CHINA - ELEPHANT TRUNK HILL & FUBO HILL, GUILIN

BY HJ ZULHEIMY MAAMOR

29 MARCH 2024

13 NOVEMBER 2017

Our tour destination for today is Elephant Trunk Hill, which is located in Xiangbi Mountain, Xiangshan, Guilin. The journey of 4.6 km takes about 15 minutes. We will continue our journey after having breakfast at a Halal Restaurant in Guilin.

Waiting for the bus in front of our hotel in Guilin.

The view in front of our hotel

ELEPHANT TRUNK HILL

Elephant Trunk Hill is located at the junction of the Li River and the Taohua River in the southwest of Guilin city. It is called Elephant Trunk Hill because it is shaped like an elephant drinking water. It has been a famous tourist destination since the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

Zhuang custome at Elephant Trunk Hill are the signatures in Guangxi

After visiting Elephant Trunk Hill, we headed to our next destination, Fuboshan Park, which is approximately 2.5 km away and takes about 8 minutes to reach.

FUBOHILL

The Fubo Hill located 2 km from the Elephant Trunk Hill and just above the western bank of the Li River. On this hill, a temple in commemoration of General Fubo was built in the Han Dynasty (202 B.C - 220 A.D.). which give the rise to the name "Fubo Hill". 

General Ma Yuan (14 BC - 49 AD), known by his official title Fubo Jiangjun (General who calms the waves), was a general who served during the Han Dynasty. He is a very famous general in Chinese history. He was highly respected among the Chinese community at that time, and even his daughter became the Empress of the Ming Emperor of the Han Dynasty. One of his achievements in the military field was helping Emperor Guangwu unify the Chinese Empire and suppress the rebellion of the Trung Sisters in Jiaozhi (Vietnam), as well as the rebellion of the Wulin tribe in the Middle East of Guizhou. He died in 49 AD due to illness while on an expedition to Hunan.

Fuboshan Park is the entrance to Fubo Hill, marked by a statue of the famous Fubo General Ma Yuan.

After the photo session at Fuboshan Park, we continued our journey to a Chinese tea processing shop that I can't remember the name of.

Next:

CHINESE TEA AND JADE, ZHENGYAN STREET AND MIRAGE GUILIN SHOW

Hj Zulheimy Maamor

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