Yángshuò

Yangshuo lies on the Li River in Guangxi, among steep limestone hills and cultivated valleys. The county was established in 590 under the Sui. Its name was traditionally associated with nearby Yangshuo Mountain, and the county remained linked administratively to the regional centre at Guilin through later dynasties.

Under the Yuan, Yangshuo belonged to Jingjiang circuit; the Ming renamed the jurisdiction Guilin prefecture, and the Qing retained that arrangement. The river and surrounding hills formed the setting of a long-established county whose administrative history was tied to Guilin.