Guilin tourism

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Guilin is a world-famous scenic city with unique karst landforms [1]. The mountains here are pulled up from the ground in various ways; The water of Lijiang River is winding and clear as a mirror. There are many caves in the mountains, and the caves are picturesque; The grotesque rocks in the cave are wonderful and dazzling, thus forming the "four wonders" of Guilin, which is known as "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" since ancient times.

Guilin is an ancient cultural city. It has a history of more than 2,000 years and a rich cultural heritage. After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he set up Guilin County, dug Lingqu, and communicated Xiangjiang River and Lijiang River. Since then, Guilin has become an important town in Nantong sea area and the northern Central Plains. Since the Song Dynasty, it has been the political, economic and cultural center of Guangxi, and it was called "Southwest Hui Fu" until the founding of New China. In the long years, Guilin's picturesque scenery has attracted countless literati, who have written many well-known poems and articles, carved more than 2,000 stone carvings and wall books, leaving many historical sites here. Chen Yi said: "I would rather be a Guilin person than a fairy." Guilin landscape has nurtured the people of Guilin, and the aura of Guilin landscape has trained a large number of Guilin landscape painters.

Guilin landscape painting: refers to the painting with the beautiful landscape of Guilin as the main object of expression. These paintings take Chinese painting as the main body, aiming at expressing the natural rhythm and rhythm of Guilin landscape. Guilin landscape painting occupies a unique position in China landscape painting, which can be seen everywhere in many exhibitions, albums, newspapers and online. In the history of China, many painters were famous for their paintings of Guilin landscape, such as Shi Tao in the15th century, Qi Baishi, Huang, Xu Beihong and Li Keran in the 20th century. The older generation of Guangxi painters, Yang Taiyang, Huang and Tuke also created a large number of excellent landscape works of Lijiang River, which laid a good foundation for the growth and development of Lijiang Painting School. Since the mid-1980s, a group of Guangxi painters, led by Huang Gesheng, have made great efforts to describe the landscape of Lijiang River and the scenery of southern Guangxi, and gradually formed a group of painters with distinctive regional characteristics and unique artistic pursuits. These painters are unique and eye-catching in the domestic painting world, and gradually formed the "Lijiang Painting School".

For thousands of years, Guilin has been a treasure place for people to travel and see. Now it has formed a scenic spot with Guilin as the center and surrounding 12 counties. There are vast and verdant virgin forests, majestic and steep peaks and canyons, rushing streams and waterfalls, and amazing mountain terraces in the world ... In this magical land, there are more than ten ethnic minorities such as Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Dong, Mulao and Maonan. Great Guilin's natural scenery, ethnic customs, history and culture deeply attract Chinese and foreign tourists and heads of state to come in droves and linger.