Guilin is located in the southwest of Nanling Mountain System, with an average elevation of 15 meters. It belongs to a typical karst landform. After hundreds of millions of years of weathering and erosion, limestone all over the city has formed a unique landscape with a thousand peaks standing around, a city surrounded by water and beautiful caves and rocks, and it has been praised by the world as "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world". Among them, the most representative scenic spots are: Elephant Trunk Mountain, Fubo Mountain, Nanxi Mountain, Yaoshan Mountain, Duxiufeng, Qixingyan, reed flute cave, Zanpiyan, Guanyan, Wangcheng in Ming Dynasty, Ronghu Lake and Shanhu Lake. The most wonderful part of the landscape of the Lijiang River is in Yangshuo, and there are countless beautiful scenery waiting for us to visit in other counties and districts of Guilin. Longji terraces, Xing 'an Lingqu and Zijiang rafting will bring you more surprises.

Guilin is an ancient cultural city. With a history of more than 2, years, it has a rich cultural background. After Qin Shihuang unified the thought country, 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 central plains in the north. After the Song Dynasty, it has been the political, economic and cultural center of Guangxi, known as the "Southwest Huifu" until the founding of New China. In the long years, the picturesque scenery of Guilin has attracted countless literati, making them write many well-known poems and articles, and carved more than 2, stone carvings and wall books. In addition, history has left many historical sites here. These unique cultural landscapes have won Guilin the praise of "visiting mountains like reading history and watching mountains like watching paintings". During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Guilin became a famous cultural city in China, where many patriotic writers and artists gathered to write a new chapter in the anti-Japanese culture. A long history has given birth to a rich culture for this ancient and beautiful land.

For thousands of years, Guilin has been a treasure-house 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. The natural scenery, ethnic customs, history and culture of Grand Guilin deeply attract Chinese and foreign tourists and heads of state to come in droves and linger.

the best time to travel

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". The best season to travel to Guilin is from April to October every year, during which there will be two golden weeks, May Day and November, which are also the peak of tourism. Guilin with a suitable climate will have many tourists, room reservation and transportation will also reach a climax, and the price will rise, so it is best to avoid this time and choose an off-season to travel and savor the beautiful scenery of the world.

special catering

Guilin's food is well-known all over the country, and its local flavor is unique, which combines sour and spicy Hunan cuisine with light Cantonese cuisine. Guilin people's home-cooked stir-fry is greatly influenced by Hunan cuisine, and almost meals can't be separated from sour and spicy, so restaurants naturally choose to adapt to Guilin people's tastes. Of course, with the continuous development of tourism, there are more and more types of catering. Huaiyang cuisine, Minnan cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine, northwest local cuisine and Guangxi ethnic minority dishes have also formed a climate in Guilin. Fashion catering is also quietly emerging in Guilin. Authentic western food and Chinese simple meals are deeply loved by young people.

The street snacks in Guilin are a must, and the lotus leaf fragrance emitted by glutinous rice chicken wafts all over the street. Guilin rice noodles must be tasted, including lettuce powder, beef brisket powder, three fresh powders, original soup powder, marinated vegetable powder, hot and sour powder, horse meat rice noodles, etc. There are hundreds of rice noodle shops in the city with different tastes, and some even open all night. Its bone soup began to boil before dawn, and it tastes mellow. The master will cut the braised pork for you, serve it with delicious peanuts and chopped green onion, and then pour the broth on it. It tastes really good.

Food Street

There are six main food streets in Guilin: binjiang road Food Street (from Fubo Mountain to Xiangbishan Mountain), Jiefang West Road Food Street, Putuo Road Food Street (Chaoyang Road intersection), Guilin Food City (2 meters to the left of the bus station), Luoshan Road Food Street (opposite to the food city) and the most famous Guilin Mongkok Food Street (near the bell tower in the central square).

Shopping

Nowadays, tour guides often take tourists to buy souvenirs of Guilin. Guilin Tourism Bureau has a national appraisal office listed in the jewelry sales office. If you sell fake goods, you can complain and claim compensation. Because Guilin produces precious stones, there are cheap and fine ornaments for sale in places like Mopanshan Wharf. When buying these souvenirs, you must make a counter-offer, which can generally be reduced to 5% or even lower than the marked price.

Guilin has many famous local products, such as Shatian pomelo, summer orange, Siraitia grosvenorii, ginkgo, Lipu taro, etc. Besides, there are osmanthus embroidery, comb, paper umbrella and hand-painted screen to choose from. But in any case, when you arrive in Guilin, you should at least buy some of the "Three Treasures of Guilin" to take back.

Marble products osmanthus tea osmanthus wine kumquat gold and silver jewelry metal crafts Chili sauce Lipu taro Siraitia grosvenorii horseshoe awn weaving crafts Maojian tea Nantang Sanhua wine watermelon frost Yangshuo chestnut Yangshuo painting fan Ginkgo jade carving round branches yuba bamboo wood carving art emerald sufu Shatian pomelo persimmon flower Wutong sugarcane porcelain carving

Characteristic activities

There are also many folk festivals in Guilin with many ethnic minorities, and the customs are strong, which has become a major landscape of local tourism. Traditional folk festivals of all ethnic groups, such as Lantern Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, will be celebrated here, and it will be very lively. But the most wonderful thing is undoubtedly the unique festive festival of all ethnic groups.

Guilin Landscape Tourism Festival October-December

The Guilin Municipal People's Government holds an annual international tourism festival in order to improve Guilin's tourism popularity, enhance Guilin's tourism and attract tourists. In 1992, the Landscape Tourism Festival was held, which not only enriched the tourist life, but also became more and more popular among Chinese and foreign tourists.

March 3rd, the third day of the third lunar month

March 3rd is a traditional song festival of Zhuang nationality, also known as "Gewei Festival" and "Gepo Festival", which is divided into daily song fairs and night song fairs. At present, the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has designated the third day of the third lunar month as the Zhuang Song Festival, which is gradually developing into the "March 3" culture and art festival.

Miao year

Miao year is a traditional Miao festival. On the morning of the festival, firecrackers were set off and three guns were fired to show good luck. During the festival, people visit relatives and friends and congratulate each other. Some places are accompanied by grand bullfighting and horse racing. Among them, the activity of Lusheng stepping on the hall is the most exciting. At that time, the young man Lusheng is loud and pleasant to listen to, and the girls are dressed in festive costumes, wearing dragons, phoenixes and silver horns, silver pins and silver combs, and dancing with the rhythm of music. By stepping on the hall, young men and women can freely choose their lovers. The time of Miao Year varies from place to place, basically after the autumn harvest.

Fireworks Festival

On the traditional folk festival of Dong people, fireworks are set off on this day, with the first gun indicating that people are prosperous, the second gun is congratulations on making a fortune, and the third gun is a bumper harvest of grains. After the fireworks, young men and women get together to play lusheng and dance. At night, the bonfire was lit, and some people sang Dong Opera, some sang songs freely, and there was laughter. The date of the Fireworks Festival is different in different places, from the first month to October. Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County is the third day of the first month (the lunar calendar, the same below), Meilin is the second day of February, Fulu is the third day of March, and Linxi is October 26. Whether you can meet it depends on your luck.

No Wind Festival, 2th day of the first lunar month

Miaoping Yaoxuan traditional festival in Lingui County, Guilin City. Legend has it that in ancient times, Fengshen was angry and the village was affected. Some immortals gave directions to the people, and on the 2th day of the first month, no sound or wind was allowed, offering sacrifices to Fengshen, which proved to be effective, and this day became the No Wind Festival. Before the festival, people tied some crosses with straw, pressed them in the corner of the field and hung the eaves. During the festival, all sounds are forbidden, and even clothes can only be spread on the grass. In order to avoid people coming and going making noise, all the people in the village leave home to go to Miaopingwei for the festival. Festival activities are colorful, beating gongs and drums, dancing lions and singing operas, and singing folk songs when night falls. This day, which used to be a day of no sound and no wind, turned into a happy event at Miaopingwei.

Precautions for local tourism

Dining tips: There are five main food streets in Guilin, namely, binjiang road Food Street (Fuboshan section to Elephant Trunk Hill), Jiefang West Road Food Street, Putuo Road Food Street (Chaoyang intersection), Food City (2 meters to the left of the bus station) and Luoshan Road Food Street (opposite to the food city). The most famous food street is near the bell tower in the central square.