16 Facts About Guilin

Guilin is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Guilin is one of China's most popular tourist destinations, and the epithet "By water, by mountains, most lovely, Guilin" is often associated with the city.

Guilin prospered in the Tang and Song dynasties but remained a county.

In 1921, Guilin became one of the headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Sun Yat-sen.

Guilin was the provincial capital of Guangxi before 1912 and from 1936 to 1949.

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Guilin became one of the most important military, transport and cultural centers of China during the World War II.

In 1981, Guilin was listed by the State Council as one of the four cities where the protection of historical and cultural heritage, as well as natural scenery, should be treated as a priority project.

Guilin is located in northern Guangxi, bordering Liuzhou to the west, Laibin to the southwest, Wuzhou to the south, Hezhou to the southeast, and within neighbouring Hunan, Huaihua to the northwest, Shaoyang to the north, and Yongzhou to the east.

The karsts surrounding Guilin are made of Triassic period limestone and dolomite rocks.

Guilin has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate, with short, mild winters, and long, hot, humid summers.

However, since the 1950s Guilin has added electronics, engineering and agricultural equipment, medicine, rubber, buses, textile and cotton yarn factories.

Guilin has the most high-speed rail stations out of all cities in China.

Guilin is the leading city in Mainland China operating double-decker buses regularly on major routes; in its main street the double-deckers run one-by-one almost every minute.

Guilin Metro is planned for 7 lines by 2040 with 117 stations and a total length of 273.

Guilin cuisine is a mixture of Cantonese cuisine and Zhuang cuisine.

In 1997 Guilin commenced an exchange relationship with Ota, Gunma, Japan.