[2024 Hangzhou Attraction] Travel Guide for Guanshan (Updated Dec)
City Parks
Memorial Temples
Address:
Fuyang, Hangzhou, China
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-3 hours
Fuyang Treasure Park | Guanshan Park.
Guanshan is located on the banks of the Fuchun River in the east of Fuyang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Surrounded by water on three sides, it is known as a famous cultural mountain in East China. The scenic area is not large, but it has a rich cultural heritage. There are not many people during the National Day holiday, and parking is convenient.
Guanshan stands across the river, with abrupt rock walls. It is named after its mountain shape, which resembles a stork standing by the river. The mountain is covered with ancient trees and pavilions. There are historical sites such as the "First Building of Spring River" built before the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the "Songyun Villa" where modern writer Yu Dafu and his brother, jurist Yu Mantuo, took care of their mother, the fishing spot of Yan Ziling, a high scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and "Guichuan Autumn Moon" and "Donggong Temple."
Opening hours: 8:00–17:00 (spring and winter), 8:00–18:00 (summer and autumn)
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Guanshan Mountain's Songyun Villa
Songyun Villa was originally a small building constructed by Yu Mantuo to care for his elderly mother. The name 'Songyun Villa' is related to an event in the early Republic of China when Li Yuanhong, serving as the provisional president, personally inscribed a plaque with the words 'Virtue Comparable to Pine and Bamboo' in recognition of the chastity of Yu's mother-in-law, Mrs. Dai, and his wife, Mrs. Lu, who both remained widows. In December 1937, when the Japanese army captured Fuyang, Yu's mother, Mrs. Lu, chose to starve herself to death rather than become a slave to the invaders. In 1952, Chen Bicen, the wife of martyr Yu Hua, donated the house to the state. After its restoration in 1985, it was converted into a historical exhibition room for Yu Hua and Yu Dafu, showcasing the brothers' life stories and related artifacts.