Yangshuo - a tiny ancient village, located 70 km from the resort city of Guilin. Translated from the Chinese name of the settlement sounds like a "bright moon".

Tradition says that Yangshuo founded in the era of Sung, that is more than 1,500 years ago. Located surrounded by legendary Chinese karst hills village on one of the picturesque banks of the river Lijiang, here, in the vicinity of the village, you can see the unique terraced fields where rice is grown.

For a long time it remained unknown to the world Yangshuo village where proceeded as usual measured life busy day of Chinese peasants. Time passed, and in the 80s of the past century information about the village first appeared in the popular guidebook Lonely Planet, and therefore, has been a growing number of tourists coming from the west.

Locals began to open to a café and offer accommodation, which significantly affected the external and internal appearance of the countryside - for some decades Yangshuo has become a comfortable place with good infrastructure, without losing a drop of charm inherent to the ancient settlements.

Among the main features of this region can be called karst peaks - a limestone rocks, which for centuries were subjected to erosion, so we purchased a beautiful and unusual look. Their total number - 18. Inland waters washed away in the karst caves of the mountains, which also act as natural attractions of the region Yangshuo.

If we talk about entertainment, the Yangshuo lot of them - you can rent a scooter or a bicycle to explore the scenic surroundings on their own village, and you can arrange a rafting on a bamboo raft on one of the cleanest rivers in China - Li River. No less common is climbing, and in the morning there is an opportunity to rise up in a balloon and admire the views of this corner of the planet.