Guilin Culture and history
		Guilin is one of the famous historical and cultural cities in China. Till now, it has 2000 years' history. There are some remains of the Primitive Society, such as Zengpi Rock and another 60 ones. And all those emerge the living scene of the maternal clan society in Guilin 7000 years ago. In the ancient times, Guilin belonged to Yue. But in the Warrior States Period, it belonged to Chu. Since Ling Canal that was the famous water conservancy project was built in214BC, Guilin has been an important county on transportation between Zhongyuan and Lingnan. In 111, it got a name Guilin city which belonged to Shi'an county and Lingling canton. And till now, it has 2000 years' history. In Ming and Qing dynasty, it became an official residence. Guilin is a picturesque scenery city that has a long history. People always say that the scene in Guilin is the best in the world. Gui opera is one of the main local operas in Guangxi. Caidiao is one of the best one and Liusanjie was the most famous one. There are a lot of handicrafts and specialties. They are art pottery, Sanhua wine, chili sauce, Shatian orange, cumquat, flax and so on. There is some traditional food too, such as braised fresh mushrooms and Chinese yam, rice flour, wrap original chicken in paper, stewed chicken with clam and so on.