Yangshuo County was founded in 265. In 590, during Sui Dynasty, the county seat was moved to its current location, Yangshuo Town. In 621, during Tang Dynasty, a part of Yangshuo County was separated and set as Guiyi County, the county seat of which was located in the north side of Jiuxian Village of the current Baisha Town. In 627, Guiyi County was absorbed back into Yangshuo County. During the Republican Period, Yangshuo County was under the jurisdiction of Guilin. In 1949, Yangshuo County was liberated and built its own people’s government, but by 1981 it was back under the administrative jurisdiction of Guilin City as a city-administrated county.
There seems to be an "old saying" for just about every place you might visit in China, but often in translation they appear sentimental or nonsensical. Guilin and Yangshuo are no exception: "Guilin's scenery is the best under heaven; Yangshuo's scenery is the best in Guilin". So there you have it.
Yangshuo is a place where the Han, the Zhuang and the Yao people live in compact communities. With a very long history, Yangshuo county was established during the decade of Shui Emperor (AD590) and has about 1400 years of history until now, in which the people there have created their own culture, such as long drum dance, song gathering Cai Diao opera, dragon and lion dance, the natural scenery there are gardens mrelics and sites in the history, ancient bridge and other architectures and stone carvings.
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