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Yulin 玉林Yùlín
A nail-free Ming tower whose inner pillars stop short of the floor
About Yulin
Yulin, in the hills of south-eastern Guangxi, is an industrial and trading city, home of the Yuchai engine works and a herbal-medicine trade, and many overseas Chinese trace their roots here. Its finest monument is the Zhenwu Pavilion in Rong County, a three-storey timber tower of 1573 built from nearly 3,000 pieces without nails, whose four inner columns hang just clear of the floor. The Taoist grottoes of Goulou Cave and Duqiao Mountain and the hillside garden of Xielu Villa round out a visit.
What to eat in Yulin
- Yulin cured beef, niuba (玉林牛巴)
- Beef brisket rice noodles (玉林牛腩粉)
Listed sites in Yulin
14 sites in Yulin are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Darongshan National Forest Park 大容山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A 4,825-hectare national forest park on Darong Mountain north of Beiliu, whose 1,275 m summit is the highest point in Yulin prefecture. - Duqiao Mountain 都峤山 4A scenic area · on the map
A red-sandstone (Danxia) mountain south-east of Rong County town, a Taoist retreat since the Han dynasty and counted as the 20th Taoist grotto-heaven. - Goulou Cave 勾漏洞 4A scenic area · on the map
Four linked limestone caves, Baogui, Yuque, Baisha and Taoyuan, about 1 km long in all, at the foot of Goulou Hill 3 km north-east of Beiliu; old Taoist texts list the site as the 22nd of the 36 grotto-heavens. - Guiling Valley 龟岭谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside eco-park in Shapo town whose main sight is a wall climbing the crest of Bazi Ridge, promoted as the 'little Great Wall of the south'. - Kelawan Water Park 克拉湾水上乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
An outdoor water park on the riverside Jiangbin East Road in Yulin, with a large wave pool, a water fortress and a lazy river. - Liuwan Mountains Forest Park 六万大山森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park in the Liuwan Mountains, a range about 70 km long on the borders of Yulin, Bobai and Pubei whose main peak, Kuishanding, reaches 1,118 m. - Sanhuan Ceramics Town, Beiliu 三环陶瓷小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
An industrial and visitor complex built by Guangxi Sanhuan, one of China's leading makers of everyday porcelain, in Beiliu, a pottery centre since the Song dynasty. - South-east Guangxi Anti-Japanese Uprising Sites, Xingye 桂东南抗日武装起义旧址 4A scenic area · on the map
A group of village sites in Chenghuang town linked to the armed uprising against Japanese forces launched here in March 1945. - Tongshiling Resort 铜石岭 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill resort on Tongshiling, east of Beiliu, where karst limestone and red Danxia sandstone cliffs occur side by side and where copper was smelted and bronze drums cast in the Han dynasty. - Wucai Tianyuan Agricultural Park 五彩田园 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern farming demonstration zone on the eastern edge of Yulin, laid out as a rural park with seasonal flower fields, lotus ponds and a cherry garden. - Xielu Villa 谢鲁山庄 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A private garden estate laid out on a hillside at Xielu village from about 1920, often called one of China's four great private manors. - Yuntian Cultural City 云天文化城 4A scenic area · on the map
A large palace-style building complex on Jiangbin Road in Yulin, opened as a cultural attraction with halls of sculpture, a folk-culture museum and displays of collected treasures. - Zhenwu Pavilion & Rongzhou Old Town 真武阁·容州古城 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The three-storey timber Zhenwu Pavilion was built in 1573 on the Jinglüe Terrace by the Xiu River, a platform said to date from the Tang dynasty, when the poet-official Yuan Jie drilled troops here. - Republican-era Villas of Rong County 容县近代建筑 National heritage site · on the map
Eleven buildings from the late Qing and Republican periods spread across Rong County, mostly villas and family homes of Republican-era generals and officials from the county, such as Huang Shaohong and Huang Xuchu, together with the old library and old teaching building of Rong County Middle School.
On the map
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