Tianping Mountain is located in the north of Lingyan Mountain in Suzhou, with an altitude of 22 1 m. Because the top of the mountain is often surrounded by white clouds, it is called Baiyun Mountain. Because the top of the mountain is flat, it is also called Tianping Mountain. Also known as Fan Fenshan, it is named after the tomb of Fan Zhongyan's ancestral hall here. Since the Tang Dynasty, Tianping Mountain has always been a tourist attraction, and its scenery has won with strange rocks, clear springs and red maple, and it has the reputation of "three wonders in balance".
There are many wonders of stone pillars on the mountain, among which the most famous are "the sky rises suddenly", "the five-foot stone", "the stone house", "the flying peak", "the outstanding brushwork" and "the mirror looking at the lake". Tianping Mountain spring water has excellent texture, and there is a large maple forest in front of the mountain, which was brought back from Fujian by Fan Yunlin (a descendant of Fan Zhongyan) in the Ming Dynasty and has been planted here for more than 400 years. Every late autumn and early winter, the layered forest is fully dyed, so it is known as "Xia Hong" and "Tian Ping Guanfeng" is also famous.