Stories from Guangxi

52 articles

1. Three Streets and Two Lanes in Nanning’s Merchant City

   Nanning’s historic streets, lanes and meeting halls reflect the commercial life shaped by river trade.

   Nanning

2. Qiaogang: A Fishing Town Rebuilt After Migration

   The story behind Qiaogang’s food streets begins with families arriving from Vietnam and continues through changing forms of maritime work.

   Beihai

3. Qiaogang Rice Rolls: Skill in a Thin Sheet

   A thin rice sheet takes shape through steaming, lifting and filling, while family histories help sustain the craft.

   Beihai

4. When Sanjiang’s Building Craft Travels

   Named builders, hybrid bridges and new commissions show how timber knowledge can move beyond a village without losing its practitioners.

   Liuzhou

5. When a Village Is Part of a Museum

   Sanjiang’s museum-village network changes the scale of heritage from an isolated object to places where people continue to live.

   Liuzhou

6. Listening for the Many Voices of Dong Grand Song

   Multipart voices, song masters and river communities give Dong Grand Song its musical and social depth in Sanjiang.

   Liuzhou

7. Weizhou’s Living Edge: What the Reef Studies Reveal

   Corals, algae, sediment and heat shape Weizhou’s reefs; studies of small encounters and longer histories reveal a changing marine community.

   Beihai

8. Shengtang Church: Island Stone, Travelling Forms

   Pointed openings and local coral stone connect Shengtang Catholic Church with Weizhou’s village life and nineteenth-century religious history.

   Beihai

9. Weizhou: Reading Fire and Water in the Coast

   Basalt, fragmented volcanic deposits and marine erosion reveal how Weizhou’s coast was built and reshaped over time.

   Beihai

10. The Work and Time Inside a Leaf of Liupao Tea

    From Cangwu’s tea country to Southeast Asian markets, Liupao carries a history of skilled processing, teaching, migration and maturation.

    Wuzhou

11. Xingping Beyond the Famous View

    A celebrated river image is only the beginning: Xingping also contains residential streets, repair histories and a carefully produced photography economy.

    Guilin

12. Yangshuo’s Stone Bridges: Crossings and Repair

    Xiangui, Yulong and Fuli bridges carry distinct histories in their stonework: Song inscriptions, a Qing railing and rebuilding after a flood.

    Guilin