{"id":5548,"date":"2017-05-02T23:27:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T23:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/?p=5548"},"modified":"2017-05-02T23:27:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T23:27:11","slug":"china-guangxi-5-guilin-nanning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/china-guangxi-5-guilin-nanning\/","title":{"rendered":"China Guangxi 5 – Guilin & Nanning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guilin Guangxi – \u00a0Top landscape in the World<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin Guangxi<\/strong><\/p>\n

We had a morning boat ride in the River Lijiang and pass by the most iconic landmark, the Elephant Trunk Hill\/\u8c61\u9f3b\u5c71. \u00a0It is also a symbol of city of Guilin. \u00a0If you look carefully, between the legs and the trunk, there is a cave, it is known as the Water Moon Cave. \u00a0The amazing limestone karst formation is over 3.6 hundred million years old. \u00a0We did not get close to the cave as our boat is too big to run through it. \u00a0But if you are travel with the bamboo rafting, you should be able to pass through the Water Moon Cave.<\/p>\n

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Guilin in Guangxi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming to Guilin, is all about mountain and cave. \u00a0There are over 3.2 millions tourist visit Guilin yearly and rank as top 4 most visited city in China. \u00a0Guilin is considered to have one of the most beautiful landscape in China, even the 20 dollars RMB notes showing Guilin mountains and river view.<\/p>\n

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Sun Moon Pagoda in Guilin Guangxi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sun Moon Pagoda is sitting in the heart of Guilin City. \u00a0It is more stunning if you look at the twin pagodas at night when there is light up.<\/p>\n

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Not a very nice picture as the bus we traveled was moving to fast.<\/p>\n

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There 2 pagodas actually located in a beautiful park and it is a very nice place to walk around. \u00a0There are many photographers who will take pictures of you without telling you and then later came to you with your picture printed out nicely and laminated, asking for RMB 5.<\/p>\n

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High Speed Train\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you ever try High speed train in China? \u00a0If not, it is wise to try once. We experience a short portion from Guilin to Nanning. \u00a0The High Speed Train is very new and clean, quite comfortable journey. \u00a0The distance from Guilin to Nanjing is about 400km and it just took us 2.5 hr to reach Nanning. \u00a0Pretty fast right?<\/p>\n

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Nanning<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nanning is the capital of Guangxi, it is a big city. \u00a0I immediately felt it once I get off from the High Speed Train. Nanning has over 6 million population!<\/p>\n

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Guangxi Museum of Nationalities in Nanning<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It is a huge museum to showcase the ethnic culture and it has the largest exhibition area which I remembered I was walking from one hall to another.<\/p>\n

Glass Lion Dance of Zhuang People<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Guangxi Bronze Drum
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Guangxi 12 Indigenous Ethnics Group\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guangxi has 12 indigenous ethnics including the Zhuang, Yao, Miao and Dong. In here, you will be able to appreciate the 12 aboriginal minorities customs, festivals, clothing and architecture.<\/p>\n

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Guangxi famous handicraft : Embroidery Ball<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u00a0is very interesting to understand the culture and lifestyle of all the minorities people in Guangxi in this colorful museum.<\/p>\n

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What do I remember from my Guangxi trip?<\/p>\n

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  1. Mountains and River Lijiang and Caves<\/li>\n
  2. LiuSanjie Singing<\/li>\n
  3. 55 ethnic minority + Han people in China but 12 of them living in Guangxi.<\/li>\n
  4. Biggest minority group in Guangxi is Zhuang people, Liu San Jie is Zhuang.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Not much history as compared to X’ian China. \u00a0If you like scenery, this is the place for you.<\/p>\n

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    Guilin & Nanning Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n