Lion grove is located in the northeast of suzhou city swallow gate garden road, was built in the yuan dynasty, as the representative of the yuan dynasty garden. Garden rockery throughout, gallery, number crunchers looms, winding path leading to a secluded spot, feel history generally. Lions angled Lin Ping rectangle, area of about 10000 square meters, is one of the representative of suzhou classical garden, has one of the largest remaining ancient rockery group, a rockery kingdom. Are embedded in the walls of the gallery's four big famous song dynasty, su shi, huang tingjian, calligraphy Cai Xiang monuments, and the southern song dynasty wen tianxiang inscriptions of plum blossom poems. Lion originally bodhi authentic temple garden, Lin in A.D. 1341, the monk preached day such as Jackson went to suzhou, by his disciples. Later that year came the disciples to buy to buy the house for days like phil Jackson to build monasteries. Day such as master b from 27 master monk word on west zhejiang lionrock, in memory of his teacher, named "lion forest". Also because the Buddha book has "lion roar" a word, and numerous rockeries resembling a lion shape and name.
Day such as master xie, disciple, gradually deserted temple garden. Ming wanli seventeen years, Ming surname monk begging for alms chang-an yu, rebuild the lion Lin Shengen temple, Buddha hall, thriving scene. To kangxi years, temple, garden, for the father of Huang Xi, hengchow magistrate after Huang Xingzu bought, named "for garden." On February 11, 1703 AD the qing emperor kangxi tour at this point, given the forehead "lion Lin temple", after the qing emperor qianlong six lion grove, has been given according to the mirror round, "painting of Buddha and existing" really fun "equal plaque. Qing qianlong 36 years, Huang Xi examination, refinement, reforming courtyard, named "five pine garden". To the middle of the reign of qing emperor guangxu huang family decline, garden have qian Bridges, rockery is still only.