Guilin Lijiang Scenic Area is located in the northern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with karst peaks, rivers and caves as the main landscape, and is known as "green mountains around water, mountains around water, green water floating mountains and water floating mountains". Lijiang River in Guilin is the first batch of national key scenic spots in China. Guilin landscape was rated as one of the top ten scenic spots in China by China Tourism News 1985.
1982, Guilin was awarded the first batch of national historical and cultural cities. The main scenic spots of Lijiang River in Guilin are Elephant Trunk Mountain, Jiuma Painting Mountain, Fu Bo, Diecai Mountain, reed flute cave and Qixingyan. Lijiang River originates in Ziyuan County, Guilin City, and flows southward through Guilin, Yangshuo and other places. After Lipu, it is called Gui Jiang, and then it joins the Xijiang River in Wuzhou, with a total length of 426 kilometers. From Guilin to Yangshuo, there are many peaks on both sides of the Lijiang River. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that Guilin's landscape is the best in the world and Yangshuo's landscape is the best in the world.
Lijiang River belongs to the upper reaches of the Pearl River system in Gui Jiang. Originated in the south of the Laoshan boundary of Yuechengling at the junction of Xing 'an and Ziyuan County, with an altitude of1732m, it belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone. Lijiang River Basin is rich in natural landscape. As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, Guilin's landscape was the best in the world.
Lijiang River, a beautiful river that lingers in the southern part of the motherland, has fascinated countless literati since ancient times because of its long history and civilization. "Jiangshan makes wanderers drunk, and poetry is printed on the liver and intestines" is the emotion expressed by countless wanderers. The 83-kilometer Lijiang River from Guilin to Yangshuo, also known as the essence tour of Lijiang River, gives people the feeling that "the boat swims in the water and people swim in the picture world".