What does "Yangshuo" mean?

[Edit this paragraph] Overview of Yangshuo

Yangshuo County is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southeast of Guilin City, with east longitude 1 10. 13'- 1 10。 24 degrees and 40 minutes north latitude. 38'—25。 It belongs to Guilin, Guangxi, located on the west bank of Lijiang River, with beautiful scenery. Jianxian County began in the tenth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (AD 590), and it has been more than 1400 years. The county seat is 65 kilometers away from downtown Guilin and 445 kilometers away from Nanning, the capital of the autonomous region. The county has a total area of 1428.38 square kilometers, governs 6 towns and 3 townships, has 1 14 administrative villages (neighborhood committees), has a total population of 300,000, and is inhabited by Han, Zhuang, Yao, Hui and other ethnic groups 13.

"Guilin's landscape is the best in the world, and Yangshuo is the best in the world", which highly summarizes the important position of Yangshuo's natural scenery in the world. "Beautiful mountains and clear waters, strange peaks and clever caves" are the four best in the world.

The tourism resources in the county can be divided into one ring, two belts and five scenic spots. Yangshuo is known as "a famous tourist county in China", with hundreds of miles of mountains and rivers, beautiful Shan Qi water everywhere, and natural and human landscapes complement each other.

Yangshuo is rich in natural resources, with an average annual temperature of 19.438+0C and a mild and pleasant climate. More than 300,000 mu of cultivated land and 800,000 mu of forest land. Rice is the main food crop, and ramie is a high-quality cash crop. Shatian pomelo, kumquat, chestnut and persimmon have the largest output and export volume, occupying the main position in Guangxi. There are abundant lead-zinc mines, marble mines and barite mines underground.

Yangshuo Waterway goes back to Guilin and out of Wuzhou and Guangzhou, and it is open all year round. The county seat is only 65km away from downtown Guilin, and is connected by a second-class concrete highway (belonging to National Highway 32 1). Railways and civil aviation can be connected with large and medium-sized cities at home and abroad according to Guilin. There is a highway network extending in all directions in the county; The installed capacity of program-controlled telephones is 65,438+0,000, which is directly connected to the international and domestic markets. Abundant power resources.

Yangshuo people are ingenious, producing a large number of calligraphy and painting works, painting fans, marble, talc products, landscape bonsai, cultural shirts, drama masks, antique pottery and other exquisite crafts, which sell well in domestic and foreign tourism markets; Yangshuo people are hospitable and now receive 6.5438+0.45 million Chinese and foreign tourists every year. More than 20 foreign-funded development projects were introduced with a total investment of 400 million yuan.

[Edit this paragraph] Historical evolution

Yangshuo County was founded in the 10th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (AD 590), and it was named after Yangshuo Mountain (also known as Ocean Mountain) in the north, and was built in the present Yangshuo town. During the Republic of China, it belonged to Guilin. 1949 yangshuo was liberated and the people's government was established, which still belongs to Guilin area. 198 1 year July 1 day was placed under the jurisdiction of Guilin, which is a county under the jurisdiction of the city.

topography

The northeast and southwest of the county are relatively high in terrain and belong to mountainous areas. The vast area from northwest to southeast is relatively flat and belongs to karst landform. The central and southeastern parts are hilly areas. Karst rocky mountains in the county are springing up, with numerous peaks, ranging from 100 to 500 meters above sea level, with the highest peak exceeding 1700 meters.