Located in the northwest area of Suzhou, Tiger Hill extends over an area of 1.4 hectares and is 36 meters high (150 694 sq feet). Its history dates back over 2,500 years and its name derives from the fact that the hill resembles a crouching tiger. The famous sights are a rock that was supposedly cut in to two by a sword, and the “Spring of Simplicity” which was created when an exhausted monk was carrying water up the hill.