Guilin is one of the first national historical and cultural cities with a history of more than 4,000 years. It is the birthplace of Guiliu culture and Guangxi warlords. Since the Qin Dynasty, Guilin has been the political, military and cultural center of southern China. During World War II, it was the southern military and political center in the Kuomintang-controlled area of the Republic of China, and it was also the cultural exchange capital of the world anti-fascist war. 20 12 the national development and reform commission designated it as an international tourist attraction.
Guilin now governs 6 municipal districts, 9 counties and 2 autonomous counties. The citizens commonly call it "6 urban districts 1 1 county", namely Xiufeng, Diecai, Qixing (high-tech), Xiangshan, Yanshan, Lingui District, Lingchuan, Xing 'an, Quanzhou, Guanyang, Ziyuan, Yongfu, Yangshuo and Lipu. There are 165 township administrative regions.
Seven distinctive cultures of Guilin's famous historical and cultural city: prehistoric human culture represented by the ruins of Zanpiyan; Ancient military water conservancy culture represented by Lingqu; Cliff stone carvings and landscape poetry culture represented by Guihai forest of steles; The captaincy culture of Ming Dynasty represented by Jingjiang Wang Fu and Mausoleum: the anti-Japanese war culture represented by Southwest Drama Exhibition; China revolutionary culture represented by the former site of Guilin office of the Eighth Route Army and Xiangjiang Martyrs Memorial Park, the breakthrough site of the Red Army's Long March; The former residence culture of celebrities represented by Li Zongren's official residence and Xu Beihong's former residence.