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Guilin's Landscape
The world-renowned scenic city of Guilin is
naturally a fine tourist city in China. A distinctive karst landmass
is the reason behind Guilin's fabulous landscape that is
characterized by green mountains, sparkling waters, strange caves
and statuesque monoliths. Xing'an County, 60 km to the northeast of
Guilin, is the site of the Lingqu (a world-famous ancient canal),
and the Leman Geological Scenic Zone where visitors go for both
recreation and leisure. Ziyuan County, 149 km north of Guilin,
features a landscape corridor where the scenery is by turns
mysterious, breathtaking, strange and graceful. Longsheng County, 97
km from Guilin, features the folkways of the ethnic Zhuangs and Yaos,
hot spring sanatoriums, and the world's most spectacular
Dragon-Ridge Terraced Fields.
The serene mountains, sparkling waters, and exotic
rocks typical of karst landmasses in the Lijiang River basin have
inspired the saying, "The landscape of Guilin is unmatched under
Heaven." Guilin was originally a vast expanse of sea until about one
hundred and ninety million years ago, when, owing to the movement of
the earth crust, the whole area rose and became land. The limestone
bedrock, weathered and eroded by water, became today's fantastic
stone forests, peaks, underground streams and caves, thus adding
truly unique features to Guilin's already beautiful scenery.
Our Guilin travel package will bring you all of
Guilin's best.
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