Introduction
Along the bank of Li River, there are two human-shaped rocks standing on the hill. The husband is on the higher hill. Below on the slope, looking like a woman yearning for her husband, is the wife.
Legend has it that they used to be a good couple who made their living operating a ferry. Once, the husband was asked to ship goods for a cunning merchant from Wuchow to Guilin. Provided with limited food by the merchant, the family set out. Due to the bad weather, the boat was stranded in a shallow.
All attempts to free the boat were in vain, and with the unexpected delay all the food was used up. Finally, they climbed up the hilltop and wished that the passing boats would help them. Without result, they turned into the rocks in despair.
Accordingly, people call the man-like rock on the hilltop "Immortal Rock", and the other on the slope in the figure of a woman with child on back "Yearning-for-Husband's-Return Rock." |
