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Nanníng is the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. Established in AD 318 it is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush tropical foliage.

The other nickname of Nanning is "Five Elephants City" coming from a legend from the Period of the Warring States (475 B.C.-221 B.C.). Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of Qin, wanted to to prevent floods by water control in Southern China. One night he had a dream. He saw an old man floating in the air. The old man turn a centipede into a bamboo whip and then gave it to him, and told him use the whip to herd five immortal elephants to the south, then the flood would be stopped. The emperor believed old man and then herd the elephants towards south. When they just pass the Yong River(where Nanning locates today), they heard a cock crowing somewhere, the sun will rise soon. Suddenly the bamboo whip turn back to be a centipede because it was afraid of being eaten by a cock, so it ran away, and the five elephants would not move without the wrip and stay put, Then the emperor woke up. He felt it strange and sent someone to the south to see what happened. His men came back and said there are five new mountains appeared, looked like five elephants. So these five mountains are called “five elephants mountain” and there is no more flood in this area. Then elephant becomes the mascot of people who lives here, they believe that the elephant will make them stay safe forever. Walking on the Five Elephants Square in Langdong District, a big sculpture of five elephants can be seen. It was built to commemorate the legend.

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edited by dragon89 and mobydick74

  China, Nanning

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