Guilin Attractions

Yangshuo Sanjiang Longsheng Seven Star Park Solitary Beauty Peak Elephant Hill Folded Brocade Hill Wave Subduing Hill Seven Star Cave Ling Canal Reed Flute Cave Merryland golf club Li River Folk Custom Center Pedestrian Street Yu Hill Park Yaoshan Mountain Bears and Tigers Mountain Villa West Hill Park South Creek Park Fengyu Cave Peach Blossom River Guilin Art Museum Banyan & Cedar Lake Center Square Jingjiang Palace & Mausoleum Tunnel Hill Park Yuzi Paradise Li River Pagoda Hill Crown Cave

In 214 BC (the time when the construction of the Great Wall was begun),Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, ordered the excavation of the Lingqu canal. Thereafter, the obstructing Five Ridges gave way to this convenient waterway. Northern civilization came all the way down through the canal and then to the Li River to Guilin, creating a unique culture of Guilin in combination with the aboriginal culture.The building of the canal made Guilin become an important town, a connection between the southern-most part of China and the central area of the country in ancient times. Lingqu Canal is the oldest canal in the world and is one of the three ancient Chinese Grand Irrigation Works. It is the embodiment of the Chinese people.