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2013年1月15日星期二

Impression Liu Sanjie is a musical Evening show

  Impression Liu Sanjie is a musical Evening show, actually perCreated on the Li River in Yangshuo. The cast are local Zhuang minority villagers and bamboo-raft-men, and it is one of the creations of famous Chinese Director Zhang Yimou.

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  The performance is divided into 7 chapters including the preface and epilogue. At the beginning, the lights are all turned off and the image of Sanjie Show ups indistinctly in the sky with beautiful songs 'Sing the folk songs, here I am singing and there you are echoing...'. As the lights come up, the twelve hills Show up in Top of the audients; and a Little Angling boat is rowed from the hills. This is the Preface - the Legend of Hills and Rivers.More information about China Tour in chinatourguide.com.
  The first chapter is the Red Impression: Folk Songs. On the water, many fishermen are rowing their bamboo rafts in a column. Either standing or squatting, they hang the large red silk in the sky and or upon the water. This red picture symbolizes the enthusiasm and pIncreases the labors of the local people.
  The second chapter is the Green Impression: Garden. The color green symbolizes Dynamics as Properly as the vitality. Among the green hills and rivers, the smoke from cooking fires curls upward; herders are On the way Residence with their cattle under the gleam of the sunset. The Females, washing clothes beside the water are waiting for their husbands who are rowing the Angling rafts back Residence. This chapter reveals the peaceful and Content life of the local people.
The third chapter is the Golden Impression: Fishing Lights. Hundreds of bamboo rafts with golden Angling lights are spreading all More than the river. The rafts, gently rocking make the golden Angling lights dance upon the waters, the straw Rainfall capes, the frolic cormorants and the hills construct a perfect picture describing the simple existence of the people around the Li River.

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  The fourth chapter is the Blue Impression: Love Songs. Under the deep blue sky, and on the dark blue water, the performer of Sanjie is singing classical Adore songs. Then, a crescent-shaped boat with a charming fairy dancing in is flying onto the surface of the water. A group of pretty and young girls, dressed in red or white are bathing around the boat. In this blue world, these beautiful girls seem to become the notes of Sanjie's Adore songs.
  Impression on Sanjie LiuThe last chapter is the Silvery Impression: Performance Grand Ceremony. As the 'Wonder of Lijiang Culture', this scenery reflects the traditional ceremony in Sanjie's ResidenceCity according to the legend. Over 200 Zhuang girls form a Prolonged column Throughout the bridge More than the Li River. Their silver dresses make the river shimmer in a mysterious manner.

2013年1月5日星期六

Elephant Trunk Hill is one of the Lijiang River's most famous sights

  Elephant Trunk Hill is one of the Lijiang River's most famous sights. The hill is situated on the western bank of the Lijiang River, to the southeast of Guilin. It looks like an elephant, dipping its snout into the Lijiang River, hence the name "Elephant Trunk Hill". This sight is very representative of the landscape around Guilin and is a symbol of Guilin itself. A park and a Ming Dynasty pagoda are found on and around the Elephant Trunk Hill.

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  A legend tells that an elephant, which belonged to the Emperor of Heaven, came down to earth to help the people in their work. This angered the Emperor of Heaven, who stabbed the elephant while it was drinking at the river's edge and turned it to stone. The cave between the body and the trunk of this elephant figure is of a particularly interesting shape and has inspired poets and other writers, old and new, to engrave verses on its walls. The poems of Lo You, Fan Chengda, and other poets from different dynasties are of inestimable literary and archaeological value. On the top of the hill stands the Puxian Pagoda, erected during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and shaped as the handle of the dagger with which the elephant was killed.
  Elephant Trunk Hill has the altitude of 200 meters, 108 meters long and 100 meters wide. The mountain area is up to 1.3 hectares, which is composed of pure limestone. The major scenic spots include: Xiangshan Square, HuiJiang Pavilion, Puxian Tower, Elephant-eye Grotto, Shuiyue hole, Shanxing Island and Yunfeng Temple.

Reed Flute Cave rates as one of the top attractions in the Guilin

Reed Flute Cave, known as "the Palace of Natural Arts", is located in Guilin City. The cave is one of the largest known examples of what each tropical karst cone conceals within it. It rates as one of the top attractions in the city.

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  The cave oozes romance and history, not just because of the beguiling fairytales that are associated with each formation, but because of the 70 inscriptions that date back to the Tang Period (618-907). A visit to this 790-foot-deep hideaway is like a trip to another world. It will take you about an hour to walk through it, but the sense of serene escapism it engenders makes it feel like more than that. And the memories will last even longer.

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  The Reed Flute Cave is about 240 meters long, tourists enter the cave and then take a U-shaped sight-seeing route to see different spots, whereupon they exit it from another cave quite near the entrance one. Walking through the serried stone pillars, tourists feast their eyes on changing spots, feeling they are in a paradise where the Gods live. Some of them were named after the vivid shapes of trees, hill, animals and etc. For some of these names, you need to use your imagination, but the story behind each is quite fun. It's a pleasure to listen to romantic or fairy tales whilst appreciating the fantastic stone formations. Both the stories and the lighting add mystery to the scene. Although there are different kinds of lighting inside, you are not supposed to take photos unless you are a professional photographer, because the light inside is not sufficient for exposure. At some spots, such as the Crystal Palace or Flower and Fruit Mountain, special photography is offered at 20 yuan for one picture.