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Yu Hill Park
Yu
Hill Park is located in the north of Guilin
nearby the Li River. It is named from Yu
hill and the emperor Yu Temple. The park
has a characteristic of wonderful hill,
deep and quiet cave, beautiful garden and
divine temple. It's the resource of Guilin
scenery and the cradle of Guilin history
and culture.
Yu hill, with its towering crags and dense forests,
is rather peaceful and secluded. At its western
foot, Shao yin cave goes from north to south.
The breezes run through the cave, mix the babbling
of royal beneficence stream and the roaring of
forests to make a music, just like Sho music."Warm
breeze in the sun cave" is one of the eight
famous sightseeing spots.
Yu Hill has a long history of development. There
ere lost of human resources and cultural scenery.
Which enrich the history and culture. The emperor
Yu temple was built in Qing Dynasty to commemorate
the visit of emperor Yu on his southern inspection
tour. Being the earliest temple of Guilin, it
has been regarded as a place of perfect happiness,
having affected great numbers of pilgrims through
the ages. Now there are 65 ancient carvings existed
in Yu Hill. The most distinguished are: sun temple
table of which dictions were made by Han Yunqing,
hand-wring tings hand sheik, inscription lid binging
respectively (tang dynasty); and the "jinxing
new you temple" by shoji (song dynasty);on
the precipice at the east foot of the hill, a
caving of goddess of mercy which has a 1400-year
history inject more color to the park.
As a delicate park of Guile, the construction
of the park is very new. It combines the traditional
and modem construction features. It embodies eastern
and western style, it seems uniquely delightful.
In the north section of the park, the park, there
are springs, waterfalls, grasslands, and flowers,
full of modern atmosphere. In the south section,
the rebuilt Emperor Yu Temple appears a great
force. Five Blessings Tower, which is named form
the traditional auspicious words "Five blessings
come to one's house" is bright and brilliant.
The "safety bell" in it prays for a
steady grow of the country and happiness Life
for its people. "Nine spheroid Heaven"
which was made of three big pieces of marble will
give you an imagination that you'll have a smooth
vary for your development. "Elegance collecting
Garden" collects a lot of grotesque and precious
stone for the visitors to appreciate. "Jiu
Qu Liu Shang" ("wine cups flow on a
winding brook" is full of wit and humor.
"The Pleasant and Refreshing Garden"
has lots of exquisite and vivid rockeries "Echo
wall", "Couple world", Intellect",
"Hearing Shao Building" and "south
Fragrance Pavilion" all show their Charms
to you.
Yu Hill Park, a new view of Guile's
travel, will give you a new felling.
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