Tiger Hill Pagoda

Yunyan Pagoda (2024)
The pagoda as viewed from the Tiger Hill
Yunyan Pagoda in October 1921

The Tiger Hill Pagoda or Huqiu Pagoda (Chinese: 虎丘塔; pinyin: Hǔqiū tǎ; Suzhou Wu: Hou chieu thaeh, Wu Chinese pronunciation: [hou tɕʰʏ tʰɑʔ]), officially the Yunyan Pagoda[1] (Chinese: 云岩寺塔; pinyin: Yúnyán sì tǎ; Suzhou Wu: Yuin nge zy thaeh, Wu Chinese pronunciation: [ɦʏn ŋe̞ zz̩ tʰɑʔ]), is a Chinese pagoda situated on Tiger Hill (Huqiu) in Suzhou city, Jiangsu Province of Eastern China. It is nicknamed the 'Leaning Tower of China'.[1]

  1. ^ a b Ingles 1982, p. 144