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What is the legend of the West Mountain in Kunming?
Legend has it that a long time ago, on the bank of Dianchi Lake, there was a pair of young men and women who really loved each other. They live happily. One day, in order to show their love for the girl, young people took a boat to Haizi to bring her seaweed. However, as time went by, the girl didn't see the young man come back.

The girl missed the young man and thought that something had happened to him. She was heartbroken and cried for "Five Hundred Miles" day and night. Finally, her body became a lakeside mountain, and her long hair was scattered in the grass sea. Since then, Xishan has been called "Sleeping Beauty Mountain".

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Xishan Mountain is located on the west bank of Dianchi Lake, also known as Bijia Mountain, which is the first of the "Eight Scenes in South Yunnan" in Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, it ranked first among the "four famous mountains in Yunnan". In the "Six Scenes of Yunnan and Yang", it is known as "the autumn scenery of Biji"; The "jathyapple of Dianchi Lake" in the "Eight Scenes of Kunming" in the Qing Dynasty is the jathyapple in the western hills of Dianchi Lake.

Overlooking the West Mountain peaks, it looks like a huge sleeping Buddha, and like a beautiful bent leg lying on the edge of Dianchi Lake, like a sleeping beauty hanging down from the sea. Therefore, Xishan Mountain is called "Sleeping Buddha Mountain" and "Sleeping Beauty Mountain".

Huashan Huating Temple, Taihua Temple, Sanqing Pavilion, Nie 'er Tomb and Yulan Park are hidden in the depths of Maolin Bamboo, Longmen Grottoes are embedded in the towering cliffs, and thousands of acres of small stone forests are listed on the top of Luohan Mountain, with magnificent lakes and mountains and rich history and culture for thousands of years, which makes Xishan have unique mysterious charm and attract Chinese and foreign tourists.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Xishan scenic spot in Kunming, Yunnan