Huangyao Old Town

Scenery Intro:
HuangyaoTown, with a history of nearly a thousand years, is situated in the northest ofzhaopingCounty, Guangxi, by the lower reaches of Li River and 200km from Guilin. It has long been known as a mini-Guilin for its typical development of karst topography. Covering an area of 3.6 square km, the town is skirted on all sides by spectacular hills, crystal clear waters, caves and towering old trees. All paved by flag-stones, the town streets are steady even after hundreds of years' serving. Marvelously according with traditional Chinese derivation, the layout of the town 's architectures is of southland style displaying the primitive simplicity with blue bricks and black tiles. More than 30 temples, ancestral halls and pavillions are well preserved, as well as numerous exquisite cultural relics including the calligraphy of Hanyu, the great scholar, and calligraphy of Song Dynasty, He xiangning and Gao shuqi's residential houses and many other inscribed boards, couplets and steles, that enrich the history of the town.