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The Elephant Trunk
Hill
: Situated at the joint of Lijiang and Yangjiang
Rivers, the Elephant Trunk Hill, as its
name suggests, looks like a giant elephant
drinking water with its trunk.Half way up
the hill there is a cave which goes through
the hill and serves as the eyes of the "elephant".
Between the trunk and the legs is a still
bigger cave with the shape of a bright moon
hanging over the river,hence the name "Moon-over-Water
Cave".On the top of the hill is a pagoda,
named Puxian Pagoda,erected in the Ming
Dynasty,which resembles a sword hilt,or
a magic vase.The Elephant Trunk Hill is
commonly regarded as the emblem of Guilin.
Wave Curbing Hill:
The Fubo Hill stands solitarily in the northeast
of the city,with half of it in the Li River.On
the eastern side of the hill are a winding
corridor facing the river,a teahouse and
a "Tingtao (Listening to the Waves)Pavilion"
built along the cliff of the hill. On the
west side,a flight of stone steps leads
to the Kuishui Pavilion which is half way
up the hill,and then to the top.At the foot
of the hill are the "Pearl-returning
Cave"and "A Thousand Buddhas Cave".In
the "Pearl-returning Cave",there
hangs from the ceiling a rock which nearly
touches the ground.
Legend has it that once a general name Fu
Po tested his sword by cutting what was
originally a stone pillar and has left a
crevice at the bottom ever since then.In
the "One Thousand Buddhas Cave",there
are in fact 200 Buddhas statues.Because
of the beautiful sight and its peculiar
caves,the hill is praised highly as "Fu
Po Resort".
Seven Star Park: The Seven
Star Park, in the east of Guilin, is situated
by the side of the Seven Star Hill, where
is also the location of the Seven star cave,
hence the name. In Guilin, it is the biggest
park with an area of 40 hectares and the
best natural surroundings. And in the park,
there are such well-known tourist spots
as the Guilin Stelae Forest, Bonsai Garden,
Zoo, Flower Bridge, Putuo Hill, Seven Star
Cave, Moon Cave and Camel Hill.
Guilin Stele Forest
: There are about 2,000 pieces of stone
carvings and inscriptions in Guilin, of
which about 100 are in the Dragon Refuge
Cave. Departments and units in charge of
protecting historical relics have built
an exhibition hall at the entrance of the
cave and put on display some rubbed version
of the carvings and inscriptions collected
from stelae in other hills and caves. The
exhibits have topics ranging from politics
to history, science and calligraphy, so
that the cave and the hall are linked into
a seemingly natural oneness, which is designated
as "Guilin Stelae Forest".Among
the most famous and precious inscriptions
are "The Membership Roster of Yuan
You Group" (Yuan You. Song Emperor
from 1086-1094), "Meizhi On Five Miasmata",
and "Eulogy to Five Gentlemen by Huang
Ting-jian".
Camel Hill:
Within the Seven Star Park, this 20-m-high
hill resembles a crouching camel.
Fir Lake
: In the center of Guilin proper is a famous
park in which the lake is separated into
two parts by the Yangqiao Bridge: the east
is called the Fir Lake,and the west the
Banyan Lake |
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