What is the best month to go to Guilin?
The average annual temperature in Guilin is 19.3℃, which is known as "three winters with little snow and four seasons with flowers". The frost-free period of the year is 309 days, with the average temperature of 7.9℃ in the coldest month of 65438+ 10 and 28.3℃ in the hottest month of July. Guilin is suitable for tourism all year round, and the best season to travel to Guilin is April -65438+ 10 every year.
The best time to travel to Guilin is April-165438+1October every year. Within half a month after April 15th of the lunar calendar, you can see the watery Longji terraces (tickets), as well as the Songzhuang Festival in March and the Miao Year in October, each with its own wonderful features. The Elephant Trunk Hill (ticket) and Lijiang River (ticket) bimonthly on Mid-Autumn Festival night are beautiful. Off-season: Guilin, where there is little snow in three winters and flowers in four seasons, has different surprises in four seasons. In some special months, there are even more rare scenery. Every year in the first month of the lunar calendar, you can also enjoy the winter warmth brought by mountain hot springs in the hot spring scenic spot.
When is the best tourist season in Guilin?
Spring, spring is back, and everything is revived. When the northern spring is chilly, Guilin is already a world of flowers, red leaves and green. In spring and March, the average temperature is around 10℃, sometimes it rains and springs in Mao Mao, and the cold wind attacks the skin from time to time, but it is ok as long as you wear a raincoat to keep out the cold. If you choose to travel to Guilin in spring, you'd better take rain gear.
Summer is the rainy season in Guilin, with rainfall concentrated in April, May, June and July. The annual rainfall in Guilin is 1900 mm, while the summer rainfall is nearly 1000 mm, accounting for more than half of the total annual rainfall. It is even more refreshing to see the scenery (tickets) of Guilin in rain, fog and haze. "Lijiang misty rain" is a must in the world. If you come to Guilin, it will be a great pity that you can't enjoy it! The bamboos on both sides of the Lijiang River are like drops of green, with thick shade all over the ground, arranged in a ten-mile corridor. Therefore, "Lijiang Bamboo" is another must-see place for summer vacation in Guilin. "It's hot everywhere, and it's pleasant to be alone in Guilin", which is the ancient people's high evaluation of Guilin's climate.
Guilin travel guide-beautiful scenery
Jiang Lihe
Lijiang Scenic Area is the largest and most beautiful karst scenic area in the world and the essence of Guilin's landscape. People call it "Baili Lijiang River and Baili Gallery". Lijiang River has a unique flavor in different weather: sunny days, cool breeze reflection; Cloudy days, mountains and clouds; Rainy day, Lijiang River misty rain. Even on rainy days, I can see the waves of smoke rippling on the river, the mountains looming, the clouds passing between the strange peaks, and the rain curtain covering the mountains and rivers like a veil, just like all kinds of splash-ink watercolors. Guilin's landscape is the best in the world, and the Lijiang River is full of autumn.
Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces
The terraced fields in Longji are not uniform, but completely straight, high and low, long and narrow, and the ridges are inclined. There are no terraces of the same shape, nor terraces of the same size. The big one is only three or two acres, and the small one is also planted with rice seedlings. Longji Terrace is located in Heping Village, Heping Township, Longsheng Autonomous County, Guangxi. People say that Longji Terrace refers to Ping 'an Terrace. In fact, Longji terraces are mainly composed of Ping 'an terraces and Jinkeng terraces. The two terraces are unique in shape and picturesque in artistic conception. It is mainly distributed between 300- 1 100 meters above sea level, winding from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Terraces have beautiful curves. Its lines are smooth, chic and soft; Its scale is magnificent and it has the reputation of "the highest terrace in the world".
Yinziyan
Yinziyan, located in Lipu County, Guilin City, is a typical karst landform. Its caves run through the Twelve Peaks, where stalactites with different geological ages gather, glittering and flawless, just like the milky way in the night sky, shining with silver, so it is called "Yinziyan".
Two Rivers and Four Lakes
Namely Lijiang River, taohuajiang, Shanshan Lake, Ronghu Lake, Gui Hu and Longmu Lake in Guilin. Visitors can not only visit the three main scenic spots with their own characteristics by boat, namely, China classical garden-Rongshan Lake Scenic Area, Gui Hu Scenic Area and Song Historical and Cultural Park-Long Mu Lake Scenic Area, but also watch more than ten traditional famous mountains around the water system, such as Xiangshan, Fu Bo, Diecai Mountain, Yaoshan, Baoji Mountain and Laorenshan.
Fragrant Hills Park
Elephant trunk mountain is named after the whole mountain looks like an elephant stopping by the Lijiang River to drink water. It is the representative of Guilin landscape and the symbol of Guilin city. Most native products in Guilin and even Guangxi are marked by Xiangshan. Comrade Yang, the late national leader, once said, "You have to take pictures in front of Elephant Trunk Mountain to be considered as Guilin. This is a unique landscape. "
An idyllic land.
"Xanadu" is located near Baisha Town, Yangshuo County, and is mainly composed of lotus pond, Yanzi Lake, Yanzidong, Dong ethnic customs and primitive tribes. If you step into "Xanadu" in the season of "wet clothes, apricot blossoms and rain, blowing cold willows", you will see a beautiful landscape and pastoral scenery. The rippling Yanzi Lake is embedded in endless green fields and plains, just like a girl's bright eyes. On the shore of the lake, weeping willows linger and gently brush the water. A huge water tumbler creaks, shakes the years and sings old pastoral songs. Looking around, the distant mountains, villages and trees are filled with smoke, and the criss-crossing buildings are patchwork, just like Taoyuan written by Tao Yuanming, "the grass is delicious and colorful" and "there are fertile fields, beautiful ponds and green bamboos".
Du xiufeng
Duxiufeng is located in Jingjiang Wangcheng, the center of the city. It is steep and majestic, and is known as "Southern Tianzhu". It is one of the main peaks in Guilin, which is as famous as Diecai Mountain and Fubo Mountain. When the sun shines in the morning or in the evening, the lonely peak looks like a purple robe and gold coat, so it is also called Purple Mountain.
Yangshuo-West Street
"Guilin's landscape is the best in the world", and that "the best in the world" landscape mostly refers to this Yangshuo. The mountains and rivers here are the most suitable for falling in love, and every continuous curve is soft, like lovers who depend on each other, making people feel soft and crisp. In this quiet and comfortable city, there is a bustling petty bourgeoisie street-West Street, which is a street with various customs. West Street is full of colors and unique customs, which makes people think of a beautiful encounter.
belleville spring
Butterfly spring is a scenic spot with beautiful water and secluded rural scenery in Shan Qi. It is located in the essence of the "Shili Gallery" in the Moon Mountain Scenic Area of Yangshuo, Guilin, and has the reputation of "I don't know the scenery of Yangshuo until I reach the top of the butterfly". Butterfly spring is named after the spring water gushing from the cliff on the mountainside of Butterfly Cave. It is the largest living butterfly viewing garden in China, where thousands of butterflies live in harmony with people. Butterfly spring is also the best viewing platform for bird's-eye view of Shangri-La, Yulong River and Yang Jiao in Yangshuo.
A guide to Guilin's tourist beauty-gourmet articles
Guilin rice noodle
Guilin rice noodles are famous for their unique flavor. Its workmanship is exquisite. First, milled rice is ground into slurry, bagged and drained, stuffed into powder balls, cooked and pressed into round roots or sheets. The garden is called rice flour, and the flaky rice flour is called rice flour, which is characterized by white, tender, soft and refreshing. It can be eaten in many ways.
Beer Lijiang fish
Beer Lijiang fish is a famous local dish in Yangshuo. Choose fresh carp from the Lijiang River in Yangshuo, fry them with raw tea oil produced in the mountainous area of northern Guangxi, and then stew them in the first-class beer produced in Guilin, which has a unique crisp and tender flavor and makes your appetite big.
Shibaniang
The most famous "eighteen fermented vegetables" in Guilin are eighteen kinds of fermented vegetables. The so-called "vegetable sandwich" is a local special way of eating: adding various seasonings to meat stuffing, then putting it into a "coat" made of different vegetables or shells, or steaming, stewing and cooking to make "vegetable sandwich". Specifically, there are snails, tofu, pomelo peel, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, mushrooms, pumpkin flowers, eggs, bitter gourd, eggplant, peppers, white gourd, taro, old garlic, tomatoes, bean sprouts, oily tofu and vegetable bags.
Stewed old duck with ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo old duck is the "fist dish" of Guilin restaurant. The main raw materials are ginkgo biloba and old duck produced in Xing 'an and Lingchuan areas of Guilin, which are stewed with slow fire. It is characterized by slightly bitter soup, sweet fruit and rich nutrition, which is suitable for all seasons.
Steamed meat with rice noodle and lotus leaf
Steamed pork with lotus leaf powder is a traditional dish. Pork belly with skin, mung bean powder, lotus leaf, Guilin sufu, various seasonings. Cook the meat, stir-fry it with soy sauce, coat it with mung bean powder, coat it with lotus leaves, put it in a plate and steam it over high fire. It is characterized by yellow-green color, fragrant lotus leaves, soft and delicious, fat but not greasy, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials and lowering cholesterol.
Lotus leaf duck
Duck with lotus leaf is a traditional nourishing dish. Wrap the fat ducks with green lotus leaves grown in the lotus pond, and fill them with fresh and fragrant raw materials. To cook this dish, you must master the heat to bring out a unique taste. Because the lotus leaves are fresh and fragrant, the duck meat is tender and the stuffing is delicious. Has the effects of nourishing stomach, promoting fluid production, consolidating essence and invigorating qi.
Fried Lijiang shrimp with vegetarian dishes
Fried Lijiang shrimp with vegetables is a typical Guilin-style dish. It is made by frying shrimps from Lijiang River in Guilin with a little Guilin Sanhua wine. Because the Lijiang River is crisp, the meat of the shrimp in Lijiang River is tender and pure, and the original flavor makes this dish bright red as a gem. It tastes crisp, fragrant but not strong, from which you can taste the purity and sweetness of Lijiang River.
Guilin snail
Guilin snails are named after their growth in paddy fields. It is characterized by big fat meat and delicious taste. Boiled snail must be accompanied by Guilin's unique sour pepper, and then add onion, ginger, Sanhua wine and other ingredients to fry. It is sour and delicious when eaten, which is especially appetizing. Knock off the snail's tail when cooking, which is convenient for eating and sucking snail meat.
Guilin sponge cake
Guilin muffins are made by mixing glutinous rice and japonica rice, grinding into powder, adding some yellow sugar water and mixing well, and then scattering semi-dry and semi-wet rice flour into a steaming bucket layer by layer and steaming for one to two hours. Only steamed muffins are the best. Generally, the muffins that are still steaming are cut into pieces, which are soft, refreshing and sweet. If it is served with Lipu taro diced, the taste will be even better.
Li Fen
Li Fen is made by grinding polished rice into pulp, rubbing it into a small cylinder, steaming it until it is 80% ripe, and taking it out to dry. Listed in Li Fen, Guilin, it should be cut into strips before and after the Spring Festival in winter, with bacon, celery or cauliflower and green garlic. Characterized by delicious color, smooth and refreshing.
What should I bring when traveling to Guilin?
1. Certificates: You must bring your ID card, children's household registration book and other valid ID documents, foreign guests bring their passports and residence permits, and Taiwan compatriots bring their Taiwanese certificates. You need to show the above documents before you can handle the plane ride and hotel accommodation during the tour.
2. Clothing: In rainy and foggy weather, you should carry rain gear with you and prepare a sun hat with rain-proof function. Shoes need to be non-slip and loose, and socks need medium-thick cotton socks or functional outdoor socks, which is beneficial to perspiration and protection. Nylon stockings is not suitable for wearing. It is best to choose a backpack to balance the strength of the shoulders. You need to wear long-sleeved trousers in spring and autumn; It's cold in summer, so you should wear a thin coat and sunscreen outside short-sleeved shorts. In autumn and winter, you need to prepare a single coat, and then add a cotton-padded coat or down jacket.
3. Drugs: carsickness (seasickness) drugs, Ren Dan, anti-inflammatory drugs, gastrointestinal drugs, berberine, cold medicine, band-aid, mosquito-repellent ointment, toilet water and other standing drugs. Guests suffering from heart disease and hypertension should take the necessary drugs with them.
4. Other items: mobile phones, cameras, chargers, memory cards and other electronic products and accessories. Common toiletries also need to be brought.
local information
1. climate: Guilin belongs to subtropical monsoon climate, with mild climate, long summer and short winter, distinct seasons, and annual average temperature 19℃. August is the hottest, with the monthly average temperature of 23℃, 65438+ 10 and the coldest in October, with the monthly average temperature of 16℃. The best time to travel to Guilin is from March to165438+1October every year. Spring Festival, summer vacation and National Day are the peak tourist seasons, and the prices are higher than usual.
2. Transportation: (For reference only, the actual situation is subject to the local occurrence. )
Guilin is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, at the southern end of Gui Xiang Corridor. Guilin has concentrated scenic spots, short driving time and relatively easy journey. Yangshuo, Longsheng, Lipu and other areas take a long drive, but you can enjoy different scenery in Guangxi along the way, which is very interesting. The folk customs of each place are different.
Aviation: Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is located in Lingui County, and there is an airport bus to reach the urban area at the cost of 20 yuan/person; In the civil aviation building of this city, a bus leaves for the airport every 30 minutes. You can also take a taxi to the airport, which costs about 60 yuan.
Railway: it can go directly to major cities in China. There are two railway stations in Guilin: Guilin North Station and Guilin South Station (Guilin Railway Station). South Railway Station is located at the junction of Shanghai Road in the east-west direction and Zhongshan South Road in the north-south direction. It is a large passenger station, and the traffic in the city center is very convenient. The North Station is in the suburb of Guilin, and the traffic is relatively inconvenient.
Highway: Highway extends in all directions, directly connecting all parts of Guangxi and neighboring provinces.
Bus: Generally, tickets are not sold. Non-air-conditioned car 1 yuan/person; Air-conditioned car, sightseeing bus 2 yuan/person; Trains leaving at 5 o'clock in the city are all free buses, but the waiting time will be longer.
Taxi: The taxi fare in Guilin is divided into two time periods: 6:30-23:00 during the day, and the starting price is 7 yuan /2km. From 23: 00 pm to 6:30 the next day, the starting price is 7.80 yuan /2 km, plus 1 yuan fuel fee.
Bicycle: The rental fee is generally 5 yuan-15 yuan/day, which can be negotiated. There are bicycle storage points in the scenic spots where tickets are collected.
3. Hotel: Guilin has developed tourism and convenient accommodation. There are hotels of various grades to choose from in urban areas and scenic spots. Five-star hotels in Guilin include Daewoo Hotel, Yuan Di Hotel and Xidenglai Hotel.
4. Communication: Mobile, Unicom and Tianyi all have signals.
5. Diet: Guilin is not only the best in the world, but also the local food is famous. Guilin's local cuisine combines hot and sour Hunan cuisine with fresh Cantonese cuisine, forming its own unique flavor. Stewed old duck with ginkgo biloba, braised pork with taro in Lipu, fried chicken balls with horseshoes, steamed chicken with arhat and roast suckling pig are all traditional dishes in Guilin. In addition, Guilin rice noodles are one of the delicacies that many tourists come to Guilin to look for. When exquisite rice noodles are made of all kinds of fragrant brine, original soup rice noodles, hot rice noodles, vinegar rice noodles, horse meat rice noodles, lettuce rice noodles, beef brisket rice noodles, three fresh rice noodles, braised rice noodles and hot and sour rice noodles are born. In recent years, with the development of tourism, Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine and northwest local cuisine have also entered the catering market in Guilin, and Chinese simple meals, western food and fast food, which are deeply loved by young people, can also be seen everywhere in Guilin.
6. Specialty: Guilin Shatian pomelo is famous at home and abroad for its beautiful fruit shape and fragrant meat; Summer oranges are of good quality and delicious color. Siraitia grosvenorii is "a good medicine for medical care and a good drink" and is known as the "Oriental God Fruit". Ginkgo has a large output and the quality ranks first in the country; Moon persimmon is golden in color and sweet in meat, and sells well in Australia, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Lipu taro is delicious and famous at home and abroad; Sanhuajiu, Chili sauce and bean curd are known as the "three treasures of Guilin". In addition, there are famous local products such as horseshoe, lotus fish and yuba, and handicrafts such as osmanthus embroidery, combs, paper umbrellas and hand-painted screens can be selected.
7. Customs and taboos:
Guilin is a multi-ethnic city, where Miao, Yao, Dong and other ethnic minorities live in harmony. Visitors are requested to respect the customs of local ethnic minorities and do as the Romans do.
Miao nationality:
(1) Don't enter other people's houses with an umbrella;
(2) Don't step on a tripod on Miao's fireplace;
(3) Don't sit in the nave (in the direction of the shrine);
(4) Don't step on the threshold of other people's homes;
(5) Try not to befriend married women in Miao village;
(6) Don't whistle casually in the cottage. Locals think it's a way to summon ghosts.