[Enjoy the golden autumn persimmon Ruyi·Guilin Gongcheng Lingchuan Autumn Festival on the 5th] Lingchuan Ginkgo + Gongcheng Persimmons + Dongli Ancient Village + Ruyi Peak + Lijiang Bamboo Raft + Fishing Boat Singing Evening + Guilin Rice Noodle Making + Persimmons + Taste Gongcheng Camellia oleifera - china tours | visit china with customized tourism experts

Day1

Guilin

Guilin, a small city enclosed in landscape paintings. Not only does it have the gorgeous autumn scenery, but it also has the refreshing mountains and rivers. Between the green mountains and clear waters, clouds and mist surround it, like a fairyland on earth. From autumn scenery to festivals and autumn harvests, you can enjoy the feast of scenery and humanities while deeply shocked your soul. Let's go! Ride the autumn wind together ~

Today is the departure day, you need to take the main transportation to set out on your own. After arriving in Guilin, we will arrange for staff to pick up the airport or pick it up, and then send it to the hotel for check-in.

Guilin rice noodles, as Guilin's food business card, are a delicacy that Guilin people eat every day. Today, we will walk into the intangible cultural heritage factory to understand the cultural history and production process of Guilin rice noodles, personally experience the process of "Guilin rice noodles making", and experience yourself in the mini kitchen. Cook rice noodles and taste authentic Guilin rice noodles. Then go to the "East and West Alley" and walk in the antique alleys, feel the precipitation of history and taste the delicious food, as if you have traveled to ancient times.

After the tour, I returned to the hotel to rest and stayed in downtown Guilin today.

1 Attractions

Guilin Dongxi Lane Snack Street
The East and West Alley of Guilin is not an antique street, but a real street left by the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among the blue bricks and black tiles and carved window lattices are the memories of the old Guilin market. It is close to Jingjiang Royal City, where you can not only touch the vicissitudes of the ancient city wall, but also taste authentic snacks and visit creative shops in the alleys. Tradition and fashion naturally blend here, which is the intersection of Guilin's urban context and the lively fireworks.
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1 Experiences

Guilin rice noodle making
Guilin rice noodles are a traditional snack in Guilin City and belong to the Guangxi cuisine family; this dish uses early indica rice and brine as raw materials. It has now been included in the national intangible cultural heritage.
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Day2

Guilin-Lingchuan-Guilin

After breakfast, take a bus to [Lingchuan Haiyang Township](about 1.5 hours by car). Lingchuan Haiyang Township is known as the "No. 1 Township of Ginkgo biloba in China." Autumn is the most gorgeous season in Haiyang Township. When the autumn wind blows gently and ginkgo leaves fall, the entire village seems to be shrouded in golden magic.

In the afternoon, head to [Dongli Ancient Village](about 0.5 hours by car). It is not only a living Lijiang traditional cultural and artistic village, but also a wild luxury pastoral life complex that can provide immersive humanistic experience. We have arranged handicraft experience activities here to spend a pleasant afternoon ~"Pulling tofu and drinking soy milk","Rubbing door hairpin to make handmade lanterns", and "Tie dyeing handkerchiefs or small backpacks"~

After the tour, return to Guilin (about 1 hour's drive), and then visit [Chuanshan Park]. Autumn is the best place to climb and look far away. Spend 15 to 20 minutes walking along the steps to climb the mountain to Chuanbei Pavilion, and catch up with the sunset. Before setting, you can overlook the magnificent scenery of Guilin's mountains and rivers.

[Warm reminder]: The ginkgo viewing period in Lingchuan Haiyang Township is generally in early November-early December. Ginkgo leaves are affected by climate and change slightly every year. For reference only.

3 Attractions

Dongligu Village
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Lingchuan Haiyang Township Ginkgo biloba
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Chuanshan Park
The various stalactites in the Chuanshan Rock Cave in Chuanshan Park Scenic Area are one of the old cave landscapes in Guilin. Walking into the scenic area, you can see a stupa standing on the lonely mountain opposite from afar. The mountain and tower are reflected in the river, giving you beautiful scenery. This is the "Tashan Qingying", which is particularly sought after because it sets the Guinness World Record of "the world's small lonely peak holding up the world's high-level stupa".
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3 Experiences

Pull tofu bamboo and drink soy milk
Southern style tofu emphasizes: plaster is stewed, one thing reduces another thing, and bitched tofu is stewed; tofu is not only delicious but also healthy. It has the effects of relaxing the middle and replenishing qi, regulating the spleen and stomach, and clearing heat and dispelling blood.
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Door hairpin rubbings to make handmade lanterns
Understand the traditional door hairpin culture in China, learn traditional rubbings techniques and techniques, make the rubbings into lanterns, and create your own rubbings cultural and creative works
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Tie-dyed handkerchief or small backpack
Understand plant dyes, zero-basic explanation of ancient plant dyeing + practical operation of techniques (monochrome tie-dyeing)
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Day3

Guilin-Yangshuo

After breakfast, walk into the "Elephant Trunk Mountain" in the primary school Chinese textbook. Autumn with its own filters is a love letter from the season to Xiangshan. Then visit [Duxiu Peak Wangcheng Scenic Area] and read all the Wangcheng to know Guilin."Duxiu Peak·Wangcheng Scenic Area is a must-check landmark to understand Guilin's history and culture! Here is the original source of the ancient famous sentence "Guilin's mountains and rivers are the best in the world". Here is Guangxi Gongyuan, the largest rural examination venue in southwest China in the Qing Dynasty. There is also the national intangible cultural heritage "Wangfu Secret Extension"...

In the afternoon, take a bus to Xingping (about 1.5 hours by car) and take a bamboo raft to visit the "Essence Section of the Li River"(electric raft). The mountains of the Li River reflect, and the boat goes up on the top of the green mountain. People are swimming in the paintings, and ink paintings are reflected in the eye. Then go to [Xingping Ancient Town] for shopping and eating. The ancient town of Xingping is built next to the water. The Li River flows around here to Yangshuo. The ancient town on Shiban Street has lush green mountains and several cottages. Watching "Fishing Boat Singing Evening" in the evening, fishermen cast nets and cormorants fish, forming a harmonious symbiotic ink painting.

After the tour, head to Yangshuo (about 1 hour's drive) and check into the hotel upon arrival.

3 Attractions

elephant trunk Hill
Guilin Elephant Trunk Mountain is the city emblem mountain in Guilin, located at the confluence of the Li River and Taohua River. It is named because the mountain is shaped like an elephant stretching its nose to drink the river. The water-moon cave between the elephant's trunk and its legs has water flowing through it, like a bright moon floating on water. There are also landscapes such as Puxian Tower and Yunfeng Temple, which combine natural beauty and cultural heritage and are symbols of Guilin's tourism.
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Duxiu Peak Wangcheng Scenic Area
Duxiu Peak Wangcheng Scenic Area is the birthplace of Guilin's city and the existing and intact ruins of vassal kings in my country. Within the magnificent city wall of Jingjiang Palace, there are the isolated peaks and cliffs of the "Nantian Pillar" and the Spring and Autumn of the 600-year residence. Climbing the summit, you can overlook the city view of Guilin; walking through the royal city, you can touch the stone steps of the Ming Dynasty. This is not only a natural wonder, but also a readable historical book, closely connecting the origin of "Guilin's mountains and rivers are the best in the world" with the urban context.
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Xingping Ancient Town
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Lijiang River Bamboo Raft (Xingping Section)
The Xingping section of the Li River bamboo raft tour is located in Yangshuo and has always been regarded as the essence of Guilin's landscape. There has long been a local saying that "Yangshuo's mountains and rivers dominate Guilin, and Yangshuo is more beautiful in Xingping." Throughout the ages, Xingping's beautiful mountains, rivers and waters have attracted countless literati to be intoxicated.
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homebound fishermen
Yangshuo Fishing Boat Singing Night is a cultural and folk landscape in Yangshuo with a thousand-year history. Fishermen fish at night, several bamboo rafts are mobilized, and fishing fires shuttle like fireflies flying, complementing the landscape of the Li River.
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Day4

Yangshuo-Gongcheng-Yangshuo

After breakfast, take a bus to Hongyan Village in Gongcheng (about 1 hour's drive). The persimmon forest in autumn is a beautiful scenery here, with bright yellow and warm red. When you are in the autumn scenery, you will never get tired of seeing it. The "Persimmons Picking" experience is specially arranged here for you, and then you can taste the "Gongcheng Camellia oleifera" to explore the secrets of the taste buds and taste the taste that has been passed down for thousands of years.

In the afternoon, drive back to Yangshuo and head to [Ruyi Peak](about 1.5 hours by car). Ruyi Peak Scenic Area is a typical karst peak forest scenic area and Yangshuo's first mountaintop natural park. Take a cableway and cable car to move high and observe Yangshuo's karst peaks and pastoral scenery. Under the blessing of late autumn, the tall and beautiful peaks are painted into a colorful picture.

After the tour, I returned to Yangshuo Hotel and stayed in Yangshuo today.

[Warm reminder]: The persimmon viewing period in Gongcheng is generally from late October to late November. Due to the influence of climate, there are slight changes every year. It is for reference only.

2 Attractions

Gongcheng Hongyan Village
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Ruyi Peak
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2 Experiences

Picking persimmon in Gongcheng
Nowadays, in Hongyan Village, the branches are covered in the mountains, and the joy of a bumper harvest is filled with the air. On the persimmon trees all over the mountains and fields, the branches are bent. This full persimmon invites you to pick it.
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Pingongcheng Camellia oleifera
Gongcheng Camellia oleifera has been passed down for thousands of years and has been rated as an intangible cultural heritage. It retains the original traditional craftsmanship and is made by slowly beating and filtering the juice of green tea, ginger, garlic and peanuts from Dayaoshan. The more delicious it is, the more fragrant it is, and later it is known as "China Coffee".
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Day5

Yangshuo-Guilin

After breakfast, return to Guilin according to the main return transportation time (about 2 hours by car), arrange for a flight or stop to end the pleasant Guilin landscape journey ~

Highlights

Itinerary

Guilin Dongxi Lane Snack Street

Guilin rice noodle making

Dongligu Village

Lingchuan Haiyang Township Ginkgo biloba

Chuanshan Park

Pull tofu bamboo and drink soy milk

Door hairpin rubbings to make handmade lanterns

Tie-dyed handkerchief or small backpack

elephant trunk Hill

Duxiu Peak Wangcheng Scenic Area

Xingping Ancient Town

Lijiang River Bamboo Raft (Xingping Section)

homebound fishermen

Gongcheng Hongyan Village

Ruyi Peak

Picking persimmon in Gongcheng

Pingongcheng Camellia oleifera