Situated at the southwest foot of Solitary Hill, Xiling Seal-engravers' Society was founded in 1904, during the reign of the Qing Emperor Guangxu, by a group of Chinese seal artists for the study of bronze and stone seal- engraving. 

The whole place is graced by pavilions and towers skillfully laid out on the hillside, and these, together with winding paths and ponds, present a scenery typical of south China. 

Here one finds the Stone Chamber of the Three Venerables (who were famous seal-engraving artists) where a stone carving-Monument to the Three Venerables-that was cut in 52 A.D., during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), is preserved as a valuable cultural relic. 

On display in the Tower of Pleasant View are seals, calligraphic works and Chinese paintings. The highest point of the site of the Xiling Seal Engravers' Society is the Huayanjing Pagoda, a stone pagoda inscribed with the Avatamsaka sutra. This is a 10-storey structure whose eight uppermost storeys have Buddhist images carved on their four sides. 

When this society was first established in the late Qing Dynasty, the Japanese calligraphers Nagao Ko and Kawai Senro came to China across the sea and joined it. This organization has since enjoyed a reputation among Japan's calligraphers and painters, and remains a significant channel for Sino-Japanese cultural interflow.