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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