Great weather! It is sunny today. We arrive in Beijing at 9:00 in the morning. 【小题1】 And we go to the hotel by taxi. After lunch we take a bus to the Summer Palace. 【小题2】 While we are in a boat on Kunming Lake, we hear someone singing Beijing Opera. 【小题3】 In the evening we walk to Tian’anmen Square because it is next to our hotel. We take some photos there. 【小题4】 This morning when we walk to the Palace Museum, we pass by (路过) a square and see some people flying kites (放风筝). The kites are in different shapes (形状). 【小题5】 They are really beautiful. I want to go to the aquarium (水族馆), and then Beihai Park. Tomorrow we’ll visit the Great Wall. I hear it’s very great and I think I will have great fun playing there.

The town of Xingping is on the east bank of the Li River. It is 63 kilometers from Guilin and 27 kilometers from Yangshuo. Xingping is well-known for its still waters and beautiful mountains.

Xingping is the oldest town in Yangshuo. It was set up in 265 and it was Xiping County in the past. It was the center of Yangshuo County until Yangshuo Town was set up in 590. It is the most important town beside the Li River for over 1, 700 years. The scenery (风景) from Yangdi to Xingping is the most beautiful part of Li River. In 1974, after one of the marshals of our country, Ye Jianying, visited Li River, he wrote a poem. It says “Xingping ranks first in Li River.”

This town has many landmarks (地标) such as Mural Hill, Snail Hill, Lotus Crag, and Fishing Village. You can enjoy these sceneries from the Li River cruise (巡航). You can walk up to Yangdi Town along the river from here (around 5 hours).

If you are interested in hiking, you can take hours’ walk to Yangdi or boat across the river and walk to the Stone City. Tengjiao Temple is there.