Meaning of Yangshuo | Babel Free

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A county of Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China.

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“On December 10, 1851 the court issued a seemingly self-confident and boastful edict,¹¹ in which it stated that Yung-an was being surrounded by imperial troops under Saishanga, who had been stationed at Yangshuo 陽朔 ; it announced, with reference to the Taiping movement, that "this wriggling little band of wretches has now become⟳ as a wandering ghost at the bottom of a caldron; whenever the day is selected it can immediately be crushed with a single blow⟳"; and it promised that ample funds for suppressing the Taipings would be forthcoming as long as they were needed.”

The Origin of Likin, 1853-1864

“To sail⟳ downstream from Kweilin between the green hills that line the banks of the Likiang around Yangshuo is a never-to-be-forgotten experience⟳. As another popular saying has it: “Even more beautiful than the scenery of Kweilin is that of Yangshuo.””

A Concise Geography of China

“After breakfast the next day, Ho Li-chih came to invite⟳ Yang Shu-tien and me to the Li River for a boat trip⟳ to another county, Yang-shuo.[...]This was the county of Yang-shuo that we had come⟳ to see⟳. The respective beauties of Kuei-lin and Yang-shuo have⟳ been debated by visitors over the centuries, some extolling one and some the other.”

“Though Yangshuo County agencies did not respond⟳ to requests for interviews, the park⟳ proposal suggests a sense⟳ of rivalry with Guilin and the Li River. In it, officials note⟳ that while Guilin and the Li River were designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations last⟳ year, Yangshuo County was named as having the single best karst landscape by Chinese National Geographic magazine.”

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