Xijie is an ancient block in Yangshuo County with a history of more than 1400 years. It is located in the center of the county, and the street is 1180 meters long and 8 meters wide. The houses on Xijie are elegant and ancient, featuring the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Northern Guangxi, with small blue tiles, sloping roofs, white plaster walls, and hanging balconies.
"Xijie" is a street full of Western colors, also known as Foreigners' Street. It represents the unique face of Yangshuo. Because of its existence, the whole Yangshuo is filled with infinite warmth, and everyone who has been to Yangshuo's Xijie feels like coming home. As China's first foreigners' street and largest foreign language corner, it is truly a global village. "Xijie" has been cloned by many tourist cities and attractions in China. Stone roads, northern Guangxi residences, bars, restaurants, inns, folk artists, souvenirs, climbing bars, and tourists of different skin colors... "Xijie" can be said to have everything.
"Xijie" is a Chinese town that condenses the essence of Chinese culture. The Western-style stalls on Xijie display traditional Chinese ornaments: cloth-dyed items with cloisonne blue patterns, hand-embroidered sachets, hanging belts, various styles of Chinese knots, and peace blessings. One after another, this natural town surrounded by mountains and water, rich in earth energy, attracts tens of thousands of foreigners eager to understand China. This sentiment is tied to every corner of the street like a Chinese knot. Foreigners open restaurants and cafes here, fully expressing the warm bourgeois sentiment in the small town of Yangshuo.
"Xijie" is an ancient street exuding a strong historical and cultural atmosphere. This place was once where Mr. Sun Yat-sen gave speeches, where art master Xu Beihong once lived, and where presidents, prime ministers, premiers, and ministers from more than 150 countries have lingered, including Clinton, Nixon, Kissinger, Thatcher, Ho Chi Minh, Sihanouk, and many others. The staggered podiums on Xijie and the marks on each slate record the hardships and glories of these masters; this is China's mark.
"Xijie" is an ideal paradise for taking a break or vacationing without studying. As the convergence point of Chinese and Western cultures, Eastern traditional culture and Western modern civilization blend, exchange, and complement each other here. Tourists can experience exotic风情without leaving the country when visiting Xijie. Studying at Xijie is equivalent to studying abroad without leaving the country. It is an ideal classroom for Chinese people to learn foreign languages and foreigners to learn Chinese. Many people bring their families during holidays to "see Xijie," and many schools organize English "summer camps" and "winter camps" to "study Xijie." The people of Xijie warmly receive these "countrymen" from near and far, urban and rural areas, just like they would receive foreign guests. Isn't it a joy to have friends come from afar?
When you walk on "Xijie" with the leisurely pace of a modern person, you can listen to the depth and richness of culture. Its melody is so soft and distant, representing China's eternal sentiment, eternal knot, and eternal street.