The iconic mountain of Guilin is Elephant Trunk Hill.
Elephant Trunk Hill, formerly known as Li Hill, is located at the confluence of the Peach Blossom River and the Li River in Guilin, and the hill got its name because it looks like a giant elephant standing by the side of the river with its trunk outstretched drinking from the Li River's sweet springs, and it is known as the symbol of Guilin's landscapes.
Elephant Trunk Hill is famous for its magic. Its magic is, firstly, the similarity of shape and spirit, and secondly, the creation of a round of waterfront moon between the nose and legs, constituting the "Elephant Trunk Hill Water and Moon" spectacle. It is located in the center of Guilin City at the confluence of the Li River and the Peach Blossom River, resembling a giant elephant, between the trunk and legs of the elephant is a round hole with an area of about one hundred and fifty square meters, and the river water passes through the hole, like a bright moon floating in the water. Located on the west bank of the Elephant Mountain Water Moon and the east bank of the Li River through the moon rock opposite, a hanging in the sky, a floating in the water, forming the "Li River double moon" peculiar landscape. Guilin city is famous for the beauty of the local landscape, is a world-famous scenic city, Guilin everywhere is beautiful, and the Li River landscape can be called one of the models, and the Li River scenery, especially the beauty of Guilin Yangshuo for the most, so there is a "Guilin landscape, Yangshuo landscape a Guilin," said, Guilin's mountain is the birdsong mountain more quiet, Guilin water is clear and transparent, green to the point of being a Guilin. The mountains of Guilin are more beautiful than the mountains with birdsong, and the water of Guilin is clear, transparent and green, and it seems that people are traveling in the painting.