Travel Notes of Guangxi: Baise Old Town Scenic Area

Important things first: Whether the Old Town is beautiful or not depends greatly on the weather, and the color of the water is even more crucial. If the weather is bad or the water color is not good, don't make a special trip. 📍Scenic Spot Address: Old Town Scenic Area, Jingxi City, Guangxi, located at Jiuzhou Street, Xinjing Town, Jingxi City, Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 🚗Transportation: Self-driving: It is very convenient to drive from Jingxi City, about 20 minutes. The scenic area has a parking lot, and you can also park directly inside the scenic area from the road next to it. Taxi: You can take a taxi from Jingxi City to the Old Town Scenic Area, or take a taxi from Goose Spring to the Old Town, which takes about 20 minutes and costs around 30 yuan. 👍️Must-visit Attractions: 1. Wenchang Pavilion: Built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it is a four-cornered, three-story ancient pavilion. It is one of the most representative cultural landmarks of Guangxi tourism and a must-visit photography spot for tourists coming to Jingxi. 2. Embroidery Ball Style Street: This is the oldest street in the Old Town, and it is also the street where the local people make embroidery balls most intensively. Built along the river, with stone-paved ground, the street is lined with shops making and selling embroidery balls. 3. Wa's Commanding Platform: It is the training platform where the first female hero Wa's Madam mobilized and reviewed soldiers before her expedition to resist Japanese pirates along the Jiangsu and Zhejiang coasts in the 33rd year of the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. 4. Zhuangyin Pavilion: Renovated from the Old Town's ancient opera stage, the famous singer Song Zuying once filmed and sang "Songs of the Earth" here. It is a well-known stage for the March 3rd Song Festival, where local folk performances are organized during major festivals, with the most representative being the Nalu Zhuang Opera with a history of over 140 years. 5. Main Street Embroidery Ball Array: The main street of the Old Town is about 300 meters long. It is the main road of the Old Town and the main venue for various local folk celebrations. It consists of 99 red pillars and 666 embroidery balls, symbolizing "long-lasting prosperity and great fortune". 6. Civil and Military Seals: The tradition of "Civil and Military Seals" originates from the self-governing system of the Tusi in ancient border minority areas. The ancient Tusi held both administrative and military responsibilities, exercising civil official powers and using military command seals within their domain. 🎟️Ticket Information: The scenic area ticket price is 48 yuan per person, sometimes discounted. 💗Other Tips: Jingxi Old Town Scenic Area is a charming place with beautiful natural scenery, surrounded by karst mountains. The landscape is picturesque, with fields and gardens like brocade. The peaks are exquisite, some rising straight up like bamboo shoots after rain, some vivid like birds and beasts, and some standing gracefully like young girls. The river winds through fields and small bridges, reflecting green bamboo, mountains, new buildings, and pavilions, like a fresh and beautiful ribbon. The Old Town has a long history and many cultural relics, known as the "living museum of the Zhuang ethnic group." As early as the late Southern Song Dynasty, people settled here and developed the border area. The tombs of Zhang Tianzong from the Ming Dynasty and the ancient tombs of the Cen Tusi family witness the vicissitudes of time. The unique Wenchang Pavilion, with its flying eaves and upturned corners, stands on a small island in the Goose Spring River, carrying people's beautiful wishes for literary talent and outstanding people. Moreover, the Zhuang ethnic customs are strong here, known as the hometown of embroidery balls. Walking along Embroidery Ball Style Street, you can feel the unique local customs, with every household making embroidery balls, from children to the elderly, participating. The annual production of embroidery balls is numerous. The exquisite embroidery balls use complex "stacked embroidery" techniques, with beautiful and intricate patterns, full of three-dimensionality. In addition, the scenic area has a thousand-acre sea of flowers, with various flowers and ornamental plants arranged beautifully. Most importantly, choosing good weather to visit the Old Town allows you to see the picturesque natural scenery and experience the profound historical and cultural heritage and rich ethnic customs, making it a place you won't want to leave.