Old photos: The scenery of Guilin in the late Qing Dynasty. Are the beautiful scenery and quaint streets?

Guilin’s long and narrow streets are lined with rows of houses. Today, we review the beauty of Guilin, Guangxi through a set of old photos from the late Qing Dynasty. If you have been to Guilin in recent years, you can make a vertical comparison. After more than 100 years of history, how has the appearance of Guilin changed? Photo credit: University of Bristol website. ?Standing on a high place overlooking the city of Guilin. ?Go up to Qinglinjie and ride on the railing to see Guizhou. Thousands of peaks stand in the wild, and a river embraces the city. There are fish boats on the sand, and temple buildings can be seen in the smoke. I don’t know how many visitors I have to go back. ?Liu Kezhuang, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, made a poetic and realistic description of Guilin. Although the photos selected in this article are black and white, they can still make people feel the simple beauty of Guilin.

A school in Guilin. We all know that the current capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is Nanning, but in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the provincial capital of Guangxi was Guilin. This kind of organization gives Guilin an important position and a glorious history. ?

The beautiful waters of the Li River. The Li River originates from Lingqukou, Rongjiang Town, Xing'an County, and ends at Pingle Sanjiangkou, with a total length of 164 kilometers. We say that "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world", and the best way to appreciate Guilin's landscape is to go boating on the Li River, which gives people the feeling of "boating on the blue waves and people swimming in the middle of the painting". Based on the surrounding mountain environment, can you tell where this section is? ?

Guilin city map, showing a section of the city wall. The Guilin City Wall was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty and was continued in use throughout the Qing Dynasty. Today, there are still 13 sections of Guilin's city wall remaining, with a total length of more than 1,100 meters. The old city walls and brick buildings are integrated into one, telling a long history. I really want to go back in time and feel the atmosphere of Guilin without high-rise buildings and busy traffic.