Travel notes in Guilin: the ancient charm in Guilin landscape paintings

Guilin is no stranger to me. I grew up listening to the phrase "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" when I was a child. Over time, there is a saying that "Yangshuo's landscape is the best in the world". I remember when I was very young, my parents and I visited this beautiful scenery from Guilin to Yangshuo. At that time, I was ignorant, but the winding mountains and rivers, like a picture scroll, were drawn all the way.

beautiful scenery in Guilin

transportation

As a famous overseas tourist city, Guilin enjoys convenient transportation both at home and abroad. Guilin Liangjiang International Airport has all-weather flights from all over the world and overseas, which is suitable for small partners who pursue tourism efficiency. Small partners who pursue cost performance can choose to travel by train. There is no subway in Guilin for internal transportation, so you usually go out by taxi, bus and scenic shuttle bus. For convenience, you can choose to rent a car and drive by car. Driving by car is a good choice. Of course, if you are not familiar with the road conditions, you can choose to rent a car to play. It takes about an hour to drive from Guilin to Yangshuo. We drove to Yangshuo, and the road conditions were not very good. Because of the highway reconstruction, it is impossible to drive at high speed, so the average speed switches between 6 yards and 8 yards. When the bus was about to drive to Yangshuo, the scenery along the way began to become different. The distant scene is not an open road, but an endless mountain peak. The peaks are rugged and beautiful, as if these peaks are like screens in front of the road.

About the weather and itinerary

Guilin is a tourist season all year round, and there is a saying that "there is little snow in three winters and flowers always bloom in four seasons". Of course, April to October is the best tourist season, and I just caught up with the hottest August. Going out every day can be described as sweaty and cool at night. Don't forget to protect yourself from sun and mosquitoes, fairies. After all, there are many mountains and trees, and mosquitoes can be said to love to eat "fresh meat". It is worth noting that Guilin is rainy in summer and sunny in the morning. Dark clouds began to gather at noon, and it began to rain wildly in the afternoon. This day becomes faster than a child's face changing. The following is our itinerary, because we are all office workers and there is not enough time. Spending four days on the weekend is the limit. If you don't catch up with your friends, you can stay in Guilin for a while. D1: Yangshuo West Street-Yitian West Street D2: Visit the essence of Lijiang River-Julongtan D3: Guilin Ancient Love Scenic Spot D4: Yuping Mountain-Xingping Ancient Town

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The more beautiful the street at night.

It's already evening to drive to Yangshuo, and then drive directly to the most famous street in Yangshuo to eat. "West Street" is a foreigner street full of western colors. It is a face that represents Yangshuo's personality. Because of the existence of West Street, the whole Yangshuo is filled with infinite warmth, and everyone who has been to West Street in Yangshuo feels at home. As the first foreigner's street in China, the largest "foreign language corner", the veritable "global village" and "West Street" have caused the cloning of many tourist cities and scenic spots in China. Shiban Road, houses in northern Guangxi, bars, restaurants, hotels, folk artists, tourist souvenirs, rock climbing bars, tourists of all colors, etc. "West Street" has everything.

The decoration styles of bars, restaurants, Internet cafes and handicraft shops here are mostly a combination of Chinese and Western styles, with foreign language signs. Waiters in handicraft shops, restaurants and bars, ordinary residents and even old ladies selling fruits on the street can speak fluent English, which makes West Street exotic. In every corner of West Street, you will often see groups of tourists with different skin colors sitting around the street drinking beer, coffee, playing and chatting, as well as Chinese mothers and fathers from western European countries who are not restricted by local family planning, leading mixed-race children to play in the street.

When it comes to Guangxi cuisine, I think the first impression many people have in mind is snail powder and Guilin rice noodles. However, Guangxi cuisine is not limited to these two. Beer fish is a famous local specialty in Yangshuo. The beer fish in Yangshuo is made of fresh big fish from Lijiang River in Yangshuo, fried with raw tea oil and braised in Liquan beer produced in Guilin. It has a unique crisp and tender flavor.

Be sure to try the beer fish in Yangshuo. The fish is spicy and delicious, without any fishy smell. The smell of beer and fish can greatly increase people's appetite. This yangshuo beer fish is fragrant on the outside and tender on the inside, with thick skin and thick yellow juice. If you don't eat, you won't forget. There are many beer fish shops in the streets and alleys of Yangshuo. Which one is delicious? A local friend in Yangshuo told me that if I want to eat original beer fish, I should go to Xie Jie or a chef. Those who like spicy beer fish can go to Xie Jie, and those who like creativity can go to Liu Jie.

I like spicy food, so I choose Third Sister Xie. Three and a half pounds of fish were put in a big pot, and two people ate it after they were full. The weight is really too big. Osmanthus fragrans is the flower of Guilin, and it is also a osmanthus fragrans in Guilin. You can smell osmanthus everywhere. Therefore, Osmanthus Jelly in Guilin is also quite famous. How can you miss Osmanthus Jelly when you come here? The crystal-clear Osmanthus Jelly, with the fragrance of osmanthus, and the chilled entrance to Osmanthus Jelly are soft and sweet, which makes people want to stop.

Yitian West Street, the sister street of West Street

The style of Yitian West Street in Yangshuo continues the small blue tiles, sloping roofs, white walls, hanging balconies and slate streets in northern Guangxi, and the antique style continues to this day. Based on the design concept of Guilin's four absolutely beautiful mountains, beautiful water, strange caves and beautiful rocks, five architectural groups with different styles are built, which connect Yangshuo West Street and are different from Yangshuo West Street.

In Yitian West Street, there is a "Yangshuo Home-made Shop" that sells articles with Guangxi minority elements, such as Guangxi bronze drum decoration, mobile phone cases with Zhuang brocade patterns, Zhuang embroidery paintings, Miao Yin and so on.

"Yangshuo Homemade" is like a miniature version of Guangxi Folk Museum. Every ornament of ethnic minorities is exquisite enough for people to put it down. Here, you can buy national costumes, headdresses, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and so on. It can be worn or used as a collection. A pair of Miao silver earrings has always made me deeply like it. Smooth handmade phoenix is lifelike, so I buy it if I like it.

On Yitian West Street, which is full of literature and art, there is a city of the sky-Cat's online celebrity bookstore. A bookstore warms a city. Cat Sky City is not like a post office, but sending letters and postcards. It is not like a coffee shop, but selling coffee. It is a fashion and a mashup. Its most famous selling point is "teleporting to the future". You can put greeting cards and love letters sent to yourself or your relatives and friends in mailboxes with different years or dates. On that day, the clerk will take it out for you.

everyone has a "city of the sky" in their hearts. Every time some people look up at the sky, they can only see its shadow cast by thick clouds. More people can't remember the last time they looked up at the sky.

boating in the beautiful picture of Lijiang River

Guilin is smart and beautiful. When I come to Guilin, I naturally want to visit the Lijiang River. There are generally two ways to travel the Lijiang River, one is to take a cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo, and the other is to visit the essence of the Lijiang River, that is, the "Nine Horses Painting Mountain" on the back of 2 yuan to the end of the Yangshuo section of the Lijiang River.

To see the essence of the Lijiang River, you can come to Di Yang and pack a bamboo raft. You can visit the beautiful picture of the Lijiang River. While rowing the raft, Uncle Zhu explained to us what this mountain thinks and what that mountain looks like. When we arrived at the famous scenic spot of Lijiang River-"Nine Horses Painting Mountain", Uncle Bamboo Raft told us that it was popular in the old days. If anyone can see that eight horses on the mountain are number two, nine horses are number one champions. We have been counting horses.

the end of drifting is the pattern on the back of RMB 2. Many people will take out 2 yuan here to compare photos. After I arrived here, I joined this huge shooting team.

On the edge of Lijiang River, I can pretend to be a sister of a minority, take a photo with this bay of Lijiang River, put on red Miao costumes, curl my hair, put on headdress and neck ornaments, and listen to "chanting". The sweet sound of silver ornaments makes me feel completely integrated into the beautiful volume of Guilin landscape.

There is also a grandfather cormorant by the Lijiang River. Grandpa paddles a bamboo raft every day and takes two cormorants to set up a stall by the Lijiang River. Take a picture with grandpa's cormorant for only three yuan. Grandpa will help carry the cormorant's shoulder pole on his shoulder, and then he can click to take pictures.

Grandpa's props are still very complete. If no tourists wear hats to take photos with cormorants, grandpa will help them put on hats, which will make people more in tune with this simple scenery.

there are more caves in Guilin than mountains and rivers.

There are several caves in Guilin and Yangshuo, such as Yinziyan, Qixingyan, Julongtan and Julongtan Li. Not far from the end of Yangshuo section of Lijiang River, it is the only cave with both land and water tours, which is different from previous cave experiences. So, after swimming the Lijiang River, we will go to Julongtan inside. The ticket price at the ticket office is 9 yuan. Online booking only requires 35 yuan, but you must make a reservation 2 hours in advance. Remember to visit your friends!

after going in, I found that I can only take a boat tour for less than a quarter of the journey. I am a little disappointed, but the stone buds, flowers, stalactites, cave beads and waterfalls in the cave are all bright colors under the light, which is quite a bit like a trip to the Western Crystal Palace. I won't be disappointed, but it's still worth coming. I still have to remind you. Remember to book tickets online in advance!

Song Cheng

Last year, I went to the ancient scenic spots in Sanya and Lijiang. As a native of Guangxi, there are ancient scenic spots in my hometown, so I must go and see them. Before I arrived at the park, I saw Sanjie Liu's head standing at the gate in the distance. This statue is as quiet as in the movie. The scenic spot has been playing Guangxi's unique folk song "Folk Songs Like Riverside Water", which makes people feel the rich Guangxi's unique ethnic customs as soon as they enter the door.

Guilin ancient scenic area is like Taoyuanming's Peach Blossom Garden. In Yangshuo village here, Guilin Chili sauce made by Aunt's pickle shop is fragrant all over the alley. In my sister's embroidery workshop, there are Zhuang embroidery ornaments unique to Guangxi, and each needle is embroidered with beautiful flower patterns. Dad's toy store has all kinds of gadgets that children like.

This street is full of wonderful fun. The upside-down house let us play in it for a long time. The haunted house is an experience point that can be found in ancient love scenic spots. Five people entered it in groups, and my little sister I didn't know kept pulling my backpack all the way. The screams of my young sister resounded through the haunted house. The haunted house in Guilin was a little scarier than the haunted house in Lijiang.

The flash of ancient love always makes us look forward to it. You can get in close contact with actors, revel together in this world of ethnic customs, drink Guilin Sanhua wine and watch hydrangea throwing in the colorful building, all of which are full of ethnic colors in Guangxi.

While watching the hydrangea throwing, it suddenly began to rain heavily, but the actors of Guilin Ancient Love braved the rain to perform for everyone. They were not affected by the heavy rain at all, and the performance was still wonderful and the applause continued.

The ancient love performance is regarded as a must-see performance for a lifetime. The ancient love show in Guilin vividly shows the love story between colorful immortals and General Fu Bo. Qin Jun's feat of digging the spiritual canal is inspiring. Sister Liu's folk songs echoed here, and her love story with Brother Niu circulated here. Touching folk songs, gorgeous dance beauty, exquisite costumes and makeup, Guilin's ancient love performance vividly shows the essence of Guangxi ethnic minorities.

Fu Bo and Diecai Mountain on the Lijiang River add many colors to the Lijiang River. It is said that these two mountains are the incarnations of General Fu Bo and Diecaixian. General Fu Bo and Diecaixian came to earth from heaven and were attracted by the beautiful scenery of Lijiang River. They stay here and live with the local people.

One day, the dragon caught Diecaixian and the local people and threatened General Fu Bo to hand over the artifact. In order to protect the local people and Diecai Xian, General Fu Bo destroyed his magic, died with the dragon, and finally became a Diecai Xian standing on the bank of Lijiang River. She also followed General Fu Bo as Diecai Mountain, and together with Fubo Mountain, she reflected the Lijiang River in this bay and never separated. This is the beautiful legend of Fu Bo and Diecai Mountain.

After Qin merged with the six countries, Qin Shihuang invaded Baiyue in order to open up Lingnan and unify China. Due to the resistance of local ethnic groups, he could not enter the customs for three years, and it was difficult to allocate his military salary. Qin Shihuang ordered Yushilu to be in charge of military supplies and supervised soldiers and civilian workers to build artificial canals between Xiangjiang River and Lijiang River in Xing 'an to transport food and expenses. Lingqu is completely hand-built, and the conditions are difficult, and the hardships can be imagined. Qin Jun soldiers who built Lingqu couldn't help crying because of their acclimatization, hard work, illness and death.

The soldiers who built the Lingqu grew up from snacks and wheat flour. Fighting in the south and fighting in the north, they are not acclimatized, and homesickness makes them miserable. In a tough environment, what the soldiers crave most is to eat another bowl of noodles from their hometown. Rice is produced in the south, where can I find noodles? Qin Ying, the eldest sister-in-law, racked her brains and borrowed the principle of making instant noodles in northwest China. First, she soaked rice, ground it into rice paste, drained the water and kneaded it into dough. Then steam the dough until it is half cooked, put it in a mortar for a while, and finally squeeze out the vermicelli by manpower and cook it directly in a boiling pot. Finally, gluten rice flour was made. The soldiers tasted it and burst into tears in an instant, lamenting that this is the taste of hometown! And this is also the prestigious Guilin rice noodles.

After several years of cold and summer, the Lingqu was successfully excavated, which made Guilin an important town in Nantong sea area and north of Central Plains, promoted the integration of Central Plains culture and Lingnan culture, and accelerated the unification of China. Today, the Lijiang River, which has been flowing for more than 2, years, still moistens the land of Lingnan with its sweet and clear water. In this splendid land of Guangxi, there are Han, Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Dong, Jing and Hui nationalities. The total population of ethnic minorities ranks first in the country. Zhuang songs, Yao dances, Miao festivals and Dong architecture make this beautiful land more colorful.

Sister Liu is a Zhuang figure in folklore and a singer in ancient folklore. She is intelligent, witty, beautiful and moving, and has the reputation of "singing fairy" People love Sister Liu very much, and there are many stories and records about her, especially on March 3 every year as a festival to commemorate her. Liu Jie's folk songs were sung by everyone, and the love story between Liu Jie and Niu Ge was yearned for by everyone.

Folk songs are like flowing water by the river, and the ancient love performance in Guilin is like a clever picture scroll, which combines local fairy tales and historical events in Guangxi with beautiful folk songs. These beautiful stories will be passed down beautifully in this land of Guangxi forever.

Guilin's landscape is the best in the world, and Yangshuo's landscape is the best in the world. Yangshuo not only has beautiful scenery, but now the completion of Guilin ancient scenic area shows the national customs with Guangxi characteristics, adding more elegance to the beautiful Yangshuo. After watching the performance of Ancient Love that day, it was still raining, and many interesting flash shows could not be performed, so I had to reluctantly leave Guilin Ancient Love Scenic Area. This is the regret of this trip to Yangshuo. We will definitely come to Guilin Ancient Love Scenic Area next time to see this beautiful and moving performance and feel the flash show that belongs to Guangxi's unique customs.

Packing

once climbing to the top of the peek, one would see, the other mountains all appear dwarfs under the sky.

There is another way to appreciate the Lijiang River in Yangshuo, which is to climb up and look down. From this angle, you can see a panoramic view of a bay of rivers. Damian Mountain and Laojieshan are popular places to see the Lijiang River. About Yuping Mountain, we also heard its name for the first time. It is also a coincidence that we live in a homestay next door. Before we went up the mountain to see the river, the owner of this homestay told us the direction.

There are many mosquitoes in the mountains, so you must wear long-sleeved trousers, mosquito spray and oin

I don't like climbing mountains, and I always say I don't want to climb next time. But every time I climb to the top of the mountain and see the scenery in front of me, I feel that the hardships along the way are worth it. Guilin's beautiful mountains and waters let us climb to the top of the mountain to appreciate her silent beauty.

the beauty of the ancient town

Xingping ancient town is known as a bright pearl on the Lijiang River. The picture on the back of RMB 2 is in Xingping. Most ancient buildings with various brick structures are well preserved. The most complete preservation belongs to the ancient stage, with unique architectural style, exquisite craftsmanship, exquisite design, elegance and solemnity, smooth woodworking skills and high cultural relics value. Lion dance, dragon dance and singing opera are the legends of Xingping ancient town.