Nestled on the slope of Daci Hill, Hangzhou, the Tiger Spring or Hupao (tiger-clawing spring) takes
its name from the legend of a monk called Xing
Kong during the reign of Yuanhe (806-820 A.D.) of the Tang dynasty.
Being the first Buddhism practitioner settled here, Xing Kong found that
there was short of drinking water and was almost ready to leave. At the very night however, he had a dream in which a celestial told him that two tigers
would be sent to his aid from Nanyue (a Buddhist shrine in the south). When he awoke the following morning, he went out
and saw two tigers clawing the ground where the spring bubbled up..."