May 7th, 2005
After an hour and half trip from Shanghai, we arrived at Tiger Hill. Tiger Hill was created as the resting place of King Helu, founding father of Sozhou who died during war in 496 BC. His son buried him at the top of the hill and three days after the funeral a white tiger came to guard his tomb -hence the name “Tiger Hill”.
As the legend goes, King Helu was a collector of swords and when he was buried, he was buried with 3,000 swords. To keep the buried swords a secret, the 1,000 workers who built his tomb were put to death.
Tiger Hill Pagoda: Italy isn’t the only place with a leaning tower. Built in 961 during the Northern Song Dynasty (959-961) the seven storey structure has been leaning to one side for the past four hundred years.
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