Tiger Hill (Huqiu)

Founding burial site of the city of Suzhou (514 BCE). The 47m Yunyan Pagoda (961 CE) leans like Pisa.

Tiger Hill is a 36m hill on Suzhou's northern outskirts, traditionally associated with the burial of King Helu of Wu in 514 BCE — the founding of Suzhou. The leaning Yunyan Pagoda (961 CE) on the summit is a brick 7-storey octagonal structure tilted 2.4m from vertical (the leaning is comparable in fame to Pisa within China). The hillside has multiple smaller pavilions, the Sword Spring (where Helu's swords are said to be buried), and atmospheric landscape gardening.