yangshuo park

Yangshuo Park was originally named Shouyang park. Now the plaque at the main entrance of the park is inscribed by the famous calligrapher Liu Haisu. The park is full of osmanthus trees, lush bamboo forest, full of flowers and fruits, and fragrant all the time. Shuangyue River lingers around the garden, surrounded by strange peaks. There are Huixian Pavilion, woyun Pavilion and Fanghe Pavilion on the mountain, as well as Dragon Cave, Bilian cave and Laixian cave, which were inspected by Xu Xiake, a great traveler in Ming Dynasty. It's good to watch the sunrise in the arbor. It's only ten minutes.

yangshuo park

Yangshuo park is located in the west of Yangshuo town. You can climb up to see the scenery of the county. It starts from the eastern foot of Duxiu in the East, faces Guilin Yangshuo highway in the south, reaches Longyue mountain in the West and crabs mountain in the north, with a total area of 340 mu. The garden

Founded in 1915, it was named "Shouyang Park" because there is Shouyang mountain (bilianfeng) nearby.

The "Spring Bud garden" in the garden mainly displays local special products such as water absorbing stone rockery and flower bonsai. It is lined with Meiting waterside pavilion, Xiaoxi curved bridge, caibi Huilan and strange stones and famous flowers. It integrates Yangshuo's famous mountains and beautiful waters. There are cultural landscapes such as the monument of revolutionary martyrs in the park.

Development history

After the first expansion in 1934, it was renamed "Yangshuo Park" for its location in Yangshuo County. There are two garden gates. Above the gate is engraved with the four characters "Yangshuo Park" written by Liu Haisu, a famous contemporary calligrapher. Xiaomen is located in the southwest of Bilian cave. It was built in 1980 and engraved with the name of famous painter Lu Yanshao's calligraphy garden. In the garden, the osmanthus trees are full of shade, the bamboo trees are luxuriant, the flowers and fruits are full of the garden, the fragrance is flowing all the time, and the shuangyuexi River lingers in the garden. Surrounded by strange peaks, the park has Duxiu Peak, Xilang mountain, Bilian cave, Laixian cave and other famous scenery.

Main attractions

In Yangshuo Park, there are one stream, one pool, three mountains and four caves. Xilang mountain, Duxiu Peak and Zhongling mountain (also known as chenbo mountain) are independent of the park. There are Huixian Pavilion, woyun Pavilion and Fanghe Pavilion on the mountain respectively. There are Dragon Cave, Bilian cave and Laixian cave inspected by Xu Xiake, a great traveler in Ming Dynasty. Shuangyuexi across the garden, there are spring bud garden, pomelo garden, verdant trees, elegant scenery, as a typical integration of natural landscape garden.

Duxiu mountain

Duxiu mountain: it is located to the east of the park, with the peak rising from the ground. Mountain like columns, wall like relief, majestic, known as "Yuzhu Lingxiao.". Because the shape of the mountain is like bamboo root, it is also called bamboo sheath mountain. The mountain is 100 meters high, the peak is flat, the four walls are cut, and the trees and vines grow. There is a pavilion on the hillside. It is said that an immortal once traveled by crane. Here, my daughter-in-law let go the crane, so it is called "crane releasing Pavilion".

Xilang mountain

Xilang mountain: Xilang mountain used to be called Pingfeng mountain, and it got its name because it was like a screen. Located in the south of the park, the mountain is no more than 100 meters high. On the north side of the hillside stands a stone about 10 meters high, which looks like a man standing face to the West with his hands arched. It is called Xilang mountain, so Xilang mountain gets its name. People compare it with donglang mountain outside the county's east welfare town as two brothers, one of Yangshuo's famous pictographic mountains. The wall of the mountain is engraved with the word "Xilang" and the poem "Xilang mountain" written by Cao ye, a poet from Yangshuo of the Tang Dynasty - "what's the matter with Xilang? You want to meet donglang across the river. Since ancient times, when he met a good friend, he did not hate the setting sun. On the other side of Zhongling mountain, there is a small peak called Xiaogu mountain. It looks down at Xilang and is called Xilang Baigu. Next to Xilang, there is a two-story hexagonal pavilion called Huixian Pavilion. It is said that all the immortals admire the scenery of Shouyang City, and often gather here to enjoy the scenery, so it is named Huixian Pavilion. There is a natural stone basin on the north side of the pavilion, which is engraved with the word "Tianchi" in cursive script. In the east of the pavilion is a tiger like stone. It is engraved with "zuixia" in cursive script. There is a pavilion built on the top of the mountain. Because the pavilion is like lying on the cloud, it is called lying on the cloud Pavilion. In the north of the mountain, there is a xixitai, beside which there is a stone carving of "Xishan Wanzhao". Whenever the sun sets in the west, the clouds and the mountains and cottages, the vertical and horizontal fields, the scene called "Xishan evening.".

Chunlei Garden

Chunlei Garden: located at the north foot of Zhongling mountain, the gate of the garden is an antique building. The plaque of the garden reads "Chunlei garden", and the first couplet reads: "spring is near the walls of the Yuyu peaks, and the buds are blooming and the branches are full of Yuanhua". It is written by Hou Dechang, a famous calligrapher and painter. The garden is full of orchids and bamboos, displaying all kinds of bonsai, and decorated with artificial Hu, small bridges across the lake, curved roads along the lake, rockeries and pavilions, just like a natural and unique garden. The whole layout of Chunlei garden is centered on the pool. The main building near the pool is a two-story conjoined hexagonal pavilion. The pavilion is named "primrose", with open corridors and zigzag connection on both sides.

Surrounding environment

Yangshuo West Street is the most historic street in Yangshuo. West Street was built in 1674. It faces Lijiang River in the East, Dongling Mountain in the East, gaoze peak in the west, and Bilian peak in the side. It is about 8 meters wide and 800 meters long. It is paved with local betel nut pattern marble, dark green and shiny. On both sides are low brick houses left over from the Qing Dynasty, white walls and red windows, showing the simplicity and elegance of Lingnan architecture. The early West Street was not that long. It gets its name because of its geographical location. After the stone wall was built in Yangshuo County from Yuan Dynasty to Zheng Dynasty, the street in front of the county yamen was called Shuqian street, which was connected with a cross street from east to west. The section south to bilianfeng was called Xiaoxiang. The east section was connected with Lijiang city wall, which was connected with South Street. Later, this area was called Shizi street, and the longest section West Street was called West Street.

social customs and habits

Folk duels: there are 11 ethnic groups in Yangshuo, including Han, Zhuang, Yao and Miao. Besides their own customs and festivals, each ethnic group is good at folk songs. Yangshuo ox King's Day: the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, is said to be the birthday of cattle. Yangshuo rural farmers on this day, every family eat black glutinous rice, and use it to feed cattle, cattle disaster relief, at the same time, thank the cattle for their hard work. Yangshuo Winter Solstice Festival: on the "winter solstice" day in November of the lunar calendar, there is a saying that "the winter solstice celebrates the new year" in the countryside. Every family eats Tangyuan in the morning and youdoufu meatball and chicken, duck, fish and meat in the evening. Yangshuo new tasting Festival: on the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the farmers prepare wine gifts to the corner of the field, fill the grain bucket with money and paper, and insert the new grain on the base of the field to show that the grain is full, or "carry the Bodhisattva" parade to pray for a bumper harvest.

Special flavor products

Yangshuo tianluoniang, Lijiang beer fish, Quanzhou huangmanhe Huayu, Lipu Taro button meat, Lingchuan dog meat, Guilin lotus leaf duck, Camellia oleifera, roasted Ciba, Siraitia grosvenorii, Guilin Guihua wine, Guilin tofu milk, Zhuangjin, Hydrangea ball, Yangshuo picture fan

Address: Diecui Road, Yangshuo County, Guilin City

Longitude: 110.490623

Latitude: 24.775422776028

Tel: 0773-8822481

Tour time: 1-2 hours

Traffic information: walk to the opposite of Yangshuo bus station

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00

Chinese PinYin : Yang Shuo Gong Yuan