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Guilin Overview
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Famous people and poets down through the centuries have eulogized Guilin’s scenery. It really has to be seen to be believed. The mountains are so sheer they come vertically out of the ground in places. Their white and black faces are cloaked in verdant greenery. They are best viewed where a river or lake reflects their profiles, or when the post-rain mists cling to the pinnacles.
Guilin has some of the most spectacular karst topography in the world. The tooth-like limestone mountains come in clusters, or as isolated monoliths or mesas, often with caves, and sometimes with holes all the way through, like Elephant Hill and Moon Hill in Yangshuo. The mountains were formed by uplifting of the earth’s crust in this region (driven by the Indian tectonic plate pushing under the Asian plate) followed by a great deal of rain over the years. The runoff has dissolved away the softer limestone and washed away other deposits, leaving these remarkably angular chunks of rock.
"Guilin is really a bright pearl in China."
4-Day Guilin & Yangshuo Memory Tour: only from 334 $ USD
Get "up close and personal" with the beauty that you have seen in the pictures as you venture out into the countryside of Yangshou by bicycle or bus, through the rice paddies to experience rural China at its most charming.
Guilin was named after the fragrance of the osmanthus tree (Gui means osmanthusand lin means forest). Its first recorded inhabitants lived in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC). Guilin prospered and flourished during the Tang (618-907), Song (960-1279), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties under patronage from successive emperors. It is currently home to 12 ethnic minorities.
Guilin's reputation as one of the world's most beautiful places has been established over hundreds of years and ranks second on China's list of the 10 best tourist destinations, after Beijing.
Guilin's Location
Guilin is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (see Guilin Map). Guilin Municipality covers an area of 551 square kilometers. It is in a basin surrounded by the Yuecheng Mountain Range, Ocean Hill, Jiaqiao Mountain Range and Tianping Hill. Guilin is located almost due west from Hong Kong, about one hour away by air.
Guilin is in a subtropical monsoon zone with a warm and moist climate. Altitude ranges from about 100 meters by lower reaches of the Li River to 2141 meters at Mao'er Mountain, the tallest peak in South China. Mao'er Shan holds the source of the beautiful Li River. The Li River flows through Guilin from north to south. The center of Guilin city lies on the western bank of the Li River. The geography of this prefecture makes Guilin a unique natural experience for visitors.
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