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Guilin is a world-renowned scenic touristic city located in the north-eastern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is hailed by many as the most beautiful place in China and is one of the must-see destinations for most foreign tourists. It has a southern subtropical monsoon climate, which contributed shape its particular landscape consisting on numerous caves, lakes and hills or karst . But also, it allowed the city to be constructed around the water systems which nowadays, along with its beautiful landscape, are the main attraction of both national and international visitors to the region.

Guilin has a long history which set precedents as far as the Qin dynasty (秦朝). In its origins, Guilin flourished as a prefecture benefiting from the construction of the Lingqu Canal (灵渠) in 214 B.C., connecting the Xiang River (湘江) and the Li River (漓江). Its construction allowed the development of Guilin first as a small settlement along the banks of the Li River, which grew to finally being established as a modern city in 1940. Guilin is a rich historical, cultural and humanistic art reference city in China, whose culture has strong ties with its particular topography, geomorphology, hydrology and other natural conditions, which led to the existence of a particular natural landscape known as karst landscape .

In the construction of Guilin’s landscape, the ancient period has first to be acknowledge. In those years, nature was worshiped by numerous poets and landscape painters traveling to the settlement. Especially during the Ming and Qing dynasties, when Guilin became the provincial capital of Guangxi (nowadays Nanning 南宁市) and attracted a large number of migrants and tourists. Artists arriving to the city contributed to a flourishing literary atmosphere, promoting the development of a landscape culture. Its shapely-rising limestone towers and crystal-clear waters are often portrayed in Chinese artworks.Landscape paintings, scrolls and poems popularised all along the region. One famous example might be the one from Wang Zheng Gong’s (王正功, 1133 ~ 1203) poem about Guilin, which included the well-known sentence: “Guilin scenery is the best scenery in the world .

Guilin is a good place for leisure and vacation, and you can appreciate the natural scenery of southern China and the customs of Nanyue culture at the same time. Especially between July and September of each year, it is a city very suitable for sightseeing.

The climate of Guilin is a humid monsoon climate in the mid-subtropical zone, characterized by sultry summers, damp and cold winters.

Beautiful landscape views of Guilin

Guilin is known for its dramatic landscape of limestone karst hills.

 At its city center are 2 lakes, Shanhu (Cedar) and Ronghu (Banyan), remaining from a medieval-era moat that once surrounded the city. Boats travel through these and other lakes via connected rivers. On Shanhu Lake’s shore, twin pagodas, the Sun and Moon, light up the sky at night. 

These are what people have their say about Guilin

Guilin is the fine place that boasts super leisure cruise along the real Chinese ink painting gallery of hundred-mile long Li River, lovely rural Yangshuo hidden gem dotted by scattered Karst hills in eye-pleasant emerald and jasper, and unbelievable manmade agricultural rice terrace landscapes in ethnic Longsheng changing various fancy garbs around the year.

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The scenery of Guilin is absolutely stunning and the tour top notch. It is satisfying gateway to have great fun with the most beautiful nature and will let you embrace the top skillful masterpieces by nature within its sightseeing wonderland.

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Guilin’s fantastic hills, waters, countryside, rafting, hiking, cycling, photography and other fun and adventures all await you to explore! Guilin never fails to be the darling of its visitors!

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