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About Folded Brocade Hill
Stone steps lead between the park’s peaks, with Mingyue Peak offering a view over central Guilin and the Li River setting. The cave and summit create two different scales of observation: close-up carvings and a wider city landscape. Follow the managed uphill route and choose the climb according to conditions.
The hill's folded, horizontally fractured rock, likened to layers of stacked brocade, is described in the Tang dynasty text Diecai Shan Ji (叠彩山记) by Yuan Hui (元晦), nephew of the poet Yuan Zhen, who linked the name to the alternating colours of the stone. In the Qing dynasty the scholar Qin Huan (秦焕) organized the building of Diecai Pavilion (叠彩亭).
The hill is also known as Wind Cave Hill (风洞山), for a cave within it that produces a breeze year-round, and as Osmanthus Hill (桂山); it stands north of central Guilin, on the west bank of the Li River north of Fubo Hill. It comprises four peaks, Siwang Shan (四望山), Yuyue Shan (于越山), Xianhe Feng (仙鹤峰) and Mingyue Feng (明月峰), long known as 'where rivers and mountains meet' (江山会景处). The hill holds Diecai Pavilion, Yuyue Pavilion (于越亭), Diecai Qionglou (叠彩琼楼) and Yangzhi Hall (仰止堂), with the old Mulong ferry (木龙古渡) at its foot; the wind cave's interior carries poems and inscriptions by writers of successive dynasties, along with about 19 niches of Buddhist rock carvings totalling more than 80 figures.
What to look for
- Wind Cave contains historic rock inscriptions and carvings.
- Mingyue Peak opens a broad view over Guilin’s hills, river and city.
Location & getting there
Getting to Folded Brocade Hill
Approach the Diecai Mountain park entrance on Longzhu Road in northern central Guilin. Continue from the entrance along the signed stone-step route.
Combine your visit
Suggested order for the visit:
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Park entrance and lower paths
Read the layered hill form.
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Wind Cave
Look closely at the inscribed rock surfaces.
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Mingyue Peak
Continue to the city outlook where the route is open.
This is an editorial sequence of named spaces or places. It does not imply a verified walking connection or promise opening, ticket availability or a journey time.
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View guide →Sources & visit information
The sources below support the place-specific description and arrival information. Suggested combinations are editorial planning ideas; confirm current opening, entry arrangements and transport services for your date.
- Wikivoyage: Guilin ↗
- Guilin Two Rivers and Four Lakes–Xiangshan scenic area: overview ↗
- Chinese Wikipedia: 叠彩山 (revision 74036526, 2022-10-11) ↗
Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikivoyage contributors, Guilin · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 5340127.
Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "叠彩山", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 74036526.