The Su Gong Ancestral Hall was built in memory of Su Shi, a great litterateur in the Northern Song Dynasty. Here are the relics of Shuangquan and Dongzhuoting left by Su Shi. This is a garden-style courtyard with ancestral halls, green trees and flowers in an orderly arrangement. There are winding brook paths and the sound of spring water. On the left side of the Su Gong Ancestral Hall is the Qiongyuan Garden with an area of nearly 10 mu. In the garden, there are Dongpo’s relics such as Fusulian Spring, Fusulian Spring Pavilion and Xixin Pavilion. Beside the Fusulian Spring, a pink wall is embedded with a stone tablet. On the stone tablet are engraved three big characters ‘Fusulian Spring’. In front of the tablet, the cool spring water fills the upper and lower square wells. According to legend, this was discovered by Su Dongpo here. The spring water is pure, clear and translucent, and tastes sweet and refreshing. After filling the spring water, there is no scale seen for more than ten years. When making tea with it, it is extremely fragrant and is known as ‘the first spring in Hainan’. Now the spring water in the well is still clear to the bottom, but the spring water is no longer gushing. Above the Fusulian Spring are the Fusulian Spring Pavilion and Xixin Pavilion. It is said that these two were built by Weng Ruyu of the Ming Dynasty and Ye Rulan of the Qing Dynasty respectively because of a poem by Su Dongpo. Opening hours: Open from 8:00 to 17:30 all year round.
Su Gong Ancestral Hall
The Su Gong Ancestral Hall was built in memory of Su Shi, a great litterateur in the Northern Song D[...]
