Wonderful adventure to Yao Mountain and tea plantation from Guilin

One of the better known tourist destinations of Southern China, and indeed the whole of China, Guilin, which is a name that literally means Sweet Osmanthus, is a prefectural city that has a tourism sector driven by one of the best sights in the entire world, the Li River. With a very rich plant life that embodies far more than the dominant Sweet Osmanthus, Guilin is a region of Southern China which is sectioned off from main China by some naturally occurring boundaries, including the Nan Mountains, accounting for the logic behind its prefectural administrative status but this bodes very well for the tourism industry of the region. About a dozen small ethnic groups call Guilin home, which is part of the Guangxi autonomous region, with the Zhuang ethnic group dominating. Guilin is one of the three largest of the Guangxi region, coming in at number three, behind Nanning and Liuzhou.

Located in the northeast of the Guilin City, some 10 kilometers away from the center of the Guilin City, the Yao Mountain got its name from a Yao emperor temple built in the Qin dynasty(221 – 207BC) on the top of the mountain. The main peak, the highest hill in Guilin City, has an altitude of some 910 meters. Its cableway is 1416.18 meters long, providing the panoramic view of the Guilin City for you. As the highest mountain in the Guilin City, it features the natural beauty. There are different views in different seasons. In spring, the mountain is full of colorful azaleas. In summer it offers pine and bamboo to view. The mountain is covered with the red maple leaves and chrysanthemum flowers in autumn, and snow flakes cover all over the mountain in winter. The hill has several places of interest including the Yao Temple, the White Deer Temple and the Tianci Field.