Listed sites in Guangxi 广西

349 scenic areas and heritage sites from the official lists, by city. 27 have a page of their own; the rest open as cards on the map.

Listed sites: 349
Rated 5A: 6
Rated 4A: 307
National heritage: 66
Region: Guangxi

The A-level rating is the national grading of scenic areas, 5A being the top tier; national heritage sites are the buildings, ruins, tombs and carvings protected by the State Council. Both lists are on the lists page.

5A scenic areas in Guangxi

Baise Uprising Memorial Park 百色起义纪念园 5A scenic area · National heritage site
A memorial park on Yinglong, Panlong and Houlong hills on the east side of Baise, set up in 2008 around the sites of the Baise Uprising of 11 December 1929, in which Communist forces led by Deng Xiaoping, Zhang Yunyi and Wei Baqun founded the Seventh Red Army.
Huangyao Ancient Town 黄姚古镇 5A scenic area
A market town ringed by karst hills in Zhaoping County, founded in the Song dynasty, built up in the late Ming and at its most prosperous under the Qing Qianlong emperor, and named after its two main clans, the Huangs and the Yaos.
Jingjiang Princes' Palace & Solitary Beauty Peak 靖江王城·独秀峰 5A scenic area · National heritage site
The walled seat of the Ming-dynasty Princes of Jingjiang, begun in 1372 in the heart of Guilin; its stone walls, gates and hall terraces survive, and the grounds now hold a campus of Guangxi Normal University and an exhibition on the imperial examinations once held here.
Qingxiu Mountain 青秀山 5A scenic area
A hilly park of 18 low ridges on the north bank of the Yong River in south-eastern Nanning, developed from a former forest farm since 1984, whose highest point rises to 289 m.
Two Rivers and Four Lakes & Elephant Trunk Hill 两江四湖·象山 5A scenic area
Central Guilin's ring of waterways, which links the Li and Taohua rivers with Ronghu, Shanhu, Guihu and Mulong lakes and was dredged and joined into one loop around 2001, with lakeside parks, bridges and the Sun and Moon Pagodas on Shanhu Lake.
Weizhou Island (Nanwan & Crocodile Hill) 涠洲岛南湾鳄鱼山 5A scenic area · on the map
A volcanic island of about 25 km² in the Beibu Gulf, with lava coasts, sea cliffs and fringing coral, described as China's largest and geologically youngest volcanic island and protected as a national geopark since 2004.

By city

Baise (23) · Beihai (18) · Chongzuo (22) · Fangchenggang (7) · Guigang (17) · Guilin (53) · Hechi (37) · Hezhou (17) · Laibin (16) · Liuzhou (47) · Nanning (50) · Qinzhou (12) · Wuzhou (16) · Yulin (14)

Baise 23 sites

Baise Uprising Memorial Park 百色起义纪念园 5A scenic area · National heritage site
A memorial park on Yinglong, Panlong and Houlong hills on the east side of Baise, set up in 2008 around the sites of the Baise Uprising of 11 December 1929, in which Communist forces led by Deng Xiaoping, Zhang Yunyi and Wei Baqun founded the Seventh Red Army.
Baise Happy Town 百色欢乐小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure complex south-east of Baise built around the Xinghe water park, with other family attractions and a street of restaurants and shops.
Cen Family Buildings (Gongbao Mansion), Xilin 宫保府 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The hillside compound of the Cen family above the Tuoniang River at Nalao, home of the Qing official Cen Yuying, Viceroy of Yunnan and Guizhou, and his son Cen Chunxuan.
Dashiwei Tiankeng (Leye Sinkholes) 大石围天坑群 4A scenic area · on the map
The largest of about 30 collapse sinkholes around Leye: Dashiwei is about 613 m deep, 600 m long and 420 m wide, with an underground river and a primeval forest of about 9.6 hectares growing on its floor.
Dawangling Scenic Area 大王岭 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest scenic area in the heart of the Dawangling nature reserve, known for its well-preserved old-growth forest, groves of tree ferns and river rafting.
Debao Pony Kingdom 德保矮马王国 4A scenic area · on the map
A family theme park built around the Debao pony, the county's small local horse breed, opened in 2020 at the exit of Jixingyan Cave.
Equan Spring 鹅泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A large karst spring 6 km south of Jingxi city, welling up from an underground river into a clear pool among rice fields and limestone peaks; its waters flow on towards Detian Waterfall.
Fangshan Cultural Park, Debao 芳山文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside park of about 17 hectares in the centre of Debao town, joining Fangshan hill and the former Jiuqu Bridge park along the Jian River.
Ganzhuang Mountain (Buluotuo Site) 敢壮山 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill near Baiyu revered by the Zhuang as the home of Baeuqloxdoh (Buluotuo), the creator god and first ancestor in Zhuang mythology.
Gulongshan Grand Canyon 古龙山大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A 7.8 km chain of four gorges joined by three underground-river caves in Huru town near the Vietnamese border, best known for a rafting run that passes through gorges and caves in turn.
Haokun Lake 浩坤湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A clear green lake in the karst hills of southern Lingyun County, ringed by limestone peaks, with small islands and lone peaks rising from the water.
Jinxiu Ancient Town, Jingxi 锦绣古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A shopping and dining district on the east side of Jingxi city, built in old-town style around Zhuang and border-culture themes, with a commercial street, a night-market food street, themed inns and waterside restaurants.
Jiuzhou Old Town, Jingxi 旧州 4A scenic area · on the map
A Zhuang town south of Jingxi, once home to the local chieftain family, known for its hand-made embroidered balls (xiuqiu), which hang along the main street; visitors can learn to cut and stitch one in the workshops.
Jixingyan Cave 吉星岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A four-level limestone cave 13 km south of Debao town, of which the second level is open on a route of about 2 km through five halls.
Longyunshan Tea Town, Leye 龙云山故事小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain resort built around a 3,000-mu (about 200-hectare) organic tea plantation in Gantian township, about 20 km from Leye town.
Red Leaf Forest Park, Debao 红叶森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park just north-east of Debao town, planned to cover about 1,000 hectares, whose sweetgum trees turn red, crimson and yellow in autumn around Hongfeng Lake, the Red Leaf Valley and two reservoirs.
Tiandong Wetland Park 田东湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A town park on the western side of Pingma, Tiandong's county seat, laid out around lakes beside the Baigu River.
Tianzhou Old Town 田州古城 4A scenic area · on the map
A Zhuang-themed town built in traditional style in Tianyang and opened in 2014, covering about 100 hectares with canals, a Buluotuo square, an ancestral pagoda, watchtowers, a Zhuang history museum and streets of shops, restaurants, inns and bars.
Tongling Grand Canyon 通灵大峡谷 4A scenic area
A deep, forest-filled gorge in Huru town near the Vietnamese border, entered by a path that drops through old trees into a cave about 100 m high and on to Tongling Falls, a single 188.6 m drop into a pool fed by an underground river.
Tongtian River Cave 通天河 4A scenic area · on the map
A show cave with an underground river in Liming township, formerly called Ganmo Cave: a 1.68 km walk through large chambers with more than twenty columns over 20 m tall is followed by a 1.6 km boat ride on the underground river, about 1.5 hours in all.
Zhen'an Park and Gantuo Cave Site, Napo 镇安公园·感驮岩 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A town park at the foot of Houlong Hill on the north side of Napo, around Gantuo Cave, where excavations in 1997–2000 found burials and more than a thousand pottery, stone, bone, shell and iron objects from the late Neolithic to the Iron Age, including a ritual zhang blade, the first found in Guangxi.
Former Site of the Youjiang Workers' and Peasants' Democratic Government 右江工农民主政府旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The Jingzheng Academy, a Qing-dynasty school founded by local gentry in Pingma, Tiandong's county town, which became the seat of the Youjiang Workers' and Peasants' Democratic Government set up after the Baise Uprising of 1929.
Site of the Xilin Incident 西林教案发生地 National heritage site
A restored old building and stone-paved courtyard on Dongxin Street in Ding'an, which was the seat of Xilin County in the 1850s.

Beihai 18 sites

Weizhou Island (Nanwan & Crocodile Hill) 涠洲岛南湾鳄鱼山 5A scenic area · on the map
A volcanic island of about 25 km² in the Beibu Gulf, with lava coasts, sea cliffs and fringing coral, described as China's largest and geologically youngest volcanic island and protected as a national geopark since 2004.
Beihai Garden Expo Park 北海园博园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large landscaped park built as the venue of the fourth Guangxi Garden and Horticulture Expo, with themed display gardens laid out across the grounds.
Beihai Ocean Window 北海海洋之窗 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern marine-themed exhibition centre in the south of Beihai city, with aquarium tanks, themed halls on ocean life and interactive science displays.
Beihai Old Town (Zhuhai Road Old Street) 北海老城 4A scenic area · on the map
Beihai's old commercial quarter near the northern shore, where Zhuhai Road, Shaji Street and Zhongshan Road form a nationally listed historic block of shophouses with Western-style facades from the treaty-port years.
Beihai Silver Beach 北海银滩 4A scenic area
Beihai's main beach, a strand of fine white quartz sand running about 24 km along the south shore of the peninsula from Qiaogang to Daguansha, with a very gentle slope into the sea.
Beihai Underwater World 北海海底世界 4A scenic area · on the map
An aquarium on Chating Road in central Beihai, with tanks of marine fish, sharks and other sea life.
Gaode Old Town 高德古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
The historic core of Gaode, an old market town on the north-eastern edge of Beihai city that belonged to Hepu county until 1951, whose three old streets are protected by Guangxi as the Gaode Three Streets historic block.
Hepu Han Tombs Park & Han Dynasty Culture Museum 合浦汉墓群·汉代文化博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Hepu was a Han-dynasty starting port of the Maritime Silk Road, and in this heritage park on the edge of Lianzhou the grassy mounds across the lawns are barrows over 476 tombs of the Han to Wei–Jin period, with a visitor centre and an archaeology display area completed in 2021.
Hepu Mooncake Town 月饼小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A mooncake-themed visitor complex at a baking factory in Lianzhou, built on Hepu's claim to the origin of filled cakes through a poem Su Dongpo wrote when he passed through the town.
Impression 1876 Historic Quarter (Beihai Treaty-Port Buildings) 印象·1876 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Central Beihai's group of Western-style buildings from the treaty-port era that followed the 1876 Chefoo Convention, spread over about 1 km around Beijing Road, Jiefang Road and Zhongshan East Road, among them the British consulate of 1885, the customs building of 1883 and the Qing post office of 1897.
Jinhaiwan Mangrove Forest 金海湾红树林 4A scenic area · on the map
A tract of coastal mangrove forest and tidal flats at Daguansha, east of Silver Beach, visited for its birds and the sea creatures of the mudflats.
Maritime Silk Road First Port (Haisi Shougang) 海丝首港 4A scenic area · on the map
A newly built Han-style harbour town at Yanlou village south-west of Lianzhou, themed on Hepu's role as a starting port of the Han-dynasty Maritime Silk Road.
Qiaogang Town 侨港小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A small seaside town at the southern tip of Beihai, founded in 1979 as an overseas-Chinese fishing commune to resettle more than 7,700 ethnic Chinese who had left Vietnam.
Shengtang Catholic Church, Weizhou Island 涠洲岛圣堂 4A scenic area
A Gothic-style Catholic church in Shengtang village in the middle of Weizhou Island, built by missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and completed around 1880.
Xingdao Lake (Hongchaojiang Reservoir) 星岛湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A large reservoir in the hills of northern Hepu, built between 1959 and 1964 on the Hongchao River and named Xingdao ('star islands') Lake for the more than 1,000 islets scattered across its water.
Caoxiecun Site Park 草鞋村遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The excavated remains of a Han-dynasty town beside the Ximen River on the western edge of Lianzhou, which researchers working on Hepu's Maritime Silk Road heritage bid believe was the seat of the Hepu commandery.
Dashi Pavilion 大士阁 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty timber pavilion at the centre of Yong'an, once one of the Ming coastal garrison posts, named after the bodhisattva Guanyin (Dashi) who is worshipped inside.
Hui'ai Bridge 惠爱桥 National heritage site · on the map
A Qing-dynasty bridge just outside the former west gate of Lianzhou, the old walled seat of Hepu, listed by Guangxi in 1994 and as a national heritage site in 2013.

Chongzuo 22 sites

China (Nanning) Leyang City 中国（南宁）乐养城 4A scenic area · on the map
A wellness and retirement-living resort town in Fusui County, planned from 2010 and opened in stages from 2022, laid out around a lake with landscaped grounds.
Daliancheng Fortress 大连城 4A scenic area · on the map
After 1885 the Guangxi military commander Su Yuanchun made this ring of hills just north of Pingxiang his frontier headquarters, linking the peaks with walls, blockhouses and eight hilltop gun batteries and closing the passes with four gates over nearly two decades of building.
Discover Nonggang Scenic Area 发现弄岗 4A scenic area · on the map
An ecotourism area developed from 2018 at Siqing village, Xiangshui township, beside the Nonggang National Nature Reserve, whose karst hills carry seasonal rainforest and are home to rare langurs and birds.
Dongna Yuwan (Anping Xianhe) 峒那屿湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A stretch of karst river scenery on the Heishui River at Anping village, Leiping, formerly marketed as Anping Xianhe and also a national wetland park.
Friendship Pass 友谊关 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Friendship Pass is the historic gateway on the China–Vietnam border south-west of Pingxiang, known as Zhennan Pass until 1953 and given its present name in 1965.
Lichuan Cultural Forest Park 丽川文化森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park on the edge of Tiandeng county town, registered as a regional-level forest park and upgraded to a 4A scenic area in 2019.
Litun Tianmeng Scenic Area 立屯天梦 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial and study-tour site at Litun, a hamlet in the karst hills of Tuokan township whose villagers spent 24 years cutting a tunnel through the mountain to the outside world.
Longgong Cave (Longgong Xianjing) 龙宫仙境 4A scenic area · on the map
A large natural limestone cave at Naling, near Daxin, with lofty chambers of stalactites, stalagmite columns and pools, lit with coloured lights along the visitor route.
Longguwan Dinosaur Park 龙谷湾恐龙公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A dinosaur-themed amusement park near Fusui that opened in 2017, themed on the 'nest of three dinosaurs' fossil find in Fusui County, with recreated dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, rides and play areas.
Longzhou Red Army Trail and Tianqin Zhuang Village 龙州红军古道 4A scenic area · on the map
An old horse-caravan path of about 2 km over the hills between Shuilong and Fucha hamlets, once the main route from Longzhou towards Jingxi and Baise, which, according to the local account, Deng Xiaoping travelled several times in 1929 while organising the Baise and Longzhou uprisings.
Longzhou Uprising Memorial Park 龙州起义纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
The memorial park centres on the Longzhou Uprising Memorial Hall, opened in 2004 as the new exhibition building of the Eighth Red Army memorial museum, which covers the uprising of February 1930 in which Communist-led troops under Yu Zuoyu, Li Mingrui and Deng Xiaoping formed the Eighth Red Army and a short-lived soviet along the Zuo River.
Mingshi Pastoral Scenery 明仕田园 4A scenic area · on the map
The valley of the Mingshi River in Kanxu township, where the river winds between rice fields and steep karst peaks dotted with Zhuang villages.
Paiyangshan Forest Park 派阳山森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park of about 1,340 hectares on a state forest farm in Ningming County, covered in Tongmian pine and star-anise plantations with clear streams running through the valleys.
Pingxiang Rosewood Culture Expo City 红木文博城 4A scenic area · on the map
A large trade and exhibition complex in southern Pingxiang devoted to hongmu (rosewood) furniture, with showroom halls where hundreds of furniture firms display their work, a shopping street and buildings in traditional Chinese style.
Shijinglin Stone Forest and Chongzuo Garden Expo Park 石景林·园博园 4A scenic area · on the map
Two adjoining parks in Chongzuo's southern new district: Shijinglin, a karst 'stone forest' of about 100 hectares opened in 1991, with weathered limestone pinnacles, small caves and pools named after the shapes they suggest, and the landscaped grounds built for the 7th Guangxi Garden and Horticulture Expo.
Taiping Ancient Town 太平古城 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure and shopping district in central Chongzuo built around the site of Taiping prefecture's city wall, first raised in 1372 under the Ming and now partly repaired, with a restored inner waterway.
White-headed Langur Ecotourism Area 白头叶猴生态旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A visitor area on the edge of the Banli section of the Chongzuo White-headed Langur National Nature Reserve, which protects the critically endangered white-headed langur, a blackish monkey with a white crown, cheeks and neck found only in the karst hills of south-west Guangxi.
Xiaoliancheng Fortress (Jiangshan Forts) 小连城 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill fortress near Longzhou, also called the Jiangshan forts, built from 1886 by the Guangxi military commander Su Yuanchun as the command centre of the frontier defences facing French-ruled Vietnam.
Yuhuashi Scenic Area 雨花石景区 4A scenic area · on the map
An area of about 3 km² on a bend of the Zuo River where countless coloured pebbles are cemented into rounded, many-hued conglomerate outcrops and cliffs, an unusual rock landscape for the region.
Zuojiang Leaning Tower 左江斜塔 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A five-storey octagonal brick pagoda, also called Guilong Pagoda, standing on a rocky islet in the Zuo River just outside central Chongzuo.
Former French Consulate, Longzhou 法国驻龙州领事馆旧址 National heritage site · on the map
Two matching two-storey French-style buildings in Longzhou, ringed by verandas behind 20 tall arches, with stone floors and spiral stairs of ironwood.
Ho Chi Minh Exhibition Hall, Longzhou 胡志明展馆 National heritage site · on the map
A late-Qing house at 99 South Street in Longzhou that served as the secret office of the Communist Party of Vietnam, at a time when the town was a main base abroad for Ho Chi Minh and other Vietnamese revolutionaries.

Fangchenggang 7 sites

Bailang Beach 白浪滩 4A scenic area · on the map
A long sandy beach on the Jiangshan Peninsula south of Fangchenggang, whose name means 'white waves', developed since the 1990s from a fishing village's shore into a beach resort with clean sea and fine sand.
Beilun Estuary & Zhushan (Dongxing Border River Scenic Area) 东兴中越界河 4A scenic area · on the map
The mouth of the Beilun River at Zhushan, where the border river between China and Vietnam meets the sea, marked by the Qing boundary stone No. 1 of 1890 and the zero-kilometre monument of the Guangxi border highway.
Dongxing Border Gate (Guomen) 东兴国门 4A scenic area · on the map
The riverside area around the Dongxing port, a first-class national land crossing to Mong Cai in Vietnam over the Beilun River, where the frontier inspection building at the end of the Beilun River Bridge is known locally as the 'national gate'.
Jing Islands & Golden Beach 京岛 4A scenic area · on the map
The 'three Jing islands' of Wanwei, Wutou and Shanxin, now joined to the mainland by land reclamation, are home to most of China's Gin (Jing) people, whose ancestors came from the Hai Phong area of Vietnam about 500 years ago and who speak the Gin language alongside Cantonese.
Shiwandashan Bird Park 百鸟乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
A bird park inside the Shiwandashan National Forest Park on the Hongqi forest farm, with aviaries holding many species of birds in a setting of subtropical broadleaf forest.
Shiwandashan Butou Hot Springs 十万大山布透温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in a valley about 5 km from Shangsi town at the foot of the Shiwandashan, built around a low-temperature carbonate spring that the old county gazetteer records as used locally since the Ming.
West Bay (Xiwan) Waterfront 西湾 4A scenic area · on the map
The waterfront of West Bay in the centre of Fangchenggang, where a walkway of almost 50 km links a tourist wharf, a city beach and about 15 parks around the bay.

Guigang 17 sites

Anlan Riverside Park 安澜公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside park running about 10 km along the south bank of the Yu River in central Guigang, from the Yujiang No. 2 Bridge downstream to the Anlan Pagoda.
Beidi Mountain 北帝山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain area on the southern flank of the Dayao Mountains in Dapeng township, Pingnan, rising to Beidi peak at about 1,300 m and covering some 22 km² of woods, gorges and waterfalls.
Bushan Gujun Culture Town 布山古郡 4A scenic area · on the map
A culture and leisure quarter of about 0.67 km² opposite the Qintang district government, built in old style around springs at the foot of Longtou Hill.
Dongmei Eco Park 垌美生态乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural leisure park in the hills of Siwang township, set among rice fields, bamboo groves, streams and two old villages with temples and stone paths.
Foziling Wellness Resort 佛子岭康养度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside leisure and wellness resort in wooded country north-east of Pingnan, best known locally for its summer water park fed by mountain spring water, with large pools, slides and a children's splash area.
Gongzhou Park 龚州公园 4A scenic area · on the map
Pingnan's main town park, named after Gongzhou, the prefecture that had its seat here from the Tang to the Song.
Guigang Garden Expo Park 贵港市园博园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large landscaped garden-expo park in western Guigang, laid out around waterside wetlands and fields on the theme of Guigang as the 'lotus city'.
Guiping Xishan (West Hill) 桂平西山 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded Buddhist hill, also called Siling Shan, rising just west of Guiping at the meeting of the Qian and Yu rivers, protected as a national scenic area and national geopark of about 13 km².
Hemei Qintang Lotus Park 荷美覃塘 4A scenic area · on the map
A lotus-growing park north of Qintang built from 2014 around the district's lotus-root farming, which has a history of more than a thousand years.
Jintian Uprising Site 金田起义地址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The village of Jintian where Hong Xiuquan's God Worshippers declared their revolt on 11 January 1851, the start of the Taiping Rebellion.
Longtan National Forest Park 龙潭国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in the hills north-west of Guiping, within the Dapingshan nature reserve and the Jintian state forest farm.
Nanshan Park and Temple, Guigang 南山公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A park on a craggy karst hill on the south side of Guigang, known for its caves and for Nanshan Temple, founded in 989 when a monk set up a shrine in a cave of Lion Head Hill.
Pingnan Xiongsen Animal World 雄森动物大世界 4A scenic area · on the map
A large private zoo and breeding centre of about 87 hectares on the edge of Pingnan, best known for its big numbers of tigers, African lions and black bears, with petting areas and other animals.
Pingtianshan National Forest Park 平天山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park of about 1,676 hectares in the hills north-west of Guigang, with dense forest, canyons, waterfalls, tree ferns and hillside tea gardens.
Shanbian Village 山边村 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural tourism village in Xintang township on the southern edge of Guigang, named one of China's 'beautiful leisure villages'.
Xishanquan RV Campsite 西山泉房车露营基地 4A scenic area · on the map
A large car and RV campsite resort in the hills of Xishan town outside Guiping, rated a five-star campsite in Guangxi.
Site of the First CCP Guangxi Provincial Congress 中共广西省第一次代表大会旧址 National heritage site · on the map
An old house on Rongxing Street in central Guigang, once the home of Communist Party member Zhang Guocai and a secret liaison post, where the first congress of the Party's Guangxi provincial organisation was held in secret on 16 June 1928.

Guilin 53 sites

Jingjiang Princes' Palace & Solitary Beauty Peak 靖江王城·独秀峰 5A scenic area · National heritage site
The walled seat of the Ming-dynasty Princes of Jingjiang, begun in 1372 in the heart of Guilin; its stone walls, gates and hall terraces survive, and the grounds now hold a campus of Guangxi Normal University and an exhibition on the imperial examinations once held here.
Two Rivers and Four Lakes & Elephant Trunk Hill 两江四湖·象山 5A scenic area
Central Guilin's ring of waterways, which links the Li and Taohua rivers with Ronghu, Shanhu, Guihu and Mulong lakes and was dredged and joined into one loop around 2001, with lakeside parks, bridges and the Sun and Moon Pagodas on Shanhu Lake.
Bajiaozhai 八角寨 4A scenic area · on the map
A massif of Danxia red-sandstone peaks in Meixi town on the Guangxi–Hunan border, named after the eight upturned corners of its 818 m main peak; its Hunan side belongs to the Langshan scenic area.
Butterfly Spring 蝴蝶泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A park built around two steep karst hills beside National Road 321 south of Yangshuo town, on the stretch of countryside known as the Ten-Mile Gallery.
Dabitou International Tourist Resort 大碧头国际旅游度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
A countryside resort at Dabitou, a traditional village of the Bin clan in Miaotou town, north-eastern Quanzhou County, set among karst hills near the Xiang River.
Daxu Ancient Town 大圩古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A historic market town on the Li River south-east of Guilin, with more than a thousand years of history, whose 2 km main street, paved with bluestone, is lined with old shop-houses.
Dongli Ancient Village 东漓古村 4A scenic area · on the map
A village resort on the Chaotian River near Daxu, set among houses in the traditional northern-Guangxi style, with craft and intangible-heritage workshops, farmland and guesthouses.
Fengyu Cave 丰鱼岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A show cave about 16 km south-west of Lipu town that runs for 5.3 km through nine hills, named after the fish that live in its underground river.
Gongcheng Temples and Guild Halls 恭城古建筑群 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A group of Ming and Qing buildings in Gongcheng town.
Guanyan Cave 冠岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A cave system with an underground river, about 12 km long, that emerges on the east bank of the Li River at Caoping and is named after the crown-like shape of the hill above.
Gudong Waterfall 古东瀑布 4A scenic area · on the map
A spring-fed waterfall in a wooded valley near Daxu on the east side of the Li River.
Guihai Qinglan Park 桂海晴岚 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped park on the eastern edge of Guilin laid out on a former golf course, with wide lawns, lakes and pine woods ringed by karst peaks.
Guilin Merryland Resort 乐满地度假世界 4A scenic area · on the map
A large resort on the southern edge of Xing'an town, opened in December 2000 and covering about 4 km², with a theme park of family rides, a 27-hole golf course and a resort hotel beside a lake.
Guilin Tourism University Campus 桂林旅苑 4A scenic area · on the map
The main campus of Guilin Tourism University in Yanshan District, a college founded in 1985 to train staff for the tourism industry, whose landscaped grounds, crossed by the Xiangsi River, are run as a scenic area.
Hongxi Canyon 红溪大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested canyon in the hills of northern Lingui, named after the reddish rocks of its stream bed, with a waterfall as its main sight.
Hongyan Village 红岩村 4A scenic area · on the map
A village in Lianhua town in southern Gongcheng County, rebuilt by its villagers to a single plan as a model new village and now run as a rural scenic area among persimmon orchards.
Jinzhongshan Resort 金钟山度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
A resort area in the karst hills of Luojin town, eastern Yongfu County, built around Yongfu Cave, a show cave with golden-coloured formations, and a large karst sinkhole that can be entered on foot from the bottom, where it meets an underground river.
Kitten Mountain (Mao'er Shan) 猫儿山 4A scenic area · on the map
At 2,141.5 m, Kitten Mountain is the highest peak in Guangxi and is often called the highest in South China; it rises on the border of Xing'an and Ziyuan counties.
Laoshanjie Longtanjiang Canyon 老山界龙潭江 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested river canyon in the Yuecheng range, known locally as Laoshanjie, in Huajiang Yao township, opened as a scenic area in 2021; it joins the Longtanjiang gorge with sites linked to the Red Army's crossing of Laoshanjie during the Long March in 1934.
Lijiang (Lipu River) National Wetland Park 荔江国家湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national wetland park along the Lipu River and its tributaries, spread over several townships around Lipu town.
Lijiang Bay 荔江湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A scenic area on the Lipu River in Qingshan town, south-west of Lipu, where visitors take boat trips along the river among karst peaks and walk through Tiangong Cave, a show cave.
Lijiang Houhai, Guilin Sunac Resort 融创漓江后海 4A scenic area · on the map
The shopping and leisure quarter of the Guilin Sunac International Tourism Resort, a large resort in Yanshan District that opened in June 2021.
Lingqu Canal 灵渠 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A canal dug on the First Emperor's orders between 219 and 214 BC to move troops and supplies south, linking the Xiang River, which flows to the Yangtze, with the Li River and the Pearl River system across a low watershed.
Liu Sanjie Grand View Garden 刘三姐大观园 4A scenic area · on the map
A theme park on the Taohua River at the foot of West Hill, named after Liu Sanjie, the singing heroine of Zhuang folk legend.
Nanxi Hill Park 南溪山公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A park around Nanxi Hill in southern Guilin, a twin-peaked limestone hill rising about 140 m above the Nanxi stream, which winds along its northern foot to the Li River.
Osmanthus Commune 桂花公社 4A scenic area · on the map
An osmanthus-themed attraction among the fields of the Taohua River valley on the western edge of Guilin, a city whose name means 'forest of sweet osmanthus'.
Qianjiadong Cultural Tourism Resort 千家洞文旅度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
A resort opened in June 2023 in the traditional villages of Xiaolong and Sudong between Guanyang and Xinxu towns, built around the Yao tradition that Qianjiadong is the ancestral homeland of the Yao people, a place many Yao visit to trace their roots.
Reed Flute Cave 芦笛岩 4A scenic area
A show cave in Guangming Hill on the north-western edge of Guilin, named after the reeds at its mouth that were used to make flutes, with a path of about 500 m through chambers of stalactites, stalagmites and columns lit in bright colours.
Sanqianli Resort, Xingping 三千漓 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern resort and leisure district built on the north-eastern edge of Xingping, with a street of shops and restaurants, holiday housing and hotels set among fields and karst peaks along the Dayuan River.
Seven Star Park 七星公园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Guilin's largest park, about 137 hectares on the east bank of the Li River, named after its seven hills; paths lead past the Flower Bridge to Seven Star Cave, a large show cave with lit formations.
Shiwaitaoyuan (Land of Idyllic Beauty) 世外桃源 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped theme park beside the Guilin–Yangshuo road near Baisha, laid out to evoke Tao Yuanming's fable of the Peach Blossom Spring.
Silver Cave 银子岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A show cave in Maling town, Lipu, that runs through twelve hills on three levels.
West Hill Park 西山公园 4A scenic area · on the map
Guilin's second-largest park, made up of the West Hill peaks, Yin Hill with its caves, and West Lake.
Xiang River Battle Memorial Park (Quanzhou) 红军长征湘江战役纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial park completed in September 2019 beside the Jiaoshanpu battlefield in Caiwan town, commemorating the Battle of the Xiang River of late 1934, when the Central Red Army fought its way across the river between Xing'an and Quanzhou during the Long March at heavy cost.
Xiang River Breakthrough Martyrs Monument Park 红军长征突破湘江烈士纪念碑园 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial park in Xing'an town, built in 1995 in memory of the Red Army soldiers killed in the Battle of the Xiang River in late 1934, during the Long March.
Xiaoyao Lake 逍遥湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A lake park in Daxu town on the east side of the Li River, where paths follow the shore against a backdrop of karst hills.
Xinxu Battle Memorial Park (Jiuhaijing) 新圩阻击战酒海井红军纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial park completed in 2016 in Xinxu town, Guanyang County, where Red Army units fought a blocking action at Xinxu during the Battle of the Xiang River in late 1934, part of the Long March.
Yao Mountain 尧山 4A scenic area · on the map
At 909 m, Yao Mountain on the north-eastern edge of Guilin is the highest peak in the city area and, unlike the limestone towers around it, a soil-covered mountain.
Yuzi Paradise 愚自乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscape sculpture park among karst hills south of Guilin, founded in the late 1990s by the Taiwanese entrepreneur Cao Rizhang.
Zhuangyuan Nahehai Street District 状元哪嗬嗨 4A scenic area · on the map
A redeveloped street district in the centre of Yongfu town, on the former site of the home of Wang Shize, the first person from Guangxi to take first place (zhuangyuan) in the imperial examinations.
Zijiang River & Tianmen Mountain 资江·天门山 4A scenic area · on the map
A scenic area on the upper Zi River north of Ziyuan town, where boat and raft trips run past red-sandstone (Danxia) cliffs to a landing below Tianmen Mountain.
Baishouyan Stone Inscriptions 百寿岩石刻 National heritage site · on the map
Inscriptions carved into Baishouyan, a limestone hill with a cave on the edge of Baishou town, added from the Song dynasty to the Republican era.
Former Guangxi Provincial Art Hall 广西省立艺术馆旧址 National heritage site
A theatre and arts hall on Jiefang West Road designed during the war against Japan by the playwright Ouyang Yuqian, which opened in February 1944 with the first Southwest Drama Exhibition.
Former Residence of Li Zongren 李宗仁故居 National heritage site · on the map
The family compound of Li Zongren (1890–1969), the Guangxi-born Kuomintang general who became Vice-President and then Acting President of the Republic of China, in his home village near Liangjiang.
Guilin Office of the Eighth Route Army 八路军桂林办事处旧址 National heritage site
The building on Zhongshan North Road that housed the Eighth Route Army's liaison office in Guilin from November 1938 until 1941, during the wartime cooperation between the Communists and the Kuomintang against Japan.
Jiangtou and Changgangling Villages 江头村与长岗岭村 National heritage site
Two old villages in Lingchuan County protected together as one national heritage site.
Lewan Village Old Buildings 乐湾村古建筑群 National heritage site · on the map
A group of village houses and ancestral halls from the Qing dynasty to the Republican era in Lewan, a village in the farmland south-west of Gongcheng's county town, listed as a national heritage site in 2019.
Sites of the Battle of the Xiang River (Jieshou) 湘江战役旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A national heritage site of fourteen places in Xing'an, Quanzhou and Guanyang counties linked to the Battle of the Xiang River, fought from 25 November to 2 December 1934 as the Central Red Army forced its way across the river during the Long March at heavy cost.
Song City Wall of Guilin (Dongzhen Gate) 桂林静江府城墙 National heritage site · on the map
The surviving fragments of Guilin's old city wall, much of it from 1258–1272, when the walls of Jingjiang Prefecture were pushed north and west and faced with stone along the river against the advancing Mongol armies.
Xiangshan Temple Pagodas and Inscriptions 湘山寺塔群与石刻 National heritage site · on the map
The site of Xiangshan Temple on Xiang Hill at the western edge of Quanzhou town, a Buddhist monastery founded in 756 by the monk Quanzhen and burned in 1945.
Yanwo Lou 燕窝楼 National heritage site · on the map
The ancestral hall of the Jiang clan in Shigang village, north-east of Quanzhou town, known as Yanwo Lou, the 'swallow's-nest tower'.
Yongning Prefecture City Wall 永宁州城 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty walled town at Baishou, first built of earth in 1477 and rebuilt in dressed stone in 1482, which became the seat of Yongning Prefecture in 1571.
Zengpiyan National Archaeological Site Park 甑皮岩遗址 National heritage site · on the map
A Neolithic cave site at the foot of Dushan hill in southern Guilin, lived in roughly 12,000 to 7,000 years ago, whose excavations in 1973 and 2001 yielded very early pottery, stone, bone and shell tools, and crouched burials.

Hechi 37 sites

Bala Monkey Mountain 巴腊猴山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested karst valley at Bala hamlet in Qiaoyin township, where villagers have protected a troop of more than 600 macaques since reforestation began in the 1990s, and the monkeys come to feeding areas and let visitors approach closely.
Bama Crystal Palace Cave 水晶宫 4A scenic area · on the map
A show cave on a hillside at Daluo village, Nashe township, known for dense clusters of snow-white helictites, needle-like crystals and flower-shaped formations.
Bama Longevity Island 长寿岛 4A scenic area · on the map
An island of about 3 hectares in the Pogui section of Cifu Lake, the reservoir on the Panyang River 8 km from Bama town, ringed by karst hills.
Baping Wetland and Forest Area 巴平湿地森林康养 4A scenic area · on the map
A wetland and forest area at Baping in Mangchang town, developed since 2020 within the Laxi National Wetland Park, a highland wetland of about 560 hectares where 168 bird species have been recorded.
Changle Palace Cave 长乐宫 4A scenic area · on the map
A show cave on Leishan hill in Bandeng village whose entrance is so low that adults must crouch to get in, opening into tall halls divided by columns of stalactites.
Chengjiang National Wetland Park 澄江国家湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national wetland park on the clear blue-green Chengjiang River, which rises at the Jiudun skylights in Daxing town and flows 42 km south through farmland to the Hongshui River.
Chenglong Lake 成龙湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A lake park ringed by hills on the edge of Luocheng town, named after Yu Chenglong, the Qing official famed as an incorruptible magistrate, who served in Luocheng and is said to have written poems beside it.
Colourful Maonan 多彩毛南 4A scenic area · on the map
A cultural area in Sien, the county town of Huanjiang, the only autonomous county of the Maonan people, built around the Maonan Museum.
Cotton Tiankeng Resort 棉花天坑 4A scenic area · on the map
A resort around a karst tiankeng (giant sinkhole) at Shendong hamlet in Mianhua village, which also takes in Changsheng Cave, a show cave of stalactites, and the Mulao village of Shendong.
Danlu Mountain 丹炉山 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded hill scenic area at Danlu hamlet in Wuai town, built around the remains of a Ming-dynasty alchemy site that the county describes as one of the most complete found in China, with karst caves and local Taoist, lantern-dance and tusi (chieftain) traditions.
Danquan Liquor Cave 丹泉洞天酒海 4A scenic area · on the map
A visitor site at the Danquan distillery in Nandan town, founded in 1956 and now Guangxi's largest liquor producer, where visitors can follow baijiu production from grain to blending.
Donglan Red Tourism Area 东兰红色旅游区 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A group of revolutionary sites linked to Wei Baqun, a Zhuang leader of the 1920s peasant movement, rated 4A together in 2011.
Du'an Underground River Geopark 都安地下河国家地质公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national geopark of about 210 km² along the Disu underground river system, which with its 12 tributaries runs for some 241 km beneath the karst before joining the Hongshui River.
Fengshan Geopark and Sanmenhai 凤山国家地质公园·三门海 4A scenic area · on the map
Fengshan's half of the Leye–Fengshan UNESCO Global Geopark, designated in 2010, a karst landscape of peak clusters, caves, sinkholes and natural bridges.
First Bend of the Hongshui River 红水河第一湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A viewpoint above a sweeping U-shaped bend where the Hongshui River loops through a gorge at Banwen village in Sanshi town.
Geyasigu Baiku Yao Folk Park 歌娅思谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A Baiku Yao (White Trousers Yao) culture resort of about 9.6 km² at Ganhe hamlet in Lihu Yao township, where a river winds past fields into a cave among karst hills.
Hongshui River Hundred-Li Gallery 红水河百里风情画廊 4A scenic area · on the map
A 27.7 km² stretch of the Hongshui River running upstream from Dahua town towards Guhe township, within the Hongshui River–Qibainong scenic area, where tour boats cruise between karst hills and riverside villages.
Huixian Mountain 会仙山 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A craggy hill in Bailongshan Park on the northern edge of Yizhou, a sightseeing spot since the Tang dynasty, climbed for views over the town.
Liu Sanjie's Hometown 刘三姐故里 4A scenic area · on the map
A river scenic area where the Xiajian River meets the Longjiang east of Yizhou, presented as the home of Liu Sanjie (Third Sister Liu), the legendary folk singer whose song tradition, nominated by Yizhou, is on the national intangible heritage list.
Longxianggai Maple and Ginkgo Park 笼箱盖枫杏 4A scenic area · on the map
A former mining area at Lamo village near Chehe town, between about 700 and 1,200 m, that has been regraded and replanted with 18 introduced maple varieties, ginkgo, peach, azalea and peony, and was rated 4A in 2023.
Miluotuo Cultural Park 密洛陀文化公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside park of about 30 hectares in Du'an's Hedong district, opened in 2015 for the county's 60th anniversary and themed on the Bunu Yao, whose creation epic of the goddess Miluotuo became national intangible heritage in 2011.
Mulun Karst Eco-Tourism Area 木论喀斯特 4A scenic area · on the map
A tourism area on the south-eastern edge of the Mulun National Nature Reserve, part of the Huanjiang Karst component of the South China Karst World Heritage Site since 2014, which protects karst forest continuous with Maolan in Guizhou.
Nandan Mineral Hot Spring 南丹矿物温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort at Tanghan village in Chehe town, fed by water that reaches the surface at about 62 °C. It has a dozen public pools, nine private courtyard pools, a hot-spring swimming pool, a children's water park, a hotel and villas, set among wooded hills.
Niujiaozhai Waterfalls 牛角寨瀑布群 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested karst gorge of about 10 km² at Bamian village, Minglun town, where a 3 km trail passes more than ten tiers of falls in quick succession, nine of them large.
Panyang River Scenic Area 盘阳河 4A scenic area · on the map
The Panyang River valley around Jiazhuan town, rated 4A in 2009 as Bama's main river area: the river re-emerges from underground at Poyue village and flows past Zhuang and Yao villages known for their long-lived residents.
Qibainong National Geopark 七百弄国家地质公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national geopark of about 323 km² in northern Dahua, declared in 2009, covering what is regarded as one of the world's densest clusters of karst peaks and enclosed hollows: some 9,000 peaks with summits above 800 m crowd around more than 2,500 depressions.
Qimei Water Town 奇美水城 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside cultural quarter in Dahua's Gujiang community on the Hongshui River, developed by the county around its ornamental-stone culture, local food and Zhuang and Yao customs, with a stone museum, a food hall, an ethnic museum and Mituo Temple.
Sandaowan Resort 三岛湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A resort area of about 830 hectares on the Hongshui River near Xingli village in Disu town, set among karst hills, Bunu Yao villages and farmland.
Tianlong Grand Canyon 天龙大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested karst gorge about 15 km long and 800–1,000 m deep just outside Tian'e town, formerly promoted as Longtan Grand Canyon National Forest Park and rated 4A in 2014.
Tianshang Hegu (Tian'e Riverside) 天上河谷 4A scenic area · on the map
Tian'e's riverside town scenic area on the Hongshui River, joining Tianfu Hill park with the town's embankment walks, a food street, a fountain square and an elevated skywalk.
Yantan Scenic Area 岩滩 4A scenic area
The reservoir area of the Yantan hydropower station on the Hongshui River, whose 110 m dam was built between 1985 and 1995, now developed for lakeside stays.
Yaowang Tianxia 瑶望天下 4A scenic area · on the map
A Baiku Yao cultural tourism complex at Wangshang hamlet in Lihu Yao township, rated 4A in 2023, laid out in areas for intangible-heritage displays on Baiku Yao food, weddings, funerals, bronze drums and top-spinning, with shops, restaurants, hotels and guesthouses and a family park.
Yuanyang Cave 鸳鸯洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A two-level karst cave at over 700 m on Phoenix Hill just east of Fengshan town, about 480 m long, up to 320 m wide and 52 m high at its tallest hall.
Yunguantian 云观天 4A scenic area · on the map
An upland pasture and camping area in Mangchang town at around 1,000 m, rated 4A in 2022, with mountain meadows, woodland, karst peaks and farmland.
Zhenzhuyan (Pearl Cave) Scenic Area 珍珠岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst scenic area of about 5 km² at Dandong village in Liujia town, built around a stalactite cave lit with coloured lights and marketed since 2022 as the Luming Sengu resort.
Zhuangxiang Generals Memorial Park 壮乡将军纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
A red-tourism memorial park in Nongying, the home village of General Wei Guoqing (1913–1989), created for his centenary with a restored version of his former home.
Red Army Slogans Building, Hechi 红军标语楼 National heritage site · on the map
A building in Hechi town, the county seat until 1953, whose original walls still carry 55 slogans and six drawings left by the Red Army around 1930, when the Seventh Red Army under Deng Xiaoping and Zhang Yunyi stayed in Hechi three times and reorganised there.

Hezhou 17 sites

Huangyao Ancient Town 黄姚古镇 5A scenic area
A market town ringed by karst hills in Zhaoping County, founded in the Song dynasty, built up in the late Ming and at its most prosperous under the Qing Qianlong emperor, and named after its two main clans, the Huangs and the Yaos.
Daguishan National Forest Park 大桂山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in the Dagui Mountains at Butou town, south of Hezhou city, one of the first national forest parks approved in China, with forest covering about 93% of its area.
Fuchuan Eco-Agriculture Science Park 富川生态高值农业科技示范园 4A scenic area · on the map
An agricultural demonstration park of about 58 ha near Fuli town, centred on a 9,600 m² greenhouse that shows soilless and hydroponic vegetable growing and giant vegetable-shaped displays.
Fuchuan Ming City 富川古明城 4A scenic area · on the map
The old walled county town of Fuchuan, begun in 1396 under the Ming, through which the Xiaohe Ancient Road, the old road linking the Xiao River in Hunan with the He River, entered by the north gate and left by the south.
Gui River Scenic Area, Zhaoping 昭平桂江 4A scenic area · on the map
A 25 km stretch of the Gui River, the lower course of the Li River, centred on Zhaoping town, from Songlin Gorge upstream to Matan Gorge downstream.
Gupo Mountain National Forest Park 姑婆山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain park about 26 km north of central Hezhou, near the Hunan and Guangdong borders, with 25 peaks over 1,000 m and a highest summit of 1,844 m, the tallest in eastern Guangxi; its many cliffs give waterfalls in almost every ravine.
Jade Stone Forest, Hezhou 玉石林 4A scenic area · on the map
A rare stone forest of white marble, the stone known in Chinese as 'Han white jade', in Huangtian town north of Hezhou.
Linhe Old City (Hejie) 临贺故城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The old town of Hejie, on both banks of the Lin River where it joins the He, was the seat of Linhe county and later of Hezhou for some 2,000 years, from the founding of Linhe County in 111 BC until the county offices moved to Babu in 1952.
Nanshan Tea Plantation, Zhaoping 南山茶海 4A scenic area · on the map
Tea gardens covering the hills just south of Zhaoping town, ringed by mountains and often wrapped in mist, known for the county's early spring tea.
Shenxian Lake & Shenjian Stone Forest 神仙湖·神剑石林 4A scenic area · on the map
Two adjoining scenic spots in Fuli town in the farm country east of Fuchuan: Shenxian Lake, a lake with rural scenery beside the old village of Babailing, and the Shenjian Stone Forest, a small cluster of sword-like limestone pinnacles.
Shibashui (Eighteen Waters) Scenic Area 十八水 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested valley on the northern outskirts of Hezhou, below Gupo Mountain, where a stream drops through a long chain of waterfalls and pools, a type of stepped cascade uncommon in southern China.
Xixi Forest Hot Spring Resort 西溪森林温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in forested hills at Nanxiang town in eastern Hezhou, where the spring water comes out at up to 86.5°C. More than a hundred outdoor pools are spread through the woods, from plain spring-water pools to a children's water park and a hilltop infinity pool, with hotel rooms, villas and inns on site.
Yingjia Village & CPC Guangxi Provincial Committee Memorial Park 英家·中共广西省工委纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
Yingjia, in Qingtang town in south-western Zhongshan County, is an old market village near the Xiaohe Ancient Road that prospered from the late Ming onward.
Ziyun Cave (Ziyun Wonderland) 紫云洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A limestone cave in a karst hill at Limu village, Etang town, on the south-western edge of Hezhou city, lit with coloured lights.
Fuchuan Yao Wind-and-Rain Bridges 富川瑶族风雨桥群 National heritage site · on the map
Twenty-seven covered bridges built between the late Ming and the late Qing over streams and fields near old villages along the Xiaohe Ancient Road in Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, home to Yao and Han communities; they come in stone-arch, stone-beam and timber-beam forms, topped by tiled galleries and pavilions that mix the Chinese covered-bridge tradition with Yao building features.
Jiang Family Hakka Walled House, Hezhou 江氏客家围屋 National heritage site · on the map
A large Qing-dynasty walled compound of the Hakka Jiang clan in Renchong village, Liantang town: square and symmetrical, enclosed by a wall about 3 m high, with halls, corridors, rooms and light wells interlocking inside, and fine carving of qilin, dragons, phoenixes, birds and flowers on its eaves, windows, screens, beams and pillars.
Ma Yin Temple (Hundred-Pillar Temple), Fuxi 马殷庙 National heritage site · on the map
Two temples in Fuxi village honouring Ma Yin, the 10th-century King of Chu in the Five Dynasties period: the Ma Chu Great King Temple, founded in 1396 and moved here in 1848, and a temple founded in 1413 whose hall, the Hundred-Pillar Temple, stands on 120 timber columns raised on stone bases, with an opera stage in front.

Laibin 16 sites

Baiya Grand Canyon 百崖大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A 10 km red-rock (Danxia-type) canyon in the hills of north-eastern Wuxuan, 5–40 m wide, with 37 bends, ten waterfalls and hundreds of steep side gorges that give it the name 'hundred cliffs'.
Baxian Tianchi (Eight Immortals Lake) 八仙天池 4A scenic area · on the map
A lake about 150 m long and 100 m wide lying more than 100 m up a hillside south of Wuxuan, ringed by eight small peaks that gave it the name 'Eight Immortals'.
Dayaoshan Panwangjie (Lianhua Mountain) 大瑶山盘王界 4A scenic area · on the map
Formerly the Lianhua (Lotus) Mountain scenic area, a 23 km² area of quartz-sandstone peaks north-west of Jinxiu whose main summit rises to 1,350 m and whose cluster of pinnacles resembles a lotus bud.
Gushagou 古沙沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain area in north-eastern Jinxiu, largely inside the Dayao Mountains national nature reserve, combining rafting on the Changliu River gorge, the Lingzu canyon with its clear stream and coloured pebbles, the old village of Lingzu, red maple woods on Niulingding and the high Yao village of Bale.
Guxiang Hot Springs (Xiangzhou Hot Springs) 古象温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort at Reshui ('hot water') village east of Xiangzhou town, built around the Xiangzhou hot springs, with bathing pools set among green hills, fields and village houses.
Heshan National Mine Park 合山国家矿山公园 4A scenic area · on the map
An industrial heritage park on about 27 hectares of the former east mine of the Heshan Mining Bureau, Guangxi's first coal-mining enterprise, beside national road 322.
Mo Chieftain's Office (Mo Tusi Yamen) 莫土司衙署 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The administrative seat and residence of the Mo family, hereditary local chieftains (tusi) who governed Xincheng under the Ming and Qing, begun in 1582 and used until the chieftain system was abolished in 1906.
Shanshui Yaocheng (Jinxiu Town) 山水瑶城 4A scenic area · on the map
Jinxiu county town, at about 775 m in the Jinxiu River valley in the heart of the Dayao Mountains, is described by the county as the highest county town in Guangxi; it has been rebuilt in Yao style and made a 4A scenic area as a whole.
Shengtang Lake 圣堂湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A reservoir and river gorge at the foot of Shengtang Mountain in south-eastern Jinxiu, where the river winds between peaks and cliffs of red sandstone.
Shengtang Mountain 圣堂山 4A scenic area · on the map
The main peak of the Dayao Mountains and, at 1,979 m, the highest summit in central Guangxi, revered by the Yao as a holy mountain.
Time Island Resort, Penglaizhou 蓬莱洲时光岛 4A scenic area · on the map
A resort on Penglaizhou, an island of about 27 hectares in the Hongshui River east of Laibin, with steep karst banks, rocky outcrops and thick vegetation.
Xialiantang Village 下莲塘 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A village of the Liu family in eastern Wuxuan, set among ponds and old longan groves, with two notable buildings: the General's Mansion, a walled Qing courtyard compound begun in 1801 with 175 rooms where about a hundred people still live, and the Liu Bingyu Manor of 1908.
Xincheng Lavender Manor 忻城薰衣草庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower farm on the southern edge of Xincheng town, billed as the largest lavender estate in Guangxi, with fields of lavender, verbena and other flowering plants laid out for strolling and photography.
Yinshan (Cathaya) Forest Park 银杉森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park in the Dayao Mountains national nature reserve north-east of Jinxiu town, named after the Cathaya (yinshan), a rare conifer found only in China, which grows here with southern yew and Bretschneidera.
Guo Songnian Manor 武宣郭氏庄园 National heritage site · on the map
A manor house begun in 1920 by Guo Songnian, a late-Qing scholar-graduate, in Yagang village in southern Wuxuan, covering about 2,800 m² and combining Chinese and Western architectural styles.
Wenhui Pagoda 来宾文辉塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty pagoda in Fuji village near Qianjiang in western Laibin, built in the Wanli reign by the garrison commander Huang Wenhui, after whom it is named.

Liuzhou 47 sites

Bagongtang Wetland Park 岜公塘湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A wetland park of about 107 hectares in the new town of Liujiang District, created from a large pond and opened in October 2019.
Bailiandong Cave Science Museum 白莲洞洞穴科学博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A museum at Bailian Cave, a limestone cave about 1,870 m long south of Liuzhou where digs since 1956 have yielded stone tools, human teeth, animal fossils and traces of fire spanning roughly 37,000 to 7,000 years ago.
Baipeng Lotus Garden 百朋荷苑 4A scenic area · on the map
A lotus-growing area at Baipeng, the centre of Liujiang's double-crop lotus-root farming, with about 45 hectares of lotus fields in a scenic area of about 79 hectares.
Buyang Xianren Mountain Tea Hills 布央仙人山 4A scenic area · on the map
Tea gardens covering the hillsides of Buyang, a Dong village in Bajiang township, at about 600 to 1,000 m, where tea is the main crop and the early-spring harvest is the local speciality.
Danzhou Old Town 丹洲古城 4A scenic area · on the map
A walled old town on an island in the Rong River that served as the seat of Huaiyuan county (renamed Sanjiang in 1914) through the Ming, Qing and Republican periods.
Dong Tiangong Cultural Area 侗天宫 4A scenic area · on the map
A complex of new Dong-style timber buildings, including drum towers and covered corridors, around a cultural square in Guyi, Sanjiang's county town, opened in 2021 among 15 old sweetgum trees aged 100 to 200 years.
Dule Rock Scenic Area 都乐岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst landscape park about 12 km south of central Liuzhou made up of twelve limestone peaks, a clear stream and two man-made lakes.
Fenghuang River Eco-Tourism Resort 凤凰河生态旅游度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort on the upper Liu River at Luoman, west of Liuzhou, developed as part of the Liu River tourism belt and rated 4A in 2015.
Guangxi Ecological Science Garden 广西生态科普苑 4A scenic area · on the map
A science-education scenic area on the campus of the Guangxi Eco-Engineering Vocational and Technical College in Shatang, north of Liuzhou, rated 4A in 2023.
Gulinglong Infused-Liquor Factory Park 古岭龙 4A scenic area · on the map
An industrial-tourism site at the Guangxi Gulinglong group's garden-style factory in Chuanshan town, which makes infused liquors, spirits steeped with herbs and, in some cases, snakes and other animals.
Keliwan Happy World 克里湾欢乐世界 4A scenic area · on the map
An amusement park in the Liudong New Area, opened in 2017 as Kale Planet and rated 4A in 2018, now operating under the Keliwan Happy World name beside the Liuzhou Garden Expo Park.
Keliwan Water Park 克里湾水乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
An outdoor water park in the Liudong New Area with water rides and pools, mainly a summer outing for families and young people.
Laojun Cave 老君洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst cave on the south-western edge of Rongshui town, also called Zhenxian Cave, through which the Lingshou stream flows for about 300 m past stalactites and cliff inscriptions.
Liu River Scenic Area (Baili Liujiang) 百里柳江 4A scenic area · on the map
The scenic stretch of the Liu River as it loops through central Liuzhou, lined with landscaped promenades on both banks.
LiuGong Industrial Tourism Site 柳工 4A scenic area · on the map
The main works of LiuGong, the construction-machinery maker founded in Liuzhou in 1958 that built mainland China's first wheel loader in 1966, rated a 4A industrial-tourism site in 2018.
Liuhou Park and Liu Zongyuan Shrine 柳侯公园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A city-centre park laid out from 1906 around the shrine to Liu Zongyuan, the Tang poet and essayist who governed Liuzhou and died here in 819.
Liuzhou Confucian Temple 柳州文庙 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern reconstruction of Liuzhou's Confucian temple, first founded in the early Tang dynasty, standing on the east bank of the Liu River below Dengtai Hill.
Liuzhou Garden Expo Park 柳州园博园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large landscaped park in the Liudong New Area, built for the first Guangxi Garden and Horticulture Expo and opened in October 2011.
Liuzhou Industrial Museum 柳州工业博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A city industrial museum opened in 2012 in the sawtooth-roofed workshops of the former No. 3 Cotton Mill, on a site of about 11 hectares.
Liuzhou Museum 柳州博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
The city's main museum, founded in the late 1950s and housed since 2003 in a granite building in the style of a city gate on the east side of People's Square.
Liuzhou Urban Planning Exhibition Hall 柳州城市规划展览馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A two-floor exhibition on the east bank of the Liu River about the city's history and planning.
Liuzhou Zoo 柳州市动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
The city zoo on the southern edge of Liuzhou, which moved here from Liuhou Park in 2005 and keeps more than a hundred species.
Longnü Gully 龙女沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A valley in Sirong township on the south-western slopes of Yuanbao Mountain, with clear pools, waterfalls and forest beside Miao and Dong villages of wooden houses and drum towers.
Longtan Park 龙潭公园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A large karst park in southern Liuzhou, with 24 limestone peaks around two spring-fed pools, Longtan and Leitan, that steam on winter mornings, and a lake crossed by a covered bridge.
Luosifen Town 螺蛳粉小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A themed town at Taiyangcun, west of Liuzhou, developed since 2018 around luosifen, the city's river-snail rice-noodle soup, and recognised as a national modern agricultural industrial park.
Luowei Luosifen Industrial Park 洛维螺蛳粉产业园 4A scenic area · on the map
An industrial park in the Luowei area of southern Liuzhou where packaged luosifen, the city's river-snail rice-noodle soup, is made, rated a 4A industrial-tourism site in 2018.
Malu Hill Stone Park and Liuzhou Stone Museum 马鹿山奇石博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside park in eastern Liuzhou built around ornamental stones, a long-standing local passion.
Mengwu Miao Village Folk Culture Park 梦呜苗寨 4A scenic area · on the map
A Miao culture park inside the Shuanglong Gully resort, set up around 2018 by dismantling stilt houses in remote mountain villages and rebuilding them here, with some of their Miao owners resettled to work in the park.
Oriental Dream Works – Liukong Creative Park 东方梦工场·柳空文创园 4A scenic area · on the map
A creative park in the former Liuzhou Air Compressor Works, a state factory founded in 1958 and listed as national industrial heritage in 2021.
Que'er Hill Park 雀儿山公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A park on a peninsula-shaped hill in Liubei District, surrounded by lakes on three sides, whose summit, about 180 m above sea level, looks out over the northern industrial district.
SAIC-GM-Wuling Baojun Base 上汽通用五菱宝骏基地 4A scenic area · on the map
The Baojun car plant of SAIC-GM-Wuling in the Liudong New Area, rated 4A in 2018 and opened for industrial tours in June 2019.
Sanjiang Great Dong Village (County Town) 三江大侗寨 4A scenic area · on the map
The scenic area covering the modern Dong-style landmarks of Guyi, Sanjiang's county town, rated 4A in 2012.
Sanjiangkou Eco-Tourism Area 三江口生态旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside area at Laobao, where the Duliu (Rongjiang) and Xun rivers meet and become the Rong River, rated a 4A scenic area in 2023.
Shimen Fairy Lake 石门仙湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst scenic area of about 470 hectares around the Shimen reservoir in Daliang town, named after a huge natural stone gateway near its entrance.
Shuanglong Gully Forest Resort 双龙沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested valley north-west of Rongshui town with about 420 hectares of old-growth public-welfare forest, two streams, waterfalls and a small reservoir.
Xiancaotang Reishi Mushroom Factory 仙草堂生态灵芝透明工厂 4A scenic area · on the map
A see-through factory of the Guangxi Xiancaotang pharmaceutical company in Rong'an's county town, where visitors follow the growing and processing of lingzhi (reishi) mushrooms.
Xianghe Xiangyun Lotus Fields 祥荷乡韵 4A scenic area · on the map
A farming and leisure area around Shixiang hamlet near Zhongdu, centred on about 67 hectares of lotus ponds among karst peaks, rated 4A in 2018.
Xiangqiao Karst National Geopark 香桥岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A national geopark of karst scenery in Zhongdu town, with caves, underground rivers, a natural stone bridge and sinkholes among wooded limestone hills.
Yueye Dong Village 月也侗寨 4A scenic area · on the map
A purpose-built Dong-style leisure quarter of about 4.8 hectares in the centre of Sanjiang's county town, built and run by the state-owned Guangxi Tourism Development Group and rated 4A in 2020.
Yufeng Hill (Liyufeng Scenic Area) 立鱼峰 4A scenic area · on the map
Two limestone hills rising from the city on the south bank of the Liu River: Yufeng Hill, about 156 m above sea level, and the taller Ma'an Hill.
Zhiqing Town (Educated Youth Town) 知青城 4A scenic area · on the map
A theme village at Luoya on the Rong River, where more than 400 urban 'educated youth' were sent to live and farm during the Down to the Countryside Movement.
Zhongdu Old Town 中渡古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A market town in north-western Luzhai county with nearly 2,000 years of history, listed as a national historic and cultural town.
Batuan Bridge 岜团桥 National heritage site · on the map
A Dong wind-and-rain bridge over the Mengjiang River at Batuan village in Dudong, built between 1896 and 1910.
Heli Three Kings Temple 和里三王宫 National heritage site · on the map
A temple complex in the Dong village of Heli, Liangkou township, built in a mix of Han Chinese and Dong styles and dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Ho Chi Minh's Former Residence, Liuzhou 胡志明旧居 National heritage site · on the map
A group of sites linked with the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, who was detained in and later lived in Liuzhou between 1942 and 1944 while working with the Vietnamese Revolutionary League.
Liuzhou Military Museum Park (Old Liuzhou Airfield) 柳州军事博物园 National heritage site · on the map
A museum park on the old Liuzhou airfield, built by the Guangxi provincial authorities in 1929 and used during the war against Japan by the Chinese air force, Soviet volunteer airmen and the American Flying Tigers; it was bombed many times and occupied by Japanese forces in 1944.
Mapang Drum Tower 马胖鼓楼 National heritage site · on the map
The drum tower of Mapang, a Dong village in Bajiang township, first built in the Qing dynasty and rebuilt in 1943.

Nanning 50 sites

Qingxiu Mountain 青秀山 5A scenic area
A hilly park of 18 low ridges on the north bank of the Yong River in south-eastern Nanning, developed from a former forest farm since 1984, whose highest point rises to 289 m.
Bagui Tianyuan Agricultural Park 八桂田园 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern agriculture showcase set up in 1999 by the Guangxi Department of Agriculture on the training farm of the provincial agricultural school and now run under Guangxi Agricultural Vocational University.
Baiyi Shanghe City 百益·上河城 4A scenic area · on the map
A creative and leisure district in the red-brick workshops of the former Nanning silk-spinning mill, built in 1966, south of the Yong River in Jiangnan District, converted and opened in 2018.
China Jasmine Garden, Hengzhou 中华茉莉园 4A scenic area · on the map
A jasmine park of variety gardens, a wetland lake and wide flower fields around Shijing village in Xiaoyi town, at the centre of Hengzhou's jasmine industry, which produces more than 80 per cent of China's jasmine flowers and jasmine tea.
Dalong Lake 大龙湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A reservoir lake in the karst hills of Xiyan town in northern Shanglin County, formed in 1958 by damming underground water, which now covers about 560 hectares with 14 small islands and 16 caves.
Damiaojiang Eco-Tourism Area 大庙江 4A scenic area · on the map
An outdoor recreation area of about 630 hectares at the foot of the Daming Mountains nature reserve in Shanglin County, built around a forest rafting run on the Damiao River.
Daming Mountain 大明山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain range in central Guangxi, about 68 km long and spanning Wuming, Shanglin, Mashan and Binyang, whose main peak, Longtou Shan, reaches 1,760 m, the highest in central-southern Guangxi, and which the Tropic of Cancer crosses.
Dingsishan Neolithic Site 顶蛳山遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A freshwater shell-midden site on a terrace where the Bachi River meets a stream, lived on from about 10,000 to 6,000 years ago and excavated between 1997 and 2000, when 331 burials, many of them tightly flexed, were found; it gave its name to the Dingsishan culture, the first Neolithic culture defined in Guangxi.
Dream Town (Mengxiangcheng) 梦想城 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern resort area built in imitation of the Austrian lakeside village of Hallstatt, set by a lake among karst peaks near Yiling Cave in Shuangqiao town.
Fengling Children's Park 凤岭儿童公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A children's park of about 56 hectares laid out over hilly ground in the Fengling district of eastern Nanning, opened on 1 June 2012.
Flower World of Nanning 花花大世界 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower-themed leisure park of about 113 hectares in Shuangqiao town, Wuming, with seasonal flower fields, bougainvillea gardens, a large lawn, lotus ponds crossed by a Zhuang-style covered bridge and a hilltop walkway with a glass section.
Golden Camellia Park 金花茶公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A city park on the west side of Nanhu Lake devoted to golden camellias, rare yellow-flowered camellias under national protection, with a gene bank that collects and studies many kinds of them alongside other camellias and tea plants.
Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants 广西药用植物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A research botanical garden founded in 1959 on 202 hectares of low hills on the north-eastern edge of Nanning, which conserves more than 10,000 species of medicinal plants and was certified by Guinness World Records in 2011 as the largest medicinal botanical garden.
Guangxi Gaofeng Forest Park 广西高峰森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park run by the state-owned Gaofeng Forest Farm in the hills on Nanning's northern edge, with a core area of about 1,200 hectares and around 90 per cent forest cover.
Guangxi Museum of Nationalities 广西民族博物馆 4A scenic area
A museum of the cultures of Guangxi's 12 long-established ethnic groups beside the Yong River within the Qingxiu Mountain scenic area, completed in December 2008 and opened to the public in May 2009, in a main building whose shape is taken from a bronze drum.
Guangxi Planning Exhibition Hall 广西规划馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A large exhibition hall in the Wuxiang New Area, opened on 8 November 2011, presenting Guangxi's development and its urban and regional planning in about 46,000 m² of floor space.
Guangxi Science and Technology Museum 广西科技馆 4A scenic area · on the map
Guangxi's main science museum, founded in 1983 and moved into a new building near Minzu Square in December 2008, with about 9,000 m² of permanent exhibitions on engineering, information technology and bioengineering.
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Museum 广西壮族自治区博物馆 4A scenic area
Guangxi's main history museum, founded in 1934 and a national first-grade museum, which reopened on Minzu Square in November 2022 after more than four years of rebuilding that doubled its floor space and enlarged its galleries to about 10,000 m².
Gula Daohuaxiangli (Cai Family Mansion) 古辣稻花香里 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural scenic area of about 72 hectares in Cai village near Gula town, built around the Cai family's old residential compound of more than 180 rooms, whose halls, courtyards and corner watchtowers date from rebuilding after 1859 in the late Qing dynasty.
Gumingzhai Zhuang Village 鼓鸣寨 4A scenic area · on the map
Guminzhuang, a Zhuang village developed as the Gumingzhai scenic area, lies beside a lake with small islands in a valley ringed by hills and has 158 rammed-earth houses, most of them built in the Qing and Republican periods.
Jiangnan Park, Nanning 江南公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large city park south of the Yong River in Jiangnan District, opened in June 2018 and laid out around linked lakes with Wenfeng Hill as a backdrop.
Jiulong Waterfalls National Forest Park 九龙瀑布群 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in the state-owned Zhenlong forest farm in the hills of northern Hengzhou, where streams drop through a cluster of waterfalls in tall forest below Jiulong Mountain.
Jiuquwan Hot Spring Resort 九曲湾温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in Santang town on the north-eastern edge of Nanning, open since November 2005, with indoor and outdoor thermal pools and décor drawing on Zhuang and other ethnic cultures.
Kunlun Pass 昆仑关 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A mountain pass on the old road between Nanning and Liuzhou, first walled with stone in 816 and best known as the site of the Battle of Kunlun Pass in December 1939, when Chinese troops of the Fifth Army retook the pass from the Japanese army after about two weeks of fighting with heavy casualties on both sides.
Liangfengjiang National Forest Park 良凤江国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
One of the earliest national forest parks approved by China's former Ministry of Forestry, on the south-western outskirts of Nanning along the Liangfeng River.
Longhu Mountain 龙虎山 4A scenic area · on the map
A nature reserve of forested limestone hills in Pingshan township, Long'an County, known as one of China's 'four great monkey mountains' for its more than 3,000 wild rhesus macaques.
Longmen Shuidu 龙门水都 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure resort in forested hills around Longmen Reservoir on the north-western edge of Nanning, about 15 km from the city centre.
Minge Lake 民歌湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped lake park beside the Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Qingxiu District, with lakeside promenades, bars and restaurants, evening lights and sightseeing boats.
Mingshan Eco-Tourism Area 名山 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill area in Chenping town in southern Binyang County, made up of three peaks whose highest, Mingshan Top, rises to 876 m, the second-highest point in the county, above plum orchards and villages.
Nanguo Countryside 南国乡村 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural tourism area in Nagong hamlet, Sugong village, Shuangqiao town, built around a museum of rural house building that presents the village architecture of different ethnic groups alongside new building methods.
Nanning Culture, Tourism and Art Park 南宁文化旅游艺术园 4A scenic area · on the map
A 4A area created in 2023 by grouping four sites run by the Guangxi Tourism Group in the Wuxiang area south of the Yong River: the 'Guanglü Nanning Night' evening leisure district, the Guangxi Art Museum, Central Park and the 'Yunduoduo' young artists' camp.
Nanning Garden Expo Park 南宁园博园 4A scenic area · on the map
The 263-hectare site of the 12th China International Garden Expo, opened in December 2018 beside the Bachi River in Yongning District on the south-eastern edge of Nanning.
Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Centre 南宁国际会展中心 4A scenic area · on the map
The hillside convention centre on Minzu Avenue that is the permanent venue of the annual China–ASEAN Expo and one of Nanning's landmark buildings, whose 41-hectare grounds were rated a 4A scenic area in 2021.
Nanning Polar Ocean World 南宁极地海洋世界 4A scenic area · on the map
A large indoor aquarium in the Rongsheng Tianhe Haiyue City shopping complex in Jiangnan District, laid out in themed halls on ocean legends, the polar regions and marine life, with an animal-petting area for children.
Nanning Wanda Mall 南宁万达茂 4A scenic area · on the map
A large indoor shopping and entertainment complex opened in June 2017 in the Wuxiang New Area south of the Yong River, rated 4A in 2018 for its indoor attractions.
Nanning Zoo 南宁动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
Nanning's city zoo, opened in April 1975 among about 37 hectares of subtropical gardens on University East Road in the north-west of the city.
Nongla Scenic Area 弄拉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hamlet in the karst peak-cluster hills of Guling town, Mashan County, whose villagers replanted the limestone hills around it after they were stripped of trees in the 1950s, and which is often cited as a model for reversing rocky desertification.
People's Park, Nanning 人民公园 4A scenic area
A city park in central Nanning, also called White Dragon Park after its 7-hectare White Dragon Lake, which has a small island reached by two bridges.
Pujin Park 蒲津公园 4A scenic area · on the map
An open park laid out over three limestone hills, Jinzhen, Yinzhen and Gong'e, in the middle of Pumiao, the seat of Yongning District.
Scenic Yong River and Ancient Yongzhou 秀美邕江·邕州古韵 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside scenic area of about 1.5 km² along the Yong River in central Nanning, from Yangguan Wharf to Lingtie Bridge, rated 4A in 2020, with sculptures on the city's history and legends, the Changyou Pavilion, arcades and remains of old city walls along the bank.
Shouchuang Children's Park 首创儿童乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
A children's play park attached to the Shouchuang (Capital) Outlets mall on Kunlun Avenue in north-eastern Nanning, rated 4A in November 2023.
Shuijin Shunzhuang Scenic Area 水锦·顺庄 4A scenic area · on the map
A canyon resort area in Leping village, Guling town, ringed by the Daming Mountains, where the Shuijin stream runs through a natural gorge about 10 km long with waterfalls, spring pools and cascades.
Wuxiang Lake Park 五象湖公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A 122-hectare park around five linked lakes in the Wuxiang New Area south of the Yong River, opened in August 2013 as the site of the third Guangxi Garden and Horticulture Expo.
Xiangxieli Nanguo Hot Spring Valley 香榭里南国温泉谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in the Jiahe City development on Kunlun Avenue in north-eastern Nanning, next to a golf course, also known as the Jiahe City Hot Spring Valley.
Xiaodubai Village 小都百 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural tourism village in Qiaolao village, Guling town, beside the Mashan–Shanglin road, rebuilt with white-walled, grey-tiled houses in local Zhuang style and known as the 'home of waterwheels' for the wheels along its streams.
Yiling Cave 伊岭岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst cave in Yiling village, Shuangqiao town, about 25 km north of central Nanning, whose Zhuang name means 'a cave as beautiful as a palace', with a 1,100 m route through 24,000 m² of chambers full of stalactites, stalagmites, columns and flowstone.
Yongzhou Old Town (Sanjie Liangxiang) 邕州古城 4A scenic area · on the map
The old commercial heart of Nanning near the Yong River, centred on the Sanjie Liangxiang historic district of three old streets (Xingning, Minsheng and Jiefang roads) and two Ming–Qing lanes (Jinshi and Yinshi), whose history goes back to the Song dynasty.
Former Nanning Yucai School 南宁育才学校旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The Nanning Yucai School was set up in October 1951 at Ho Chi Minh's request to train Vietnamese cadres, teachers and young people under the Vietnamese name Khu Học Xá Trung Ương; Vietnamese staff ran it and taught mostly in Vietnamese, with Chinese support, and about 7,000 students passed through it in seven years.
Fubo Temple, Hengzhou 伏波庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Ma Yuan, the Eastern Han general titled the Fubo ('Wave-Subduing') General, on the north bank of the Yu River at the Wuman Rapids, which tradition says his troops cleared for boats during his southern campaign.
Zhicheng Tang City Site 智城城址 National heritage site · on the map
Remains of Zhicheng, a fortified seat of local chiefs under the Tang dynasty, in a narrow valley in Shanglin County where steep hillsides serve as ramparts and stretches of wall close the valley mouth and divide it into an inner and an outer town.

Qinzhou 12 sites

Bazhaigou 八寨沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested valley on the northern flank of the Shiwan Mountains in Guitai town, where a spring-fed gorge of about 16 km runs through subtropical forest with streams, pools and waterfalls.
Beibu Gulf Flower Park 北部湾花卉公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower park in Shabu town east of Qinzhou, with fields of cockscomb in autumn and spring plantings such as snapdragons, cosmos and strawflowers.
Dalu Village 大芦村 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A village of Ming and Qing mansions in Fozi town, nine building groups put up by the Lao family between 1546 and 1826 among ponds and old trees.
Former Residences of Liu Yongfu and Feng Zicai 刘永福、冯子材旧居 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The mansions of two Qing generals from the old Qinzhou region who fought the French in the Sino-French War, protected nationally since 2001 and rated 4A together in 2006.
Linhu Forest Park 林湖森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A provincial-level forest park on the southern edge of Qinbei district, about 3 km from central Qinzhou, laid out for walking among wooded hills and lakes.
Liufeng Mountain 六峰山 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded hill rising 182 m above the Mingke River in the centre of Lingshan town, named after its six peaks and admired as a beauty spot since the Song dynasty; it was rated 4A in 2017 and was a filming location for the TV series The Bad Kids.
Nawu Mountain Forest Park 那雾山森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park of about 230 hectares on Nawu Mountain in Nali town, rated 4A in 2019, within a regional geopark.
Qinzhou Garden Expo Park 钦州园博园 4A scenic area · on the map
A park of about 80 hectares in Qinzhou's eastern new town, built for the 9th Guangxi Garden Expo, which opened here on 2 December 2016 on the theme of coastal scenery and Nixing pottery.
Qinzhou Old Street 钦州老街 4A scenic area · on the map
Qinzhou's historic district of qilou arcade buildings along Zhongshan Road and the neighbouring streets of the old town, a short walk from Liu Yongfu's former residence.
Sanniang Bay 三娘湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A curving bay of beaches, rocks, fishing villages and coastal woodland in Xiniujiao town, known as the home of the Chinese white dolphin (Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin), seen offshore in numbers since 2003.
Shenfu Liquor Estate 神蜉酒庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
An industrial-tourism site of about 11 hectares at the Shenfu liquor works on the northern edge of Pubei town, home of Shenfu jiu, a liquor made with ants that was already well known in the 1980s and whose making is listed as Qinzhou city-level intangible heritage.
Wuhuang Mountain 五皇山 4A scenic area · on the map
A granite upland of about 40 km² around Longmen town, with nine main peaks averaging some 700 m and topped by Qingshanding at 778.8 m, known for fields of egg-shaped boulders, high meadows, tea gardens, terraces, streams and waterfalls.

Wuzhou 16 sites

Canghai Lake & Wuzhou Garden Expo Park 苍海湖·梧州园博园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large landscaped lake in the new Canghai district on the south bank of the Xi River, built to hold back floodwater and now the centre of Canghai National Wetland Park, with gardens, paths and footbridges around the shore over about 215 ha.
Changping Yao Village 长坪水韵瑶寨 4A scenic area · on the map
Changping village in the Changping Yao Ethnic Township, in forested mountains in the north-east of Mengshan County, where a spring-fed stream runs through a Yao village surrounded by woodland.
Dongshan Culture Park, Cenxi 东山文化公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside park on the edge of Cenxi city, laid out over a whole hill for exercise and recreation, with stone stairways, pavilions, a rock garden, a Confucius temple, a tea house and Dongshan Pavilion at the top.
Former Residence of Li Jishen 李济深故居 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The fortified family house in Liaoshen village where Li Jishen (1885–1959) was born: a Kuomintang general who later chaired the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang and was a vice-chairman of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic from 1949.
Liang Yusheng Park 梁羽生公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A hilltop park in the south-east of Mengshan town, formerly Aoshan Park, turned in 2005 into a park named after Liang Yusheng (Chen Wentong, 1924–2009), born in Mengshan County and, with Jin Yong and Gu Long, one of the best-known wuxia (martial-arts) novelists of the 20th century; Jin Yong wrote the name over the gate.
Lingnan Culture Park, Wuzhou 岭南文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large complex of new Ming-style buildings beside the Dragon Mother Temple, covering about 6 ha and rated 4A in 2024, themed on the office of the Viceroy of Liangguang, which the Ming court set up in Wuzhou in 1469 to govern Guangdong and Guangxi; the philosopher Wang Yangming later served here as viceroy.
Liubao Tea Town 六堡镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain town in Cangwu County that gives its name to Liubao tea, a dark (post-fermented) tea known for its betel-nut aroma, ranked among China's famous teas in the Qing dynasty; its making is a national intangible-heritage item.
Rose Lake Park, Wuzhou 玫瑰湖公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A lakeside park in Longxin village on the western side of Wuzhou, facing Changzhou Island across the river, built around a lake that was created in 1976 when a levee turned low-lying fields into a fish farm.
Shibiao Mountain 石表山 4A scenic area · on the map
A red-sandstone (danxia) landscape in Xiangqi town in the south of Teng County, about 16 km² of red cliffs and peaks above a river with sandbanks, bamboo groves and the old village of Daojia.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall & Zhongshan Park, Wuzhou 中山公园·中山纪念堂 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Wuzhou's oldest park, laid out on a hill above the old town in 1924 when the city wall was pulled down, and renamed Zhongshan Park in October 1930 when its memorial hall to Sun Yat-sen was completed.
Tianlongding Mountain Park 天龙顶山地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain park in Nandu town in the south of Cenxi, around Tianlongding, at 1,211 m the highest peak in Wuzhou prefecture, known for its grassy summit meadows and for seas of cloud that form at a relatively low altitude.
Tianshu Xiagu (Heavenly Book Gorge) 天书侠谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded gorge about 5 km east of Mengshan town, also called Yumengchong, winding for more than 10 km past clear pools and oddly shaped rocks.
White Cloud Mountain (Baiyun Shan), Wuzhou 白云山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested hill park on the north-east edge of Wuzhou's old town, opened in 1981, covering about 355 ha over two summits and rising to 367 m, the highest point in urban Wuzhou.
Wuzhou Arcade Town & Dragon Mother Temple 骑楼城·龙母庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Wuzhou's old riverside trading quarter: 22 streets, about 7 km in all, lined with some 560 arcaded shophouses (qilou), most built after the city wall was demolished in the 1920s, mixing Chinese carved brick and lattice windows with Western balconies, columns and arched windows, with iron rings on the pillars and upper-floor 'water doors' for mooring boats when the rivers flood.
Yong'an Royal City (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Sites), Mengshan 永安王城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Mengshan, then called Yong'an, was captured by the Taiping rebels in the autumn of 1851, and it was here that their leader Hong Xiuquan issued edicts, named his kings and set up the rebel state's first institutions.
Former Sites of the CPC Wuzhou and Guangxi Committees 中共梧州地委·广西特委旧址 National heritage site · on the map
Two small brick-and-timber houses in Wuzhou's arcade quarter linked to the Communist Party's early years in Guangxi.

Yulin 14 sites

Darongshan National Forest Park 大容山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A 4,825-hectare national forest park on Darong Mountain north of Beiliu, whose 1,275 m summit is the highest point in Yulin prefecture.
Duqiao Mountain 都峤山 4A scenic area · on the map
A red-sandstone (Danxia) mountain south-east of Rong County town, a Taoist retreat since the Han dynasty and counted as the 20th Taoist grotto-heaven.
Goulou Cave 勾漏洞 4A scenic area · on the map
Four linked limestone caves, Baogui, Yuque, Baisha and Taoyuan, about 1 km long in all, at the foot of Goulou Hill 3 km north-east of Beiliu; old Taoist texts list the site as the 22nd of the 36 grotto-heavens.
Guiling Valley 龟岭谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside eco-park in Shapo town whose main sight is a wall climbing the crest of Bazi Ridge, promoted as the 'little Great Wall of the south'.
Kelawan Water Park 克拉湾水上乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
An outdoor water park on the riverside Jiangbin East Road in Yulin, with a large wave pool, a water fortress and a lazy river.
Liuwan Mountains Forest Park 六万大山森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park in the Liuwan Mountains, a range about 70 km long on the borders of Yulin, Bobai and Pubei whose main peak, Kuishanding, reaches 1,118 m.
Sanhuan Ceramics Town, Beiliu 三环陶瓷小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
An industrial and visitor complex built by Guangxi Sanhuan, one of China's leading makers of everyday porcelain, in Beiliu, a pottery centre since the Song dynasty.
South-east Guangxi Anti-Japanese Uprising Sites, Xingye 桂东南抗日武装起义旧址 4A scenic area · on the map
A group of village sites in Chenghuang town linked to the armed uprising against Japanese forces launched here in March 1945.
Tongshiling Resort 铜石岭 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill resort on Tongshiling, east of Beiliu, where karst limestone and red Danxia sandstone cliffs occur side by side and where copper was smelted and bronze drums cast in the Han dynasty.
Wucai Tianyuan Agricultural Park 五彩田园 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern farming demonstration zone on the eastern edge of Yulin, laid out as a rural park with seasonal flower fields, lotus ponds and a cherry garden.
Xielu Villa 谢鲁山庄 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A private garden estate laid out on a hillside at Xielu village from about 1920, often called one of China's four great private manors.
Yuntian Cultural City 云天文化城 4A scenic area · on the map
A large palace-style building complex on Jiangbin Road in Yulin, opened as a cultural attraction with halls of sculpture, a folk-culture museum and displays of collected treasures.
Zhenwu Pavilion & Rongzhou Old Town 真武阁·容州古城 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The three-storey timber Zhenwu Pavilion was built in 1573 on the Jinglüe Terrace by the Xiu River, a platform said to date from the Tang dynasty, when the poet-official Yuan Jie drilled troops here.
Republican-era Villas of Rong County 容县近代建筑 National heritage site · on the map
Eleven buildings from the late Qing and Republican periods spread across Rong County, mostly villas and family homes of Republican-era generals and officials from the county, such as Huang Shaohong and Huang Xuchu, together with the old library and old teaching building of Rong County Middle School.

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