Gongcheng is located in the southeast of Guilin, 18km away from Guilin, with Yangshuo, a famous tourist county in China, between them.

Due to the unique influence of Gongcheng, many tourists are not satisfied with Guilin-Yangshuo tourism, but prefer to get out and experience the local customs there.

In their view, if the Guilin-Yangshuo line is a tourist jewel, Gongcheng is more like a family heirloom pendant.

Gongcheng has a history of nearly 14 years, which can also be regarded as an ancient city.

With the change of years and the accumulation of years, and the Yao compatriots' treasure and protection of traditional culture, a cultural pattern of "literature" and "martial arts", "commerce" and "emotion" has been formed here.

The most famous scenic spot in Gongcheng is the Confucian Temple.

The Confucian Temple, also known as the Confucius Temple, is a temple in memory of the sage Confucius.

The Confucian Temple, located on the Yinshan side of the county seat, covers an area of 3,6 square meters and a building area of 1,3 square meters. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangxi, and is called "Southern Small Qufu". It consists of Zhuangyuan Gate, Xingxing Gate, Zhuangyuan Bridge, Dachengmen, Dacheng Hall, Chongsheng Temple, Ritual Gate, Yilu, Xiangxian Temple, Zhongxiao Temple, Xingtai Temple and Zhaocheng Temple.

The Confucian Temple was built in 141, which is contemporary with the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

The Confucian Temple is backed by Yinshan Mountain, and the whole Confucian Temple is built in six levels. The design and layout are rigorous, and the modeling is magnificent and profound, which fully embodies the Yin-Yang theory of the Book of Changes and makes people feel solemn.

The temple is full of incense and rich in cultural relics, many of which can be called national treasures.

The Master for All Generations was written by Kangxi, the three-character plaque of "Lingxingmen" was written by Qianlong, the four-character plaque of "No People" was written by Yongzheng, and the four-character plaque of "Sven is here" was written by Guangxu. There are 36 painted pictures of the sacred relics in the shrine, which is the earliest existing comic book with complete characters' stories in China.

The east and west wing rooms are dedicated to ancient classics and famous instruments carved with fine wood, such as the South Locomotive, the Simu Wuding, the Seismograph, the Four Books and Five Classics, and weapons, which embodies the spiritual pursuit of the ancients in reading poetry, knowing etiquette and tomorrow.

The Champion Bridge on Panshui is regarded as an auspicious sign by local residents: it is said that as long as students cross the Champion Bridge, they will certainly get good grades.

Facts have also proved that this legend can stand the test: official schools have been established here since the Northern Song Dynasty.

From the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Yao people here began to set up social studies and paid attention to the education of their children.

By 1994, Gongcheng had created the miracle that every village in the county had produced college students.

Also in 1994, a professor of humanities in Tsinghua University made statistics: during the 84 years since Tsinghua University was founded, among the 1 Yao students admitted to the school, 7 were from Gongcheng.

Among them, Yangliu, from Gongcheng, was admitted to Tsinghua at the age of 15, and became a doctoral student in Tsinghua University at the age of 21, making her the youngest Yao doctor in China.

Another interesting thing is that Mr. Ma Junwu, a famous educator in the Republic of China, was born in Ma Zhai near the Confucius Temple.

Ma Junwu's eagerness to learn cannot be said to be unaffected by his childhood environment.

All kinds of coincidences overlap, which adds a bit of mystery to Gongcheng Confucian Temple. No wonder Gongcheng Confucian Temple is so famous!

In addition to the Confucian Temple, the Wu Temple in Gongcheng is also a well-preserved ancient temple.

The Wu Temple was built in memory of Guan Yu, the general of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period, and it is the place where the Chinese nation advocates loyalty.

The site of Gongcheng Wumiao Temple is also in Yinshan, the county seat, which is adjacent to the Confucian Temple with one mountain and two ridges.

The two temples, the Wenwu Temple and the Wenwu Temple, are only a hundred paces apart, and they complement each other. Their arrangement alone is worth a visit.

Wu Temple, with a history of 4 years, is a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangxi, and its scale is slightly smaller than that of the Confucian Temple, which conforms to the traditional regulations of China.

After all, Guan Yu's personal loyalty and chastity were advocated by Confucius.

sage of literature is a theorist and sage of martial arts is a practitioner.

The Confucian Temple and the Wushu Temple on both sides of Yinshan Mountain, with one article and one martial art, perfectly combine theory and practice, and reflect each other, making them a model of Chinese traditional culture.

The main hall of Gongcheng Wu Temple is a double-eaved, mountain-resting type, with upturned eaves and fluttering, decorated with people, birds, flowers, dragons, phoenixes and auspicious clouds, which has a strong traditional style.

The buildings in the Wu Temple include the stage, the main hall, the Xietian Palace, the back hall, the East-West Wing, and so on.

The life legends of Guan Yu, such as the three vows in Taoyuan, the beheading of Hua Xiong, and the capture and release of Cao Cao, are displayed by sculptures in the East-West Chamber Annex Hall.

The pedestal of the stage is locked with a huge iron pot to achieve the effect of * * *, which was the most feasible sound design in ancient times.

There is also a famous ancestral temple called Zhouwei Temple in the county seat of Gongcheng.

Zhou Wei Temple, located in the east of the county seat, is a memorial temple for Zhou Wei, a famous official of the Northern Song Dynasty, a censor and a citizen of Gongcheng. It covers an area of 1,6 square meters and is a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangxi.

Zhou Wei was honest and devoted to public service all his life, and he had a good political voice. After his death, he was awarded the title of "Loyal King Hui Lie" by the court.

Before his death, he invited the imperial court to pay taxes, develop people's wisdom and set up rural schools. The people in his hometown felt grateful for his kindness and donated money to build a temple statue for him.

There is a poem in praise: "The imperial history of Zhou Dynasty has been passed down from one hundred generations, and the ancient sages will be missed in the future.

"The original stage, gatehouse, grand hall, back hall and east-west wing of Zhouwei Temple have been partially destroyed, but the existing gatehouse is the essence of all its buildings.

The gatehouse is made of all-wood structure, consisting of more than 3, pieces of wood, with exquisite materials and rigorous technology.

its shape adopts double eaves to rest on the top of the mountain, and five-story bucket arches are carefully used to lift out layer by layer. The cliff closes in, and there are numerous dangers, smooth shape, gorgeous ridges and exquisite windows.

The air flow naturally passes through, which can make a roaring sound, making the finches afraid to settle down here and protecting the gatehouse from insects and birds. This is really a unique idea.

the most worth seeing in Zhou Wei's shrine is a picture of Meishan, which is more than 5 meters long and painted during the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty.

There are more than 1, figures in this picture, which vividly reproduces the production, life and sacrifice scenes of ancestors of Yao people thousands of years ago, and is called "a national must".

Gongcheng has been a place where merchants gather since ancient times.

Businessmen from other places often set up chambers of commerce to strengthen themselves.

Hunan Guild Hall in Gongcheng was built by Sanxiang Association during Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty.

The well-preserved Hunan Guild Hall reflects the scene of merchants and goods flowing smoothly in Gongcheng in ancient times.

When you walk into the guild hall, you can have a good experience of the scenes of ancient businessmen haggling over tea and collecting debts between go to the opera. It may even turn on your business genius.

The land of Gongcheng, with simple folk customs and attention to hygiene, has lasted for thousands of years and remains unchanged to this day.

this is a national agricultural ecological demonstration county.

walking into Gongcheng, every village has orchards, and every family builds biogas.

There are dozens of orchards, including oranges, pomelos, persimmons, peaches, etc., but we have never seen a lookout shed guarding the orchard.

It turns out that the Yao people here think that if you are thirsty and hungry, it is really not a matter to go into the orchard and pick two fruits to eat. It is not necessary to set up a shed and send someone to guard it day and night.

As for the prevention of fruit thieves, Yao people have never even thought about it, because there are no thieves here.

Because there is no lookout shed, Gongcheng Orchard has always been a favorite garden for photographers to create, especially the 1,-acre peach garden in Daling Mountain. When peach blossoms hang branches, together with the smoke from the small river there, * * * isomorphically becomes a beautiful picture.

If you travel to the village in Gongcheng, you won't even see the dung of cattle and sheep.

no matter the village roads, everywhere is clean and clean as home.

Many tourists come with skepticism and leave with conviction.

When the villagers are farming in the farmland, you can quietly go to the village, look for any family's kitchen and look through the window probe. You will never believe what you see is the kitchen of the Zhuang family: biogas stoves, biogas lamps, tiled stoves and spotless dining tables.

It's best to go to Sheshan to take a tour route of rural customs in Gongcheng, because the small bridges and flowing water and the crowing of chickens here are more typical and more vivid, and it also has the rural customs painting mood of "Friends with chickens and millet, you entertain me at your farm" written by Tao Qian.

Yao compatriots are fond of singing and dancing, and are hospitable.

"Nuo Dance", "Bamboo Dance" and "Camellia oleifera Song" of the Yao family in Gongcheng are the most distinctive programs in Yao culture.

visiting Yao village, sitting among Yao cells, drinking a bowl of strong Yao camellia oil and listening to Yao cells sing a "Camellia oil tea song" for you, it must be a spiritual enjoyment that you can't personally understand unless you have experienced it.

local snacks in Gongcheng also has Paisan, Ai Ye Ba, Radish Ba, Taro Cake, Chestnut Zongzi, etc., which are enough for you to eat.

The local specialty here is the persimmon in Gongcheng, which is exported overseas.

If you come to Gongcheng on October 16th of the lunar calendar, you can enjoy the joy of singing and dancing, celebrating the harvest and celebrating Panwang Festival with the Yao people.