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Xiaoyushan Park is one of the best scenic spot along the seaside of Qingdao, though the hill is not high, it has marvelous vision, overlooking the Huiquan Bay and other scenic spots like Zhanqiao Pier, Little Qingdao Isle, Lu Xun Park and Badaguan (Eight Passes) Scenic Area. From the top of the hill you can see beautiful landscape featuring red tile, green tree and azure sky and blue ocean. "Fish Hill Autumn Moon" is one of the Top Ten Scenic Spots of Qingdao.
Built in the Chinese classical style, the hilltop park is named after the Yu Hill, which adds to the glamour of the Huiquan Bay. Its main buildings include Lanchao Pavilion (Tide Viewing Pavilion), Yongcui Pavilion (Green Groue Embedded Pavilion) and Bibo Pavilion (Pavilion for Viewing Blue Ripples).
A three-storey octagon pavilion stands 18 meters high on the top of the Xiaoyushan Hill, famous as Lanchao Pavilion with a stele inscribed by a celebrated calligrapher--Wu Zuoren. Ascending to the top of the Lanchaoge, visitors could enjoy the panoramic scenery of Qingdao. East of it there is Yongcui Pavilion, and its west lies the Bibo Pavilion, both of them being the pavilions with projecting eaves covered by green tiles. There are two large-sized murals constructed from white marble located in the gallery in the east, named respectively as Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and The Strange Tales Written by Pu Songling. Charming, brilliant and vivid, they are hailed by visitors. The emblem of the Xiaoyushan hill is the Chinese pictograph of the Chinese character "Yu" which means fish, inlaid in the eastern part of the wall.
In laying out the park, its designers and architects made use of the local landscape and their imagination. No visitor coming to the Huiquan Bay fails to be attracted by the Xiaoyushan Park, characterized with distinctive pavilions, corridors and abundant flowers and trees.
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