My hometown Xiufeng district, Guilin city, is named after the lofty Duxiu mountain, the famous sentence “East or west,Guilin scenery is the best” is written on the Dushu stone under Duxiu mountain. Hello everyone, I’m Lei Chen, the director of Xiufeng district, Guilin city, today, I’m very glad to bring you to Xiufeng, feel Xiufeng’s culture, view Xiufeng’s scenery, see Xiufeng’s prosperity.
[Humanities Gather at Xiufeng]
Xiufeng is the core area of Guilin, humanities have been growing up for thousand years. Here we have Princess Jingjiang Residence from the Ming Dynasty which is know as “East or west,Guilin scenery is the best, knowing Guilin through the royal city” 14 kings of Jingjiang from the 12th generation lived here, Its periphery is the most well-preserved wall of the Ming Dynasty in China. Nuo dance culture here has been inherited for hundred years , Dragon and Lion culture is deeply loved by people; East-West lane of ancient lanes in Ming and Qing dynasties, have the reputation of the treasure land of “Green Dragon and White Tiger”; Guilin’s new city landmark, Xiaoyao Building, is the best place that people can taste historical culture, view the beautiful scenery of Li River. Zhao Guanwen, the first champion of Guangxi, Cen Chunxuan, governor of Guangzhou and Guangdong in Qing Dynasty, “Hanlin Brothers” Long Chaoyan, Long Chaoyi, and the founder of Lijiang Painting, Yang Taiyang etc. are all from here.
[Love the Beautiful Scenery of Xiufeng]
“East or west,Guilin scenery is the best, Ludi’s scenery is the best.” Ludi stone is called as “State Guest Hole”, “the Palace of Natural Art”, there are many beautiful and exquisite stalagmites, stalactites, pillars, stone mantles and stone flowers in the hole, visitors’ eyes are filled with those products, just like fairyland. “Two Rivers Four Lakes” is national 5A scenic area, most of the spots are in Xiufeng, boats are vertical and horizontal, many people travel here, it has the reputation of “Eastern Venice”. The Ancient South Gate built by famous general Li Jing from Tang Dynasty after pacifying Lingnan is here, it has the place where Huang Tingjian tight his boat when he passed through Guilin. it has luxuriant thousand-year ancient banyan tree. Next, let’s move to Taohua Bay Scenic Area, it’s the most attractive part of Taohua River’s scenery, water flows slowly along the bank, mountains and trees are on both sides of the river,“Autumn moon in Yang River” of Guilin eight sceneries comes from here. This proves what marshal Chen Yi said: “Don’t want to be a fairy, just wants to be the person lives in Guilin.”
[Three Industries Boost Xiufeng]
Xiufeng is the center of business, finance, culture, tourism of Guilin, it owns 2 National 5A Class Tourist Scenic Spots, 3 National 4A Class Tourist Scenic Spots. Central city not only has traditional business circle like Zhongxin Square, Zhengyanglu Walking Street etc., but also has new landmark of tourism such as Xiaoyao Building, Dongxi Lane etc., More than 20 million Chinese and foreign tourists are received annually. On the bank of the beautiful Taohua River, we built a greenway for tourism and leisure, riding or walking on the greenway, you can see the beautiful view along the river, feel the peace of farmyard at the same time, it makes people feel free, it’s a way of physical fitness, a way of sensing culture, a way of receiving happiness. Nature is treasure. In recent years, we have been doing style transformation, discovering culture and recovering industries, guiding villagers to take the road of prosperity of rural tourism actively. Villagers open hotel, sell special product, or run minshuku, Life is getting better and better. Lu village, one of the three villages, owns the reputation of “Model Village of Rural Tourism in China” “Demonstration Base for Rural Tourism Tourists in China” etc.. People all say that the three villages are more beautiful, more famous, more tourists come here, industries are booming villagers are richer. The sceneries and stories of Xiufeng can not be finished.
Xiufeng, not only can experience modern fashion here, but also can touch ancient histories; it has the pleasure of modern city, also has the tranquility of countryside. Xiufeng, it can be trusted and it deserves to come. Sincerely welcome all of you to come to Xiufeng. We are waiting here!