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Sanghu and Ronghu, collectively known as Yangtang, are both moats excavated by the Song Dynasty in the south of Guilin City. The main attractions include Guilin landmarks Sun and Moon Twin Towers, "Sanghu Ten Sons" bas-relief stone screen, Li Zongren's official residence, Wang Zhenggong statue, etc. The Sun and Moon Twin Towers are adjacent to Elephant Trunk Mountain and are the most famous internet celebrity check-in points in the Two Rivers and Four Lakes. The twin towers are opposite the Song Dynasty carved Sun and Moon Bodhisattva in the Guilin Sea Stele Forest across the river, and they rise straight into the sky, hence the name. The twin towers are pavilion-style landscape towers, rebuilt on Tang Dynasty Buddhist pagodas. Together with the Universal Virtue Pagoda on Elephant Mountain and the Longevity Buddha Pagoda on Pagoda Mountain, they are collectively known as "Four Towers of the Same Beauty". The light is jumping and golden, and the shadow is sinking and jade. The Sun Tower is 41 meters high, with a total of nine floors, setting three world records, namely the tallest copper tower in the world, the tallest copper building in the world, and the tallest tower in the water in the world. The eighth floor contains the Buddha's relics. After the lights are turned on, the golden light reflects, like the morning sun rising in the lake. The Moon Tower is dignified and elegant, 35 meters high, with a total of seven floors. It is a glazed tower, connected to the Sun Tower through an 18-meter-long underwater passage. After the lights are turned on, it is silver and bright, like a bright moon falling into the lake. "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world", this slogan is almost known to every household. The first person to propose this sentence was Wang Zhenggong, a Ningbo man more than 800 years ago! There is a stone inscription on the Duxiu Peak as evidence. At the "Jiatai Change" (1201 AD) deer calling banquet, he happily wrote a poem "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world, the jade and green can be compared". In order to commemorate his contribution, there is a statue of Wang Zhenggong next to Sanghu today.
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Posted: Feb 20, 2024
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