The Origin of Elephant Trunk Mountain in Guilin

Elephant trunk mountain is named after it looks like a giant elephant standing by the river, stretching its nose and drinking the spring of Lijiang River.

Elephant trunk mountain is famous for its magic. Its magic lies in the similarity of form and spirit, and the creation of a bright moon near the water between the nose and legs, which constitutes the wonder of "Xiangshan Shuiyue".

Therefore, Elephant Trunk Mountain is the symbol mountain of Guilin and the symbol mountain of Guilin tourism. It is located at the confluence of Lijiang River and taohuajiang in the center of Guilin. It looks like a giant elephant. There is a round hole with an area of about 150 square meters between its trunk and legs. The river flows through the hole like a bright moon floating. Xiangshan Shuiyue, located on the west bank, is opposite to the moon-piercing rock on the east bank of Lijiang River. One hangs in the sky and the other floats in the water, forming a strange landscape of "two moons on the Lijiang River".

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Main attractions of Elephant Trunk Mountain:

1, Xiang Yanyan

Located on the north and south sides of the mountainside of Xiangbi Mountain, it is connected with each other, about 2 meters high, 5 ~ 10 meters wide and 52.8 meters long. It is rectangular and covers an area of about 274 square meters. Elephant Eye Rock was originally a short and ancient underground river, which was formed earlier than Shuiyue Cave, so it was named because it happened to be at the elephant eye.

2. Pu Xian Tower

The Bodhisattva Tower, which stands on the top of the mountain, was built in the Ming Dynasty to worship the Bodhisattva. There are only two pagodas dedicated to bodhisattvas in China, one in Emei Mountain in Sichuan and the other in Elephant Trunk Mountain in Guilin. Pu Xian Tower follows the Lama-style solid brick tower of Tibetan culture, with a height of13.6m and a double-layer octagonal hollow block.

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