Daxu means big town in Chinese, known for one of the four ancient big towns of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. This attraction is located on the north bank of the Li River, about 23 kilometers by river and 17 kilometers by road from Guilin City. Built in 200 AD, this town still keeps the ancient folk houses of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1616-1911) dynasties, assembly halls of some provinces, pier, signal fire walls, old stone bridges, long bluestone-paved streets, mosque, ancient recreation facilities, and time-honored temples…
Daxu town is also known for the other name--Changan (the ancient name of Xi'an) in ancient times. It was a prosperous business centre and water terminal in the Southern Song Dynasty (960-1127AD). Now, some ancient traditional shops are still open in this town, such as noodle-making shops, wine shops, bamboo basketwork shop, blacksmith's shop, Chinese drug store, jewelry shops, traditional Chinese painting shops, antique shops, rice tofu (rice bean curd) shop etc, they can be found some information of the old business in ancient Guilin.
Daxu ancient town shows a charming pastoral scene of mountains, isle in the Li Liver, water and paddy field. Rambling around in the town you may find ducks swimming in the streams or Li River, buffalos drinking from the streams, farmers planting on the fields…
