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Unique tourism resources, delicacies lure visitors
By Sheng Bian (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-10-30 10:48
As a supplement to the Nanning International Folk Song Arts Festival, the
Nanning-Southeast Asia International Tourism and Delicacy Festival has
become an annual event since 2000.
The event has been playing its role in the promotion of Nanning's tourism
resources and delicacies.
The following is a brief introduction to Nanning, China's "Green City."
Capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in SouthChina, Nanning is
an important pivotal city and frontier city for bilateral communications
between China and ASEAN.
Nanning enjoys unique geographical advantages, being at the juncture of
three economic circles of South China, Southwest China and ASEAN.
Nanning has under its jurisdiction six counties, six districts as well as
six State-level and provincial level development zones.
With a population of 6.50 million, Nanning covers a total area of 22,112
square kilometres.
Located to the south of the tropic of cancer, Nanning belongs to the
subtropical monsoon zone, with rich sunshine and rainfall, as well as a
mild climate.
The beautiful living environment, advantageous natural conditions, and
high forest coverage rate has earned Nanning a nickname of "China's Green
City."
Nanning boasts abundant resources of water, minerals, agricultural
products and by-products, animals and plants, forestry, Chinese herbal
medicines and tourism.
Forty-one minerals including manganese, zinc, lead, gold, silver, coal
and granite have been detected in Nanning.
A wide range of agricultural products and by-products including rice,
sugar cane, corn, peanuts, tea, jasmine and Chinese chestnuts, as well as
40-odd subtropical fruits including bananas, pineapples, oranges and
tangerines, mangos, lichees, longan and watermelon are also grown in
Nanning.
Top scenic attractions in Nanning include Qingxiu Mountain, one of
China's "AAAA" tourism zones; Daming Mountain, with an average height of
1,200 metres above sea level and an average temperature of 16 degrees
Celsius; the ancient town of Yangmei, 30 kilometres away from downtown
Nanning by water; Liangfengjiang National Forest Park; Yiling Rock in
Wuming, which boasts typical karst water-eroded caves nicknamed
"underground palace;" Longhushan (mountain of dragons and tigers) Nature
Protected Zone, which is one of the nation's four monkey mountains and
has about 3,000 monkeys of eight breeds; and the Jiulong (nine dragons)
Waterfall Group Forest Park in Hengxian County, which has over 20
waterfalls.
Bailong Park, Guangxi Museum and Nanhu Park are also worth visiting.
And the Yiling Caves, which are about 25 kilometres northwest of the city
has some of the largest and finest caves in Guangxi; the Village of
Wuming, 45 kilometres from the city.
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