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Xiufeng Scenic Area of Mount Lu
Ringed by Xianglu, Shuangjian and other peaks on Mount Lu's southern flank, Xiufeng holds the Kaixian falls, whose western cascade is generally taken as the one in Li Bai's poem.
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A waterfall drops straight down a steep rock wall, with pines growing from the crevices, cloud drifting across the mountainsides and the far hills fading layer by layer.
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- Viewing the Waterfall at Mount Lu, No. 2PoetryLi Bai
Its flying torrent plunges straight down three thousand feet; I wonder if the Milky Way is falling from the ninth heaven.