Guangxi | Guilin's dream of mountains and rivers, a journey of the Li River painting scroll, in search of a natural fairyland
🌈Highlights
Guilin is famous for its beautiful landscape and is known as the best landscape in China. The main attractions include Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill, Xingping Ancient Town, Yulong River Drifting, Ten-Mile Gallery, Longji Terraces, etc., showing Guilin's unique natural scenery and rich cultural heritage.
📖Itinerary:
Day1: Jingjiang Princes' City→Elephant Trunk Hill→East-West Alley→Night Tour of Two Rivers and Four Lakes
Day2: Yulong River Drifting→Ten-Mile Gallery→Yangshuo West Street→Return to Guilin
Day3: Guilin→Longji Terraces→Long Hair Village
Day4: Guilin→Reed Flute Cave→Return
⛰️Attractions distribution:
Guilin city attractions: Elephant Trunk Hill, Xingping Ancient Town, Li River Cruise.
Yangshuo: Yulong River Drifting, Ten-Mile Gallery ends and returns to Guilin
Longsheng: Longji Terraces.
✅Must-visit attractions:
1️⃣Jingjiang Princes' City
Jingjiang Princes' City is located on the west bank of the Li River in Guilin. It was the fief of Zhu Shouqian, the Prince of Jingjiang in the Ming Dynasty. It was built in the fifth year of Hongwu (1372 AD) and completed in the 25th year of Hongwu (1392 AD). Jingjiang Princes' City has the best-preserved Ming Dynasty city wall in China.
Because Jingjiang Princes' City is located in the city center of Guilin, it is said that 'you can know Guilin by looking at the Princes' City'.
✨Tips: You can experience the imperial examination in the scenic area, which is great!
2️⃣Solitary Beauty Peak
Solitary Beauty Peak is located in Guilin Princes' City, it is an integral part of the Princes' City scenic area. The earliest poem 'Guilin's landscape tops those elsewhere' is inscribed on Solitary Beauty Peak. The phrase 'Guilin's landscape tops those elsewhere' has been used as an immortal comment on Guilin's landscape for 800 years.
3️⃣Two Rivers and Four Lakes
Guilin's 'Two Rivers and Four Lakes' refers to the two main rivers in Guilin city - Li River and Gui River, and the four main inner city lakes, including Tengzi Lake, Gui Lake, Mulong Lake, and Xiufeng Lake. This combination forms the unique water system scenery of Guilin city.
Li River and Gui River: The two main rivers run through Guilin city. The Li River is famous for its clear water quality and magnificent landscape, and is one of the most beautiful rivers in China. The Gui River is the main tributary of the Li River, together they form the unique water landscape of Guilin.
Taking a cruise on the Li River, you can enjoy the unique landscape of Guilin.
The Sun and Moon Pagodas on the lake, also known as the Sun and Moon Twin Pagodas, are a landmark building in Guilin city. The tower is divided into two parts, one is the 'Sun Tower', and the other is the 'Moon Tower', they symbolize the sun and the moon. The architectural style of the Sun and Moon Pagodas is unique, combining traditional and modern elements.
4️⃣Yulong River Drifting and Ten-Mile Gallery
In November, Guilin is still warm.
In this pleasant season, the sun shines on the Li River, take a bamboo raft to drift into the picturesque landscape. Even the most hurried itinerary becomes leisurely here. 'The boat travels on the green waves, people are in the painting', the speed of drifting is not important, where the destination is does not matter, the beauty of the process is the mystery of Yulong River drifting.
5️⃣Longji Terraces
The mountain is the backbone of the dragon, and the field is the ladder in the cloud.
The Longji Terraces have a history of at least 2300 years. The ancestors of the Zhuang and Yao ethnic groups cultivated fields here, this is their generations of work, and now it has become an outstanding world rice culture landscape.
Longji Terraces is a general term, composed of several terraces: Ping'an Zhuang Village Terraces, Jinkeng Dazhai Red Yao Terraces, Longji Ancient Zhuang Village Terraces, Xiaozhai Red Yao Terraces.
Jinkeng Terraces and Ping'an Terraces are worth visiting.
6️⃣Guangxi Long Hair Village
On the way to Jinkeng, you will pass through Huangluo Yao Village, which is the 'Long Hair Village' that applied for the Guinness World Record.
7️⃣Reed Flute Cave
Typical karst topography. Reed Flute Cave is mainly known for its unique karst cave landscape. The cave has deep underground caves and various stalactites, forming a beautiful underground karst scenic area.
🍜Must-eat food
1️⃣Highly recommend Guilin rice noodles.
2️⃣The bamboo rice, tofu, and beer duck from the local farmhouse in Yangshuo are super delicious.
3️⃣The fruit here is super cheap, oranges, tangerines are great!
🎫Ticket information:
🚩Elephant Trunk Hill: Free
🚩Li River Cruise: 200 yuan/person
🚩Yulong River Drifting: 100 yuan/person
🚩Ten-Mile Gallery: Free
🚩Longji Terraces: 80 yuan/person
🚩Reed Flute Cave: 90 yuan/person
🚩Jingjiang Princes' City: 100 yuan/person
🏠Accommodation recommendation
It is recommended to choose hotels near Guilin city or Yangshuo West Street, which is convenient for visiting the main attractions and experiencing the local nightlife and food.
✨Tips:
✅ In Yangshuo, you can rent a local small motorcycle (about 50 yuan), and it's interesting to stop and go on the country roads of Yangshuo.
✅ Special travel photography: Experience the pose of 'Fisherman's Evening Song', and shine with Guilin's landscape.
✅ Guilin's folk customs are rich and colorful, you can participate in some intangible cultural heritage experience activities, such as watching Guilin opera, puppet shows, embroidery, etc., to feel the cultural heritage of Guilin.
💡Kind reminder:
✔️The attractions in Guilin are widely distributed, plan your itinerary and transportation in advance to avoid wasting time and money.
✔️The food in Guilin is mainly rice noodles, with a spicy and sour taste, you can tell the boss in advance to put less chili or vinegar.
✔️Weather and outfit guide:
Climate
Guilin area has a subtropical monsoon climate with a mild climate all year round, abundant rainfall, sufficient sunshine, and distinct seasons.
Temperature
February: 8-14C°, March: 12-19C°, April: 18-25C°
May-October: 25-33C°, November: 18-25C°
Outfit:
February-March outfit suggestion: Wear down jacket, storm jacket, plus sweater autumn clothes and autumn pants, winter hat, scarf.
April-May outfit suggestion: Ordinary hoodie, sportswear.
September-October outfit suggestion: Summer clothes, sunscreen clothes, short sleeves, shorts, various dresses
November-January is the same as February.
Yulong River is really beautiful! ! ! Sure enough, Guilin's landscape is the best in the world, Yangshuo's landscape is the best in Guilin! ! Proper people are in the middle of the painting! The whole process is about half an hour. The water quality is good, the scenery is good, and the air is good.
Yulong River rafting is very good, the scenery is pleasant, it is worth experiencing. The service is also very good, and the pick-up is more timely. The fly in the ointment, Yulong River rafting can't buy tickets online, but there are still many tickets on the spot.
The bamboo rafts in Yulong River are still worth experiencing. They go down the stream along the way and the scenery is beautiful. The only regret is that the quality of the people who row the bamboo raft is uneven. I have experienced it once before. The master is very talkative and the people are good. Passengers are also encouraged to play in the water. This time, the master, from the beginning of the boating, kept smoking, very speechless, and, not allowed passengers to touch the water, said that there was huge resistance, affected him to slide, and said very unkindly. We are downstream, how much resistance can we, even if there is resistance, can't we speak well? It is really a hell of a thing to say that we have to use the tone of the trainer as soon as we open our mouths.
good! Very good, convenient parking!
The bamboo raft can buy tickets on the spot. The package is also to buy tickets on the spot with an ID card. It is still necessary to queue up, which is equivalent to 240 renting two sets of clothes to take pictures. It was very cold on May 1st and it was time to wear a thick coat.