Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is a world-famous scenic city and historical and cultural city, enjoying a good reputation for its landscape.
She is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, east longitude 109 45''- 104 40'', north latitude 24 18''-25 4 1''.
The city has jurisdiction over Xiufeng, Xiangshan, Qixing, Diecai and Yanshan as well as Lingchuan, Xing 'an, Quanzhou, Lingui, Yangshuo, Pingle, Lipu, Longsheng, Yongfu, Gongcheng, Ziyuan and Guanyang, with a total administrative area of 27,809 square kilometers, including 565 square kilometers in the urban area.
Native products:
Guilin has many famous products: Shatian pomelo is beautiful in shape, fragrant in meat and famous at home and abroad; Summer oranges are of good quality, delicious color, early maturity and best-selling. Siraitia grosvenorii is "a good medicine for medical care and a good drink" and is known as the "Oriental God Fruit". Ginkgo biloba has a large output, accounting for one-third of the country, and its 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 in Beijing. Sanhuajiu, Chili sauce and bean curd are known as the "three treasures of Guilin"; Guilin rice noodles are fragrant and delicious, especially the horse meat rice noodles listed in winter are the most praised; In addition, there are famous local products such as horseshoe, lotus fish and yuba.
History of Guilin:
About 10,000 years ago, according to the study of the relics found in Baoji Rock and Zhupiyan Cave in the urban area, Zhupiyan people have entered the matriarchal society stage.
Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties were the residence of Baiyue people.
Qin Shihuang established Guilin, Elephant and Nanhai counties, which is the earliest origin of the name "Guilin", but the county governance is not in today's Guilin city.
Historical evolution:
Guilin has a long history.
Many kinds of human remains dating back about 10,000 years have been found in Baoji Mountain and pigskin caves in urban areas.
In 2 14 BC, Qin Shihuang dug a canal to communicate with the water system of Hunan and Lishui, and set up Guilin, Xiang Jun and Nanhai counties. This is the earliest origin of the name "Guilin", but the county governance is not in Guilin today.
For more than two thousand years, Guilin has been the seat of county, state, government and county government.
Guilin was founded in 1940 and was the capital of Guangxi for a long time.
After liberation, Guilin is a provincial capital city.
1On September 8th, 998, with the approval of the State Council, Guilin City and Guilin District merged to form a new Guilin City.
Guilin tourism:
Guilin is located in the southwest of Nanling Mountain System, with an average elevation of150m. 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 towering peaks, surrounded by water and beautiful caves, which is 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, Fu Bo, Nanxi Mountain, Yaoshan Mountain, Duxiufeng, Qixingyan, reed flute cave, Maobiyan, Ming Dynasty Wangcheng, Ronghu and Shanshan Lake.
The most wonderful part of the Lijiang River landscape is in Yangshuo, and there are countless beautiful scenery waiting for us to visit in other counties and districts of Guilin. Longji terraced fields, Xing 'an Lingqu and Zijiang rafting will bring you more surprises.
Guilin is an ancient cultural city.
It has a history of more than 2,000 years and a rich cultural heritage.
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 northern Central Plains.
Since the Song Dynasty, it has been the political, economic and cultural center of Guangxi, and it was called "Southwest Hui Fu" until the founding of New China.
In the long years, Guilin's picturesque scenery has attracted countless literati, who have written many well-known poems and articles and carved more than 2,000 stone carvings and wall books. In addition, history has left many historical sites here.
These unique cultural landscapes have won Guilin the praise of "reading history and looking at mountains like 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 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.
For thousands of years, Guilin has been a treasure place for people to travel and see.
Now it has formed a scenic spot with Guilin as the center and surrounding 12 counties.
There are vast and verdant virgin forests, majestic and steep peaks and canyons, 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 Maonan.
Great Guilin's natural scenery, ethnic customs, history and culture deeply attract Chinese and foreign tourists and heads of state to come in droves and linger.
Optimal travel time
Guilin has a low latitude and belongs to the humid monsoon climate in the middle subtropical zone.
Generally speaking, Guilin has a mild climate, four distinct seasons and superior climatic conditions.
The annual average temperature 19.3℃ is known as "little snow in three winters and flowers in four seasons".
The best season to travel to Guilin is April-June 5438+1October 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 booking and transportation will also enter * * *, 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 this world.
Special catering
Guilin's food is famous all over the country and its local flavor is unique. It combines hot and sour Hunan cuisine with light Cantonese cuisine. Guilin people's home cooking is greatly influenced by Hunan cuisine, and almost every meal is inseparable 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 Minority Cuisine 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 floats 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 and so on. 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 tasted mellow. The master will cut the braised pork for you, add delicious peanuts and chopped green onion, and then pour the soup. It tastes really good.
Food street/plaza
There are six main food streets in Guilin: binjiang road Food Street (from Fubo Mountain to Elephant Trunk Mountain), Jiefang West Road Food Street, Putuo Road Food Street (Chaoyang Road intersection), Guilin Food City (200 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).
go shopping
Nowadays, tour guides often take tourists to buy souvenirs from Guilin.
Guilin Tourism Bureau has a jewelry sales office listed by the National Appraisal Institute. If you sell fake goods, you can complain and ask for compensation.
Because Guilin produces precious stones, Mopanshan Wharf and other places have cheap and good jewelry for sale.
When buying these souvenirs, you must make a counter-offer, which can generally be reduced to 50% or even lower than the list price.
Guilin has many famous local products, such as Shatian pomelo, Summer Orange, Siraitia grosvenorii, Ginkgo biloba, Lipu taro and so on. In addition, there are osmanthus embroidery, combs, paper umbrellas and hand-painted screens to choose from.
But in any case, when you get to Guilin, you should at least buy some "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 sunshade crafts Maojian tea Nantang Sanhua wine watermelon frost Yangshuo chestnut Yangshuo painting fan Ginkgo jade carving round branch Yuzhu carving art Emerald sufu Shatianyou persimmon flower Wu Tong sugarcane porcelain carving
Characteristic activity
There are also many folk festivals of ethnic minorities in Guilin, and the rich customs have 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, which is very lively.
But the most wonderful festival is undoubtedly unique to all ethnic groups.
Guilin Landscape Tourism Festival10-65438+February
Guilin Municipal People's Government holds an annual international tourism festival in the off-season (10 ~ 12) to enhance Guilin's tourism popularity, promote Guilin's tourism and attract tourists.
1992 held a landscape tourism festival, which not only enriched the lives of tourists, but also became more and more popular among Chinese and foreign tourists.
The third day of the third lunar month.
March 3 is a traditional song festival of Zhuang nationality, also called "Gewei Festival" and "Gepo Festival", which is divided into daily songs and night songs.
At present, the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has designated the third day of the third lunar month as Songzhuang Festival, and it has gradually developed into the "March 3rd" culture and art festival.
Hmong
Miao year is a traditional Miao festival.
On the morning of the festival, firecrackers are set off and three shots are fired to show good luck.
During the festival, people visit relatives and friends and congratulate each other.
Some places are also 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 was loud and sweet, and the girls were dressed in festive costumes, wearing dragons, phoenixes, silver horns and silver combs, dancing with the rhythm of the music.
By boarding 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
In the traditional folk festivals of Dong people, fireworks will be set off on this day. The first gun means that the population is prosperous, the second gun means congratulations on making a fortune, and the third gun means that the grain is abundant.
After the fireworks, young men and women got together to play lusheng and dance.
At night, bonfires are lit, some people are singing Dong Opera, others are singing freely and laughing.
The dates of fireworks festivals in different places are different, from January to October. Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County is on the third day of the first month (lunar calendar, the same below), Meilin is on the second day of February, Fulu is on the third day of March, and Linxi is on October 26th. Whether you can meet it depends on your luck.
The twentieth 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 showed the way to the people, and on the 20th day of the first month, NO FENG フウカ was not heard, offering sacrifices to Fengshen, which proved to be effective, and this day became a windless festival.
Before the festival, people tied some crosses with straw, pressed them on the corners of the fields and hung them on the eaves.
All sounds are forbidden during the festival, and even clothes can only be spread on the grass. In order to avoid people coming and going to make noise, all the people in the village left home to go to Miaopingwei for the holiday.
The festival activities are colorful, such as beating gongs and drums, dancing lions and singing operas, and singing folk songs when night falls.
This day, once a day without sound and wind, became a happy event at Miaopingwei.
Matters needing attention in local tourism
Dining Tips: There are five main food streets in Guilin, namely binjiang road Food Street (Fubo Mountain to Elephant Trunk Mountain), Jiefang West Road Food Street, Putuo Road Food Street (Chaoyang Road), Food City (200 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.