Qianling Park
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Qianling Park is located on Qianling Mountain, northwest of Guiyang, It is named after Mt. Qianlingshan which was awarded the title of ¡® the First Mountain in South China¡®;. The Hongfu Monastery on the mountain which was built in the early Qing Dynasty is one of the famous temples located in Guizhou province. At the foot of the mountain, there is a road called "jiuqujing" which winds to the monastery along which you can see ancient characters, pictures and carvings on the steep cliff while macaque jump here and there. From the "Kanzhu Pavilion" and " Wangcheng Tower" on the top of the mountain, one can get a bird¡®s eye view of the whole city. Apart from these, there are 200 Qiling caves and Qianling Lake found here. It was in Qiling cave that Zang Xueliang and Yanghucheng, two famous Anti-Japanese War heroes and patriotic generals, were once kept in captivityIn order to assure the safety and arouse the interest of tourists, a 500 meters long "Qianling cable way" was built leading from the foot of the mountain to "Kanzhu Pavilion."
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