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I often sent pictures of the hills of Guilin which I painted to friends back home, but few believed what they saw.
—Fan Chengda (Chinese Song Dynasty scholar)
![There's only one way to see Guilin!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6047227300a40d0d1c0c4083/1615895327074-OQVSXHTM5DSH7RSMPU0B/10400179_83423372190_6109992_n.jpg)
![High high in the sky](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6047227300a40d0d1c0c4083/1615895327578-P0P2Q8J42UABU0BZB328/10400179_83423352190_8157334_n.jpg)
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![Down on the ground](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6047227300a40d0d1c0c4083/1615895327104-DITJ5ODSM06FPVRPOBLB/10400179_83423427190_3990819_n.jpg)
![This guy gets in pretty much every photo in Guilin. You have to take one though](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6047227300a40d0d1c0c4083/1615895327182-HKBRMAMUCVRK26GN9NR9/10400179_83423437190_7881177_n.jpg)
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![10400179_83423502190_6733566_n.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6047227300a40d0d1c0c4083/1615895328536-VD8MWDJ7TT7YTGL9WOEM/10400179_83423502190_6733566_n.jpg)
![Like Hangzhou, Guilin has its own Impressions show on the lake](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6047227300a40d0d1c0c4083/1615895328577-WQUWGRAZM319B1PZRRYF/10400179_83423532190_2540517_n.jpg)
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![with a cast of hundreds](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6047227300a40d0d1c0c4083/1615895328760-CTU2EYVN58BGTN2AWTO4/10400179_83423547190_4511368_n.jpg)
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I often sent pictures of the hills of Guilin which I painted to friends back home, but few believed what they saw.
—Fan Chengda (Chinese Song Dynasty scholar)