Phnom Penh (FN), Oct. 29 – Every time the lights are turned on, the Xiaoyao Tower, which was built in the Tang Dynasty, shines brilliantly in the night by the Lijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi, a famous tourist city. This building, once as famous as the Yellow Crane Tower, Tengwang Pavilion and Yueyang Tower, has simple and smooth lines and is quaint, attracting tourists from all over the world to climb the building and have a bird's eye view of the peaks of Lijiang River.
In recent years, it is often seen that Chinese and foreign tourists wear Miao, Yao, Zhuang and other costumes with the characteristics of ethnic minorities in northern Guangxi in Zhengyang East-West Lane along Xiaoyao Tower, and take pictures under the guidance of traveling photographers, which has become a beautiful sight to behold.

Guilin is a world-famous tourist city and within the first batch of national historical and cultural cities in China. For thousands of years, it has enjoyed the reputation of "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world". Guilin is a mountainous and hilly area, which is of typical karst landform. After hundreds of millions of years of weathering and erosion, the city has a unique landscape with thousands of peaks standing and is surrounded by water and beautiful caves.
This small city in the south of China, when night falls, is even more enchanting against the backdrop of landscape lights, attracting more and more Chinese and foreign tourists for a Citywalk.

Over 1300 years from the Sui Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty when the imperial examination system was implemented, there were 12 top scholars in Guangxi, of whom 8 were from Guilin. Climb the Xiaoyao Building, cross a "Champion Gallery" and come to the foot of the wall of Jingjiang Wangfu in Guilin. This is where Zhengyang East-West Lane is located, a lane popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is also the birthplace of many time-honored brands with local characteristics in Guilin.

Passing through the East-West Lane, the Huizhou-style buildings with blue bricks, tiles and horsehead walls comes into view. In the Lane, there are historical and cultural landscapes such as the former site of the residence of Cen's Family, the former site of Long's residence, the former site of Guangzhou Guild Hall and the former residence of Ma Qibang, as well as Muxitang Cultural and Creative Store, Guangxi arts and crafts master Zhang Jie's studio, Guilin rice noodles, bean curd, Wangcheng Horse Meat Restaurant and the Liyuan Pastry founded in 1852.

Strolling in the East-West Lane, there is a lane less than two meters wide, which is a Internet celebrity check-in point. On one side is the ancient city wall of the Ming Dynasty with a history of more than 600 years, and on the other side is the architecture of the Republic of China with a history of more than 100 years. This lane is also called "Time Tunnel". In the night, the landscape lights are turned on, the lane is bustling with tourists wearing ancient costumes or national costumes to take pictures, as if the ancients had crossed the long river of time.
He Ashu, born after 1980s, is one of the founders of a local tour shooting store. In recent years, he and his friends have found that the business of tour shooting store with local ethnic costumes is booming in Xinjiang, Xizang, Xi’an, Dali and other places. In September 2022, he and his friends opened a tour shooting store near the Champion Gallery.

He Ashu says that the clothes with the characteristics of the Miao and Yao nationalities in northern Guangxi and Han clothes, which are loved by tourists and his store has received customers from all over China, as well as Russia, Thailand and Vietnam. This year, a couple from Hong Kong said that they would come to Guilin again when they get married, and they would like to take a set of wedding photos with national costumes with Guilin landscape as the background.

According to reports, at present, 28 tour shooting shops, such as Limu Guofeng Studio, Guimi Hanfu Experience Hall, Muming Erlai Tour Shooting Store and Impression Liu Sanjie Tour Shooting Store, have started their business in Zhengyang East-West Lane, and tour photography has gradually become a way for tourists to remember cultural tourism in a city.

Strolling along the banks of the Lijiang River, also located in Xiangshan Scenic Area in the center of Guilin, the Elephant Trunk Mountain, the emblem of Guilin, resembles a giant elephant standing by the river and drinking water of the Lijiang River. Mo Hanjia, vice general manager of Guilin Xiangshan Scenic Area, said that the best time to enjoy semicircular cave is at night when the moon is in the sky, and people can see the moon in the sky, the moon in the cave and the moon under water. Since April 13th this year, Xiangshan Scenic Area has extended the free opening hours to 21: 00, which is convenient for tourists to visit at night.

At night, tourists are at the edge of the "two rivers and four lakes" scenic spot in the city, or take a walk or take a boat tour to enjoy the landscape of "the city is in the scenery, the scenery is in the city, and the city and the scenery blended together" in Guilin. In order to give tourists more sailing experience, the "Two Rivers and Four Lakes" scenic spot has also launched painting boats, afternoon tea boats "Ancient Boat Tea Talk", luxury boat banquet and special cruise boats for boating and tea making to meet the diversified needs of tourists.
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