Why Do Countless Literati Spare No Effort to Depict the Lijiang River?

All five ranges burn with heat, only Guilin feels serene. Beyond ten thousand miles of winters, snow falls deep and white. The sun and moon move above, rivers shape below. In 424 AD, Yan Yanzhi, governor of Shi'an praised the solitary peak rising within the city walls, naming it Duxiu Mountain.