Li River,flowing through Guilin, the third largest city in Guangxi Province,has formed the world-famed Li River Scenic Spot.
The 83 km waterway from Guilin city center to Yangshuo County (under Guilin jurisdiction) is the essence of Li River,
even the background of the new edition 20 yuan banknote depicts the scene of this part.
Guilin has a typical karst landform.
Limestone spreading all over the city has been through weathering and erosion for billions of years
and forms the world-renowned Guilin scenery,praised by numerous Chinese poets and artists
and can be described as “thousands of pinnacles stand towering around, a river winds its way about the city”.
The 83 km Li River is also called as a hundred-mile scroll.
Along the crystal clear water of Li River are numerous green mountains, cliffs, waterfalls, oases and shoals,
just like a classic scene in Chinese landscape painting.
