There is a 'foreigner street' in Guilin, Guangxi, with a history of thousands of years, and almost all the locals can speak English!

Speaking of Guilin, it is estimated that many people are like me. The initial impression comes from a text in elementary school textbooks. The text introduces the beautiful landscape of Guilin and lets us know that "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world". Later, I heard that "Yangshuo's landscape is the best in Guilin", which shows how high the status of Yangshuo's landscape is in people's minds. As a result, Yangshuo has become a popular tourist destination in Guilin, attracting a large number of tourists every year. But many people don't know that in addition to the beautiful scenery, Yangshuo also hides a well-known "foreigner street", which young people of literature and art love to check in.

Yangshuo is a county under the jurisdiction of Guilin City. It is located in the southern part of the Li River. It can be directly reached by car or boat from Guilin City. It takes about an hour and a half, and the traffic is very convenient. Yangshuo has the most essential natural scenery in Guilin, as well as a well-known "foreigner street", which is the famous Yangshuo West Street.

Yangshuo West Street is a pedestrian street in Yangshuo County, Guilin. It is located in the urban area of ​​Yangshuo County, with a length of less than 1 km and an overall east-west orientation. If Yangshuo West Street is just a pure pedestrian street, it may not be favored by so many people. After all, there are many large and small characteristic pedestrian streets all over the country. The reason why Yangshuo West Street is so desirable is that it is not only an old-fashioned commercial street with a good location, but also an important cultural attraction in Yangshuo.

Yangshuo West Street has antique buildings and is full of folk customs in northern Guangxi. The streets are paved with locally produced betel nut-patterned marble, dark green and shiny, with low brick and tile houses left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties on both sides, white powder walls and red windows, revealing the simplicity and elegance of Lingnan architecture. There are "small blue tiles, sloping roofs, horse head walls, wooden doors and windows, hanging balconies", and most of the buildings on West Street are old houses from 60 to 70 years ago, plus some ancient buildings from Ming and Qing Dynasties. Historical flavor.

Yangshuo West Street can be traced back to the Sui Dynasty, when it was just a small street, more than 1,400 years ago. There are well-preserved ancient buildings, such as Ming city walls, inscriptions, ancient temples, ancient pavilions, and former residences of celebrities. It faces the Lijiang River in the east, faces the Dongling Mountains, and is next to Bilian Peak.

Yangshuo West Street is the oldest and most prosperous street in Yangshuo, and it is also an ancient street with a strong commercial atmosphere and history and culture. Mr. Sun Yat-sen gave speeches here, art masters Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, Qi Baishi, etc. also lived here to create works, and many foreign heads of state such as Clinton, Nixon, Kissinger, Margaret Thatcher, Ho Chi Minh, Sihanouk, etc. This stop and nostalgia, so more and more tourists come here.

Later, foreign tourists often came to West Street to play, showing strong interest in Yangshuo's simple and elegant local culture and folk customs, and they were full of praise. more. Some of them live for ten days and a half months, and some even live for several years, so some foreigners simply settle down on West Street to start a family and open a shop. Gradually, West Street became a "foreigner's street" where Chinese and Western cultures blended together. Nowadays, foreigners who come to travel here are often seen, and the locals in Yangshuo West Street can speak some foreign languages ​​more or less, so when you see a local 70-year-old grandmother selling to foreigners in fluent English, don’t It feels incredible.

Now Yangshuo West Street has been expanded and can be divided into new street and old street. The new street is called Yitian West Street, which is adjacent to the old street. There are all kinds of small shops on both sides of the old street, with antique Chinese style and exotic western style, and surrounded by green mountains and waters, it is really beautiful. At night, West Street is more lively than during the day, with bright lights. In addition to various bars, there are many delicious and fun things on the roadside, which makes people dazzling.

Compared with the dazzling array of groceries and delicacies in the old street, the new street has a different style. Walking on Yitian West Street is like traveling back and forth between modern and ancient time and space. There are creative modern buildings, traditional retro buildings, flat cement floor roads, and antique old stone roads. All kinds of buildings complement each other here without being obtrusive.

Some people may say that the commercial atmosphere of West Street is too strong. If a scenic spot has no features, only business is really unpleasant. But having said that, whether a scenic spot is popular or not, commercial support is actually an important part. Just imagine, if a place has only excellent scenery, and it is inconvenient to eat, live, and shop, would anyone still be willing to choose it? In my opinion, Yangshuo West Street is one of the few "foreigners' streets" in China. The whole street is simple and elegant, full of exotic style, high popularity and low price, but it is just right. What do you think of West Street? Please leave a message.