{"id":18731,"date":"2021-11-19T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T00:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=18731"},"modified":"2021-11-20T10:28:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T02:28:02","slug":"stroll-around-shan-lake-and-rong-lake-in-guilin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/guangxi-travel\/guilin-travel\/stroll-around-shan-lake-and-rong-lake-in-guilin","title":{"rendered":"Stroll around Shanhu Lake and Ronghu Lake in Guilin (Tips, Photos & Map)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Key Words: Zhengyang Pedestrian Street, Ronghu Lake ( Banyan Lake ) and Shanhu Lake ( Fir Lake ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plan your Guilin tour<\/a>? The bustling city of Guilin is dotted with pinnacled karst peaks and\u00a0crisscrossed by so-called “Four Lakes and Two Rivers” – Rong Lake (\u6995\u6e56), Shanhu Lake (\u6749\u6e56), Guihu Lake ( \u6842\u6e56) and Mulonghu Lake (\u6728\u9f99\u6e56) as well as Li River (\u6f13\u6c5f\uff09and Taohua River \uff08\u6843\u82b1\u6c5f). \u00a0Some of the sights can be neglected due to the exorbitant entrance tickets or the hordes of domestic tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The walking map of Zhengyang Pedestrian Street, Ronghu Lake and Shanhu Lake (Google)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Walking around Rong Lake (Banyan Lake)  \u6995\u6e56 and Shan Lake (Chinese Fir Lake)  \u6749\u6e56 is a smart choice to dive into the natural beauty and mix with the locals. The two lakes are free for people to stroll around their banks. The only remaining old gate ( South Gate ) to the city wall dating back to Song Dynasty ( 960 -1279 ) stands on the northern bank of Rong Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronghu Lake \u6995\u6e56 (Banyan Lake) <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ronghu Lake ( or Rong Lake \u6995\u6e56) used to be the moat of the Guilin ancient city in Song Dynasty and later in Ming Dynasty it was expanded into a pretty lake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The west side the lake was named Rong Lake (Banyan Lake) after the old Banyan tree nearby and the east side of the lake was named Shan Lake after the Chinese fir trees around the lake, hence the Rong Lake (Banyan Lake) and Shan Lake (Chinese Fir Lake ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only remaining old gate ( South Gate ) to the city wall dating back to Song Dynasty ( 960 -1279 ) stands on the northern bank of Rong Lake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ancient South Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rong Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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the marble archway bridge Rong Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Now the area around Rong Lake \u6995\u6e56 is a lively place with much activity which allows you to watch locals singing, dancing, practising Taiji and calligraphy. The marble stone zigzagging bridge connects the lake and the marble archway bridge spans the lake, typical of a classical gardening and a good place to stroll around. The night view of the lake is stunning with lights on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shanhu Lake \u6749\u6e56\u00a0(Chinese Fir Lake)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shanhu Lake (or Shan Lake \u6749\u6e56) is on the east side of Ronghu Lake and connected with Li River. The Sun Tower and the Moon Tower are the highlights of the lake. Especially, the two towers will be illuminated charmingly at night. The higher Sun Pagoda is connected by an underwater tunnel to the \u00a0seven-story octagonal pagoda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sun Pagoda and Moon Pagoda at Shan Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Travellers walk for a close-up view of the two towers.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Zhengyang Pedestrian Street \u6b63\u9633\u6b65\u884c\u8857<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Zhengyang Pedestrian Street is on the northern bank of Shanhu Lake by the right side of Lijiang Waterfall Hotel. After strolling the two lakes, you may have a leisure walk along the only traffic-fre street in Guilin – Zhengyang Pedestrian Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The over-600 meter street is teemed with stores, restaurants, bars. You will have the chance to see the local products and souvenirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zhengyang Pedestrian Street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Zhengyang Pedestrian Street<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Tip:  Hassle-free Guilin Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to do a self-guided tour and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for organized tours to Guilin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guilin Tour<\/a>
Guilin Private Tour<\/a>
Guilin Group Tour<\/a>
Guilin Layover Tour<\/a>
Beijing Guilin Tour<\/a>
Hong Kong Guilin Tour<\/a>
Guilin Car Rental with Driver<\/a>
Guilin Customized Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Guilin Tour- Top 10 Things to do in Guilin<\/a>
Best time to visit Guilin<\/a>
Where to stay in Guilin<\/a>
Top 10 Guilin Luxury Hotels<\/a>
Top 10 Guilin Boutique Hotels<\/a>
Top 10 Guilin Budget Hotels<\/a>
Guilin Tourist Scams, Tourist Traps in Guilin<\/a>
Guilin Taxi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Visit Elephant Trunk Hill<\/a>
Folded Brocade Hill (Diecai Hill)<\/a>
Jingjiang Princes\u2019s City to be Skipped<\/a>
Stroll around Shan Lake and Rong Lake in Guilin<\/a>
Yangshuo Taxi: Yangshuo Taxi Fares, Tips and Phones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Li River Cruise<\/a>
How to Visit Xingping<\/a>
Impression Liu Sanjie Mega Performance in Yangshuo<\/a>
Biking through Shili Scenery Gallery in Yangshuo<\/a>
<\/a>Yangshuo West Street<\/a>
Bamboo Rafting on Yulong River in Yangshuo<\/a>

How to Visit Longji Terraced Rice Fields<\/a>
Visit Huangyao Ancient Town from Yangshuo or Guilin<\/a>
Daxu Ancient Town<\/a>
How to Visit Chengyang Wind & Rain Bridge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Key Words: Zhengyang Pedestrian Street, Ronghu Lake ( Banyan Lake ) and Shanhu Lake ( Fir Lake ). Plan your Guilin tour? The bustling city of Guilin is dotted with pinnacled karst peaks and\u00a0crisscrossed by so-called “Four Lakes and Two Rivers” – Rong Lake (\u6995\u6e56), Shanhu Lake (\u6749\u6e56), Guihu Lake ( \u6842\u6e56) and Mulonghu Lake…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[3108,3111,3110,3109,3112,3113],"class_list":["post-18731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guilin-travel","tag-guihu-and-shanhu-in-guilin","tag-rong-lake","tag-ronghu","tag-shan-hu","tag-shan-lake","tag-shanlake-and-rong-lake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18731"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29399,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18731\/revisions\/29399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}