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Butterfly Spring
Sequestered at the foot of the Yunlong Peak of the
Cangshan Mountain, the Butterfly Spring is actually a pool four metres
deep and 20 square metres wide. The gnarling boughs of an ancient silk
tree stretch over its surface. In the fourth lunar month every year,
the tree puts out butterfly-shaped flowers, and swarms of butterflies
in twenty or so breeds descend on the tree, linking themselves head
against tail into numerous coloured ribbon-like strings which keep
dangling over the pool. For this annual congregation of butterflies,
the silk tree and the Butterfly Spring have become a major tourist
attraction of the Cangshan Mountain.
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