Tourism in Xiangshan District

In 2012, Xiangshan District had 10 natural attractions and cultural landscapes, and 4 commercial scenic spots, including 1 national 5A tourist attraction and 3 national 4A tourist attractions.

Elephant Mountain

The Elephant Trunk Mountain is located at the confluence of the Taohua River and the Li River in the city. The natural landscape and cultural landscape in the park complement each other and are known as the symbol of Guilin's landscape. The natural landscape and cultural landscape in the park complement each other. The main attractions include Shuiyue Cave, Elephant Eye Rock, Puxian Pagoda, Hongfeng Temple and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Revolutionary Relics Exhibition Hall in the temple.

There is also the only remaining stupa of Kaiyuan Temple in Sui and Tang Dynasties nearby. The poem "He Shui Yue Cave Rhyme" by Jibei Chushi in the Song Dynasty: "There is a bright moon at the bottom of the water, and a bright moon floating on the water. The water does not go away when the moon goes, but the water still flows after the moon goes away." This scene is vividly described.

Guanyan

Guanyan is located in the middle section of the Li River, 29 kilometers away from Guilin City. It is an underground cave with a thousand-year human history. It was named Ganyan because of the sweet spring water in the cave. Because the mountain looks like a crown, it was renamed Guanyan. As early as 1637 AD, Xu Xiake came here because of its reputation and became the first famous cave explorer in Guanyan. He recorded Guanyan in detail in "Xu Xiake's Travels", and Guanyan got its name from him.

Yaoshan

is located in the northeast of Guilin City, about 8 kilometers away from the urban area. The main peak of Yaoshan Scenic Area is 909.3 meters above sea level and has a relative height of 760 meters. It is the highest mountain in Guilin. At an altitude of 450 meters on the western slope of Yao Mountain, Yao Temple was built in the Qin Dynasty, and the name Yao Mountain came from this. At an altitude of 600---700 meters, there was originally Bailu Nunnery, the former residence of Zen Master Bailu in the Tang Dynasty, also known as Yuhuang Pavilion. At an altitude of 200 meters, Zhusheng Nunnery and Maoping Nunnery were built in the Ming Dynasty. At the foot of Mount Yao, there is the most complete collection of tombs of Ming Dynasty vassal kings in the country. Yaoshan Mountain has undulating hills and majestic scenery, with lush vegetation and rhododendrons everywhere.

Xu Beihong’s Former Residence

Xu Beihong’s Former Residence is located in front of the county government on Qian Street, Yangshuo County. This place was once donated by Mr. Li Zongren when Mr. Xu Beihong fled to Guangxi from 1935 to 1938. houses. The outer perimeter of the former residence is whitewashed walls, small blue tiles, and a slightly earthy yellow cornice. Under the gatehouse is a plaque of "Xu Beihong's Former Residence Exhibition Hall" handwritten by Mr. Wu Zuoren. On one side of the plaque is also inlaid with a marble piece of "Xu Beihong's Former Residence". Inscription.

Liu Gong Santan

Liu Gong Santan goes down from Fuli Town to reach Liugong Village. There are three deep pools with a diameter of about ten meters each at the edge of the village. They are gathered in the shape of a Chinese glyph. These are the famous Liugong Three Pools. These three pools are very close to each other, but their water colors are completely different. They remain unchanged throughout the seasons. One pool is turbid, one is green, and the other is green with yellow.

Yueling Ancient Houses

Ling Ancient Houses: The mysterious Daguanyuan Yueling Village is located two kilometers northeast of Wenshi Town, Guanyang County. It has a history of more than 700 years. . The whole village has the surname Tang, which has been passed down for 28 generations. There are 470 households with 1,541 people. Their ancestral place is Lingling, Hunan. They moved to Guanyang due to military disasters in the late Song Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. The residential buildings in Yueling are arranged in an orderly manner. The whole village was originally composed of 6 courtyards, each of which was "Cuide Hall", "Hongyuan Hall", "Jimei Hall", "Duofu Hall" and "Wenming Hall" , "Xixiatang". The six courtyards are all built with blue bricks and tiles. The craftsmen have used their skills to produce stone carvings, wood carvings and murals.

Xilang Mountain

On the hillside of Xilang Mountain, there is a huge stone about ten meters high, which looks like a man bowing his hands to the west. People call the stone "Xilang". Hence the name. And because this mountain is shaped like a screen, people also call it Pingfeng Mountain. On the opposite side of the mountain, there is a small peak on the side of Zhongling Mountain. It looks very much like a shy girl, leaning down to face Xilang Mountain called Xiaogu Mountain.

Shuiyue Cave

Shuiyue Cave: between the trunk and legs of the Elephant Trunk Mountain. About 12,000 years ago, the earth's crust rose and the Lijiang River shrank, accelerating the development of Shuiyue Cave and forming a round hole that was transparent from east to west. It is 17 meters long, 9.5 wide, 12 meters high, and covers an area of ??about 150 square meters.

In the Song Dynasty, Chaoyang Pavilion was built in the cave. In the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Deyue Tower and has since been abandoned. There are more than 50 cliff stone carvings in the cave, including Zhang Xiaoxiang's "Chaoyang Pavilion Poems and Preface", Fan Chengda's "Fu Shui Yue Cave Inscription", and Lu You's poetry manuscripts and manuscripts.