Guilin History
 Guilin
is one of the famous historical and cultural cities
in China. Till now, it has 2000 years' history.
There are some remains of the Primitive Society,
such as Zengpi Rock and another 60 ones. And all
those emerge the living scene of the maternal
clan society in Guilin 7000 years ago. In the
ancient times, Guilin belonged to Yue. But in
the Warrior States Period, it belonged to Chu.
Since Ling Canal that was the famous water conservancy
project was built in214BC, Guilin has been an
important county on transportation between Zhongyuan
and Lingnan. In 111, it got a name Guilin city
which belonged to Shi'an county and Lingling canton.
And till now, it has 2000 years' history. In Ming
and Qin dynasty, it became an official residence.
 Once
the capital of Guangxi Province (the capital was
moved south to Nanning in 1914), Guilin has always
been a prosperous commercial centre, profiting
from its proximity to the Ling Canal which links
the two major river networks of the Pearl and
the Yangzi. This canal was built in the second
century BC, during the reign of Qin Dynastic,
the first emperor of China, who used it to link
the middle regions of his empire around the Yangzi
with the far south. But central government control
of Guangxi was only intermittent, and the province
remained a frontier region of the Chinese empire
until the time of the Tang dynasty (618-907).
Many Guangxi people are not ethnic Chinese. Around
35 per cent of the population are Zhuang ethnic,
the most populous minority group in China. However,
the land they occupy covers over 60 per cent of
the province, and thus the province has been designated
a Zhuang Minority Autonomous Region.
Guilin is a picturesque scenery city
that has a long history. People always say that
the scene in Guilin is the best in the world.
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