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Yangshuo Travel Guide

Yangshuo is the terminal of the 65 kilometer-long Li River cruise tour and is a beautiful and sedate ancient city. Some 1,600 years ago in the Jin Dynasty (265-420) the county seat wasmoved to Yangshuo from Xingping. The city has a history of more than 1,000 years.

Crisscrossed with rivers and streams the Yangshuo area is embraced by Li and Yulong River on the outskirts while the city is within the arms of the Dragon-head Hill, Duli and other peaks and hills. Yangshou is famous for its many mountains that are an intergral part of the cityscape. They form designs that have been inspirations of writers and artists for centuries. Xu Xiake, a famous traveler of the Ming Dynasty praised Yangshuo as "A world of green lotuses and jade bamboo-shoots."

Yanghsuo is also famous for its rich produce which includes sweet oranges, tangerine, pomelo, persimmon, chestnut and kumquat.

 

4 Day Guilin Yangshuo Tour $412

Li River Cruise & Yangshuo Combo $384

Biking and Hiking in the Wild Nature $462

Longsheng Terraced Field & Yangshuo Combo $423

Li River Cruise and Huangyao Ancient Town Tour $626


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