Qingxiu Mountain Tourist Scenic Area is located in the center of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi, on the bank of the winding Yongjiang River, covering an area of 13.54 square kilometers. It is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, an autonomous region-level scenic spot, one of the "Top Ten Scenic Spots in Guangxi" and Nanning's "Top Ten Tourist Attractions". It receives more than 2.6 million tourists annually and is the preferred destination for national leaders, foreign dignitaries, business people, Chinese and foreign tourists to visit and vacation in Nanning. Qingxiu Mountain boasts the classic garden that perfectly combines ex-situ conservation and landscape gardening - Millennium Cycad Garden, the ecological garden landscape with unique tropical rainforest characteristics - Rainforest Spectacle, the largest natural ecological orchid special garden in the country - Orchid Garden, the Zhuang brocade square with ethnic characteristics, Qingxiu Mountain Friendship Corridor; the ASEAN Friendship Garden, which brings together the national flowers and trees of ASEAN countries and representative sculptures of Nanning's friendly cities; the historical and cultural Zhuangyuan Spring, Dong Spring, the Ming Dynasty-style Dragon Elephant Pagoda, and the well-known attractions such as the Palm Garden with distinct subtropical scenery, the fragrant and colorful Fragrant Garden, and Peach Blossom Island; it also has the Buddhist temple - Guanyin Zen Temple, Shuiyue Nunnery, and the Sino-Thai Friendship Garden with exotic customs and more than 50 attractions, which are deeply loved by tourists. Exploring the ancient path of a century, visiting the ancient temple of a thousand years, swimming in the forest of ten thousand acres, and appreciating the cycads of hundreds of millions of years, you can feel the harmonious beauty of urban civilization and natural ecology at your fingertips.

 

 

Main attractions:

I. Millennium Cycad Garden:

The Qingxiu Mountain Millennium Cycad Garden covers an area of more than 100 acres and has nearly 100 cycads with a tree age of more than 1,000 years. The oldest "Cycad King" is more than 1,360 years old. The garden has collected more than 50 species of cycads, with a total of tens of thousands of plants. It is one of the largest ex-situ conservation and breeding bases for Pectinate Cycad, Debao Cycad, Forked-leaf Cycad, Debao Cycad, and Shishan Cycad in the country, and it is a cycad special garden with the "best landscape, oldest tree age, largest diameter at breast height, and tallest plant" in the country.

 

II. Orchid Garden:

Qingxiu Mountain Orchid Garden is located on the southeast side of the North Gate area of Qingxiu Mountain Scenic Area, with a total area of 320 acres. The first phase of construction covers an area of 150 acres, with "orchid landscaping" as the main line. According to the ecological habits of various orchids, the orchids are naturally and skillfully planted in the woods, rock crevices, and gullies, and scenic spots such as Huai Shi Die Waterfall, Sky Garden, Cui Ping Lan Xiang, Xuan Lan Flower Field, Ancient Pottery Lan Yun, and Paphiopedilum Flower Waterfall have been built, planting 363 kinds of orchids with a total of more than 300,000 plants. The second phase of the Orchid Garden covers an area of 170 acres, with "medicinal orchid health preservation" and "national orchid culture" as the main lines, combining landscape layout pavilions, corridors, and pavilions and other classical garden buildings, focusing on enhancing the cultural connotation of the Orchid Garden, increasing the variety of orchid plants, displaying the medicinal value of orchids, and creating a plant special garden with rich landscape types and popular science and cultural publicity significance in a natural and simple style. It has become an internationally leading high-quality outdoor orchid special garden, and it is also the largest natural ecological orchid special garden in Guangxi and even the whole country.

 

III. Rainforest Spectacle:

The Rainforest Spectacle was built in 1998, covering an area of more than 500 acres. It has a wide variety of species and layered vegetation. It has more than 2,500 species and more than 3 million plants in more than 200 families. There are unique rainforest characteristics such as Anthocephalus chinensis, Arenga pinnata, Ficus racemosa and other characteristic plants, and more than 180 kinds of national key protected plants such as Parashorea chinensis, Cyathea spinulosa, and Dalbergia odorifera. The content of negative oxygen ions is as high as 20,000/cm3. The beautiful "Sky Garden", the amazing "A Tree Becomes a Forest", the breathtaking plate root phenomenon, the exciting old stem flowering, and the mottled and colorful giant leaves are intoxicating.

 

IV. Guanyin Zen Temple ：

It was built in the Northern Song Dynasty and has a history of thousands of years. The Zen Temple covers an area of 15 acres and has more than a dozen Buddhist halls such as the Grand Hall of the Great Hero, the Reclining Buddha Hall, the Dharma Hall, the Prajna Hall, and the Garan Hall. It is the largest Buddhist holy place in Guangxi with prosperous incense.

 

V. Monument to the Anti-Japanese Student Army ：

The Guangxi Anti-Japanese Student Army Monument was built in December 2001. It is 20 meters high and built of granite. The top of the monument is green glazed tiles with upturned eaves, like a flying swallow, majestic and spectacular. The monument commemorates the history of the Guangxi Student Army's resistance against Japan: In 1939, during the fall of Nanning, this group of weak scholars participated in 978 battles against the enemy. Everyone bravely killed the enemy, and more than 10 people died heroically, writing a tragic and moving song of youth with their blood. The Guangxi Student Army Anti-Japanese Martyrs Monument has been listed as a Guangxi Patriotic Education Base.

 

VI. Peach Blossom Island ： 

Peach Blossom Island is located in the northeastern part of the core scenic area of Qingxiu Mountain, covering an area of about 200 acres. It is named for its three sides being valleys and the middle being an island, surrounded by clouds and mist all year round, like a fairy island. Peach Blossom Island is planted with dozens of varieties of more than 30,000 peach trees, such as hairy peach, scarlet peach, fragrant peach, human face peach, sun and moon peach, and pink jade peach. "The spring breeze arrives once a year, and the peach blossoms are red once a year." Every year in the season of spring and warm flowers in February and March, peach blossoms and azaleas on the island are in full bloom, colorful and colorful. Tourists come in an endless stream to go on a spring outing, enjoy flowers, and receive blessings, praying for happiness, good luck, and auspiciousness. The peach blossoms and human faces compete for beauty, and thousands of flowers compete for beauty and intoxicate the spring breeze. What a wonderful picture of a fairyland on earth, a beautiful scene of "peach blossoms and human faces reflecting each other." Qingxiu Mountain began to hold the Peach Blossom Art Festival in 1995, and has successfully held 19 sessions, which is a major brand of Nanning's spring tourism.

 

VII. Guangxi Rare Tree Species Exhibition Garden ：

The Guangxi Rare Tree Species Exhibition Garden covers an area of about 300 acres. It focuses on collecting, displaying, protecting and breeding rare native tree species in Guangxi. It is a plant special garden integrating popular science education and tourism. There are more than 1,000 large-scale precious trees with high ornamental value, strong interest, and rich cultural connotation in the garden, including national first-class protected plants such as Camellia chrysantha, Parashorea chinensis, and Taxus chinensis, and national second-class protected plants such as Euryodendron excelsum, Dalbergia odorifera, and Aquilaria sinensis. It is currently the special park with the most precious tree species collected in Guangxi.

 

VIII. Osmanthus Garden ：

Qingxiu Mountain Osmanthus Garden is known as the "Fragrant Valley" in the heart of Nanning, embodying the spirit of Guangxi. The blooming of osmanthus signals the arrival of autumn. Xianggu Osmanthus Garden spans over 240 acres and boasts approximately 10,000 osmanthus trees, predominantly of the four main types: golden osmanthus, silver osmanthus, red osmanthus, and ever-blooming osmanthus, encompassing over 40 varieties. Furthermore, the garden features tens of thousands of fragrant flowering plants, including magnolia, Michelia figo (含笑), and Milan. It is an ecological garden specializing in osmanthus-themed landscaping, showcasing various osmanthus species, and promoting osmanthus culture.