Ten Mile Gallery

Location: About 2 kilometers south of Yangshuo County, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Opening time: 09:00-18:00 everyday
Best time for visit: all year long

The Ten Mile Gallery Scenic Area covers an area of approximately 30 square kilometers and is a tourist attraction that coexists with the community. The Ten Mile Gallery scenic area is rich in tourism resources, including cultural landscape, biological landscape, water scenery, archaeological sites, tourism products and many other types. The developed attractions include Butterfly Spring, Totem Ancient Road and other scenic spots, which are breathtaking. Along the scenic route, the Ten Mile Gallery integrates geological landscapes such as mountain peaks, caves and underground rivers unique to the karst landform area, providing visitors with a rich visual experience. At the same time, Ten Mile Gallery is also a place where humanities and folk customs intersect, preserving the traditional architectural style and ethnic minority culture of northern Guangxi, providing visitors with a window into Guilin culture.

Major Attractions Of The Ten Mile Gallery

Butterfly Spring Park
Butterfly Spring is located in the essence section of Ten Mile Gallery Scenic Area. It is named "Butterfly Spring" because it is a colorful butterfly world and there is a spring flowing out of the cave. On the steep cliff at the entrance of the park, there is a 280 square meter giant "Emperor Butterfly", known as the "most butterfly" on the stone steps. When the poet He Jingzhi came to visit, he wrote the words "the Number One butterfly in the world(tian xia di yi die)" for it. The tens of thousands of colorful butterflies in the park come from various provinces in China and all over the world. The butterfly pavilion displays more than 300 species, tens of thousands of butterfly specimens, and artworks. There are many attractions related to Butterfly Spring in the park, such as “The Butterfly Dream”, “Butterfly Lovers” and so on.

Big Banyan Tree
The endpoint of drifting on the Yulong River is the Big Banyan Tree at the foot of Moon Hill. This banyan tree is over 1400 years old, with a circumference of 7 meters and a height of 17 meters. This banyan tree has lush branches and leaves, with a unique tree shape that complements its surroundings. The scene in the famous movie "Liu Sanjie" which Liu Sanjie and A Niu Ge threw embroidered balls under a big banyan tree and got married was filmed here. There is also a lotus pond next to the Big Banyan Tree, and the lotus flowers will bloom beautifully in June.

Moon Hill
Tourists can reach Moon Hill about 1 kilometer south of the the Big Banyan Tree. At the foot of the mountain is the "Shangyue Road". With the changes of the route and viewing Angle, the bright moon in front of the tourists turns from surplus to deficit, and then from surplus to deficit, which providing a unique visual experience. Moon Hill is also the earliest, most attractive, and distinctive natural climbing range in Yangshuo. The rock climbing venue is located at the top of Moon Hill, with a stone path leading directly to the summit. Visitors can walk for about 30 minutes to experience it.