CHINA – GUANGXI WEST, HAINAN

GUANGXI WEST (Nanning, Baise, Hechi, Qinzhou) transit

NANNING
History, Culture, National and City Museums
Nanning: Guangxi Museum of Nationalities
Nanning: Guangxi Provincial Museum
Nanning: Nanning Museum
Natural History and Earth Museums: Nanning: Geological Museum of Guangxi
Science, Technology and all Industry and Mining Museums: Nanning: Science and Technology Museum
Botanical Gardens: Guangxi Medicinal Botanical Garden

ZUOJIANG HUASHAN ROCK ART CULTURAL LANDSCAPE WHS comprises thousands of pictographs, painted on steep cliff faces along the river in a karst landscape.
The paintings were made between the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century CE by the Luoyue people. The site is a cultural landscape and also includes hamlets and villages where people still perform rituals connected to the rock art. They cover four distinct phases of painting and include depictions of bronze drums, ferry boats and human figures.
The pictographs, spread across three locations, can be seen from boats that navigate the river and wooden platforms on the opposite bank.
Get There: 2h bus from Nanning Jiangnan Station
Zhoulian dock. The first boat leaves at 11.30. large and covered, like a small cruise ship. A guide, almost an hour on the light sandstone walls. Ningming Huashan is the largest panel containing 1951 of a total of 4050 paintings. Are so many drawings on that one cliff that from a distance it almost looks red. There is little variation with the vast majority of them portray people (dancing puppets), there are circles with a star (representing bronze drums) and dogs. All this is linked to the ritual activities of the surrounding villages. There are no drawings of daily activities, as is common elsewhere in rock art.
Nanning has rock art copies to decorate lamp posts, supermarket roofs, even the factory chimneys. Many of the rocks walls are covered with scaffolding. Spend more time stopping at the local village for the inevitable shopping,
Most people find the art disappointing.

Islands: Weizhou Island
Airports: Beihai (BHY), Nanning (NNG)
Waterfalls: Ban Gioc – Detian Falls
Beaches: Beihei: Silver Beach
XINGPING village
DARE
Weizhou island
Xilin country (westernmost)
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GUANGXI EAST (Guilin, Liuzhou, Yulin, Guigang, Laibin) good visit
Airports: Guilin (KWL), Liuzhou (LZH)
History, Culture, National and City Museums
Guangxi: Guilin Museum
Guangxi: Jingjiang King Mausoleum Museum
Religious Temples
Guiping: Xishi Temple
World of Nature: Longsheng Longji Terraced Field National Wetland Park
Caves, Sinkholes and Saltmines
Guilin: Reed Flute Cave
Seven-Star Cave
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HAINAN

HAIKOU
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Haikou: Provincial Museum
Botanical Gardens: Haikou: Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
Lighthouses: Haikou: Baishamen Lighthouse

DARE:
Disputed (China/Vietnam) – Paracel
Disputed (China/Vietnam/Malaysia/Brunei/Taiwan/Philippines) – Spratly islands

Tentative WHS
Dongzhai Port Nature Reserve (12/02/1996)
Hainan Tropical Rainforest and the Traditional Settlement of Li Ethnic Group
Tushuihe Miao Ethnic Village. VILLAGE
Lighthouses:
Qionghai: Bo’ao Lighthouse
Wenchang: Mulantou Lighthouse

SANYA
Airports: Haikou (HAK), Sanya (SYX)
Architectural Delights: Sanya: Sanya Beauty Crown Hotel
Religious Temples: Sanya: Nanshan Temple
Religious Monuments: Sanya: Guanyin of Nanshan
Beaches
Sanya: Wuzhizhou Island
Sanya: Yalong Bay
World of Nature
Bawangling National Nature Reserve
Hainan Tropical Rainforest NP
Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve