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1、TigerHill概述——海涌桥——断梁殿——试剑石——枕石TheTigerHillisacceptedasthemostattractiveplaceofhistoricalinterestinSuzhou.Thirty-fourmetersabovesealevel,andsome20hectaresarea,itusedtobecalledtheHillofEmergencefromtheSea.ItistheburialplaceofHeLv,kIngofStateWu,WhofoundedthecityofSuzhouin514BCandmadeithiscapital.H
2、istoricalrecordssaidthat496BC,WhenthekingofYuepassedaway.KingHeLvwantedtoseizethechanceandintendedtoattackStateYue.ThearmyoftwostatesengagedatZuiLiofJiaXingcity.BecauseKingHeLv’sunderestimate,hewasinjuredthendiedinthewayback.HissonFuChaiconscriptedmorethan100thousandlaborstobuildthetombintheTig
3、erHill.Threedaysafterhisburial,itissaidatigerappearedonthetopofthehilltoguardthetomb,henceitnamedtigerhill.Thelocalpeoplesaidthehillisintheshapeofacrouchingtiger,theBrokenBeamHallisitshead,(thegateisitsmouth,tworoundwindowsitseyes,)hillpathitsback,thepagodaonthetopofthehillisitstail.Inthehillar
4、esomeinterestingstonessuchasSwordTestingRock,PillowRock,ThousandManRock,NoddingRockandsoon.Eachofthemhasstoriesandlegends.Thenthemostfamoushighlightisthepagodaonthetop.Itisknownastheleaningtowerof“Pisa”inChinese.TigerhillisknownastheNo.1famoushillinWuaera.NowondertheprominentpoetSuDongpoinSongd
5、ynastyremarked,“TovisitSuzhouwithoutseeingthetigerhillwouldbeathingforregret.”HereistheBridgeofEmergencefromtheSea.Thebridgegotitsnamebecauseitissaidthatitancientchinahereisasea,andthishillusedtobeoneofthesmallislands,butwiththetimepassing,herebecomesplainandonlythisislandleftthatisnowadaysTige
6、rHill.Thebridgeismadeofthegranite,producedofSuzhou.Ontherailingsofbothsidesare12lions-the6malestheirpawsareembroideredballswhichsymbolizethepower,other6femaleswithbabylionsundertheirpaws,whichmeanstheendlessoffspringonegenerationafteranother.ThisentrancehallisnamedtheBrokenBeamHall.Itgetsitsnam
7、ebecausethemainbeamofthehallismadeof2logsnotjoinedinthemiddle.Undertheeavesarebracketsets.Bracketsetsbeartheweightoftheroof,andscanttheweightthroughthepostinthewalls,wallsofthebuildingbearnoweight,ifthewallsareremoved,thebuildwill
