Stories from Guangxi

52 articles

1. Beihai Old Street: Arcade Houses and Merchant Plots

   Zhuhai Road’s arcades, shopfronts and deep merchant plots preserve the form of a coastal commercial street.

   Beihai

2. Chengyang Yongji Bridge: Timber Pavilions Above the Water

   Chengyang Yongji Bridge joins a river crossing to a sheltered passage and five timber pavilions in Sanjiang.

   Liuzhou

3. Detian: A River Before It Is a Border

   Detian and Ban Gioc share a river and limestone setting, with communities on both sides of the China–Vietnam border.

   Chongzuo

4. Wishes Within Dong Timber Architecture

   Documented building ceremonies show how practical work, family hopes and public celebration can meet in the same timber frame.

   Liuzhou

5. Under the Drum Tower

   Sanjiang’s drum towers combine landmark rooflines with sheltered spaces for discussion, singing, ceremony and rest.

   Liuzhou

6. How Dong Master Carpenters Record a Building

   Marked bamboo, models, drawings and apprenticeship reveal a living design practice behind Sanjiang’s timber buildings.

   Liuzhou

7. Dongxi Xiang: Old Streets and New Fabric

   The lanes outside Jingjiang Princes’ City show how inherited urban space, buried remains and reconstruction can coexist.

   Guilin

8. When a Mountain Became a Page

   Duxiu Peak’s famous inscription connects landscape praise with examination ambition and a much longer literary conversation.

   Guilin

9. When Tea Becomes a Meal in Gongcheng

   Pounding, boiling and sharing turn tea into a savory social occasion in Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, southeast of Guilin.

   Guilin

10. Guilin Karst: Peaks, Depressions and Water

    Guilin’s limestone landscape includes clustered hills, isolated towers and the water-shaped ground between them.

    Guilin

11. Guilin Mifen: Noodles, Lu-shui and Craft

    Guilin mifen combines freshly made rice noodles, seasoned lu-shui and accompaniments shaped by makers’ choices.

    Guilin

12. A City Built Around Water and Limestone

    Named waterways, designed lake gardens and Elephant Trunk Hill bring water, limestone and urban history together in central Guilin.

    Guilin