall.Undertheroofaroundthebuildingarethebracketsets,th
8、eybeartheweightoftheroofandscattertheweightontothegroundthroughthosecolumns,sowesaidthewallsofthebuildingdon'tbearweight,ifyoumovethemaway,thebuildingwillnotfa
