West St

To Yangshuo, absolutely impossible to miss is the West Street. After more than 1400 years, West Street is the oldest and most prosperous street in Yangshuo, and also one of the important tourist attractions in Yangshuo.

But in fact, strictly speaking, we should not put West Street in the scenic spots. It is defined by foraging, shopping, bar and other words. And because of this rich and colorful, the West Street has become a unique and beautiful landscape in Yangshuo.

This less than 1km street is made of stone slabs in a curved S-shape. The houses on both sides are simple and elegant, with the style of Ming and Qing Dynasties in northern Guangxi, small green tiles, sloping roofs, white powder walls and hanging balconies. The streets are full of tourist souvenirs. The restaurants, restaurants, Internet cafes and bars on both sides are a combination of Chinese and western. Almost all the signboards are in both Chinese and English. Even in a small hotel, the waiters can serve foreign tourists in fluent foreign languages, which is slightly better than the three-star hotels in some places.

In twos and threes, young people of all skin colors ride bicycles and carry backpacks around the streets and alleys of the town. West Street has a variety of small shops, a variety of snacks, including walnut peanut paste, osmanthus lotus seed soup is more famous. In addition to special snacks, there are also many bars where there are many foreigners. West Street is more lively at night than in the daytime. If you stay here, it may be noisy.

West St

Xijie, nicknamed foreigner street, is located in Yangshuo County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with a history of more than 1400 years.

Introduction to scenic spots

There are many places in the country called West Street. One of the most famous is the West Street of Yangshuo County, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Yangshuo West Street has been nicknamed "Foreigner Street" for more than 1400 years. In addition, Yixian West Street, Yiyang West Street, Xiangcheng West Street, Quanzhou West Street and so on all have legendary historical stories.

Yangshuo West Street is also called foreigner street. Yangshuo West Street, less than 1 km away, is made of stone slabs in a curved S-shape. The streets are full of tourist souvenirs. West Street is the most densely populated street for foreigners in China. Every year, the number of foreigners who come here for leisure and tourism is three times of the permanent resident population. Xijie is the largest foreign language corner in China, with the highest proportion of foreign marriage in China. Therefore, tourism experts and scholars call it "Yangshuo phenomenon in China's tourism industry" and "global village" in China. This phenomenon has aroused the attention of the Chinese people and the world. It is full of exotic night scenery, but also a variety of customs.

The restaurants, restaurants, Internet cafes, bars and so on on on the West Street are a combination of Chinese and western. Almost all the signboards are in both Chinese and English. Everyone from the boss to the waiters to the street stalls can speak fluent English. There is no regional difference here. The idle and leisurely life makes many tourists do not want to leave here for a long time. "Steal a few days of leisure", perhaps here to feel what life is.

geographical position

Yangshuo county is located 63 kilometers south of Guilin city. It is one of the earliest identified "national scenic spots". It is the most beautiful town along the Lijiang River with a history of more than 2000 years. It is comparable to Guilin and full of tourists. Yangshuo West Street, less than one kilometer away, is located in the center of the county. It is 517 meters long and 8 meters wide. The marble pavement is curved and S-shaped. The buildings are antique and have strong local characteristics. Gather all kinds of souvenirs and snacks in the market. It is full of exotic night scenery, but also a variety of customs, rich customs.

Historical evolution

"Tao Qian, Peng Ze, five willows, Pan Yue, Heyang, one county flower. The two places are as good as Yangshuo. As early as more than 1000 years ago in the Tang Dynasty, poet Shen bin was envious of the residents living in bilianfeng. Yangshuo is not only idyllic and picturesque, but also rich in cultural heritage. Ancient buildings, ancient bridges, and cliff carvings of celebrity memorial sites are dotted in the landscape. The most famous one is Xijie, an ancient stone street in Yangshuo. There are many arts and crafts shops, painting and calligraphy shops, hotels, cafes, bars and Chinese Kungfu shops in the street. It is also the place where foreigners gather most. Among them, more than 20 foreigners open shops here, which is called the foreigner street. As all men, women, old and young can speak foreign languages, Xijie is also referred to as a "global village", and it is a hot spot of news media both at home and abroad. It receives 1.5 million Chinese and foreign tourists every year. In a word, the natural scenery of Yangshuo is everywhere, the rustic scenery, the amazing karst wonders, the unforgettable "foreigners" West Street, and the trip to Yangshuo will definitely surprise you!

At the east end of West Street is the important port of Lijiang River, Lijiang wharf, from which all the tourists go ashore.

Zhou Enlai, Chen Yun, Deng Xiaoping and other Chinese leaders once strolled this small street, leaving the footprints of nearly 100 heads of state and government of the world. In the early 1980s, foreign self-help tourists, known locally as "Backpackers", came to Yangshuo one after another. They stay for as short as three or five days, as long as a year and a half, and generally stay for three or five weeks. The longest living is Mr. Michael of Holland. He came to Yangshuo in 1991. He has lived here all the time to write except for his visa. Mr. Jamie of the United States has been here eight times in five years, while Mr. Terry, who is also an American, has lived in a family of four for 10 weeks. They went to the residents' homes to rent houses, bought their own vegetables and cooked meals, learned to cook Chinese food and learn Chinese. When they returned home, they also took a full set of Chinese cooking utensils and tableware, saying that they would often cook Chinese food. American Mr. radar said that Yangshuo has beautiful scenery, fresh air, and the characteristics of urban-rural integration. People are simple and friendly, prices are low, and there are many English speaking people in the area, which makes us "foreigners" have no sense of exotic living here. Mr. radar also stayed for half a year.

In recent years, the number of "Backpackers" in Yangshuo tourism has increased rapidly, reaching 60000 every year. Most of them are students, scholars or migrant workers, mostly from the United States, Britain, France and other developed countries. The increase of tourists has stimulated the prosperity of Yangshuo's tourism service and tourism technology industry, especially on West Street and Binjiang Road. There are dozens of hotels, cafes and Western restaurants imitating western tourism restaurants, and nearly 1000 shops and stalls specializing in tourism crafts. The West Street has become the main activity area of Western self-help tourists who stay in Yangshuo. There are even more foreigners on the street than the local people, "foreigners Street" has become famous. If you want to do business with foreigners, you have to have language communication with foreigners. Learning foreign languages has become a hot topic for Yangshuo people. According to statistics, there are thousands of foreign language businessmen in Yangshuo County. Two tourism vocational schools run by the county and some foreign language schools run by the society are very popular. Some residents, the elderly and even farmers also learn foreign languages through various forms. More "backpack foreigners" and more time spent living in the country will lead to some love stories. In the past few years, 78 "Backpackers" have married young men and women in Yangshuo. There are so many foreign feelings in a small county, which is rare in Guangxi. Whenever night falls, the Western restaurants, cafes and small tables on both sides of the street are surrounded by foreigners, or in groups, or two people sitting opposite each other, or alone, drinking beer and chatting quietly, enjoying a sense of peace.

characteristic

The architecture of West Street is very characteristic, which combines Chinese and western. Some houses in the West Street retain the simplicity and elegance of the buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in northern Guangxi, with small green tiles, sloping roofs, white walls, hanging balconies and slate streets; while the bars and cafes on both sides of the street are similar to the European architectural style. Most of the buildings are three or four stories high, with bell towers and castles on the top. The columns of the arcades are round, and the doors and windows are also semicircular vaulted, Harmonious and interlaced. From a distance, the buildings in the West Street are like art statues, magnificent

chinese and western

West Street is still a small and Jasper style Southern Village and town building scale, but it shows the international style of human landscape. The decoration styles of bars, restaurants, Internet cafes, arts and crafts painting and calligraphy shops are mostly Chinese and western, with foreign language signboards. The waiters of Arts and crafts painting and calligraphy shops, restaurants, bars, ordinary residents and even the old ladies selling fruits on the street can speak fluent English, which gives the West Street a foreign color.

In the West Street, foreigners of different nationalities, different skin colors and different voices can be seen all the time. They come hand in hand or carrying backpacks. They are free to talk and laugh. Drink beer in the bar, find information in the Internet bar, have a friendly conversation in the street, and bargain for Chinese goods in small shops. All the bars, restaurants and hotels have different patterns, full of exotic flavor. Many foreigners come to "study abroad" to learn Chinese from Yangshuo people; some come for leisure and vacation, and stay for ten days and a half months or six months; others come to "work" to help the boss do things and learn to cook Chinese food. Every year hundreds of thousands of foreigners come and go to visit, live, work and study in the West Street, which is not found in any place in China. Therefore, people call China's unique West Street "Foreigner Street".

As the intersection of Chinese and Western culture, the West Street is a place where traditional oriental culture and modern western civilization are integrated, exchanged and combined. This is an ideal classroom for Chinese to learn foreign languages and for foreigners to learn Chinese. West Street has dozens of foreign language schools, training centers, oral training camps and computer training classes. The bars and restaurants on the street

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