The legend of Suzhou Qizishan

Qizishan was formerly known as Hengshan; There are seven high piers on the mountain, which are relics of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. They are commonly known as seven gun piers and seven son piers. According to legend, Qidun on the top of the mountain is the place where the ancients buried the seven sons, hence the name Qizishan. Taihu Lake is in the south, also called Juhu Mountain. There are seven branches in the mountain, namely, Gui Fang, Quanfei, Xiuzhu, Danxia and Baiyun Five Mountains, also known as Seven Fingers Mountain and Wuwu Mountain. When wuyue built Jianfu Temple, it was also called Fu Jian Mountain.

historic site

Jiulongwu is the mausoleum of Qian Yuanlin, wuyue and Qian Wen, envoys of Guangling kings. Wu Yueshi built the Guangfu Temple on the moonlight beach at the top of Qizi Mountain, and later renamed it Gan Yuan Temple. It was rebuilt in the 22nd year of Qing Jiaqing (18 17), destroyed in the late 1960s, and restored 200 1 year later. There are thousands of stone chambers on the low hills in western Suzhou, of which Qizi Mountain is the largest.

Extended data

Qizi Mountain is located in the southwest suburb of Suzhou, and it is named after seven high piers on the mountain. The mountain is northeast, with the main peak at an altitude of 294.8 meters. The mountain is composed of seasonal sandstone, which is roughly northeast, with a length of about 6.5 kilometers, a width of about 4.5 kilometers and an area of about 25 square kilometers.

To the north of the mountain, from west to east are Gusu Mountain, Huayuan Mountain, Minshan Mountain (now called Wanlv Mountain), Jiulongwu Mountain, Fushou Mountain, Meiwan Mountain, Fangshang Mountain and Chamo Mountain. There is Gan Yuan Temple on the south hill of Jiulongwu. Shan Zhinan, from west to east, is Baohuashan, Xue Jiawan, Dongshan, Wangjiashan, Lumushan, Wuwu, Wushan and Taohuawu.