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Guilin self-help tour-Guilin is a world-famous scenic city with unparalleled karst landforms. The mountains in Guilin 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 and magnificent; The grotesque rocks in the cave are wonderful and dazzling, thus forming the "four wonders" of Guilin with "green mountains, beautiful water, strange caves and beautiful stones", and it has been known as "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world" since the Southern Song Dynasty.
Guilin self-help tour-Guilin is an ancient cultural city. With a history of more than 2, years, it has a rich cultural background. Qin Shihuang dug a canal to unify Lingnan and communicate Xiangjiang River and Lijiang River. After the capture of Lingnan, Guilin County was set up, which was named for its prolific osmanthus trees and osmanthus flowers. Since then, Guilin has become an important town connecting the Central Plains in the north and the waters in the south. From the Song Dynasty until the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was ruled by jing jiang government, jing jiang road and Guilin government. It was always the capital of Guangxi province in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and was the political, economic and cultural center of Guangxi. In the long years, the picturesque scenery of Guilin has attracted countless literati, who have written many well-known chapters, left more than 2, stone carvings and wall books, and left many historical sites. These unique cultural landscapes have won Guilin the praise of "visiting mountains like reading history and watching mountains like watching paintings". During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Guilin became a famous cultural city in China, where many patriotic writers, scholars and artists gathered and wrote a new chapter in anti-Japanese culture. A long history has given birth to a rich culture for this ancient and beautiful land.
Guilin's self-help tour-For thousands of years, Guilin has been a treasure trove for people to visit. Now, a scenic spot with Guilin as the center and 12 surrounding counties has been formed. There are vast and verdant virgin forests, majestic and steep peaks and valleys, 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 Mao Nan. Great Guilin's natural scenery, ethnic customs, history and culture deeply attract Chinese and foreign tourists, from the head of state to the ordinary people, and they will never leave.
"Jiang is a green ribbon and mountains are like jade hairpin", "I would rather be a Guilin person than a fairy". When I mistakenly put together the poems written by Han Yu and General Chen Yi in the Tang Dynasty, I found that from ancient times to now, the world has the same affection and love for Guilin ...
Guilin's self-help tour-Guilin has a low latitude and belongs to the humid monsoon climate in the middle subtropical zone. Generally speaking, Guilin has a mild climate with four distinct seasons and excellent climatic conditions. The average annual temperature is 19.3℃, which has the saying that "there is little snow in three winters and flowers in four seasons".
Guilin's self-help tour-the best season for traveling to Guilin is from April to October every year. During this period, there will be two golden weeks, May Day and November Day, which are also the peak of tourism. There will be many tourists in Guilin with a suitable climate, and the booking of rooms and transportation will also reach a climax, and the price will be higher than usual. Therefore, it is best to avoid this time and choose an off-season to travel and savor the beauty of the world.
Bus: The buses in Guilin are all beautiful, but there is no air conditioning. The fare is 1 yuan. Free bus: Guilin is a relatively mature tourist city, with very convenient traffic. Free buses, which are rare in other cities, bring a lot of convenience and benefits to tourists. No.51-No.58 runs between the main scenic spots in the city, and the departure time is 9: -17: .
Taxi: There are many taxis in Guilin, most of which are Jetta and Santana, and there are a few Fukang cars. Taxi charges are divided into two time periods: day and night. During the day (6: 3-23: ), it starts from 7 yuan at 2km, exceeding 2km but less than 4km 1.6 yuan/km, and exceeding 4km 2 yuan/km. At night (23: -6: 3 the next day), the starting fee is 7.8 yuan, 1.8 yuan/km between 2 and 4 kilometers, and 2.4 yuan/km above 4 kilometers.
Bicycles: It's a good idea to rent bicycles for sightseeing in Guilin. The rental points are mainly in major hotels and nearby main roads, and the fees are charged by the hour and by the day. If you are in Guilin International Youth Hostel, there are bicycles for rent, and you can go to 15 yuan every day.
Highway: There are three bus stations in Guilin: Bus Terminal, Chengnan Bus Station and Beimen Bus Station. All the out-of-town buses and most suburban buses leave from the bus terminal, which is located at No.427, Zhongshan South Road, downtown. It takes about 1 minutes to go north from the train station (turn left when you get out of the train station), and you can take bus No.1, No.2, No.3, No.1 and No.11. There are long-distance buses to Guangxi Province, Guangdong Province and Hunan Province. The bus to Yangshuo is at the South Railway Station. The fare is 1 yuan, at 21: 3 at the latest. If you can't catch the late bus, you can also go to the bus terminal to take the long-distance bus to Guangdong.
aviation: Guilin Liangjiang International Airport is 3 kilometers away from downtown Guilin, and there are more than 5 routes that can reach many places at home and abroad. There is a bus from the airport to the city, and the destination is the Civil Aviation Building. As long as there is a flight to Guilin, there is an airport bus to the city, no matter how late it is, it costs 2 yuan. There is a bus from downtown to the airport every 3 minutes in the Civil Aviation Building. If you take a taxi to the airport, it will be around 6 yuan.
Railway: Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Guizhou-Guangxi Railway, Zhiliu Railway and Xianggui Railway all pass through Guilin. Generally, you can go directly to major cities in China by train. There are 27 railway stations in Guilin. The two main ones are Guilin North Station and Guilin South Station (guilin railway station). Located at the junction of Shanghai Road and Zhongshan South Road, South Railway Station is the main passenger station. In the city center, the traffic is very convenient. The North Station is in the suburb of Guilin, and the traffic is not very convenient. Note: Guilin is an intermediate station, so it is generally difficult to buy a sleeper ticket at the window. If you need to book a return ticket, you should contact the reception center five days in advance (Tel: 773-589299) and 1 days in advance for the Golden Week.
water transport: Guilin's water transport mainly passes through Xiangjiang River and Lijiang River, and it can reach the Pearl River along the Lijiang River through Wuzhou, and it can also directly reach coastal ports such as Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Macao.
★ Elephant Trunk Hill: it is one of the famous mountains in Guilin and the emblem of Guilin. Formerly known as Lishan, it is also called Yishan and Shenshui Mountain. Located at the confluence of taohuajiang and Lijiang River in the city, it is named after a giant elephant standing by the river and drinking the Lijiang River. Elephant trunk mountain is 2 meters above sea level, 55 meters above the water surface, 18 meters long and 1 meters wide. The mountain covers an area of 1.3 hectares, which is composed of pure limestone deposited on the seabed 36 million years ago. The lifelike and fascinating Elephant Trunk Mountain is the representative of Guilin's landscape and the symbol of Guilin City. The local products in Guilin and even Guangxi are mostly marked by Elephant Trunk Mountain. The main attractions are Shuiyue Cave, Elephant Eye Rock, Pu Xian Tower, Hongfeng Temple and the exhibition hall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Revolutionary Site in the temple. There is also the only remaining stupa in Kaiyuan Temple in Sui and Tang Dynasties nearby.
Tickets: 25 yuan
Traffic guide: Take bus No.2 and get off at Wenchang Bridge, then walk across the bridge for 2 minutes. No.57, No.58 bus is free to Xiangshan Park, or 4A shuttle bus
★ Lijiang River: a pearl of China's splendid rivers and mountains, and the essence of Guilin scenery. The Lijiang River originates from Maoer Mountain in xing an, northeast of Guilin, flows through Guilin and Yangshuo, and reaches Gongcheng estuary in Pingle County, with a total length of 437 kilometers. The Lijiang River, which is 84 kilometers from Guilin to Yangshuo, is like a green silk belt, which is coiled between ten thousand peaks. The strange peaks are sandwiched by the shore, and the clear water is lingering. The walls are cut and the river is hanging, and the green hills are floating. The scenery is beautiful, just like a hundred-mile picture scroll.
Tickets: 18 yuan/person for ordinary cruise ship tickets (less than 1.1m, half price for 1.1-1.4m)
27 yuan/person for luxury cruise ship tickets (less than 1.1m, half price for 1.1-1.4m)
Traffic guide: domestic guests are at Mopanshan Wharf, foreign guests take sightseeing boats at Zhujiang Wharf and take boats at Di Yang Wharf in dry season. The "hump red glow" in Qixing Park is really a great beauty. The legend of Camel Mountain also adds historical and cultural brilliance to the landscape. I'm afraid that few ancient people have seen camels, otherwise Camel Mountain would not be called Hushan in the past. Legend has it that Hushan was melted by the hip flask of the scholar Lei Jiuren. In order to prevent Guilin from flooding, he asked the devil to melt 1, bottles of water into wine and let him drink it. Unfortunately, he was drunk before he finished drinking it. Up to now, there is a tomb of Lei Jiuren at the foot of the mountain, because he has last words to be buried at the spout of the kettle to block the remaining water in the kettle. Camel Mountain is steep and difficult to climb, but there are always some brave people who want to choose it to challenge themselves. As a result, after the successful summit, they have no courage to come down by themselves, and they have to be rescued by the ladder of Qixing District Fire Brigade.
Tickets: 35 yuan, Qixingyan 3 yuan
Traffic guide: Bus No.6, No.1, No.11, No.13, No.14, No.58 free bus or 4A special bus
★ Diecai Mountain: located in the northeast of Guilin city, near Lijiang River, covers an area of about 2 square kilometers, and consists of Mingyue Peak, Xianhe Peak, Siwang Mountain and Yuyue Mountain. Here, together with Duxiufeng in the city and Fubo Mountain beside the Lijiang River, it is a tourist attraction in the city. There are many beautiful scenery in the mountains, especially the cliff stone carvings of celebrities in past dynasties. There is an ancient climbing road at the southern foot of the mountain, and you can reach the Diecai Pavilion by stepping up dozens of steps. The hill in the east of the pavilion is Yueyue Mountain, and the top of the pavilion is Yueyue Pavilion. Looking at the rocks of Mingyue Peak from the pavilion, you can see the colorful layers, and you can best appreciate the meaning of "colorful". Stop and watch, and you can see the whole city.
Admission: 2 yuan
Traffic guide: No.2, No.58 for free
★ Fubo Mountain: Located on the bank of the Lijiang River, with a solitary peak, the mountain is 12 meters long, 6 meters wide, with an altitude of 213 meters and a relative height of 63 meters, so it is named because it is half-pillow on the land and half-inserted into the river pool, which prevents the billows. He also said that in the 18th year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 42), Guangwudi sent Fubo general Ma Yuan to send troops to Jiaozhi County. When Ma Yuan came back from Jiaojiao, he "managed battlements for counties and counties, and irrigated through canals to benefit its people". People missed Ma Yuan, so they built a shrine on this mountain to honor the discipline, and used his name of General Fubo as the name of the mountain. There are Guishui Pavilion, Tingtao Pavilion, Banshan Pavilion, Huanzhu Cave, Sword Test Stone, self-portrait of Mi Fei, Thousand Buddha Rock and other places of interest, as well as a "thousand-person pot" weighing more than 1, kilograms and a clock weighing more than 2,7 kilograms, which were cast by the daughter of Kong Youde, the king of the Southern Qing Dynasty, in memory of her father. The sword-testing stone in Huanzhu Cave is a huge stone hanging from the top of the cave, which is only an inch from the ground and suddenly broke off. It is really a wonder. Legend has it that it was caused by General Fubo's sword test. There are many cliff stone carvings and Buddhist cliff statues in Huanzhu Cave and Thousand Buddha Rock, which were called "Fubo Scenic Area" in ancient times. It has been a tourist attraction since the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, Guishui Pavilion, Sisi Pavilion, Mengting Pavilion, Zhengxia Hall, Jinde Hall, Bagui Hall and Xifeng Hall were built around the mountain. Although these ancient buildings are abandoned, their remains still exist.
Tickets: 15 yuan
Traffic guide: No.2, No.13, No.15 bus, No.58 bus, and No.4A bus
★ Duxiufeng: Located in Jingjiang Wangcheng in the center of Guilin, it rises from the ground, stands tall and independent, and has a superior momentum, and is known as "the pillar in the south". Yan Yanzhi's poem in the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty said, "If you don't stand alone, you will be in a beautiful city", and Zhang Gu's poem in the Tang Dynasty said, "The lonely peak is not in harmony with many mountains, and the upright people are still in the ascendant", all of which praised its imposing manner. There are climbing stone steps at the southwest foot of Duxiu Peak, winding up to the peak, with a grade of ***36. Stop at the peak period, look around in the longitudinal direction, the peak forest stands around, the green water lingers, the whole city is beautiful, and the eyes are floating, making people feel like they are in a foreign country and relaxed. Visitors to Guilin all want to climb the mountain to win. Duxiufeng is located in the ancient city of Guilin. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many learning palaces and official residences have been built under it, and Jingjiang Wangfu in the Ming Dynasty was built around Duxiufeng. In the Qing Dynasty, it was the Gongyuan. In the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen's Northern Expedition Base Camp and the Guangxi Provincial Government were both located under Duxiufeng in 1937. Now the Wangfu is the school building of Guangxi Normal University. There are many precious cultural relics in Wangfu, including Crescent Moon Pool, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Tower, Taiping Rock, Reading Rock, Snow Cave, Wangfu Yunjie Jade and Duxiu Pavilion.
Tickets: Tickets for Jingjiang Wangcheng 5 yuan
Transportation: Bus No.3 and No.14
★ Guanyan: It is a cave with a total length of 12 kilometers, located in Caoping Township on the east bank of Lijiang River, 29 kilometers away from the urban area. Guanyan Water Cave is closed all the year round, and the landscape is well protected. There are many kinds of stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars and stone curtains in the cave, and a large number of cloud basins, edge stone dams, goose tubes, cave beads, falling rocks, pots and so on. The cave is equipped with trams, yachts and sightseeing elevators. In addition to the wonderful Guanyan, there is also a three-star cloud mountain villa for rest and accommodation. When night falls, the cloud mountain villa will hold a national song and dance party. Enthusiastic ethnic minorities sing folk songs, and everyone dances hand in hand around the burning bonfire, which is intoxicating.
Tickets: 6 yuan
Transportation: Take a bus from Guilin Bus Station to Guanyan, which runs every 2 minutes from 7: 3 to 16: 3. The fare is 6.5 yuan/person; Or stop at Guanyan pier on the way to visit Lijiang River and then visit.
★ reed flute cave: Located in the northwest suburb of Guilin, 5 kilometers away from the city center, it is a scenic spot mainly for visiting caves, supplemented by enjoying the pastoral scenery of mountains and rivers. It is named because its mouth is full of reeds that can make flutes. Reed flute cave and Qixingyan are two famous caves in Guilin. These two caves are close to the urban area and have convenient transportation. Therefore, it is almost necessary to visit Guilin. Reed flute cave Cave is 24 meters deep, and the whole journey takes about 4 minutes. There are a lot of beautiful and exquisite stalagmites, stalagmites, stone pillars and stone curtains in the cave, and there are 15 wall books since the Tang and Song Dynasties. When reed flute cave opened in 1962, because there were only a few caves open for sightseeing in China at that time, and reed flute cave was magnificent, it suddenly became famous all over the world and was known as the "Palace of Nature Art".
Tickets: 6 yuan
Traffic guide: Bus No.3, Bus No.58, and Bus No.4A
★ Longsheng Hot Spring: Longsheng Hot Spring is located at the bank of Ailing Stream in Jiangdi Township, Longsheng County, 32km away from Longsheng and 132km northwest of Guilin. In the hot spring area, there are green hills and streams. There are 16 springs, and the spring water passes through a Cambrian fault zone dozens of miles long from Baiyaling to Tianejie, and gushes out continuously along the cliff gap, and is divided into upper and lower spring groups. The water temperature is 45℃ to 58℃, which belongs to the hydrochemical type of heavy calcium carbonate. The water contains more than 1 kinds of trace mineral elements beneficial to human body, such as lithium, strontium, iron, manganese, zinc and copper. Mineral water has a high content of metasilicic acid and a low copper ion, belonging to drinking medical mineral water containing metasilicic acid, which has the functions of promoting and protecting human physiological functions, hypnosis, analgesia, anti-aging, softening blood vessels, anticancer, etc. Regular bathing can regulate the cardiovascular system, and has a good effect on treating hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, neuritis, arthritis, skin diseases and endocrine disorders, which is called "Shenshui" by local Yao compatriots.
Admission: 3 yuan/person, hot spring bath 2 yuan/person. If you stay in hot spring hotel and hot spring villa, you can enjoy the hot spring bath for free.
traffic guide: the hot spring is 32km away from the county seat, and the shuttle bus from the county seat to the hot spring runs every day from 7: to 18: , with an average of 2 minutes. The fare is 4.5 yuan/person
★ Fengyuyan: it belongs to the provincial pastoral tourist resort.