Stories from Guangxi

52 articles

1. Hepu Han Beads: Materials, Making and Exchange

   Scientific study of Hepu’s Han tomb beads traces varied materials and skilled making while leaving individual routes uncertain.

   Beihai

2. Finding Han Hepu Beneath the Ground

   Walls, wells, production remains and tombs reveal how archaeologists reconstruct Hepu’s Han-era maritime world from evidence that survives in different forms.

   Beihai

3. How Water, Trees and Stone Organize Huangyao

   Huangyao in Zhaoping County takes shape through its waterways, stepped bridges, shaded streets and the meanings people have attached to its hills.

   Hezhou

4. Water Gathering and Pomelo Lanterns in Huangyao

   Two lunar-calendar customs give Huangyao’s wells and streams distinct roles in gathering, making and expressing shared hopes.

   Hezhou

5. Keeping Huashan on the Cliff

   Huashan conservation protects an original painted surface while research into weathering, mineral layers and the surrounding landscape continues.

   Chongzuo

6. Huashan’s Red Figures and Bronze-Drum World

   Bent legs, raised arms and painted drum forms connect Huashan’s red cliff figures with the bronze-drum culture of ancient southern China.

   Chongzuo

7. Huashan: Why the Whole River Landscape Matters

   The red figures at Ningming gain scale and context from the painted cliffs, river bends and inhabited ground that form the wider Huashan cultural landscape.

   Chongzuo

8. The Many Lives of Guilin’s Princely City

   Duxiu Peak anchors Jingjiang Princes’ City, where Ming rule, Qing examinations, modern education and archaeological remains occupy the same Guilin compound.

   Guilin

9. Jingxi Brocade: A Pattern Made by Work

   At Jingxi’s brocade factory, Li Cunling’s career shows how weaving skill, changed looms and new products keep Zhuang textiles in use.

   Baise

10. The Li River as a Moving Landscape

    The Li River’s limestone gorge, alluvial ground and changing viewpoints reveal a landscape shaped by water, painting and watershed care.

    Guilin

11. The Canal Between Two Great River Basins

    At Lingqu in Xing’an County, overflow weirs, divided channels and curved reaches connect the Xiang and Li river systems.

    Guilin

12. What a Small Canal Changed About Southern China

    Lingqu began as a military supply route and later served movement, agriculture and communities through centuries of repair and reuse.

    Guilin