Liuzhou Travel Guide
The history of Liuzhou began as early as 40,000-50,000 years ago. It is located in the interior of Guangxi. To its southeast are spectacular jagged mountain peaks and to the northwest, rolling hills. The clear Liujiang River, like a green jade belt, encircles the downtown area, forming a pot-shaped peninsula, hence its nickname - Dragon City.
A panoramic view from atop Yufeng Peak on the southern bank of Liujiang River reveals that the entire city is a gigantic circle, with the mountains, river and urban architecture forming an enormous three-dimensional painting.
Huáng Tíng Si Fáng Cài
This is a relatively new restaurant in the city centre which features various kinds of food, for example, a strange mixture of Cantonese and Sichuan styles, and this works surprisingly well. They also have traditional dishes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The restaurant is beautifully decorated in the Jiangnan style and a very pleasant environment and good service.
Telephone: 0772-2806655
Address: 139 Wenhui Road, Liuzhou
Liugui Fang
Liugui Fang specializes in local food. (Liu is for Liuzhou; Gui is for Guilin). This place gets busy at lunchtimes, but the service is quick and efficient. The kitchen is on view, so watch those chefs work. Apart from a full range of dishes, hot pots etc., they also have a range of noodle and rice porridge dishes.
Address: 41 San Zhong Road, Liuzhou
The Mushroom Restaurant
The Mushroom Restaurant is one of a chain originating in Chongqing, and its specialty is wild mountain mushrooms. It has around 36 different mushrooms on display.
Tel: 0772-3998958
Address: 22 Gui Zhong Avenue
By air
Liuzhou Bailian Airport is 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) south of the city proper and has flights to Beijing, Haikou, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing, and Chengdu. For other cities in China or for Hong Kong and other countries in South East Asia, it is necessary to fly from Guilin.
By road
Expressways link Liuzhou with Nanning to the south and Guilin to the north. A regular and comfortable coach service runs between Liuzhou and these two cities. Additionally there are highways linking to Guangzhou (Canton) and to the port of Beihai in the far south of Guangxi. Buses run both by day and by night (sleeper bus). Coaches to Guangzhou and Shenzhen are faster than the train, but less comfortable.
By train
Liuzhou is well connected by train to the rest of China. There are several daily trains to Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an etc. and Hong Kong is easily accessible via Guangzhou or Shenzhen (although the coach is much faster). Ticket availability is reasonably good ( except around the big public holidays - Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), May 1st and October 1st). It is also possible to travel by train to Hanoi in neighbouring Vietnam.
The place is in two parts. There is an office area to the right and to the left is the bar. The bar is decorated in at least three simultaneous themes. There are the traditional Chinese lanterns above the bar itself. Around the walls are various pieces of artwork, pottery, sculptures and photographs. There is also a selection of Cultural Revolution artifacts and military equipment. All the artwork is for sale and the prices seem reasonable. In the background, at a reasonable level, real jazz music plays. The atmosphere is very relaxed and the place has the feel of a private club.
World Clown Festival
The World Clown Festival is an entertaining and cultural event held by the Liuzhou municipal government, participated in by the whole society, oriented to the market, operated by the company, developed by the industry and is beneficial to the public. It is a foreign cultural brand which has been imported to increase Liuzhou city’s cultural influence, to enrich Liuzhou’s event culture themes and to promote Liuzhou’s cultural industry’s development. The event is organised by the American Event Management Institute (AEMI) and the Shanghai Research Centre of National Cultural Market and Industry. It has held and managed events such as Boston World Clown Festival, Philadelphia World Clown Parade, the Easter clown performance at the White House, the Florida FAME entertainment show, GW summer carnival and Washington DC Cherry Festival. It owns the AEMI World Clown Festival (including AEMI World Clown Carnival), World Summit on Sports, the Games Event Management Forum, AEMI Children Carnival, and so on.
Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival, which occurs on the 15th day of the First Month of the Chinese Year, marks the end of the New Year's Holidays.
In order to promote the festival, all the lights in the city are turned on. At night the whole city looks like a big lantern. Lanterns are displayed at Queshan Park, Longtan Park, Yanghe Industrial Park at the same time. Various traditional performances are also on show, such as famous theatres and outdoor movies.
A most interesting tradition is the posting of riddles called 'Lantern Riddles.' Riddles are written on pieces of paper and posted on lanterns or walls. Anyone solving the riddle is awarded a prize.
Liuzhou International Stone Festival
Liuzhou International Stone Festival is held once a year. Fans in the circle of fantastic stone collection all agree that "Stones in Liuzhou Tops the World". The festival is now expected to win for Longcheng County the award of "Rocks in Longcheng top the World". The forth Liuzhou International Stone Festival will be held on November 2 , 2006, when a number of friends from home and abroad, colleagues and fans of stone collection will be invited here. The fourth Liuzhou International Stone Festival will further consolidate the status of Liuzhou as "The Stone City of China", and help introduce this aspect of traditional Chinese culture to the rest of the world.
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