The beautiful Zuo River and its two tributaries foster the Han, Zhuang, Yao people living in the area. The most famous attraction is the 2000-year-old Huashan Fresco painted on the sheer cliff by the ancestors of Zhuang. Other major attractions include Zuojiang Leaning Tower, Mingshi Karst Landscape, transnational Detian Waterfall and Silver Beach in Beihai.

Highlights of the region:

Gui Long tower was build around year 1621, 28m tall with 5 storeys, about 5m in diameter. The whole tower slants out about 1m in distance. Legend said there was a monster in the river that capsized a lot of boat and killed many people, so they build this tower to subjugate the monster. The tower is leaning at an angle 4.26'46" to the west, on purpose, facing the on-coming airflow from the river. For sure, it was according to their calculation. Sitting on this small hill, looking at the lovely scenery & smooth river, it's hard to imagine how this river could kill so many lives long time ago. Heard that some people still come here to dig up the treasure underneath the water.

Mount Huashan Mural

The cliff painting was reported to the government by a local farmer in 1954. Expert said it was there over 2000 years. In an over 8000 m² area, you will see human figure, animal, musical instrument, weapon, boat.in red color. Most of the figures in the painting are people striking the same pose, their hands held above their heads and their feet astride. The biggest figure is more than 3m in size. So far no one can tell for sure the reason for those painting, some say it is for celebration reason, some say it is for worship of Frog God. To get there, you can take a 2-hour boat trip from Ningming County. The scenery along the Ming River is enjoyable, people plant the lotus leaves by the river which dot the area with many pools of green. The fish lay their egg on the root, and then fishermen collect it back to grow in their own pool.

Detian Waterfall

Locals boast that it is the world's second-largest transnational waterfall, but don't let the questionable qualifier scare you away - this site alone is worth the trip to southwest Guangxi. The waterfall is separate into 3 tiers, the total height is 60m-70m depth & 200m wide. With its many layers, and the terraced farmland that abuts it, Detian looks like a giant wedding cake of water. It's actually more impressive when viewed from a distance, but a raft ride into the waterfall's spray makes you feel a close touch of nature. Above the falls, you can pose for a photo straddling the China-Vietnam border . no passport required. Almost as impressive as Detian is the windy motorcycle-taxi ride it takes to get there. The rugged route feels like a fairyland where everything - the vegetable fields, the banana trees, and the pools of water - is a vivid green.

Right here you can see another version of Guilin landscape, but much less touristed. Within the 20-km² area, stunning limestone pinnacles, tranquil river, paddy fields and farmer' houses around the Mingshi Bridge, compose a peaceful and harmonious pastoral life. A cruise on local bamboo rafts down the Mingshi River bring you to the fairyland, the best chance to glimpse at the typical Chinese countryside.  

White-headed langur - Trachypithecus leucocephalus:

    South Guangxi is home to the primates, boasting 10 0f 18 different species of moneys in China. White-headed langurs are close relatives of Francois langurs. Adult white-headed langurs have white hair on their head and shoulders. Their body is covered with a glossy black coat with varying proportions of black and white on their tail. Newborns are bright yellow. The langurs are cliff-dwelling, predominantly leaf-eating monkeys, active during the day; they spend most of the time foraging and resting on the limestone cliffs. At night, they retire to caves. The majority of white-headed langurs live in one-male "harem" groups.

These langurs suffer both from hunting and habitat destruction due to expansion of sugarcane plantations. It is reported to inhabit seven isolated karst regions that cover 60-80 km² (within a total distribution of approximately 400 km²) in Guangxi province. The white-headed langur's estimated total population is 700-800 animals. Thanks to the painstaking efforts of Professor Pan Wenshi of Peking University, numbers at Chongzuo evidently have risen from less than 100 to more than 200 individuals since a biological research program was established in 1996. Dr. Chia Tan, a research fellow for the Zoological Society of San Diego, is working with the Peking University team to conduct ecological and behavioral studies on the Chongzuo langurs, as well as to initiate a public awareness campaign and increase local protection. It has been listed in The World's Top 25 Most Endangered Species Primates by Conservation International in 2002.

Camellia nitidissima Chi (C.chrysantha (Hu) Tuyama)

"Golden Camellia", evergreen shrub or small tree 2.5-5m tall; flowers 3.5-6cm across, petals golden yellow, waxy and shiny. Distributed in South Guangxi, growing in forests of wet shady valleys or along streamside on mountains or hills at altitudes of 50-500m; also found in Vietnam. An extremely important germplasm in the genus prized by camellia breeders in the world for its peculiar golden-colored flowers and honored as "The Queen of Camellia".

The White-eared Night Heron is listed on the IUCN Red List as one of the world's most endangered species. In early 1999, after the species was sighted in Fusui County in Guangxi Province, research began to help establish the Fusui Nature Reserve for White-eared Night Heron. However, two years later the number of White-eared Night Heron has decreased.Usually they are 54-56 cm in height, Secretive and boldly patterned. Males have blackish head and nape plumes, white postocular stripe, cheek-stripe and throat, broad blackish line down neck side, brown underparts with whitish streaks/scales and orange-buff to rufous-chestnut rear neck sides. Females have less distinct head and neck pattern, whitish streaks and spots on back and wings (particularly wing-coverts) and shorter nape plumes. Juvenile resembles female, but dark parts of plumage browner, has heavier whitish to buff spots above.Its ecology is poorly known. It occurs in subtropical and tropical forest, with recent records from sites close to streams, rivers, a reservoir and rice-fields (presumably adjacent to or within forest). The diet includes small fish, shrimps and invertebrates.