Abstract: Qionglong Mountain is the town mountain of Gusu. It is known as the first peak in Wuzhong and is an excellent place for outing. For this reason, it is also loved by the majority of leisure travel enthusiasts and has become a classic hiking route in Suzhou. From Qionglong Mountain Scenic Area → Danquan → Tiezhu Pavilion → Royal Road → Shangzhen Temple → Wanghu Garden → Sun Wuyuan → Zhu Maichen Reading Desk → Ningbang Temple → Wan Yue Platform to Fu Road down the mountain, the whole journey is about 8 kilometers and takes It takes 4 hours to visit Qionglong Mountain. While breathing the fresh air, you can see the dense trees. When you reach the higher place of Qionglong Mountain, you can also overlook the beautiful scenery below. Itinerary: Qionglong Mountain Scenic Area → Danquan → Tiezhu Pavilion → Royal Road → Shangzhen Temple → Wanghu Garden → Sunwu Garden → Zhu Maichen Reading Table → Ningbang Temple → Wan Yuetai → Fulu down the mountain

< p>Total length of hiking route: about 8 kilometers

Actual hiking time: one day round trip, actual hiking time: 4 hours

Highest altitude: about 341 meters

< p>Line Features: The world’s best wisdom mountain, natural oxygen bar, quiet and quiet, rich cultural landscape, beautiful mountains

Cost: Qionglong Mountain Scenic Area Ticket: 80 yuan

Difficulty: ★

Scenery: ★★★★

Suitable for the crowd: Suitable for men, women, old and young, suitable for casual hikers

Best hiking time: spring, summer, autumn and winter< /p>

Necessary supplies for hiking: hiking shoes

Transportation:

Bus lines:

1. Route 64: Starting from Suzhou North Bus Station Go to Qionglong Mountain Scenic Area.

Road 2. 43: Starts from Wuzhong Bus Station and ends at Qionglong Mountain Scenic Area.

3. Route 667: starts from Shoushan and ends at the Qionglong Mountain Scenic Area.

Rail transportation: Take the subway to Exit 1 of Mudu Station, walk to the bus station, China Garden Hotel Station, and transfer to bus No. 64 and get off at Qionglong Mountain Scenic Area.

Self-driving tour route:

Shanghai direction: Hu-Nan/Huchang Expressway - Exit at Baiyang Lake Service Area - Turn to Suzhou Ring Expressway - Turn left at Guangfu Exit You can reach the scenic spot in three minutes (about 120 kilometers from Shanghai to Wuzhong District, Suzhou).

Nanjing direction: Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway - turn to Suzhou Ring West (S9) - turn left at Guangfu exit for three minutes to reach the scenic spot (about 200 kilometers from Nanjing to Wuzhong District, Suzhou).

Zhejiang direction: Sujiahang Expressway - get off at Baiyang Lake Service Area - turn to Suzhou Ring Expressway - get off at Guangfu Exit and turn left for three minutes to reach the scenic spot (it is about 170 kilometers from Hangzhou to Wuzhong District in Suzhou ).

Bus: Qionglong Mountain is located near Xukou Town in western Suzhou. The bus lines passing through the Qionglong Mountain Scenic Area are: No. 43/No. 64/No. 582/No. 667. Or take Route 63 to the exit of Tangcun and look for the path along the fire break.

General itinerary summary: The route of Qionglong Mountain is actually not difficult, but the slope up the mountain is relatively steep at the beginning. Go to Qionglong Mountain Scenic Area to buy tickets. At the entrance of the north gate, it is said that during the Shennong period, Chisongzi used to take red stone fat to refine elixirs in Qionglong Mountain. The red pineapples were used to wash medicinal herbs when making elixirs - "Danquan". After watching "Danquan" "After that, you can go to the nearby "Iron Bamboo Pavilion" for a walk, and then walk from the imperial road to Shangzhen Temple. During the royal road, you can feel the imperial road where Qianlong prayed six times up the mountain and enjoy the wind and birds in the bamboo forest. The sound of chirping.

There are many forks in Shangzhenguan, and there is also a confusing six-way intersection, so you have to know the direction carefully. Walking to the left is Wanghu Garden, towards Parking Lot 1 is Sun Wuyuan and Zhu Maichen Reading Platform, towards Parking Lot 3 is the Bell and Drum Tower, and down the mountain is Ningbang Temple and Playing Platform. First go to Wanghu Garden. The Wanghu Garden area includes Huancui Tower and Wanghu Tower further in. It is a good place to overlook the scenery below the mountain. There are several viewing platforms along the road, and you can have a panoramic view of the green mountains. It is said that Qianlong also looked down at the mountain scenery here.

Then go to Sun Wu Garden, which is a very important scenic spot on the mountain. Sun Wu wrote "The Art of War" here. In the tea room of Sun Wu Garden, you can sip tea while reminiscing about the scene in the past when Sun Wu and his friends drank tea and played chess here. Climbing up the stairs is Zhu Maichen's reading desk. On a rock is engraved "The place where Zhu Gong, the prefect of Kuaiji in the Han Dynasty, studied" inscribed by Du Mu, a scholar during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Maichen, a minister of the Western Han Dynasty, used to be very poor. He loved reading but was afraid of being laughed at. He secretly read the book on a rock and hid it under the rock. The book collection town in the north of Qionglong Mountain was named after him. Then go back to the Liucha intersection and take the direction of the Bell and Drum Towers. The Bell and Drum Towers are the high-rise buildings of Ningbang Temple. Go down to Ningbang Temple. The temple was built in the Liang Dynasty and rebuilt in the 12th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was originally called Haiyun Temple. After Yue Fei was killed, Han Shizhong lived in seclusion in Canglang Pavilion, Suzhou. He often came to the temple to practice Zen because he still cared about it. The country changed the name of the temple to Ningbang Temple. The most worth seeing in the temple is the 18.8-meter-long imitation Tang Dynasty color reclining Buddha in the Haiyun Zen Cave. Although it is newly made, it is very beautiful. Continue down and visit the platform where Han Shizhong and his subordinates visited Yueyou Kingdom in his later years. Just take the winding road all the way down the mountain and out of the main entrance of the scenic spot.

Road conditions: staircase road, mountain road

Main specialties of food passing by:

Food: There are leisure supporting facilities such as Hope Lake Garden Restaurant, Sunwuyuan Tea Room and so on in the scenic area; At your feet are the Luofu Villa Hotel, Yushanfang, and farmhouses; there are also delicacies such as Tibetan mutton, bracken, Qionglong Mountain grass chicken, Taihu Sanbai, Taihu crab, and special black rice.

Other popular hiking routes:

1-Lingyan Mountain → Dajiao Mountain → Longchi Scenic Area → Huashan → Tianchi Mountain → Wufeng Mountain → Yantai Mountain → Zhenshan → Yuping Mountain → Mei Park → Qionglong Mountain → → Hiking back to the foot of Lingyan Mountain, the whole journey (large loop route) is about 35 kilometers.

2-Chenhua Station→Barracks→Chicken Farm→Glass Drawing Factory→Go up the mountain→Cross the water tank→Cross the bamboo forest→Enter the scenic Ningbang Temple→Ermao Peak Shangzhen Temple→Sun Wuyuan→From the front gate to the royal road The whole journey down the mountain is about 8 kilometers.