On the bank of Li River, 61km from Guilin, lies a 100-meter-high tower speckled with orange, yellow and green colors, multicolored and harmonious, like a painting of nine horses. Hence the name Mural Hill.

Standing nearby and facing the Li River, the Mural Hill is a famous tourist spot along the river. Exposed perennially to rain and wind, the rock on the hill was stratified and images of nine horses may be seen indistinctly on the multicolored cliff face.

Legend goes that they are originally the heavenly horses herded near Li River. Frightened by a painter, they darted into a rock by mistake, resting here forever. An enigmatic image, it is hard to distinguish all of the horses in this painting. It is said that anyone who can recognize all nine horses would be the Number One Scholar (the title conferred on the one who got the first place in the highest imperial examination).