Founded in 1986, the Elephant Trunk Hill Scenic Area is an international quality tourism attraction that boasts green mountains, clear water, fantastic caves and beautiful rocks, showing the landscape of Guilin. It is also the axis of Guilin travelling route. Located at the junction where the two upmost rivers of Guilin meet — the Lijiang River and Peach Blossom River, it consists of Elephant Trunk Hill, Samantabhadra Tower, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Exhibition Hall in Yunfeng Temple, Sanhua Wine Cellar and Love Island, etc. Elephant Trunk Hill, which is the main landscape, was formed 360 million years ago and composed of the limestone deposited at the seabed. It has earned the name “Elephant Trunk Hill” because the shape of the mountain looks like an elephant is drinking the water with its trunk. With its typical Karst landform and unique shape, it was awarded as the city badge of Guilin in 1995 and it is the first scenic attraction of hundred-mile Lijiang River. Han Yu, poet of the Tang Dynasty, chanted his classic poem here: casting in mind are silk ribbon and jade hairpins. The former President Yang Shangkun also said，“it cannot be said that one who does not take photos before Elephant Trunk Hill ever reaches Guilin. The scenery here is unparalleled.”

Elephant Trunk Hill in the city of Lijiang River and Peach Blossom River confluence, park natural landscape and cultural landscape phase mirrors, known as the symbol of Guilin. Park natural landscape and cultural landscape with shine, main attractions are the moon in the water hole, the eye like rock, Fugen tower, the Matterhorn and the temple ruins of the temple of the Taiping Revolution galleries and other.

There's only Sui and Tang Kaiyuan Temple stupa nearby. Moon Water Cave close to the river, Li River water penetration meantime, water floats the month, down rocks into the water and if the water weevil Lijiang River, great views, since the Tang and Song is the tourist attraction. Thistle reclusive North Song "Moon Water Cave and the rhyme" poem: "There are underwater moon, the moon floating water do not flow month, month to water also flows.." Vividly depicts the scenery.

Moon Water Cave between Elephant Trunk Hill and the trunk like legs. Dating back about 1.2 million years ago, crustal uplift, reduce the Lijiang River, accelerate the development of moon in the water hole, forming a transparent round hole thing. 17 meters long, 9.5 wide, 12 meters high, an area of ​​about 150 square meters. "Elephant mind", "there is a caves, may be the sea, and long round-shaped, its half-fitted to seep water, high water nowadays, so that also when the size of the hole."

Moon Water cave entrance Chaoyang, Chaoyang Dong Yiming. But the hole in the water, floating like the moon, very vivid, so elusive in the name still in use. "Xiangshan Moon Water" is a great wonders of Guilin, literati Wen Fu is a sentence, everyone is amazing. Thistle reclusive North Song "Moon Water Cave" poem "underwater have the moon, the moon floating water. May not water, also dated to the water flow" of the sentence, detailed portrait of the sky, cave, underwater moon embraced miracle. Xiangshan Moon Water and mountains of South Point relative lunar rocks, suspended a day, a float in the water to form a "bi-monthly Lijiang River," the strange landscape.

Song Dynasty renamed on a floor cave built in Chaoyang Pavilion, Qing Dynasty, it has been spent. Inside there Auspicious "sunrise Pavilion Poems and order," Fan Chengda "Moon Water Cave Ming complex", Lu You and other poems Letters Cliff more than 50.

Chaoyang Pavilion in May nose landscape like cave, built in the Song, kiosks have been as early as waste, but as far away as 800 years ago, launched around the moon in the water hole between naming, two before and after the governor of Guizhou any of a back to back the battle of words, this tour has become the eternal topic. Originally, the Southern Song Dynasty roads two years (AD 1166), Auspicious Moon Water Cave tour to linger late no return, to re-visit again soon, a happy poem preface, because the hole to the East, the Pavilion name, the name of cave rock were all already as "sunrise", and being to the account of "sunrise Pavilion Preface" to the moon in the water hole in the north wall. Thereafter, the main Gui Fan Chengda, took a different view, to restore the original name, wrote "Moon Water Cave Ming complex", and Juan in the south wall of the hole.

Aspect

Sanshan strange shapes, like a giant elephant drinking water, if Koho insert river, such as Choi Jin stacked. Mountains and caves have their own spectacle, and some like the full moon, and some breezy, dangling some rocks, trees, clear water eddy around, deep Shi Jing.

Best Travel Time

Best time to travel from August to October. At this point Guilin generally hot climate, we came to the foot of Xiangshan tourist can enjoy like to bring in natural caves of cool. Xiangshan able to watch, but also enjoy the cool summer, the Li River water can also be played out at the foot of Xiangshan.

Scenic Area Address: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin Pearl Road 2

Car lines: Guilin choose to take in the free public car (57, 58 road), buses (2, 23 road), the resort shuttle bus or by car through scenic.