Scenery of RMB Banknotes IV: RMB 20 Note: Li River, Guilin

There are 3 famous rivers in China: Yangtze River, Yellow River and Li River. If you travel in Guilin, Li River is the must-see attraction. And, it's also the scenery of RMB 20 Note. In the article, we will talk it about.

Chapter Four

RMB 20 Note: Li River, Guilin

Attraction: Li River, Guilin
Openning Hours: Full Day
Best Time to Visit: April-October
Highlights of Li River: 

1. Upstream Attractions: Elephant Trunk Hill, Zizhou, Gamecock Mountain, Holy-water vades Mountain, Father and Son Mountain, Wilkes Crossing, Qifeng Town, Yellow Cattle Gorge, Daxu Ancient Town

RMB 20 Note

2. Midstream Attractions: Amah Rock, Lawn, Crown Cave, Carp Hang Wall, Embroider Mountain, Fairy Mill, Half Crossing, Taoyuan Moon, Guzhui Mountain, Yangdi, Jilong Mountain, Nine Horse Mount, Green Peaks Reflected on Water

3. Downstream Attractions: Beauty Look Mirror, Shutong Mountain, Tianshui Village, Spiral Shell Mountain, Snow Lion Mountain, Cormorants, Green Lotus Peak, Yangshuo

The primary image on the reverse side of the 20 Yuan note is a view of a fisherman on his bamboo raft floating down the Li River through the spectacular Karst mountains of Guilin.

Li River, one of the symbols of Guilin, which boasts the largest and most beautiful scenic area in China and attracts thousands of visitors each year. It’s also the must-see attraction if you travel in Guilin.

Li River

The 83-km-long waterway from Guilin to Yangshuo is like an artist’s masterpiece. The landscape is decorated with rolling hills, steep cliffs, fantastic caves, leisurely boats and is lined with bamboo. A poem says: "The river is a green silk ribbon, and the hills are jade hair-pins". Mostly the cruise starts from Zhujiang Wharf. It is about 40 minutes’ drive from Guilin city. 

Li River Cruise offers admirers a unique classical Chinese ink painting with its green hills, crystal water, verdant bamboo and clear water reflection. Along the Li River, sweet water makes the mountains come alive, while the existence of those graceful mountains makes the water more limpid. There is no doubt that Guilin has the perfect combination of mountain and water and has been the best representative of Chinese landscape, just as the former US President Clinton praised "No place in China is more evocative of the beauty of your country than Guilin". "The river winds like a green silk ribbon, while the hills are like jade hairpins" written by Han-Yu (768-824), a famous Chinese poet in Tang Dynasty.

Scenery of RMB Banknotes III: RMB 10 Note: Kui Gate in Yangtze River

Yangtze, one of the top 10 scenic spots in China,is made of Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge. Qutang Gorge, the back pattern of 10 yuan, which will be talked about in the article.

Chapter Three

RMB 10 Note: Kui Gate in Yangtze River

Attraction: Kui Gate in Yangtze River
Openning Hours: Full Day 
Best Time to Visit: April-September
Highlights: 
1. Chijia Mountain 
2. Inscriptions on Cliffs
3. Ancient Pland Path 
4. Bellows gorge 
5. Fengjie Ancient City
6. Eight Battle Formation
7. Baidi Town

RMB 10 Note

Kui Gate, also named Qutang Pass, is the gateway from the Sichuan basin to the Three Gorges at the Yangtze River with high mountains towering on both banks. Qutang west Baidicheng Fengjie, Wushan Daixi east, in China and the Three Gorges-known. Gap cliffs to the north and the south shores Men 1000 960, knifed Fuxiao general, A Report on the surging more than 100 meters was no wider than the narrow River Road. On the cliff  are engraved five characters (Kui Gate, the Grandest of All).  

Kui Gate, one of the parts of the Yangtze River, the longest river in China and the third longest in the world, has rich and extensive hydroelectric resources. In 1995 construction began on the massive Three Gorges Dam near Yichang and is scheduled for completion in 2009. The dam is expected to help control the flooding of the Yangtze River Valley. The Three Gorges (the Qutang Gorge, the Wuxia Gorge, and Xiling Gorge) will also be the largest electricity generating station in the world.

Qutang Gorge

The Yangtze Three Gorges Cruise (lasting three to five days) is incredible, providing the most exciting and unique river trips in the world. You will be excited, inspired and dwarfed by towering peaks and mile-high cliffs standing face to face on either side of the Yangtze River. Many of our guests have remarked how impressed they were with the Yangtze Cruise. " This was a fabulous trip that I really enjoyed .It was relaxing, interesting, and slow paced. But a Yangtze River cruise is the only way to see this part of China that will be undergoing dramatic changes during the upcoming years." 

You can abandon yourself to the adventure of exploring the Three Gorges, but don't forget to look for the location of the painting on the reverse of the 10 Yuan note!