Boating Guilin to Yangshou, China
China’s Guangxi autonomous region is known for its landscapes, minority groups, and delicious cuisines. The area around the towns of Guilin and Yangshuo is famous for its peculiarly shaped peaks, the meandering Li River, small tranquil villages of ethnic minority groups, vast rice terraces, and most notably, the local aromatic Guangxi food.
Guilin is packed with noteworthy sights including day and night cruises on the Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill, Diecai Hill, Pagoda Hill, Fubo Hill, “Tombs of the Prince” from the Jingjiang Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and several spectacular caves including Lu Di Yan (the Red Flute Cave), Guanyan (Crown Cave), Water Moon Cave, and Seven Star Cave. In fact, you can easily spend a week in and around the town of Guilin, before getting on the boat south to Yangshuo.
The people of the Guangxi Province are multinational with a total population of about 45 million. Besides the Han people, there are several ethnic minority groups including the Zhuang, Dong, Yao, Miao, Tong, Maonan, Yi, and the Shui. Stop by (or stay over) in the colourful Huang Luo Yao village for a dance performance by long-haired women and pretty girls. Gaze at the mud ploughing water buffaloes while sipping on local Chinese tea.
The boat trip on the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo will likely be the most memorable part of any visit to the Guangxi Province, if not all of China! The four-and-a-half-hour river trip on the 83 kilometre (52 mi) stretch winds past hundreds of gorgeous karst peaks which offer surprises at each bend. Water buffaloes and farmers work the muddy fields, peasants reap their rice paddies, school kids and cormorant fishermen float by on their bamboo rafts. This is top-notch breathtaking scenery!
The eye-feasting karst landscape, country farming, and village-life scenery will keep you snapping more photos than you expected.
Along the river and outside the town of Yangshuo, many fishermen still rely on the cormorants’ fishing skills for their daily catch.
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Boat down the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Boat down the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Boat down the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Boat down the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Boat down the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Cormorant fishermen along the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Cormorant fishermen along the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Cormorant fishermen along the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Yangshuo, Guangxi Province
Longsheng Rice Terraces, Guangxi Province
Longsheng Rice Terraces, Guangxi Province
Longsheng Rice Terraces, Guangxi Province
Longsheng Rice Terraces, Guangxi Province
Village near Longsheng Rice Terraces, Guangxi Province
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