Guilin Landscape Scenic Area, a 5A-level tourist attraction, a typical representative and classic brand of China's natural scenery, a national key scenic tourist city, a famous historical and cultural city, enjoys the reputation of "the best landscape in the world", and has a large-scale karst landscape tourist area
Guilin has enjoyed the reputation of "the best landscape in the world" since ancient times, and is an important tourist destination city in China and even the world, with two laurels of national key scenic spots and historical and cultural cities identified by the State Council, and is known as the pearl of international tourism. Guilin has beautiful scenery, the landscape represented by the scenery of the Li River and the karst landform, and has the reputation of "four uniques" of mountain green, water show, cave and stone beauty, and is a typical representative and classic brand of China's natural scenery. "Thousands of peaks are surrounded by wilderness, and a water hugs the city", the scenery is in the city, and the city is in the scenery, which is the unique charm of Guilin city.
Guilin is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, at the southern end of the "Xiangxi Corridor". The total area of the administrative area is 27,809 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 5 urban districts and 12 counties, with a total population of 4,951,100. The terrain in the territory is complex, the landform is diverse, surrounded by mountains, the terrain decreases from west to east, and the Li River and the Yijiang River flow through the jurisdiction from north to south. Guilin has vast and verdant primeval forests, majestic and steep peaks and valleys, torrents and rushing streams and waterfalls, the world's most extraordinary alpine terraces, and more than 10 ethnic minorities such as Zhuang, Yao, Miao and Dong.
Guilin is rich in tourism resources and has the following five characteristics and advantages: First, the mountains and rivers are beautiful and unique. The typical karst landform and Danxia landform give Guilin the landscape scenery of "green mountains, beautiful waters, strange caves, and beautiful stones", and is known as the "best in the world"; Second, natural resources and human resources are integrated. Lijiang River, Reed Flute Rock, Elephant Trunk Mountain, Longji, Octagonal Village, Lingqu, Guihai Stele Forest, Wangcheng and other scenic spots (points) have their own characteristics; Third, the city and the scenic spot are blended, you can see the scenery by pushing the window and going out, and the landscape distribution is appropriate, and the tourism accessibility is good; Fourth, the spatial levels of landscape distribution are multi-layered, and each has its own characteristics, which is convenient for the combination and phased development of a variety of tourism routes; Fifth, most scenic spots have towns to rely on. Some scenic spots have a certain foundation for development, which is suitable for carrying out multi-functional, multi-level and multi-form tourism activities to enhance the tourability. In recent years, Guilin has intensified the integration and development of tourism resources, and vigorously launched two rivers and four lakes, Lemandi, and Impression? Liu Sanjie, Yuzi Paradise, Longsheng Hot Spring, Yinziyan, Qincheng Water Street and other distinctive and high-grade tourist boutiques.
Guilin has a large number of tourism resources, a wide range of scenic spots, a good combination of regions, the urban tourism sector composed of urban areas and Lingchuan County, with Yangshuo as the center, Lipu, Gongcheng, Pingle composed of the southern tourism plate and Xing'an as the center, Longsheng, resources, Quanzhou, Guanyang composed of the northern tourism plate constitute the Greater Guilin tourism circle, forming the Lijiang River, Baili Xiaokang Ecological Civilization Corridor two golden tourism belts, building landscape sightseeing, leisure vacation, business exhibition, history and culture, red tourism, folk customs, Diversified tourism product system such as urban tourism.
With abundant tourism resources and unique urban charm, successive governments of Guilin have vigorously developed the tourism industry, and the tourism industry has achieved leapfrog development, and currently receives millions of inbound tourists every year. Guilin is one of the first batch of "China's Excellent Tourism Cities"; It is the best tourist destination city in China recommended by the World Tourism Organization to the world; It is a "National Garden City", "National Sanitary City" and "National Environmental Protection City". It is "China's Best Charming City" and "China's Quietest City", and it is also the most suitable city for human living and has a high happiness index.
Yangshuo
Yangshuo County is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southeast of Guilin City. It belongs to Guilin City, Guangxi, and is located on the west bank of the Li River, with beautiful scenery. The establishment of the county began in the tenth year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui (590 AD), more than 1,400 years ago. The county seat is 65 kilometers away from the city of Guilin and 445 kilometers away from Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Autonomous Region. The total area of the county is 1428.38 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 6 towns and 3 townships, 114 administrative village (resident) committees, a total population of 300,000, and 13 ethnic groups such as Han, Zhuang, Yao and Hui.
"Guilin's landscape is the best in the world, and Yangshuo's landscape is the best in Guilin", which highly summarizes the important position of Yangshuo's natural scenery in the world. "The mountains are green, the water is beautiful, the peaks are strange, and the caves are skillful", which are the four uniques in the world.
The tourism resources in the county can be divided into one ring, two belts, and five scenic spots. Yangshuo's hundreds of miles of mountains and rivers, full of strange mountains and beautiful waters, natural landscapes and cultural landscapes complement each other, known as "China's famous tourism county".
Yangshuo is rich in natural resources, with an average annual temperature of 19.1°C, an extreme maximum temperature of 39.1°C, and an extreme minimum temperature of -1.3°C. There are more than 30 acres of cultivated land and more than 80 acres of forest land. The grain crops are mainly rice, and the cash crops are ramie, pomelo, kumquat, chestnut, and persimmon in Shatian, which occupy a major position in Guangxi. There are abundant lead-zinc ores, marble mines, barite mines, etc. underground.
Yangshuo waterway back to Guilin, down to Wuzhou, Guangzhou, perennial navigation. The county is only 65 kilometers away from the urban area of Guilin, and is connected by the secondary concrete highway (belonging to the 321 National Highway) and the Guiyang Expressway, the Guiyang section of the Guiwu Expressway (Guilin-Yangshuo) and the Yangping section (Yangshuo-Pingle) have been completed and opened to traffic in 2008, which can directly reach Hezhou and Guangzhou, and the expressway is connected with the county near Gaotianmeng Village; Railways and civil aviation can be connected to large and medium-sized cities at home and abroad according to Guilin, and the Guiyang-Guangzhou high-speed railway (Guiguang Railway), which is a national key project, will pass through Xingping, and set up a "Yangshuo Station" for passenger and freight purposes in Xingping. The county has an extensive road network; There are 10,000 program-controlled telephones installed, which are directly connected to international and domestic markets; Abundant power resources.
A large number of calligraphy and painting works, painting fans, marble, talc products, landscape bonsai, cultural shirts, drama masks, antique pottery, etc. made by Yangshuo people are sold to domestic and foreign tourism markets; Yangshuo receives more than 7.4 million Chinese and foreign tourists every year; More than 20 foreign-funded development projects have been introduced, with a total investment of 400 million yuan.
Li River
The Li River is located in the eastern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China and belongs to the Pearl River system. The Li River originates from the "first peak in South China" Yuecheng Ridge in northern Guizhou The Li River is a place with abundant forests and beautiful trees, fresh air and excellent ecological environment. The main stream of the upper reaches of the Li River is called the Liutong River; It flows south to the vicinity of Simenqian in Xing'an County, east of the Huangbai River, west by the Sichuan River, and the confluence is called the Rong River; From Rongjiang Town, Huiling Canal water, flowing through Lingchuan, Guilin, Yangshuo, to Pingle, into the Xijiang River, a total length of 437 kilometers. The water distance from Guilin to Yangshuo is about 83 kilometers, called the Li River.
The Li River is a pearl of China's splendid rivers and mountains, the essence of Guilin's scenery, the soul of Guilin's scenery, and the essence of Guilin's scenery. It has long been famous and famous all over the world. The Li River is located in the eastern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South China and belongs to the Pearl River system.
The Li River originates from Mao'er Mountain in Xing'an County, and is 83 kilometers away from Guilin to Yangshuo. Taking a boat ride on the Li River, you can see the reflection of strange peaks, clear water and green mountains, shepherd boys' songs, fishermen's idle hanging, quaint pastoral homes, fresh breathing - everything is so poetic and picturesque. At present, there are three sections of the Li River tour that have been approved to be opened: the urban water tour, the Li River essence tour, and the Yangshuo Li River water upstream.
The Li River is one of the most beautiful rivers in the world, with a length of 160 kilometers. The mountain peaks on both sides of the Li River are majestic and straight, the forms are thousands, and there are many fluffy shrubs and small flowers on the stone peaks, and from a distance, they look like the clothes on the body of a beautiful woman. On the embankment on the riverbank, the green phoenix tail bamboo all the year round resembles a girl's skirt, swaying with the wind, graceful and colorful. The cutest thing is the reflection of the mountain peaks, a little hazy, a little clear. What time is the fishing boat on the river, the red sail is a few pages, flowing from the picture of the reflection of the mountain peak, there is really the artistic conception of "the boat is going on the top of the green mountain". Every scenery of the Baili River is a typical Chinese ink painting. The Li River runs 83 kilometers from Guilin to Yangshuo, and is the most typical section of karst terrain in northeast Guangxi.