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The Elephant Trunk Hill (
Chinese: 象鼻山;
pinyin
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: ''Xiàngbí Shān'') is a
hill
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in
Guilin
Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''), postal map romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, romanized as Kweilin, is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the we ...
,
Guangxi
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, China.
Name
Elephant Trunk Hill is the symbol of the city of Guilin. It got its name because it looks like an elephant drinking water. The round opening that would be under the elephant’s trunk is known as Water-Moon Cave because at night the reflection of the moon can be seen through the arch and it looks as if it is under the water and floating on the surface of the water at the same time. Elephant Trunk Hill and
Water-Moon Cave are located at the confluence of the
Taohua River and the
Lijiang River
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.
See also
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Moon Hill
Moon Hill () is a hill with a natural arch through it a few kilometers outside Yangshuo in southern People's Republic of China, China's Guangxi autonomous region. Moon Hill is part of the Guilin Mountains. It is so named for a wide, semicircular ...
, in
Yangshuo County
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Torghatten, in
Norway
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References
External links
Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)Travel China Guide
{{Coord, 25, 16, 13.63, N, 110, 17, 31.77, E, type:landmark, display=title
Geography of Guilin
Natural arches of China
Landforms of Guangxi
Tourist attractions in Guilin
Hills of China