County of Yang Causeway is in the northern part of Yangshuo County. The government is located on the dyke Yang Causeway, which is 39 kilometers way from the county and 50 kilometers away from Guilin City, accounting for 102.8 square kilometers. The one-hundred-mile Lijiang River with “one mountain, one river and one poem” is like a colorful landscape painting with poetry in it. If we see Lijiang River as a long lyric poem, then the part from Guilin to Caoping is just the prelude of the poem while the part from Caoping to Yang Causeway is the main theme of it. The breathtaking landscape of Yangshuo comes into your eyes as if a skylight is pulled open slowly.
The Yang Causeway begins from the Yang Causeway Guanyan village, and then comes to the Xingping sightseeing area. The river, as long as 18 kilometers, is the golden part of Lijiang River. The Yang Causeway road is only 12 kilometers away from the second class highway of Guilin. You can take a special train or common passenger bus from Yangshuo or Guilin to the Yang Causeway dock. The river is 46 kilometers away from Guilin to the north and 47 kilometers away from Yangshuo to the south. When the water is shallow, the Yang Causeway will be the starting point of Lijiang River traveling, for the boats can not go through the water segment of Lijiang River between Guilin and Yang Causeway.
Yang Causeway is the typical mountain area of “nine mountains with half water and half field” and the people here are honest and simple. It is far away from the noise of big cities and there is no pollution of modern industry. This part of river is twisted, with blue water, numerous attractions, reflection of those mountains, and verdant forests, where you can best experience the beauty of “the river is like the green ribbon while the mountains are jade hairpin”. The main attractions are Xiangba Island, Banbian Qidu, Watching the Moon, Fairies Pulling the Querning Stone, Moonlight Island, Water Curtain Cave, and Wonderful View of Lang Stone.
Yang Causeway county is the typical “Karst” landform and there are many mountains in this area, which are far more than the area of field. There are only 10009 mu (1mu=0.0667 hectares), among which 6394 mu are paddy field and 3615 mu are grazing land. People here depend on the agriculture to make a living and the main grain cops are rice and corn. The grain output of 2002 is 3947 tons, with personal proportion of 349 kilograms; the main cash crops are citrons, clausena lansiums, oranges, and persimmons. It is rich in mineral resources, especially rich in calcites, which cover an area of 40 square kilometers of Tangjia Village. The degree of whiteness of the mineral is over 95%. Now there are 3 points which have been exploited with the annual output of over 60 thousand tons. The productions are sold in or far beyond the village.
Yang Causeway Acctractions
Golden Pheasant Mountain and Moonlight Island
Golden Mountain and Li Six Bridges
Yang Causeway Story
Yang Causeway
Yang Causeway is a famous scenic site at the shoreside of the Lijiang River. There is neither row of verdant poplars nor mellow willows. Then why it is called “Yang Causeway”? In fact, the name s from two local mountains: Yangjiao Mountain and Yangdi Mountain. A long time ago, a huge goat that attained the way and became an evil spirit lived on the mountain. The goat could graze up green grass in several miles overnight. Because of the big capacity for eating, all grasses and leaves were eaten up by the goat. At last, it began to gnaw at riceshoots and vegetables. As a result, local farmers suffered disater and poured out their endless grievances. After the Jade Emperor knowing about the incident, he sent Might Miracle God to subdue the goad. Hearing about the news, the goat hid in a sequestered grotto, successfully dodged the Might Miracle God.
However, the Might Miracle God learned that the goat had already got used to eating, so it would be impossible for the goat to stay too long in the grotto. Consequently, the Might Miracle God pointed by finger and then a cloud of glossy and green riceshoots with growth vigour appeared. The delicate flavor of the riceroots gradually floated away into the grotto. Afterwards, the Might Miracle God turned himself into a sapling standing besides the field.
The goat became extremely hungry after hinding for several days, so it watched towards outside for quite a long time after riechening the delecate flavor of the riceroots. Of course, the goat didn’t see the Might Miracle God, it became so happy that it ran at full speed towards the riceroots and began to graze madly. At this time, the Might Miracle God appeared and angrily rebuke to the goat: “Do you know it’s wrong to ruin crops?” The goat felt a little shocked and scared first, but it was self-assured for its ability and then shouted as tough as bulls: “Do you want to have a competition? Never think that I am afraid of you.” The Might Miracle God became very angry and then wielded his sword. There is no time for the goat to react, one of its hooves had been cut off. The goat immediately became furious, glared its blood-red eyes and rushed towards the Might Miracle God with its two horns which looked like mountain peaks. The Might Miracle God sneered and then wielded his sword again towards the horns. The two horns were cut off with a loud noise. The goat felt so aching that it rolled on the ground. Seeing the scene, the Might Miracle God showed his natural sympathies and didn’t put it to death. The goat knew that itselt was not the adversary of the God and then escaped in a hurry.
From then on, there are two more mountains in this area, one is the Yangjiao Mountain turned by the horns, the other is the Yangti Mountain turned by the hooves. However, in the Guilin dialect, “yangti” and “yangdi” have the same pronunciation. Posterities of local Guilin people thought “yangti”was quite vulgar. In order to be well matched with the beautiful scenery, the name changed to “yangdi”.
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