In it, officials note that while Guilin and the Li River were designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations last year, Yangshuo County was named as having the single best karst landscape ...

The Lijiang River scenery was even selected as a suitably phantasmagoric location for the Star Wars films. In the world's eyes, Guilin's karst hills and jade waters are quintessential China.

"Guilin's scenery is the best under heaven," a popular Chinese saying goes. It's a city in Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, situated on the west bank of the Li River and borders ...

Food & Drink Travel Li River boat trip reveals picturesque rural China Originally published September 22, 2012 at 7:00 pm Updated September 24, 2012 at 10:19 am ...

Vast numbers of tourists arrive in Guangxi's Guilin each year to view the city's surrounding karst peaks, or to weave between them at water level, floating down the Li River through scenery ...

"Everyone is talking about the event," said Liu, who lives by the Li River and takes a daily stroll there at dusk. Tourism, however, has also brought prosperity to Guilin.

Discover the captivating beauty of Guilin with this breathtaking drone footage, showcasing its iconic karst mountains, serene rivers, and lush green rice terraces. Take a flight over the natural ...

From the 18th century, an emergent Guilin art scene was dominated by three families; the Zhou, Li and Luo. Zhou Weigeng, known as the father of Guangxi landscape painters, created a new landscape ...