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Guilin Rice Noodles and its legend
Guilin is not only famous for its natural landscape, but for its age-old rice noodles nationwide. It represents Guilin’s food culture....
Guilin is not only famous for its natural landscape, but for its age-old rice noodles nationwide. It represents Guilin’s food culture. When you are lingering every streets in Guilin, you can see many shops selling different kinds of rice noodles, such as beef noodle, pork noodle, horse meet rice noodle, three-fresh(pork, pig’s liver and pig’s oviduct) noodle, sour and hot noodle, river snail rice noodle and so on.
Guilin Rice Noodles, according to its making procedure, it can be classified into 2 kinds, namely Mifen(米粉, shaped in round and string) and Qianfen(shaped in flat slab). Mifen is row squeezed, while Qianfen is ripe steamed. The main ingredients are rice, beef, pork, horse meet, and the auxiliary materials are bittern water, bone soup, peanuts, pickled vegetables, chives, chili and garlic. Each shops serve the rice noodles in its own taste, because they have different recipes in their own bittern water, the famous ones are the Chongshan Rice Noodle, Youyixue Rice Noodle and Qingyun Soup Rice Noodle.
There’s a legend about Guilin’s Rice Noodle which goes like that, about 2,200 years ago, during the reign of Qinshihuang, the first emperor of Qin Dynasty, after making the unification in the whole country, to recapture his lost territory in southern China, he dispatched 500,000 of his military troops to make the southern expedition. After arriving in Guilin, almost all the warriors felt uncomfortable, for they had no appetite and lots of them got ill and had loose bowels. The reason is that the warriors came from northern China, they were not suitable the food in the south, just like the old saying, every place has its own way of supporting its own residents. Later an imperial chef found out a solution, he thought that all the soldiers came from the north, they used to the food that made from wheat, like noodles, mutton and bread pieces in soup, and something like somewhat. While in the south, the main food material is rice, for the northerners, after taking the rice, it’s not easy to digest, they got sick, for their bad bodies condition, they lost their combat effectiveness in the battles, so he finally invented rice noodles and the recipe for the bittern water, thus the rice noodles came into being. This great invention helped the emperor recaptured his lost territory. Since then, the rice noodles were very popular among the locals until nowadays.
Mao Dun, a very noted Chinese literary master, during the anti-Japanese war, he completed his famous novel “Maple leaves are even more red than blossoms in Feb” in Guilin by on credit the rice noodles. Li Zong Ren, the late vice-chairman of KMT, he won his election by serving Guilin Rice Noodles to his supporters in Nanking in 1948.
The Ling Canal, one of the most ancient water conservancy projects in the world
Secret of the Red Yao people in Huangluo village
Red Yao is another branch of the Yao people, who are mainly inhabited in northwest part of Guilin, it gets its name for wearing red clothing everyday. Yao women are very good at needleworks and good embroidery....
Red Yao is another branch of the Yao people, who are mainly inhabited in northwest part of Guilin, it gets its name for wearing red clothing everyday. Yao women are very good at needleworks and good embroidery. Red Yao men have basically no features of their dresses, middle-aged women wearing traditional costumes still have the habit - pink shirt, black pleated-skirts, which are very charming and beautiful. Red Yao women's clothing look very good. Generally speaking, their costumes are the recoil sleeved upper body suits, mainly in red tone, with a variety of styles of design.
Huangluo Township of Longsheng County, Guangxi Province, there're more than 100 women with long hair that make their village become world-famous long hair village. Yao's woman has long hair as their own tradition of Second Life, at the age of 18, a grown-up ceremony is held for them, their hair are cut in the ceremony for the first time, but also the last time for their entire life. Usually when comb their hair that fall off, they would pick up one by one to coil in their hair again. From their hair-style, you can judge who is married or unmarried. Their hair must be untied by their grooms in the bridal chamber on the wedding day. Their hair remain very long and are coiled on their heads, black, very shiny, they say they are usually washed their hair out with the water that clean out the rice before cooking.
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Three days Longji rice terraces photography tour
Three days Longji rice terraces photographic tour
In early June every year, It's exactly the best time to see the Longji rice terraces. As almost all of the terraced rice paddies are full of water, there are thousands of shining rice paddies were warped along the slope of the mountains. Just like thousands of layered mirrors by the water reflection. Besides, you may also see how does the local farmers farming with water buffalos in these terraced rice paddies....Read more
Three days Longji rice terraces photographic tour
In early June every year, It's exactly the best time to see the Longji rice terraces. As almost all of the terraced rice paddies are full of water, there are thousands of shining rice paddies were warped along the slope of the mountains. Just like thousands of layered mirrors by the water reflection. Besides, you may also see how does the local farmers farming with water buffalos in these terraced rice paddies. If you are enough lucky, You may also meet the mists or clouds just floating above the rice terraces. That will be a perfect image which combined with the amazing rice terraces and mists. What's more, The local people's typical dress, portraits, wooden houses are good elements for photography too. This three days Longji rice terraces photographic tour have included the visit to the current three popular parts of rice terraces. There are Jinkeng rice terraces & Dazhai village,Longji rice terraces & Ping'an village plus Longji old Zhuang village and its nearby rice terraces.
The agenda:
1.Pick up you from your hotel in Guilin: 9:00am
2.Drive you to Dazhai village in Jinkeng rice terraces scenic area: 9:00am-11:45am
3.Hike to your hotel along the stone steps: 11:45am-13:30pm
4. Lunch and rest in the hotel: 13:30pm-15:00pm
5. Hike to lookout 1 from your hotel and capture photos for the sunset there: 15:00-19:00
Day 2: Take sunrise photos at Dazhai in the morning - Jinkeng rice terraces – Take the cable car to the view point 3 and return – Ping'an village – Hike around Ping'an village(Stay at Ping'an village)
The agenda:
1. Meet you and take the sunrise photos in Jinkeng rice terraces in the morning: 5:00am-7:00am
2. Breakfast and rest at the hotel: 7:00am-9:00am
3. Walk down to the bottom of Jinkeng rice terrace: 9:00am-10:30am
4. Take the cable car to view point 3 and return: 10:30am-11:30am
5. Drive you to Ping'an village from Dazhai village: 11:30am-12:00pm
6. Lunch and rest in the hotel: 12:00pm-15:00pm
7. Hike around Ping'an village and take sunset photos in the afternoon: 15:00pm-17:00pm
Day 3: Take sunrise photos at Ping'an in the morning – Longji old Zhuang village – Drive you back to Guilin city(The tour is end)
The agenda:
1. Meet you and take the sunrise photos in Longji rice terraces in the morning: 5:00am-7:00am
2. Breakfast and rest at the hotel: 7:00am-9:00am
3. Hike to Longji old Zhuang village from Ping'an village: 9:00am-10:30am
4. Take photos in Longji old Zhuang village and its nearby rice terrace:10:30-11:30am
5. Lunch and rest in the Longji old Zhuang village: 11:30pm-14:00pm
6. Drive you back to Guilin city or Guilin airport for departure: 14:00pm-16:30pm
Quotation inclusive:
1. All of Private transfers by Car and driver (include toll,gas and parking fee)
2. All of activities and sightseeing mentioned above
3. All of the entrance tickets mentioned above
4. Two days English speaking tour guide service
5.Two nights accommodation in Dazhai and Pingan
Quotation exclusive:
1.Arrive and Depart flight tickets
2.Personal expense and Travel insurance fee
3.All of meals(included the breakfast,lunch and dinner)
4.Other activities and terms not mentioned above.
5.Tip to the tour guide and driver
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Guilin three days classic tour
Guilin three days classic tour
Day 1: Land in Guilin airport – Guilin elephant trunk hill – Four lakes scenic spot – Take the night cruise(Stay at Guilin)...Read more
Guilin three days classic tour
Day 1: Land in Guilin airport – Guilin elephant trunk hill – Four lakes scenic spot – Take the night cruise(Stay at Guilin)
Pick up you in the Guilin airport in the morning, Then drive you to your hotel in Guilin city, In the afternoon,Meet you in the hotel,Then take you to Guilin elephant trunk hill,It’s the most remarkable hill in Guilin city,The whole hill looks like a Elephant drink the water from Li river by using its elephant. Then take you to have a relaxing walk around four lakes scenic spot. In the evening, You can take the cruise through four lakes. You can see many beautiful pagodas, ancient bridges, pavilions trees and flowers which lighting by colorful lights alongside the four lakes.Stay at Guilin city.
Things to do today:
1.Visit Guilin elephant trunk hill
2.Have a relaxing walk along the four lakes scenice spot
3. Take the night cruise on Four lakes scenic spot.
Day 2: Guilin city – Longji rice terrace – Guilin city(Stay at Guilin)
In the morning,After you finish your breakfast,meet you in the hotel,Then drive you to Longji rice terrace directly, After you arrive in Longji rice terrace,You can have a visit the local Yao minority village,Their typical wooden buildings,local lady’s long hair and stunning surroundings are all attractive and interesting. In the afternoon,take you to climb to the top of the Longji rice terrace along the stone steps for 40minutes, After you arrived the top,You can have a bird view of the spectacular terraced rice fields. You can you’re your lunch at a local restaurant. Then have a shorter walk around the village. At last,Drive you back to Guilin.
Things to do for today:
1. Visit Local Yao and Zhuang minority village
2. Climb the Longji rice terrace along the stone steps and see spectacular rice terraces
Day 3: Li river cruise – Yangshuo town – Guilin airport (Tour end)
After finish breakfast, meet you in the lobby hotel at 08:10am.Then drive you to the pier,You can take the boat cruise to Yangshuo along the beautiful Li river,The cruise could takes 4hours,You can see lots of unique and spectacular mountains which stand at the both sides of Li river. You can have your lunch on board.After you disembark at the Yangshuo pier,I can show you to have a walk along the West street. At last,Drive you back to Guilin airport for departure.The tour is end.
Things to do for today:
1.Take the Li river cruise by boat
2. Visit Yangshuo town
Quotation inclusive:
1. All of transfer service by private Car/Van mentioned above
2. All of tourist attractions entrance tickets mentioned above
3. All of activities and sightseeing mentioned above
4. English speaking tour guide service
Quotation exclusive:
1.Arrive and Depart flight tickets
2.Personal expense and fee
3.Insurance fee
4.All of meals and Accommodation
5.Other activities and terms not mentioned above
6.Tip to the tour guide and driver(Optional)
One day tirp to Bajiao Zhai, a noticeable Danxia Landform.
This is a tailor-made trip for nature-lovers and fans of photography. Danxia rock formation in the inland basin is a red rock debris, and later uplift due to the movement of the earth-crust, erosion of rocks by the water and weathering, which was dominant in the hillside to collapse back, kept down the rocks to form the red mountain block. This area was listed in the Natural Heritage of the world in 2009 by UNESCO. Bajiao Zhai Village is a combination of strategic place, steepy mountian, elegant scenery and secluded remote....Read more
This is a tailor-made trip for nature-lovers and fans of photography. Danxia rock formation in the inland basin is a red rock debris, and later uplift due to the movement of the earth-crust, erosion of rocks by the water and weathering, which was dominant in the hillside to collapse back, kept down the rocks to form the red mountain block. This area was listed in the Natural Heritage of the world in 2009 by UNESCO. Bajiao Zhai Village is a combination of strategic place, steepy mountian, elegant scenery and secluded remote. It is reputed as the "Soul of Danxia Landform". Here you can enjoy the sunrise or sunset and the sea-cloud. 1. I'll pick you up at 8:00 am in your hotel, and transfer to Bajiao Zhai Village by our private van. On the way, you can enjoy some terraced fields, bamboo groves and the wooden residences of the natives.(3.5 hours by ride) 2. First, we'll visit the village and have lunch in the village, and then we'll hike the mountains, the scenery including the group of snails looking up the sky, the ancient trail, Eye-stone, Joss stick of dragon's head and the Treasured sword Peak.(4 hours by hike) 3. After appreciating the sunset, after dinner in Ziyuan county, we'll take the bus back to your hotel around 10:00 pm.