Standing nearby and facing the Li River, 61km from Guilin, there lies a 100-meter-high Hill. The side of the hill is speckled with orange, yellow and green colors, multicolored and harmonious, like a painting of nine horses. Hence the name Mural Hill.

Mural Hill is a famous tourist spot along the Li River. Exposed perennially to rain and wind, the rock on the hill was stratified and images of nine horses may be seen indistinctly on the multicolored cliff face. 


Legend goes that they are originally the heavenly horses herded near Li River. Frightened by a painter, they darted into a rock by mistake, resting here forever. It is hard to distinguish all of the horses in this painting. It is said that anyone who can recognize all nine horses would be the Number One Scholar. However, only by looking down at the hill from the sky can the image of the ninth horse be seen.