Guilin is a typical city of picturesque landscape landcapes with hills and waters constituting their basic elements and can be describes as ' with thousands of hills dotting around and a stretch of water gridling the city'. From the salient description of ancient poets about the city we can get a feeling of amiale relations among the trinity of hills, waters and the city of Guilin.
The "Scennic Area of Two Rivers and Four Lakes" in Guilin refers to the section of Lijiang River in the city, Peach Blossom River, Wooden Dragon Lake, Osmanthus Lake, Banyan Lake and China Fir Lake, which form a scenic belt to round the city.