Guilin Landscape

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I went out at 8 am on the 18th and took the high-speed rail from Shenzhen North to Guilin North at around 1 pm.

The first stop in Guilin - Mulong Lake, have lunch at "Shanshui Liyuan", watch Guilin Opera, and wait for the tour guide. This place combines Guangxi culture, northern Guangxi snacks, tea culture, and opera culture. In this ancient pear garden, you can appreciate the classic representative "Guilin Opera" with the legacy of ancient Guizhou, and you can also listen to the elegant orchid-like "Guilin Literary Theater". (I saw a small snake here) and a craftsman making glass art.

Second stop - Utopia

? Take a boat trip to Utopia. The first half of the trip is to take a boat trip to Yanzi Lake (the boat ticket is included in the ticket to the scenic spot), and then walk ashore. , the whole journey takes 1 hour. After entering the scenic area, board the ship from Pier 1. When you get ashore at Pier 2 near the Dong Village in the water town opposite, you can walk to visit ethnic buildings, such as flower towers, drum towers, hydrangea towers, totem poles, etc. There is also a promenade full of ethnic customs where some tourist souvenirs are sold. When there are many tourists, the scenic area will perform songs and dances with different styles from the Miao, Yao, Dong, Zhuang and other ethnic groups, as well as experience activities such as ancient papermaking and sculpture. Typical building - Fengyu Tower.

The third stop - on the way to Shili Gallery

? The hydrangea is composed of four petals, filled with grains, which means a good harvest.

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? Shili Gallery is a section of the landscape belt on National Highway 321 in the south of Yangshuo City. The mountains on both sides of the road are continuous and picturesque. The first scenic spot that Shili Gallery passed by was the Totem Ancient Road. The Totem Ancient Road showed the roughness of primitive tribes and felt the straightforward and simple native people. Continuing forward, the second scenic spot we pass is Tianlai Butterfly Spring, and then the Workers and Peasants Bridge. The fourth scenic spot we pass is the Big Banyan Tree, which is one of the more worth-seeing scenic spots in this section. Many scenes of "Liu Sanjie" are here Scenic shooting. If you continue, you can see Moon Mountain. Moon Mountain is located at the end of Shili Gallery Scenic Area. There is a large natural stone arch on the mountain that connects both sides. From a distance, it looks like the bright moon hanging high in the sky. (The tour guide said that there will be a fee for passing by in the future~tsk)

The fourth stop - Yinziyan

Yinziyan is a typical karst landform. The entire cave runs through twelve peaks, bringing together Stalactites from different geological ages are like the Milky Way sloping down in the night sky, shining like silver. There is a popular saying that "if you visit Yinziyan, you will never be short of money." During the browsing process, I wore headphones to listen to the commentary. The cave visited is about 2,000 meters long and is divided into three parts: the lower cave, the hall and the upper cave from the outside to the inside. Walking all the way up along the tour route, the scenery gets better and more open as you go inward. Here, you can see various kinds of milkstone pillars, stone towers, stone mantles, and stone waterfalls that have developed in different geological ages... It seems like you have entered a strange and different world. Mantles, stone waterfalls...it seems like entering a strange and colorful world. Many stalactites in the cave have taken tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years to grow, which is a marvel of the uncanny workmanship of nature. Most of these naturally formed stalactite landscapes are named after their shapes, "three-thirds shape and seven-point imagination", and there will be signs next to the landscapes. The most famous landscapes are the "Three Wonders" (Musical Stone Screen, Guanghan Deep Palace, Snow Mountain Falls) and the "Three Treasures" (Buddha Discussing Sutras, Single Pillar Holding the Sky, and Hunyuan Pearl Umbrella), which look even more impressive under the illumination of colored lights. Realistic and the photos taken are also very beautiful. The landscape "water mirror reflection" is bounded by the water surface, and the stalactites and reflection form two completely symmetrical parts.

The fifth stop - dinner (9 p.m.)

Beer fish, tofu, fried lean meat with winter melon, etc.

The sixth stop - check into the hotel

Was the road to the hotel in darkness?

The seventh stop - buy specialties

Guilin Three treasures: Sanhua wine, chili sauce, Guilin fermented bean curd.

Sanhua wine (actually no flowers). There are two versions of "Sanhua". One is that it is steamed three times during brewing. When shaken, countless bubbles will appear. The hops of good quality will be fine and have several layers. It is commonly known as "Sanbo Duihua Liquor", or "Sanhua Liquor" for short. Flower wine". Another way of saying it is: When the bottle is shaken, only Guilin Sanhua Wine will have crystal-clear hops appearing on the surface of the wine. This kind of wine is piled with flowers when it is put into the altar, it is piled with flowers when it is put into the bottle, and it is piled with flowers when it is put into the cup, hence the name "Sanhua Wine".

Specialties include osmanthus cake, mangosteen, beer fish, and snail noodles~

The next day

The first stop - Maling Guzhai

Maling Guzhai is the residence of the Dong people. The Dong people are a matrilineal clan, and men are asked to pay for their goods there. Their silver jewelry is very beautiful, purely handmade. A complete set of silver jewelry is used as a girl's dowry, and I heard it weighs more than 40 pounds. You can't step on the threshold when entering their home, you can't take pictures, and they believe in cows. A cow's head will be placed at home. If there is a centenarian, the cow's head will be placed at the door.

? At the age of fifteen, you are an adult and can get married. The man's trial marriage lasts for one year, during which his sister will be pregnant, and the man has to do all the hardest work and be filial.

If the woman is married, she must wear a silver comb (it must be worn on the head every day, which means she is married)

Second stop - Lijiang River (Xingping Chaomashan Pier - Huashan Beach Photo Spot - Chao Mashan Wharf) (about 50min)

"Guilin's landscape is the best in the world and Yangshuo can be called the best. Guilin's peaks, reflections, mountains, floating water, waterless mountains, and mesmerizing."

? Due to flooding, The water becomes turbid, and you have to figure out the so-called reflection by yourself ~ regret it

? Isn’t it interesting? The two ospreys move in the same way. I heard that the trained ospreys put their hands on the poles when they were the bearers. , the osprey stopped moving.

The third stop - Xingping Ancient Town

Lunch (dining with a Harbin family)

The fourth stop - Check-in (from Xingping Ancient Town It takes 3-4 hours by car to the hotel)

The fifth stop - East and West Alley

Dinner and fun. East and West Alley is adjacent to Jingjiang Prince's Mansion. It is a comprehensive commercial district integrating tourism, folk customs, culture, shopping, catering, leisure and entertainment. East and West Alley is the only historical alley left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Guilin. It has a pleasant spatial scale and is a viewing area of ??Guilin's ancient historical features. It includes Zhengyang Street East Alley, Jiangnan Alley, Lanjing Alley and other traditional Guilin streets. .

Auntie, Pingping, Manman, Kailing, Yunxia

The third day

First stop: ASEAN Park—Thailand Pavilion

< p> Introduced the latex products of Jiujiutiya Company - latex mattresses and pillows (minimum 468 yuan). (Available at China Mousse)

Latex applications - chewing gum, medical gloves, etc.

The second stop - Elephant Trunk Mountain

"There is a bright moon at the bottom of the water, and a bright moon floating on the water; the moon does not go away when the water flows, but the water still flows after the moon goes." "The Rhythm of He Shui Yue Cave" (Song Dynasty Jibei Chushi). Elephant Trunk Hill Park is located at the confluence of the Li River and the Taohua River. The main attractions in the park include: Elephant Mountain Water Moon, Puxian Pagoda (a solid Lama Pagoda built in the early Ming Dynasty), and Love Island consisting of three amusement islands facing the water in the north. Yunfeng Temple at the southern foot and the stupa in the southwest. Xiangshan is 220 meters above sea level and 55 meters above the water. When I left, I met a group of foreigners~

There is a hole in the middle of Elephant Trunk Mountain for the elephant’s eyes, and there is the Sanhua Winery in its belly. It is only opened to the outside world once on the New Year's Eve.

The third stop - next lunch, free time for shopping.

The fourth stop - Guilin North Railway Station

Dinner, return (Guilin North - Guangzhou South - Shenzhen North).

The journey ends.

Summary: The impression of Guilin in Guangxi (a third-tier city) is that the scenery is very beautiful. During the peak tourist season, there are many people coming and a lot of garbage is generated. There are queues to visit attractions and the government planning is not perfect. , some sections of the road don’t even have street lights, it’s pitch black, and queuing at the Lijiang pier takes too long, sometimes even a few hours. Road construction is slow, and the tour guide said the pace of life here is slow. Guilin has beautiful landscapes and picturesque scenery, and has unique conditions for developing tourism.