Tourists who come to Xuzhou should not miss the very important scenic spot known as Cloud Dragon Hill. The Hill ranges rise and fall like a moving dragon. On the eastern side of Cloud Dragon Hill is a 10-meter-high stone carving of the half-length portrait of Sakyamuni created in the North Wei Dynasty.
The Hill is verdant and luxuriant with big pines and cypresses providing shade from the sun, and is dotted with terraces and pavilions in between the hills. Su Shi, the famous poet in the Song Dynasty once wrote about the splendid scenery of Cloud Dragon Hill in his On Fanghe Pavilion (the Pavilion where cranes were set free). When spring turns into summer, green grass and trees stretch into the far horizon; while in autumn and snowy winter, whiteness covers everything.
“On the hill top wet and windy, dark and bright I overlook the constant change”, Su Shi wrote. There are many tourist attractions on the top of Cloud Dragon Hill, such as Fanghe Pavilion, Stone Bed of Su shi, Xinghua Temple, Kwan-yin Rock, Woniu Fountain, Yunlong Academy, and Sight-seeing Platform.
Name:Xuzhou Cloud Dragon Hill (Yunlong Shan)
City:Xuzhou
Address:Southern Xuzhou
Admission:CNY5
Hours: 06:00 am -08:00 pm
Tel: 0086-516-83960208
