A cliff on the edge of the Yangtze River has become an overnight sensation in China after a Shanghai-based designer posted a photo of it earlier this month likening it to a dog.
Guo Qingshan took the photo, which he captioned “Puppy Mountain”, while on a hike near his home town of Yichang, in Hubei province, in late January.
When reviewing his images, he saw something he had not noticed before: a mountain shaped like a dog’s head rested on the ground, the tip of its snout at the water’s edge.
“It was so magical and cute. I was so excited and happy when I discovered it,” Guo said. “The puppy’s posture is like it’s drinking water, or it’s looking at some fish. It also looks like it’s quietly protecting the Yangtze River.”
Guo’s post on the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, received 120,000 likes in 10 days. The hashtag #xiaogoushan, Chinese for “puppy mountain”, also drew millions of views on the media platform Weibo.
Dog owners started to post pictures of their pets to see which one had the closest resemblance. Many people traveled directly to the location to see the mountain for themselves and some brought their dogs to take photos.
“Puppy Mountain here I am!” one social media user wrote on RedNote along with photos of the mountain. “Just stroke the puppy’s head and then everything will be OK.” Another commented: “We all need the eyes to see the beauty in this world.”
Yang Yang, who lives about an hour and a half from the location, drove there with her friends and her two-year-old grey poodle, Yang Keyi. “I was really happy to see the mountain,” she said. “I always travel with my dog if possible, so Puppy Mountain and my own little dog really match.”
The mountain is in Yichang’s Zigui county, where it can be seen from an observation deck.
After Guo’s photo went viral, many people shared photos of the view they had previously taken from the deck, many saying they had not realised it looked like a dog. Some discussed how the dog’s appearance had changed over the years.
Shi Tong, a Yichang resident, said he knew he had seen the mountain before, and posted a photo he took of the location in 2021.
“After I saw the Puppy Mountain photo online, I tried to look up where it is. And then I realised that I have been to this place before. I thought it looked like a dog at that time, too.”
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