When talking about cities in Guangxi, apart from Guilin, which has a long-standing reputation, and Nanning, the capital that we have to mention, the most important place we should not ignore is Liuzhou, which is located in the northern part of the autonomous region.

Many people know about Liuzhou now, but most of them are because of snail powder. However, if you have the opportunity to notice the imperceptible disdain of a Liuzhou person's facial muscles when others mention Guilin's landscape, and when you associate Wuling car, toothpaste with two-sided needles and Ronaldo with a golden throat treasure on TV with this small city that is neither the provincial capital nor the best in the world, you will realize:

This is really a city with inner beauty submerged in stereotypes. Although, even in Guangxi, where the sense of existence is already low, Liuzhou has not gained any fame, its vigorous internal force and amazing layers of peeling can definitely give those who only know that it has snail powder a strong cognitive impact.

In the name of Liu:

The indissoluble bond between Liuzhou and Liu

Liuzhou has a nice name. Willow is a tender and affectionate wood. Among the stars in the sky, there are eight stars in the mouth of the southern Suzaku, which are arranged in a graceful shape like willow leaves for willow lodging. Some people think that the willow characters in Liujiang and Liuzhou are derived from the correspondence between their geography and the stars.

Liuzhou is located in a region with magnificent karst landforms. The picture shows the karst mountains in Luzhai County, Liuzhou.

It is also said that the Liujiang River is fast-flowing. In the Han Dynasty, it was called the Liujiang River. Because of its indecency, it later became a willow. Such textual research naturally lacks a lot of romance. Fortunately, so far no one knows which statement is correct.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, a man from the State of Lu became the benchmark of male morality at that time with his open-minded manner. Because he lived in Liuxia, people called him Liu Xiahui, the ancestor of Liu's surname. His descendant, Liu Zongyuan, is a hall-level figure in the history of China literature. Because of a vigorous political reform when he was young, the great poet was relegated to the southern land for a long time. Liuzhou is the last stop of his life.

In that year, the great poet, who was full of sorrow and illness, was leading the local people to practice his agricultural reform project. Seeing that the school was full of vitality and the situation was gratifying, he was in a happy mood and wrote a humorous poem, the first sentence of which was:

Liuzhou willow thorn history, planting willow riverside.

The four willow characters overlap together in this way, which is the mystery of history. A year later, Liu Cishi died in Liuzhou. His talent and fame became more and more famous, and he was later honored as one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. Liuzhou, a place with hundreds of tattoos in the secretariat poem, is gradually integrated into the Chinese cultural circle because of him.

It can be said that Liu Zongyuan's arrival is the first time for this Lingnan River City to be lucky, but it is by no means the last time.

Once the City of Coffins:

How does the river bless Liuzhou?

In the era of Liu Ci Shi, Liuzhou was undoubtedly wild. What really makes this city show itself in history is the coffin.

It is rumored that when Liu Zongyuan's body was sent back to Shaanxi, the people in the imperial center first saw the unique quality and exquisite craftsmanship of Liuzhou coffins, and they were brought a handful of goods by the late great writer. Liuzhou coffins became famous in World War I..

Needless to say, like Emperor Qianlong's eating in the south of the Yangtze River, this story is probably made up by coffin merchants of future generations. But one fact is: since the Song Dynasty. Because of its absolutely reliable quality, Liuzhou coffin has become the most popular funeral appliance in China.

Today, the coffin has become the most popular cultural symbol in Liuzhou. A Liuzhou person who sincerely wishes you will even give you a coffin handicraft as a gift. A small and exquisite coffin, placed in the living room, placed in front of the car, promoted to a higher position and made a fortune, opening the way for the town house. No one will feel anything wrong. Under the influence of coffin culture for hundreds of years, Liuzhou people have already learned to face the death mapped by this long and narrow wooden box with the most magnanimous attitude.

The reason why the coffins in Liuzhou are of superior quality and exported to all over the world stems from the unique geographical location of the city.

let's take a look at Liuzhou's position in the whole water transport system in Guangxi: within Liuzhou's territory, Longjiang, Rongjiang and Luoqingjiang, three tributaries with abundant water, have successively merged into Liujiang, that is to say, Liuzhou is the place where the three rivers converge, so the incoming water, people and things from the upper reaches of the three rivers naturally converge in Liuzhou.

Let's look at the details of Liuzhou's urban geography. Among the magnificent karst peaks in northern Guangxi, Liuzhou is located in a relatively flat Guidong Basin. Like Guilin, except for the beautiful stone peaks dotted in the city and used as natural citizen parks, Liuzhou is relatively flat and wide as a whole. In this case, Liujiang directly took a big bend close to 9 degrees. This winding river water is a typical sentient water in geomantic omen, and the most important thing is to gather gas to support people.

The center of the whole Liuzhou City has almost never changed for thousands of years. It is because this pot city surrounded by Liujiang River has a beautiful landscape: it can retain people, collect goods, do business and raise prosperous clans.

meanders through the Liujiang River in Liuzhou City.

it's not difficult to infer that in those days, the top-grade oil-sand Chinese fir cut by villagers in the upper reaches of Liujiang River was distributed by merchant ships to Liuzhou City, where the wind and gas gathered. Merchants and craftsmen who have been passed down from generation to generation in the city set up workshops, processed and sold them, and gradually formed a cluster of coffin industry.

The Xijiang River Basin, which is connected by Liujiang River, is the most important (even the only important) waterway in Guangxi. It can go directly to Guangzhou Port in the south and connect Xiangjiang River and Yangtze River in the north through Lingqu. Materials come in, goods are sold, and a complete coffin industry chain is naturally formed.

this geographical advantage is certainly not only cheaper than a coffin. As the most popular town on the whole Xijiang River route, Liuzhou has gradually become a veritable port city, and the famous so-called port culture of Wuhan and Chongqing on the Yangtze River also exists in Liuzhou.

The fierce habits of Hunan in the north have also descended along the river with merchants, which makes Liuzhou, although located in Lingnan, full of Chu style. You know, until now, people in Liuzhou and Guilin, which are located on the rivers in Guidong Basin, can communicate with many people in Hubei and Sichuan without hindrance.

Immigration has also brought about a change in taste. Many foreigners think that Guangxi people can eat spicy food, but the stereotype actually comes from Liuzhou snail powder. This really distorts many people in Guangxi. In fact, many places in Guangxi don't eat spicy food, especially in the southeast of Guangxi, where food is very rich, people's dietary taste is light and elegant. Only the people of Liuzhou and Guilin in the northeast of Guangxi were influenced by the invasion of Huxiang culture, and turned back to bring a spicy reputation as a province.

More interestingly, Liuzhou can not only retain immigrants, but also export them in large quantities.

In the old town of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, which is 7 kilometers away and surrounded by Hakkas, people speak exactly the same dialect as Liuzhou people. This is a linguistically famous island of Ganzhou dialect, and the reason is that Liuzhou immigrated to Ganzhou in the Ming Dynasty. Today, probably because of its weak influence, Ganzhou dialect island is gradually eroded by the surrounding dialects, showing a trend of extinction. More and more people who grew up in the old city of Ganzhou claim that only by traveling to Liuzhou can they find the feeling of childhood.

In a word, the restless energy and things, such as the criss-crossing river network, numerous docks, prosperous commercial ports and migrants, make Liuzhou's customs inclusive and dynamic. This open and free atmosphere has also cultivated a deep soil for the city's future industrial development.

What people need, we will make it.

Modern industrial civilization is favored in Liuzhou. On the one hand, it began with the investment and establishment of factories by warlords of the New Guangxi clan. On the other hand, it is inseparable from the construction of railways. You know, like ancient rivers, modern railways also have a special preference for this beautiful small town in northern Guangxi.

Liujiang railway bridge.

During the Anti-Japanese War, engineers in Liuzhou pieced together the Liujiang Railway Bridge under the condition of scarce materials, which made the Guizhou-Guangxi and Hunan-Guangxi railways meet here. This directly established Liuzhou's position as a transportation hub in Guangxi and even the southwest. After the founding of New China, Liuzhou became the starting point of Jiaoliu Line. These factors led to Liuzhou Railway Bureau being the only railway bureau in China that was not in the capital city for a long time.

Since 193s, with the double blessing of political power and transportation system, Liuzhou has entered the industrialized sturm und drang.

In the 195s, Chairman Mao personally made the decision, and a large number of factories and workers from Shanghai, Wuhan and other super cities migrated to Liuzhou. This industrial migration has had a profound impact on Liuzhou. It is said that at least half of Liuzhou people are descendants of Shanghai workers.

Liuzhou has become an absolute factory city. Whether it is a hard-core heavy factory such as steel and machinery, or a large or small light industrial factory such as textiles and daily necessities, as long as you can think of the factory form, you can almost find it in the small Liuzhou that year.

The factory chimneys, together with the karst peaks beside them, soar into the sky, and a large number of dormitory areas are laid on both sides of the Liujiang River. The charming natural scenery is mixed with the cold factory buildings filled with smoke, which made the most magical landscape in Guidong Basin.

By the 198s, the Liuzhou factories, which were deeply rooted in China's manufacturing industry, began to burst into strong strength: from mechanical parts such as bearings and gears to daily necessities such as toothpaste, soap and electric fans, Liuzhou people made everything and made money. This small city of Guangxi was not only self-sufficient, but also sold well all over the country, and the convenience and superiority of citizens' lives were not lost to any traditional prosperity.

The biggest feature of these industries bred by Liuzhou terroir is that they are practical, smart and affordable. There is no doubt that the achievement of integrating this concept is the Liuzhou automobile industry, which calls out what the people need and what we make.

Liuzhou has a very long history of automobile production, which can be traced back to the warlord period. Liuzhou Machinery Factory and its derivative factories have successively produced charcoal trucks, airplanes, diesel engines, tractors and even sewing machines. Since the 198s, Liuzhou Tractor Factory began to study family vans. Because their main object of imitation was Mitsubishi vans in Japan, they got a bigger name than Mitsubishi: Wuling.

At the beginning of the century, like many domestic automobile brands, Wuling encountered a bottleneck in engine technology. After some weighing, Wuling decided to give most of its equity to foreign investors in exchange for core technology. The only condition is to leave all supporting manufacturers in Liuzhou.

the following story is well known. the van produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling perfectly inherits the essence of Liuzhou's industrial benefits and convenience. Wuling Hongguang was named as a generation of magic cars, galloping around the world and becoming the most reliable partner of countless workers on the road to wealth.

Today, Liuzhou, a so-called small and medium-sized city with a population of 4 million, has become one of the four major automobile cities in China, and it is also the only city in China that has four major automobile group production bases at the same time.

Walking on the streets of Liuzhou today, you will directly feel its unique landscape as an automobile city: there are such small electric cars made by Baojun or Wuling everywhere, and they are ubiquitous and numerous, which makes people wonder whether even primary school students hold driver's licenses in this city.

Small electric vehicles are ubiquitous in the streets of Liuzhou.

If you immigrate to Liuzhou at present, the first thing to do is to spend 4, yuan (including government subsidies) on such a car. It is convenient to charge, small and flexible, and most importantly, it enjoys almost utopian wonderful treatment in this city. Everyone drives the same car, so there is no competition and no discrimination. You drive it across bridges and taste one powder shop after another.

As a city in Guangxi, there are certainly many electric two-wheeled vehicles on the streets of Liuzhou.

Besides Cyberpunk cars everywhere, Liuzhou also has many urban landscapes with the same industrial characteristics. For example, the garbage can here is equipped with a solar charging board, which can make the butterfly pattern on the bucket glow at night. For another example, there are an unusually large number of high-rise buildings in Liuzhou, with more than 1,3 high-rise buildings over 2 stories. The Diwang Building in Liuzhou, with a height of 33 meters and 72 floors, is the first 3+ tall building in the capital city of southwest Africa and the earliest tallest building in Guangxi. When a foreigner walks into the elevator, he often feels trance, and he can't help sighing. He can't think of Liuzhou, a small city with developed urban construction, which is even stronger than many provincial capitals.

Of course, it's not just snail powder.

Liuzhou is not a typical tourist city. Even today, there are no bicycles available in the city. But it lies in the collection list of many experienced travelers. You know, those sophisticated travelers don't just come for snail powder.

Don't forget that Guangxi is an autonomous region, and there are also a large number of ethnic minorities living in Liuzhou.

First of all, if you want to see the unique cities in the world that have sprung up among the karst peaks, besides the most typical Guilin, Liuzhou is definitely worth seeing. It should be said that, except Liuzhou, which has no godsend wonders like the Elephant Trunk Mountain in Guilin, the two cities really have their own advantages in average perception.

The problem of industrial pollution really troubled Liuzhou in the past, but after nearly 3 years of treatment, there is basically no pollution problem in this city now.

it's hard to imagine that the quality of surface water in such a city with heavy industry as its pillar has ranked first in the country for many years in a row. Every year, all kinds of world-class water sports competitions are held on Liujiang River. If you are an experienced swimmer, you can safely jump into Liujiang River for a swim.

It is said that there are more than 3, bauhinia plants in Liuzhou City. Every April, the fragrant flowers are full of trees and are gorgeous. When the flowers fall, the Liujiang River is turbulent, and the petals are flying. On the mountain peak and on the water bank, it is even more amazing. It can be said that the flower scenery in Liuzhou is as shocking as any city famous for flowers in China.

Of course, as a city famous for its bowl of snail powder, food is naturally an unavoidable topic when discussing Liuzhou.

as I said before, discussing food in Guangxi is a very complicated project, and it is not a typical province where a unified diet style can be summarized. As for Liuzhou, which is deeply influenced by Huxiang culture, the most important feature of food here is fusion because of its strong immigration and industrial attributes.

The birth of snail powder is the best example: Liuzhou workers who work from nine to five like to eat midnight snack. At the snack stand next to the dormitory in the factory, everyone who finished eating snail pot was still not satisfied, so they simply asked the store to put some dried rice noodles which are the most common in the local area into the bottom of the pot. This is the earliest snail powder.

Liuzhou people are broad-minded, open and peaceful. They won't tell you anything authentic, formal and authentic. As long as it suits your taste, nothing is unacceptable.

For example, if you come to Liuzhou to eat snail powder locally and want to find the most authentic one, there is absolutely no such thing. Each family's snail powder is different. Some people focus on the fragrance of snail, some people love the thick bone soup, some people tend to use abnormal spicy peppers, and some people fry duck feet so tender and tender that they can take off bones in one bite. Even, in the past two years, the best snail powder sold locally has changed from traditional soup powder to fried snail powder. In short, this young food is still in a state of rapid evolution in Liuzhou, and no one is there.

The snack culture in Liuzhou has flourished so far, and the snail and duck feet pot is still a must-have food in Liuzhou snack stalls. Sweet and waxy litchi