Guilin

Guilin 桂林市 • Gveilinz Si Kweilin
Prefecture-level city
From left to right, top to bottom: View of Guilin city; Elephant Trunk Hill, Sun and Moon Pagodas; Longsheng Rice Terraces, Jingjiang Princes' Palace, Reed Flute Cave; Yangshuo scenery
Location of Guilin City jurisdiction in Guangxi
Guilin Location in China
Coordinates(Guilin Central Square (桂林中心广场)): 25°16′30″N110°17′46″E / 25.275°N 110.296°E / 25.275; 110.296
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Guangxi
Area
•  Prefecture-level city	27,797 km2 (10,732 sq mi)
• Urban	2,753 km2 (1,063 sq mi)
• Metro	5,041 km2 (1,946 sq mi)
Elevation	153 m (502 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [1]
•  Prefecture-level city	4,931,137
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
•  Urban	1,725,865
• Urban density	630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
•  Metro	2,148,641
• Metro density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
GDP [2]
•  Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 231.1 billion US$ 35.8 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 46,767 US$ 7,249
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	541XXX
Area code	0773
ISO 3166 code	CN-GX-03
License plate prefixes	桂C for Guilin's city proper, Yangshuo, and Lingui; all others 桂H
Website	www.guilin.gov.cn

Scenic spots around Guilin include:

• Jingjiang Princes City, a royal complex dating from the Ming dynasty that lies near the center of modern Guilin
• Reed Flute Cave
• Silver Cave
• Li River
• Yangshuo
• Seven-star Cave and Seven Star Park ^[26] (七星公园)
• Camel Mountain (骆驼山) and Elephant Trunk Hill
• Piled Festoon Hill (堆花彩山)
• Crescent Hill (月牙山)
• Fubo Hill (伏波山)
• Nanxi Hill (南溪山)
• Erlang Gorge (二郎山峡谷)
• Huangbu (Yellow Cloth) Beach (黄埔滩)
• Moon Hill
• Longsheng Rice Terrace
• Daxu Ancient Town (大圩古市镇)
• Xingping Ancient Town (兴坪古镇)
• Duxiu, Solitary Beauty Peak (独秀峰)
• Liusanjie Landscape Garden (刘三姐景观园)
• Yao Hill (尧山)
• Sun and Moon Pagodas (日月双塔)

Cuisine

Guilin pickled tofu

Guilin cuisine is a mixture of Cantonese cuisine and Zhuang cuisine. It is known for its snacks and the use of spices, especially chili. Guilin chili sauce (桂林辣椒酱), used widely in cooking by locals, is made of fresh chili, garlic, and fermented soybeans, and is considered one of the city's Three Treasures (桂林三宝). The other two of the Three Treasures are Guilin Sanhua Jiu (桂林三花酒), a variety of rice baijiu , or liquor distilled from rice; and Guilin pickled tofu.

Guilin rice noodles

Guilin rice noodles have been the local breakfast staple since the Qin dynasty and are renowned for their delicate taste. Legend has it that when Qin troops suffering from diarrhea entered this region, a cook created the Guilin rice noodles for the army because they had trouble eating the local food. Specifically, the local specialty is noodles with horse meat, but this dish can also be ordered without the horse meat. Zongzi , a dumpling made from glutinous rice and mung bean paste wrapped in a bamboo or banana leaf is another popular delicacy in Guilin.

Quotes

"I often sent pictures of the hills of Guilin which I painted to friends back home, but few believed what they saw."

- Fan Chengda (Chinese Song dynasty scholar) ^[27]

"Guilin's scenery is best among all under heaven." (Chinese:桂林山水甲天下; pinyin:Guìlín shānshuǐ jiǎ tiānxià)

- popular Chinese saying ^[28]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in China

Twin towns—Sister cities

Guilin is twinned with:

• – Nishikatsura, Yamanashi, Japan ^[29] – Lingchuan County
• – Kumamoto City, Japan ^[30] – Guilin
• – Toride City, Japan – Guilin
• – Miho, Ibaraki, Japan – Lingui
• – Jeju, South Korea
• – Hastings, New Zealand
• – Toruń, Poland ^[31]
• – Orlando, United States ^[32]
• – Tlaxcoapan, Hidalgo, Mexico ^[33]
• – Langkawi, Malaysia

The Guilin relationship with the New Zealand city Hastings started in 1977, after a research scientist, Stuart Falconer, identified several common areas of interest between the two cities, including horticulture and their rural-urban mix. ^[34] In 1997 Guilin commenced an exchange relationship with Ōta, Gunma, Japan. ^[35]

Notable people

• Bai Chongxi, general and politician
• Jiang Zhenbang, badminton player
• Li Zongren, general and warlord, vice-president and acting president of the Republic of China
• Ma Junwu, scientist, educator and politician
• Ou Hongyi, climate activist
• Ouyang Xiadan, news anchor for China Central Television
• Pai Hsien-yung, writer
• Qiao Zhenyu, actor and dancer
• Shi Zhiyong, weightlifter
• Tang Jingsong, general and politician, first president of the Republic of Formosa
• Daniel Weihs, Israeli professor of aeronautical engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

See also

• Bai Chongxi
• Alcoholic drinks in China
• Li Zongren
• Hạ Long Bay, a popular tourist destination in Vietnam with similar karst formations

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Further reading

• "Guilin (China")— Britannica Online Encyclopedia

External links

• Guilin Government Official website (in Chinese)

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