Learn about Guilin
Elephant Trunk Hill
Elephant Trunk Hill is located at the confluence of Taohua River and Li River in Xiangshan District, Guilin City, Guangxi Province. Its mountain shape resembles a giant elephant drawing water from the river, and it is the city emblem and landscape landmark of Guilin. This solitary peak, composed of underwater sedimentary limestone 360 million years ago, is not only a classic specimen of karst topography, but also a cultural holy site for Mid Autumn Festival moon viewing throughout history due to the poem "There is a bright moon under the water, and the moon floats on the water" by the Song Dynasty scholar Jibei Chushi.
Yulong River bamboo raft
The Yulong River originates from Jinbao Township, Yangshuo County, Guilin City, Guangxi. It flows through Yangshuo for more than 30 kilometers from north to south and joins the Li River. It is the longest tributary of the Li River in Yangshuo. Due to the lack of any artificial shipping facilities along the river, Yulong River is known as the "Little Li River". At the same time, due to its unique experience of relying solely on artificial raft support and no engine roar, it has become the most ceremonial bamboo raft drifting place in China's natural landscape.
Guihai Qinglan
Guihai Qinglan is located on Hangtian Road in Qixing District, Guilin City, Guangxi Province. It is a comprehensive cultural tourism resort that has emerged in recent years. Due to its unique landscape of karst peak forests, grassy seas, and lakes, it is known as the "green fairy trail" in Guilin city. With over 200 peak forests, 12 lakes, and 600000 square meters of lawn, the "mountain water forest grass" three-dimensional painting has quickly become a new internet famous landmark and outdoor living aesthetic sample in Guilin.
Longji terrace
Longji Terraced Fields is located in Heping Township, Longsheng Autonomous County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province. It is a mountainous agricultural system that began in the Yuan Dynasty and was completed in the early Qing Dynasty, with a history of at least 650 years. It is a vertical farmland carved by the ancestors of the Zhuang and Yao ethnic groups on mountain slopes at an altitude of 300 to 1100 meters using hoes and chisels. It was officially opened to tourists in 1992 and is now an important global agricultural cultural heritage site and a national 4A level scenic spot.
Ruyi Peak
Ruyi Peak is located in Gaotian Town, Yangshuo County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province, adjacent to National Highway 321. It is the first mountain top aerial park in Yangshuo and is named after the traditional artifact "Ruyi" that resembles the ridge. As a landmark project of Yangshuo Karst Peak Forest from "ground viewing" to "cloud roaming", Ruyi Peak redefines the dimension of peak forest tourism by virtue of the trinity of 200 meter long glass walkway, 142 meter high cable bridge and Ruyi Cloud Viewing Platform.
Li River
The Li River originates from Mao'er Mountain, Xing'an County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province. It belongs to the upper reaches of the the Pearl River River system, with a total length of 164 kilometers. It runs through Guilin and Yangshuo from north to south. It is a world-class landscape corridor shaped by karst peak forests and rivers. It is famous for its four wonders of "green mountains, beautiful waters, unique caves, and beautiful rocks", and is the only river in China to be selected as one of the 15 most beautiful rivers in the world (CNN selection)
Xianggong Mountain
Xianggong Mountain is located on the west bank of the Li River in Xingping Town, Yangshuo County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province, with an altitude of about 380 meters. It is named after its mountain shape that resembles the ancient hat of a prime minister. It is not a traditional cultural heritage site, but rather, with an absolute perspective overlooking the first bay of the Li River, it has rapidly risen from an unnamed barren mountain to a "Chinese national guest level viewing platform" in the photography industry over the past twenty years. This is almost a must visit destination for every professional landscape photographer's trip to Guilin, and it is also the easiest "God's View" for ordinary people to reach.
Guilin Romance of the Ages
Guilin Romance of the Ages is a large-scale cultural tourism and performance project jointly created by Songcheng Performing Arts and Guilin Tourism. The core is the large-scale song and dance "Guilin Romance of the Ages" and a "living" scenic spot that integrates urban streets, alleys, and Zhuang Yao customs. It is different from traditional landscape performances, but a composite form of indoor theater and outdoor theme park, using sound, light and electricity technology to compress Guilin's ten thousand year history into a one hour stage.
Impression of Liu Sanjie
"Impression of Liu Sanjie "is located at the confluence of the Li River and Tianjia River in Yangshuo County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province. It is the world's first landscape live performance, directed by Zhang Yimou, Wang Chaoge, and Fan Yue, and officially performed in 2004. It takes the 2-kilometer stretch of the Li River as the stage, with 12 background peaks such as Shutong Mountain as the backdrop, and local fishermen and girls as actors, creating a new paradigm of Chinese tourism performance with "heaven and earth as the theater".
West Street of Yangshuo
Yangshuo West Street is located in the center of Yangshuo County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province, with a total length of about 800 meters and a stone pavement width of less than 6 meters. It is the first street in China specifically designed to receive foreign tourists and is also the most intense capillary for the spontaneous integration of Chinese and Western cultures. Since the first group of foreign backpackers broke into Lingnan Old Street on the banks of the Li River in 1978, West Street has gradually evolved from a Guangdong Guangxi residential settlement into a "global village". The landlady selling beer fish here can speak fluent California accent English, and the old silversmith hanging wax dyed cloth can bargain in Italian.
Ten Mile Gallery
The Yangshuo Ten Mile Gallery is located along National Highway 321 in Yangshuo County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province. It starts from the Totem Ancient Road in the north and ends at Moon Mountain in the south, with a total length of about 10 kilometers. It is a landscape corridor that interweaves karst peak forests and rural scenery. This is not a closed scenic area, but an open scenic belt, named after the formation of peak forests, golden rice fields, and village decorations along the way, like a slowly unfolding green scroll. It is China's first landscape avenue with the theme of "low-carbon cycling".
Xingping Ancient Town
Xingping Ancient Town is located in the northeast of Yangshuo County, Guilin, Guangxi, on the west bank of the Lijiang River, 25 kilometers away from Yangshuo County. It is the essence of the Lijiang River scenic belt, and also the scene of the fifth set of RMB 20 note background patterns. It has a history of over 1700 years. Compared to the hustle and bustle of Yangshuo West Street, Xingping has preserved the last bit of the ancient town in northern Guangxi, slow and old.
Marine Ginkgo biloba
Marine Ginkgo biloba is located in Haiyang Township, Lingchuan County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province. It is the closest to Guilin city and the largest gathering area of Ginkgo biloba in southern China. It is not a single scenic spot, but a geographical general term covering 9 villages including Haiyang Township, Datongmuwan, Xiaotongmuwan, Beidaidi, and over 1 million ginkgo trees.
Silver Cave
Silver Cave is located in Maling Town, Lipu City, Guilin City, Guangxi Province, about 18 kilometers away from Yangshuo County. It is a typical representative of the underground karst cave system in karst landforms, named after the white and sparkling stalactites inside the cave. It runs through twelve mountain peaks and has been surveyed for about 2 kilometers, gathering various types of stalactites developed in different geological ages. It is known as the "treasure trove of world cave art" by geologists.
Sun Moon Twin Towers
The Sun Moon Twin Towers are located on the central island of Shanhu Lake in Xiufeng District, Guilin City, Guangxi Province. They are a landmark and cultural symbol of Guilin city, and also the first copper tower complex in China with the theme of "integration of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism". The twin towers are connected by an underground passage at the bottom of the lake, creating a spectacle of "twin towers in the water, floating jade in the center of the lake". It is the absolute protagonist of Guilin's night scenery and also the cultural anchor for tourists to confirm their gaze upon arrival in this picturesque city.