Guilin
Forest, Water and Shared Work in Longji
Forest litter, channels and local water management connect Longji’s terraces with the wider working landscape of Longsheng County.
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Guangxi.
Where water shapes a world
The Li River winds between limestone peaks. In Longsheng, channels feed rice terraces. Farther south, painted cliffs stand above the Zuo River, while harbours open towards the sea. Between them are covered bridges, shared songs and the work of everyday life.
Along the Li River
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.
Read the storyThe land takes the shape of water
In Longsheng, water moves through fields made and maintained by generations. In Yangshuo, the Yulong valley holds farms, villages and a slower river.
Guilin
The Yulong Valley at Field Level
Weirs, fields and village infrastructure reveal the work behind a landscape often described only as peaceful countryside.
Read the storyA bridge, a gathering, a song
In Sanjiang, covered timber bridges and shared singing connect buildings with the people who use them.
Liuzhou
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.
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Liuzhou
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.
Read the storyStories carried along the shore
Red figures rise above the Zuo River at Huashan. In Qiaogang, memories of migration live close to the harbour. These riverbanks and shores hold different histories.
Chongzuo
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.
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Beihai
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.
Read the storyKnowledge in the hands
A bowl of noodles, a woven textile, a leaf of tea: materials become part of daily life through skilled work.
Wuzhou
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.
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Guilin
Guilin Mifen: Noodles, Lu-shui and Craft
Guilin mifen combines freshly made rice noodles, seasoned lu-shui and accompaniments shaped by makers’ choices.
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Baise
Jingxi Brocade: A Pattern Made by Work
Pattern, loomwork and teaching keep Zhuang brocade part of everyday life in Jingxi.
Read the storyEight cities, many beginnings
From Guilin and Liuzhou to the coast at Beihai, each city opens another part of Guangxi. Follow a place, a craft or a story into the full collection.
Nanning
Museum collections and renewed merchant streets offer complementary ways into the material and urban history of Guangxi.
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Limestone hills connect a river city with Yangshuo’s valleys, Longsheng’s terraces and a much older human landscape.
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Literary memorials, industrial objects and a distinctive noodle tradition meet in the city; Sanjiang adds a separate county-scale journey into timber building and music.
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Read Beihai through merchant arcades, Qiaogang’s migration stories, Han archaeology in Hepu and the volcanic coast of Weizhou.
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River cliffs, ancient red paintings and a waterfall on the Vietnam border give Chongzuo several different stories of water.
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Huangyao’s streams, stone crossings and seasonal customs reveal an eastern Guangxi town at human scale.
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In Jingxi, within Baise, Zhuang brocade opens a close view of household objects, practiced skill and contemporary craft decisions.
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Liupao tea connects Cangwu’s growing and making skills with Wuzhou’s wider history of trade.
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The Li River between Guilin and Yangshuo, 17 July 2009.Bernt Rostad · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ The archived image was proportionally resized and converted to WebP. The homepage shows a panoramic crop; the image link opens the complete composition.
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Longji rice terraces in Longsheng, 23 June 2017.Rutger van der Maar · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized and converted to WebP; full composition retained.
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Cultivated fields in the Yulong valley near Yangshuo, 27 June 2017.Rutger van der Maar · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized and converted to WebP; full composition retained.
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Chengyang Yongji wind-and-rain bridge in Sanjiang, 23 September 2006.Anja Disseldorp · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized and converted to WebP; full composition retained.
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A Dong Grand Song gathering, pictured by Sanjiang’s official tourism operator.Sanjiang County Culture and Tourism Information Service website; photographer not stated · Rights information Photo source ↗ Resized and converted to WebP; full composition retained.
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Huashan cliff above the Zuo River in Ningming, 10 June 2023.xiquinhosilva · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized and converted to WebP; full composition retained.
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An evening commercial street in Qiaogang.Scenic area, via China National Tourist Office in Singapore · Rights information Photo source ↗ Resized and converted to WebP; full composition retained.
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Tea gardens in Liupao town, Cangwu County.China Ethnic / State Ethnic Affairs Commission · Rights information Photo source ↗ Resized and converted to WebP; full composition retained.
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Guilin rice noodles with separate toppings and soup.China National Tourist Office in Singapore; photographer not stated · Rights information Photo source ↗ Resized and converted to WebP; full composition retained.
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Li Cunling (right) teaching Zhuang brocade skills at a loom.Baise Municipal People’s Congress; article by Huang Ritao and Yang Xiang; individual photographer not separately stated · Rights information Photo source ↗ Resized and converted to WebP; full composition retained.