xiangshan park

xiangshan park

Xiangshan Park is located on the West Bank of Lijiang River in the south of Guilin City, with a total area of 11.80 hectares. There are Shuiyue cave, elephant trunk rock, elephant eye rock, Puxian tower, Yunfeng temple and relic tower. Xiangshan Park was listed as the first batch of 4A scenic spots in December 2000.

Xiangshan was formerly known as Yishan, Lishan and chenshuishan. Because the Shuiyue cave at the eastern end of the mountain is like an elephant trunk, the shape of the whole mountain is like an elephant standing near the Lijiang River to drink water, so it is called elephant trunk mountain, or Elephant Hill for short. Xiangbi mountain is 200 meters above sea level, 55 meters above the river, 108 meters long and 100 meters wide. It covers an area of 13000 square meters and is composed of 360 million years old limestone. The main scenic spots are Shuiyue cave, Xiangbi rock, Xiangyan rock, Puxian tower, Yunfeng temple and relic tower. Xiangshan Park is located at the confluence of Lijiang River and Taohuajiang River in the center of Guilin, Guangxi, covering an area of 2.99 hectares. The natural landscape and cultural landscape in the park complement each other, and the mountains, water, caves, islands, pavilions, platforms, Ping, paths, cultural relics and historic sites form a beautiful picture.

geographical environment

Xiangshan Park is composed of pure limestone deposited on the sea floor 360 million years ago. The mountain is isolated and steep, with ancient rocks, climbing vines between cliffs, and attached banyan trees. Here has always been a tourist attraction, its beautiful scenery, magical image, moving legend, I do not know how many scholars. Xiangshan attracts people with its vivid image. It is regarded as the representative of Guilin landscape and the symbol of Guilin city. The central design of Guilin city emblem is Xiangshan.

Xiangshan Park, with Xiangbi mountain as the main body, is located at the southern end of Binjiang Road, where Taohua river flows into Lijiang River. It is named because its mountain shape is like a giant elephant drawing water from the river.

Xiangshan is fascinating with its vivid image. It is regarded as the representative of Guilin landscape, the first scenic spot of Guilin, the symbol of Guilin City, and the central design of Guilin city emblem is Xiangshan.

Main attractions

Elephant Trunk Hill

The top of the mountain is flat with shady trees and secluded paths. The Ming Dynasty building Puxian tower stands here, more than 10 meters high. It is named after the blue stone carved statue of Puxian Bodhisattva on the north side of the tower. The shape of Puxian tower is like a sword handle and a treasure vase, which is simple and dignified. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of Guilin mountain city.

Shuiyue cave

Between the trunk and legs of elephant trunk mountain. About 12000 years ago, the crust uplifted and the Lijiang river narrowed, which accelerated the development of Shuiyue cave and formed a round cave with east-west permeability. It is 17 meters long, 9.5 meters wide, 12 meters high and covers an area of about 150 square meters. "Xiangshan Ji" records that "there is a stone cave, which can look at each other, round and long in shape. Half of it goes into the Li River, and the water is high and sometimes low, so the cave also has its size.". Shuiyue cave is also called Chaoyang cave. But the cave on the water, such as the moon floating, is very image, so the name of water moon, has been used to this day. "Xiangshan Shuiyue" is a marvelous landscape in Guilin. The literati belong to the literary Fu sentence, which is amazing. The poem "Shuiyue cave" written by Ji Bei of Song Dynasty has the following characteristics: "there is a bright moon at the bottom of the water, and the moon floats on the water. The sentence "the moon doesn't go, the moon goes, and the water still flows" depicts the miracle of the moon shining on each other in the sky, in the cave and under the water. The water moon in Xiangshan is opposite to the moon rock passing through the mountain in the south, one hanging in the sky and the other floating in the water, forming a unique landscape of "Li River double moon". Chaoyang pavilion was built in the cave in Song Dynasty and renamed deyuelou in Qing Dynasty. There are more than 50 cliff stone carvings in the cave, such as Zhang Xiaoxiang's poem and preface to Chaoyang Pavilion, Fan Chengda's inscription on Fushui moon cave, and Lu You's manuscript.

Elephant eye rock

It is located on the north and south sides of Xiangbi mountain. It is about 2 meters high, 5-10 meters wide and 52.8 meters long, with an area of 274 square meters. Xiangyanyan was originally a short section of ancient underground channel, which was formed earlier than Shuiyue cave, and got its name because it happened to be at Xiangyan. From the entrance of the south pole at the south foot of Xiangshan Mountain, you can climb the South eye along the stone steps. Like the eye rock, Panshan road can reach the top of the mountain. North eye cliff, no Deng can pass. The north and South caves of Xiangyan rock are a pair of wonderful windows for overlooking the scenery. From the left eye, you can see the towering Lijiang hotel close at hand, the buildings and markets in the urban area row upon row, and the mountains in the city can be seen clearly; from the right eye, you can see the river waves and sails flickering between Zizhou, Tashan and Chuanshan.

Yankou

It is adjacent to Shuiyue cave and named after the elephant trunk in Xiangbi mountain. The rock is 1.9 meters high, 3.3 meters wide, 13.5 meters long and 44.5 square meters in area. Yankou is facing the river, facing east, and in a strip-shaped closed state. It is a good place for cool inside and overlooking the river. Mao Binquan, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, once read the book of changes here. Later generations engraved the word "shushuyan" in Yankou, and called it "dianyi Shanchuang". Dingchou in Wanli (1577) was renovated in the middle of the first month of spring, and there was a stone inscription with the title of "people from Binquan mountain opened this cave deeply". Zhang Xiang, a poet of the Ming Dynasty, wrote the poem "visit Mao Binquan and point to the window of the Yi mountain", which includes the sentence "a thousand hectares of water can be seen in the cave" and "the window of the mountain can be seen in the stone carvings of Shuiyue cave in silence".

Love Island

Love Island and elephant trunk mountain across the river, Love Island is a must see scenic spot in the park. Love Island was originally named Sanxing Island, which is composed of three connected islands. Young men and women in Guilin like to go to the island to have a love talk, so it gets its name. The island is full of green trees and beautiful scenery. In the past, love island was just a place to rest. In addition to the construction of a scenic spot on the island, it was built on the island In addition to many sculptures about love, dance performances with the theme of "Southeast Asia, Xiangshan, Shuiyue" are also held on Love Island. Visitors can enjoy various Indian dances and passionate Filipino Hula dances. On the Lishui River in front of Xiangshan Mountain, there are bamboo rafts, fishing and fire performances carefully arranged for tourists in order to increase the cultural taste of the scenic spot. While enjoying the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers, you can also enjoy the performance of customs, which makes Xiangbi mountain, the city emblem of Guilin City, more charming and moving. In addition, on the love Island, we can also see the most representative abstract concept of "three mountains, two caves and one river" in Guilin. If you are a photographer, you can't miss it. On the love Island, we can also see the other two elephants of elephant trunk mountain. In fact, elephant trunk mountain is not only like an elephant, but also like a hedgehog and a rat without tail from different angles.

Puxian tower

Located at the top of Xiangbi mountain, it is a Lama style pagoda. It was built in the Ming Dynasty. The height of the pagoda is 13.6 meters. The base of the pagoda is a double octagonal xumizuo. Due to the north of the second floor, it is inlaid with the statue of "Nanwu Puxian Bodhisattva" carved on the bluestone line. The tower is shaped like a garden vase. It looks like an elephant carrying a vase, or a sword handle inserted on the elephant's back, so it is also called "vase tower" or "sword handle tower".

Yunfeng Temple

In the southern foot of Xiangbi Shanxi, it is said that this place was the former site of Wenling temple in Tang Dynasty. In Ming Dynasty, in memory of the famous poets Fan Chengda and Fang Xinru, the "fan Fang Temple" was built. In Qing Dynasty, the temple was changed into a temple, called "Yunfeng Temple". In the Qing Dynasty, when the Taiping army attacked Guilin City, it used to be the headquarters of the city and bombarded Guilin city with guns on Xiangshan. In 1979, it was rebuilt into an antique building of reinforced concrete structure, with two floors, three entrances and five bays. It was turned into an exhibition hall of Yunfeng temple, displaying the historical relics left by the Taiping army at that time.

Sarita

Located in the west of Xiangshan Park, at the site of Kaiyuan Temple, Wanshou lane, Minzhu Road, it was built in the second year of Tang Xianqing (657). It was originally a seven level brick tower. Now it is a street crossing Lama tower rebuilt in the early Ming Dynasty. It is all white and faces south. The tower is 13.2 meters high. It is divided into the first floor, the second floor and the second floor

Tower body and tower cover three levels. After the failure of his fifth eastward journey to Japan, Jianzhen, a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty, came to Guilin and lived in Kaiyuan Temple for one year. He was once invited to preside over the ceremony of giving precepts in the temple. The unique shape of the pagoda is one of the famous Buddhist pagodas in ancient China.

Yunyaxuan

Garden architecture in Song Dynasty. In the Guigu written by Zhang Mingfeng of Ming Dynasty, it is said: "therefore, in the Song Dynasty, Fang gongxinru, a criminal, was built under the south wall to live in a house called yunyaxuan. It's been a long time since Xuan was abandoned. " According to Fang Xinru's "tiyunyaxuan" and Shao Yiren's description of building "ancient yunyaxuan" before Fang's poem. When the yunyaxuan was really built is unknown. In Fang Xinru's poem, there is a saying: "don't be poor to explore the Chenli, but the forest and gully are hidden in the city.". Zeng zunyue cave thousands of rocks, more cloud cliff a strange "sentence, said cloud cliff Xuan built in the foot of Xiangshan is credible.

Misty rain in Zizhou

Zizhou, across the river from Xiangshan, is surrounded by green bamboos, green cages of fruit trees and bamboo fences. If it is rainy season, the clouds are steaming and the trees are covered with light gauze. The ancients called it "Zizhou misty rain". It is listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Guilin.

Tourism information

Traffic information

1. Bus: take bus No.2, No.16, No.23 and sightseeing bus No.1 to Xiangshan Park station.

2. Self service tour by car or on foot: walk freely along Binjiang Road and Longzhu road beside Lijiang River. 3. You can take a boat to visit the three mountains at night.

Opening Hours

Peak season: (April October) 6:00-21:30;

Off season: (November March) 7:00-21:30

Best travel time

It's better to visit in May and September. The river is clear and the weather is fine. You can see the elephant trunk mountain reflected on the clear river.

Legend of Xiangshan

According to legend, the Jade Emperor of the past was on a tour to the south

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