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Wu Hill situates at the end of hills around
the lake, is made up of 10 or more peaks.
It stretches for several miles and extends into the downtown. Besides,
it is locally called Chenghuang Hill. It is also a place where you
can enjoy different scenes in different seasons for it is covered
with a rich variety of trees and flowers. There are a lot of odd-shaped
rocks and inscriptions on the hill. A strange cluster of rocks which
is known as the “Twelve Animal Stones” appears like the twelve animals
in the Chinese lunar calendar symbolizing the different years in which
people are born: rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, snake, horse, sheep,
monkey, rooster, dog and hog, and it is also called as the “Twelve
Peaks of Witch Hill”. On the hill, there are many camphor trees .
One of them, the oldest one, “Song Camphor”, stands in front of a
hilltop teahouse which is called “Tea Aroma Tower”, is more than 800
years old.
On the top of Wu Hill, there is a pavilion where you can have a view
of both Qiantang River and West Lake as the hill locates between Qiantang
River and West Lake. Walking out of the pavilion, you can see an inscription
lauding a huge rock as “No. One Peak of Wu Hill” by Zhu Xi, an famous
educationist of the Southern Song Dynasty. Recently, Panoramic View
Pavilion and Tea Aroma Tower were built on the Wu Hill. Furthermore
ginkgo, Chinese sweet gum, pine tree and evergreen camphor were planted
all over the hill to accompany the “Song Camphor”. All these create
a more attractive appearance of Wu Hill because the new scene blends
perfectly with the old.
Specialty: Clime on the hill to have a view
Recommendation：Chenghuang Pavilion
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