Created by a nature / Guilin, China

Posted by Leena (Joensuu, Finland) on 31 May 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

After Xian we flied to Guilin, where we were eager to see all those special karst hills.
At first a fog made photographing difficult, but an atmosphere was mystic during our boat trip on the Li River
"Karst topography is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite
In 314 BC, a small settlement was established along the banks of the Li River.
In 111 BC, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Shi An County was established, which could be regarded as the beginning of the city.
In 1981, this ancient city was listed by the State Council as one of the four cities (the other three being Beijing, Hangzhou and Suzhou) where the protection of historical and cultural heritage, as well as natural scenery, should be treated as a priority project.", a source Wikipedia

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