With Meishan City as his hometown, Su Dongpo was one of the most outstanding litterateurs and painters in the Northern Song Dynasty (960 - 1127). Su Dongpo, along with his father Su Xun and his younger brother Su Zhe, was given the glorious title 'Three Su'. To commemorate them, the local people had rebuilt Three Su's original residence as Three-Su Temple since the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644).
Surrounded by red walls and green water, Sansu Temple is dotted by ancient trees with green bamboos. With the unique feature of an inhabited island “three parts of water and two parts of bamboos”, the temple covers an area of 11,500 square meters.
