Tourists take bamboo rafts on the Yulong River in Yangshuo County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. | People's Daily, China

#AncientChineseTowns The county seat of Xingping County, Yangshuo, in Guilin, Guangxi, was established by the Eastern Wu State (229–280) during the Three Kingdoms period. While it is widely known that “Guilin’s landscape is the best in the world,” few realize that the essence of Guilin’s beauty lies in Xingping. In the morning, you can go boating on the Lijiang River, where the water is so clear and tranquil that it serves as a mirror, reflecting the peaks on both banks and the lush forests of e