Dear Travellers We’d like to have the following travel guide to be always updated for the benefit of new tourists visiting Guilin and Li River. If anybody having used the piece finds necessary updates, please leave a message or feedback. Thanks! Cruising on Li River Cruising on Li River is the top thing to do…
Yulong River (遇龙河), about 7 km southwest of Yangshuo, is the largest tributary of Li River with a total length of 16 km starting from Jinlong Bridge and Yulong Bridge, ends at Gongnong Bridge, and emptying itself into Li River. The scenery along Yulong River is breathtaking. Yulong River is often regarded as a smaller…
Elephant Trunk Hill Scenic Area Standing at the confluence of Li River and Taohua River in Guilin, Elephant Trunk Hill (象鼻山）is one of the iconic landmarks of Guilin, a big draw for its first-time visitors. As far as I could remember, many years ago people could come here for a free glimpse of the hill which resembled…
Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge (程阳风雨桥) is also known as Yongji Bridge or Panlong Bridge. It is the most famous wind and rain bridge of Dong nationality in Guangxi, and also a key cultural relic protection unit in China. often refers to the scenic area of the same name which mainly includes Chengyang Bridge itself…
Guilin is a picturesque city, aft-lauded as “The Best Landscapes under the Heaven”. The city is surrounded by rivers and lakes, and dotted with karst hills, a cityscape typical of a mesmerizing Chinese painting. Daxu Ancient Town (Daxuzhen) But Guilin’s fame doesn’t totally rely on its natural beauty, it also boasts several sites of historical…
“Shili” literally means “10 li” in Chinese. The “li” is known as Chinese mile, a traditional Chinese unit of distance. Now one “li” is equal to half a kilometre. The Shili Scenery Gallery in Yangshuo (阳朔十里画廊) metaphysically refers to the mesmerizing 6km-long road starting from the southern end of Kangzhan Road (抗战路) in downtown Yangshuo to Moon Hill in Gaotianzhen (…
Dear Travelers, We’d like to have the following quick guide to be always updated for the benefit of new visitors visiting Longji Rice Terraces from Guilin. If anybody having used the piece finds necessary updates, please leave a message or feedback. Thanks! with their ticketing office building located about 1km to the south of Heping Town…
Best Place to Overlook the City of Guilin There are four prominent karst hills projecting from Guilin city proper including Folded Brocade Hill, Solitary Beauty Hill, Hubo Hill and Elephant Trunk Hill. Of all the four karst hills, I favour Folded Brocade Hill, the highest hill in the downtown Guilin. Google Map recognizes Folded Brocade…