Tianping Mountain Villa is located at the southeastern foot of Tianping Mountain, 8.5 kilometers west of the city. In 1982, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Suzhou City. In 1995, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province. It is mainly composed of five parts: Zhubuo Nunnery, Laiyan Pavilion, Fan Canjun Temple, Gaoyi Garden and Baiyun Ancient Temple. It should also include affiliated buildings such as the ‘Gaoyi Garden’ stone archway, Jiejia Pavilion, and Imperial Stele Pavilion, as well as Shijing Pond, Wanzhuan Bridge and ancient maple forest. The total land area is about 53,000 square meters. Tianping Mountain Villa was built by Fan Yunlin, the seventeenth generation grandson of Fan Zhongyan. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Fan Yunlin declined the position of Fujian Canjun and returned to his hometown Suzhou. He built a villa by the ancestral tomb of Tianping Mountain. With mountains as pavilions and long corridors, springs as ponds and stone beams connecting them, the mountain pavilions and water pavilions were brilliant for a time.
Opening hours: Open all year round from 08:00 to 17:00.Tianping Mountain Villa
Tianping Mountain Villa is located at the southeastern foot of Tianping Mountain, 8.5 kilometers west of the city. In 1982, […]
