One proof of why Guilin (桂林) is such a touristy city is the number of pedestrian street it has. I have no idea how many pedestrian street is there in Guilin, but I had visited 3 alone during my short stay there in August. One of such pedestrian streets is the Zhengyang Pedestrian Street (正阳步行街). Zhengyang Street was an old street. Its existence can be dated back to Han Dynasty (汉朝). It was Guilin’s commercial and political centre in the Qing Dynasty (汉朝). In 2001, Zhengyang Street had been transformed into a pedestrian street. Its entire length is 666 meters and around 13 meters wide, and has combined entertainment, recreation and shopping elements all on 1 street. There is a 17.5-meter tall clock tower in the center of the pedestrian street. Zhengyang Pedestrian Street is located in the center of Guilin city, neighboring the famous Li River (漓江), Jingjiang Princes City (靖江王城), Elephant Trunk Hill (象鼻山), Solitary Beauty Peak (独秀峰) and other scenic spots around Guilin.
Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
Clock tower on Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
Interesting sign in front of a restaurant
A sweet lady weaving on Zhengyang Pedestrian Street
Silkworms!
Zhengyang Pedestrian Street at night
Zhengyang Pedestrian Street at night
In parallel with the Zhengyang Pedestrian Street is the Zhongshan Zhong Street (中山中路步行街). A busy street during daytime, Zhongshan Zhong Street transforms itself into a pedestrian night market when night falls. Half of the road is closed and dotted with great numbers of red tents every night. These stalls sell handicrafts, local products, local snacks and many more.
Red circle indicates the location of Zhengyang Pedestrian Street while blue circle is the Zhongshan Zhong Pedestrian Street
Dotted with red tents
Lots of people!
Calligraphy on fan
Portrait painting on shirt
Wax photo
Have your name carved on the stone
Natural purple jades
Purple jade craft
We saw the Crystal Bridge in distant!
Another pedestrian street we had visited is the Xicheng Pedestrian Street (西城路步行街). We went to Xicheng Pedestrian Street during our last night in Guilin. To be honest, Xicheng Pedestrian Street has nothing much to offer. The street does have lots of restaurants though offering lots of nice foods, but I dared not to try after having just recovered from severe food poisoning in Xingping (兴坪).
Entrance to Xicheng Pedestrian Street
Xicheng Pedestrian Street
I am not a shopping person, but I do like to do so when I am traveling, especially in these cozy little pedestrian streets! How about you?
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I love pedestrian street, even if not buying anything, the atmosphere is so relaxing and appealing.
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Me too, Jama!
Hi Jam, Wow! Great intro on the Pedestrian Streets and knowing it dated back to the Han & Qing Dynasty. Thanks for all the nice pixs and ‘guided tour’ guess very easy going place not that congested. Would only shop for souvenir items I’m not a shopoholic.
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I also only shopped for souvenir items back then.
really a lot of pedestrian streets! it’s kinda cool to see the streets and the people around there selling their best things.
silk worm is the one that we could eat right? did you manage to eat some? don’t offer me please, i know the looks and taste gross :)
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Silk worm is to produce silk, not a food. But I read that silkworm pupae are eaten in some cultures
I always find that night markets.. or any markets are interesting especially the one which I never been too
The handicrafts and obviously, the local products always seem to amaze me
Name carved on the stone is pretty interesting :D
it’s used as a stamp, is it? or just a souvenir sort of thing?
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It is used as a stamp to certify documents.
Those silkworms looked like dried cockroaches! Did you take a bite? Wonder how they taste like.
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I did and do not dare to take a bite, so gross
the pic of the silk worms at close up is so cool
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Ya indeed cause we seldom get a close up with such thing!
What is wax photo? Any close up picture of the wax photo?
I wonder where all the tourist/visitors park their cars/bicycle. If KL do like that… habis jam (not you Jam :P).
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Wax photo is they use wax to create your portrait and frame it.
You are right! Why I never come to notice that?
I love these kind of Pedestrian Streets, You can feel so relax.
But I can’t feel relax when I visit the pedestrian streets of guangzhou, because so many thieves there!
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We were warned there are many pick pockets here too, but I think it is not too bad after all
the road is soooo clean..that already gave good impression..when la our country will be like them…XD
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The more places I travel to, the more I feel my country is inferior compared to others