Seven Star Park of Guilin 桂林七星公园

桂林七星公园是桂林市内的著名景区之一。我们到桂林时刚刚好有一个下午的时间就去七星公园逛了一下。

Seven Star Park is a major attraction in the city of Guilin. We arrived in Guilin at noon, and after a bit of rest, there was just enough time to explore this beautiful park.

七星公园的其中最重要景点是七星岩，一个天然钟乳石岩洞。从七星公园入口到公园中央，沿着石梯上山，经过好几过洞穴（洞穴里还有人在打麻将）和不同的庭园建筑，才到达了七星岩的入口。进入七星岩需要门票，而且要跟官方团才能进。官方团每半个小时一次，我们在入口外等了十几分钟，赶上了当天最后一个团进去游览。

The Seven Star Park is home to the Seven Star Cave, an underground cave system with limestone formations. From the entrance of the park, we walked towards the centre of the park, where there was a stone staircase leading to the top of a hill. After passing through numerous caves (where some locals were playing mahjong) and traditional buildings, we finally reached the entrance of the cave. The only way to get into the cave is via official tours that departs every 30 minutes. Luckily, we manage to catch the last tour of the day.

七星岩是个大型洞穴系统，洞穴最高27米，最宽49米，为古代地下河流遗留下来的轨迹。七星岩早在唐代时便开发成景点，在抗战时期曾经是桂林居民的防空洞。现在，洞穴里有差不多一公里长的行人通道供游人欣赏形状奇特的钟乳石。洞里终年20度，所以感觉还是挺冷的，有点逛冰洞的感觉。为了让钟乳石看上去更壮观，很多地方都放了彩色灯，让人犹如置身魔幻秘景。

The Seven Star cave is a massive underground cave system carved by ancient underground rivers with the cave ceiling reaching as high as 27 m and as wide as 49 m. The cave system has been a popular attraction since the Tang Dynasty, and during the Second World War served as a bomb shelter for the locals. Today, over 1km of walking track lead tourists to different stalactites and stalagmites formations. The cave is 20 degrees Celsius all year round, so it does feel a little chilly, almost like touring an ice cave. To make the limestone formations more dramatic, coloured light were shone through various part of the caves. It was as if we were wandering in some strange magical world.

不同形状的钟乳石还会被冠以生动的名字，例如三块大少差不多的石头被称为桃园结义。真的佩服命名这些石观的人的想像力。

To make the formations more interesting, they even go as far as naming different rock formations according to their shape, such as naming a formation that looked like three persons as “the sworn brothers in the peach garden” (A famous story in the Romance of Three Kingdoms). Sometimes you have to admire their imagination when they were naming these things.

逛完七星岩，还可以到七星公园的其他地方逛逛。七星公园的园景也是很美的。瀑布、人工湖、凉亭、小桥，都是特显中国风的庭园观景。七星公园的其中一个角落还有一座天王寺，寺院里的大雄宝殿前香火绵绵。烟雨蒙蒙，古式古香的寺院和后面的两座奇峰相映成趣，让人犹如身在画中。

Coming out from the cave, we continued to explore the rest of the park. The park has a lot of beautiful waterfalls, ponds, wooden bridges and traditional architecture, showcasing very well the essence of Classic Chinese style gardens. At one corner of the park there was a Buddhist temple, standing between large trees and underneath large rocky peaks in midst of the light rain. Very picturesque.

离开七星公园时已经是傍晚，漓江两岸七色灯火映照在江上，份外迷人。桂林果然是个美丽的城市！

When we left Seven Star Park, it was already getting dark. Coloured lights on both side of the Lijiang River lights up the water beautifully. Guilin is a very picturesque city indeed!

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