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Elephant Trunk Hill Scenic Area

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The Elephant Trunk Hill Scenic Area is located in the center of Guilin City at the confluence of the Lijiang River and the Taohua River. It gets its name because it resembles a giant elephant stretching out its long trunk to drink the sweet water of the Lijiang River. Shu Shu, a Langzhong in the Ministry of Works in the Qing Dynasty, wrote in "Record of Elephant Hill": "The wonders in western Guangdong lie in its mountains, the wonders of the mountains in western Guangdong lie in their rocks, and the Elephant Hill opposite the provincial capital is even more wonderful." The Elephant Trunk Hill attracts visitors with its vivid image. It is a typical representative of Guilin's landscape and was designated as the city emblem of Guilin in 1995. At the 2014 CCTV Spring Festival Gala on the Year of the Horse, the Hungarian Attraction dance troupe presented the Elephant Trunk Hill in the creative dance "Symbols of China". The main scenic spots in the area include: Elephant Hill and the Moon over the Water, Puxian Pagoda, Sanhua Wine Cellar, Love Island, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Exhibition Hall in Yunfeng Temple, etc. [Elephant Hill and the Moon over the Water] "Elephant Hill and the Moon over the Water" is a major wonder of the Elephant Trunk Hill. A scholar from the north of Ji in the Song Dynasty once wrote a poem "In Response to the Rhyme of Moon - over - Water Cave": "There is a bright moon under the water, and a bright moon floats on the water. The water flows but the moon stays, and when the moon leaves, the water still flows." If you come here to enjoy the scenery of the Moon - over - Water Cave on a moonlit night, you will see a wonderful picture where the moon in the sky, in the cave and under the water set each other off. There are more than 50 precious cliff inscriptions in the cave, such as Zhang Xiaoxiang's "Poem and Preface of Chaoyang Pavilion" in the Song Dynasty, Fan Chengda's "Inscription on Restoring the Moon - over - Water Cave" and Lu You's poem notes. [Puxian Pagoda] Climbing up the winding rocks of the Elephant Trunk Hill, you can see from afar a Puxian Pagoda built in the Ming Dynasty standing among the green trees. The pagoda is 13.6 meters high and has a history of more than 400 years. It is a solid brick pagoda in the Lama style. There is a stone - engraved Bodhisattva image on the north side of the pagoda body, and the six - character mantra "Namo Puxian Pusa" is engraved on the top of the image, hence the name Puxian Pagoda. It is recorded in Buddhist scriptures that the mount of Puxian Bodhisattva is a six - tusked white elephant. Therefore, the fact that the Puxian Pagoda is built on the top of the Elephant Hill truly confirms this statement in the Buddhist scriptures. [Sanhua Wine Cellar] The Elephant Trunk Hill is a natural large wine cellar. Two - thirds of the whole hill is hollow. It is warm in winter and cool in summer, with the temperature remaining at 19 degrees Celsius all year round and the humidity above 90%. It has been used as an official cellar to store Sanhua Wine since the Song Dynasty. Sanhua Wine is colorless, transparent, fragrant and spicy. It absorbs the essence and soul of the Lijiang River and has become the representative rice - flavored wine in China, and is known as the "King of Chinese Rice Wines". The cellared wine was designated as a tribute to the imperial court as early as the Northern Song Dynasty and is one of the three treasures of Guilin. There are nearly a thousand tons of wine stored in the cave to date. [Love Island] Love Island is located on the north side of the Elephant Trunk Hill Scenic Area, facing the Lijiang River. It is another scenic spot for a distant view of the Elephant Trunk Hill. The island has a beautiful environment and lush vegetation. It was a good place for local people to date in the 1970s, so it is called "Love Island". Now it is also an exterior photography base for weddings in Guilin's landscape. Lovers make vows of love here under the witness of the Elephant Hill and the Moon over the Water.
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