Guangxi

Scenery in Yangshuo Guangxi (广西; Guǎngxī) is a relatively poor but highly scenic area in southern China. Technically it is known as the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, because of its large Zhuang minority population. The province is located in Southwest China west of Guangdong Province (Canton) and also contains a significant coastline on the South China Sea, (Beibu Gulf). It shares many characteristics of its equally poorer sister to the north Guizhou due to its mainly rural nature and large minority populations. and The xi and dong suffixes mean west and east, respectively in the Chinese language. Regions North Guangxi Central Guangxi South Guangxi Cities Nanning (南宁) — provincial capital Beihai (北海) — on the coast Chongzuo (崇左) Detian Guilin (桂林) — popular tourist destination Guiping (桂平) — home of Xishan tea, Longtan National Forest Park, and the former residence of Hong Xiuqian (in the village of Jintian) Liuzhou (柳州) — major industrial city with beautiful karst countryside Longsheng (龙胜) — home of the famed "Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces" Yangshuo (阳朔) — famous scenic town with karst mountains, accessible from Guilin Other destinations Longtan National Forest Park Huangjingdong National Park Weizhou (涠洲岛) — volcanic island Understand Talk Guangxi is linguistically diverse. Standard Mandarin is spoken by nearly all, but "baihua", a dialect of Cantonese, also known in pinyin Chinese as "Yueyu" is spoken as the local native language in parts of eastern Guangxi. Some of the many minority groups still speak their own tongues as well. Get in Get around See Do Sleep Eat One of Guanxi's more famous dishes is a hotpot based on dog. Drink Stay safe Get out You can go overland to Vietnam by train or road from Nanning. There is a consulate in Nanning so you can pick up a visa there. Tickets for these trips are on sale in Yangshuo. There is a train from Nanning to Kunming through impressive mountain scenery. This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!