Guilin

Guilin, formerly romanized as Kweilin, is a prefecture-degree metropolis inside the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is located at the west financial institution of the Li River and borders Hunan to the north. Its name means "Forest of Sweet Osmanthus", because of the big iety of fragrant candy osmanthus trees positioned within the region. The city has lengthy been renowned for its surroundings of karst topography and is considered one of China's maximum popular visitor locations.

Relics located within the metropolis's Baojiyan and Zengpiyan caves that dates lower back to about 10,000 years ago. The Zengpiyan humans had a matriarchal clan society. Before the Qin Dynasty, Guilin area settled by way of Baiyue human beings. In 314 BC, a small settlement changed into set up along the banks of the Li River. During the Qin Dynasty's campaigns against the nation of Nanyue, the primary management turned into installation inside the location round Guilin. The cutting-edge city was located in the Guilin Commandery, which is origin of the modern call "Guilin".

In 111 BC, in the course of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Shi'an County changed into installed, which will be seemed as the beginning of the town. In AD 507, the city changed into renamed Guizhou. In 634, Lingui County become installed at the present day website of Guilin, underneath Gui Prefecture. In 868, Pang Xun rebelled towards the Tang from Gui Prefecture.