The Commander-in-chief Deng's Hill is located in the Guangfu Town of Wu County sixty miles southwest to Suzhou city ,it can be accessed by taking Suzhou-Guangfu Bus at the Southern Gate Bus Station of Suzhou and the Bus Station of Wu County. It is said that Duke Deng Yu once lived in seclusion here during the reign of the Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and as the highest official position Deng Yu took was the Commander-in-chief, the hill was called the Commander-in-chief Deng's Hill. Being a secluded place and linked with the hills of Xunmu, Tanshan, Qingzhi, Xiqi, Tongjin and Majia nearby, the Commander-in-chief Deng's Hill is a peninsula slantingly inserted into the Taihu Lake . A gorgeous picture is interwoven here by the rolling green hills and the Taihu Lake surrounding in the west.

The Commander-in-chief Deng ' s Hill is famous for plum. With the woods of plum trees in front of and behind the hill and thousands and thousands of plum blossoms on the hills of Xuanmu, Majia and others, the place with a circumference of 150 kilometers seems to be covered with snow while the plums are in full bloom. Therefore, after the beginning of spring when the plums are in full bloom, it is one of the seasonal custom that people come here to enjoy the marvelous spectacle of the sea of plum blossoms. The widely famed “ Fragrant Snowy Sea ” lies on the Majia Hill east to the Tongjing Hill and the plums blossom everywhere. Half way up the Majia Hill, the “Plum-smelling House” sets off among the flowering shrubs. At the top of the hill is the Plum Blossom Pavilion from which the plum blossoms can be seen like a snowy sea everywhere in the distance, at the tops and feet of the hills nearby and far. Therefore, Song Luo, an inspector of the Qing Dynasty, inscribed the three large characters of “ Fragrant Snowy Sea ” to point out the characteristic of the marvelous scenery here. The three character were engraved on the cliff before the pavilion and was famous for this both at home and abroad.