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National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

author：Guangxi Department of Culture and Tourism

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On May 11th, the special event of "Dao China" frontier tour "Manhang National Highway 219" was officially opened.

As the opening journey of the 2024 frontier tour, the "Manhang National Highway 219" activity is led by Meng Man, a famous cultural scholar and professor of Minzu University of China, and will last 5 months and 90 days of driving, and complete the whole journey of National Highway 219 from Dongxing, Guangxi to Kanas, Xinjiang in three sections. Mengman will go deep into the villages, schools, museums and other places along the line, use a cultural perspective to understand the folk customs and customs of various places, visit the beautiful scenery of the motherland's border, excavate the history and reality of exchanges and exchanges between various ethnic groups, publicize the vivid situation of all ethnic groups in unity and struggle for modernization, and forge a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲Schematic diagram of the whole process of National Highway 219 (Image source: China Map Publishing House)

How much do you know about the G219 National Highway

G219 National Highway is a world-class landscape avenue, which starts from Kanas, Xinjiang in the north and reaches Dongxing, Guangxi in the south, which is the main artery connecting China's western border, and is called "the road of the country" by self-driving travel enthusiasts.

The history of the construction of National Highway 219 can be traced back to the 50s of the 20th century, its prototype is known as the "old National Highway 219 line" of the new Tibetan highway, also known as the Yela Highway, north from the zero kilometer stele of Yecheng County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, south to the 2140 kilometers of the stele of Lhatse County, Shigatse City, Tibet, where it intersects with the Sino-Nepalese highway section of the 318 National Highway, with an average altitude of more than 4500 meters.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲The 0 km monument at the starting point of National Highway 219 is located in the Kanas Scenic Area of Burjin County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xiang (Source: Xinhuanet)

After many transformations and expansions, now, the north end of National Highway 219 extends to Kanas, Xinjiang, and the south end extends to Dongxing City, Guangxi, connecting Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan, Guangxi 4 border provinces (regions), with a total length of 10,065 kilometers, is China's first highway with a length of more than 10,000 kilometers, and is also the longest national highway in China, and the highest average altitude in the world.
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

The iconic "10,000" kilometer pile of the G219 line is located near Nameng Village, Dongzhong Town, Fangcheng District, Fangchenggang City. Photo/Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Highway Development Center

National Highway 219 is the road of the country that every self-driving person yearns for, the longest border highway in China, it leaves this section extending to the sea to Guangxi, from the mountain league to the sea oath, one end is connected with the border customs, one end is connected with the blue sea and silver sand, and all the way through the beautiful scenery of Guangxi's secret land.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

The Guangxi section of G219 is 704.2 kilometers long, from Baise Napo to Fangchenggang Dongxing, involving 3 border cities and 8 counties, and is also the main line of the border national tourist scenic road that Guangxi focuses on building.

The wonder of the karst landscape

The thousand-year-old echo of Luo Yue culture

A different style of ethnic minorities

Border trade is booming

The romance of the long beach in the blue sea

The Maritime Silk Road is surging

……

All sorts of styles are being staged

It makes countless people who love the great rivers and mountains fascinated

This time, follow the G219 Guangxi section

Across mountains and seas

Let's go

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

Along the way, there is the poetry and fairyland of Guangxi's landscapes everywhere, and there are also pictures rendered by the style of time.

Guangxi is a natural museum blessed by nature, which outlines the most beautiful karst wonders in southern China.

The Guangxi section of G219 is not only a border avenue, but also a karst landscape avenue.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

The beauty of Guangxi is innumerable, and the road is endless. The more than 1,000-kilometer land border between China and Vietnam has meandered out of the poems of the land from the mountain alliance to the sea oath, connecting the happy picture of the unity of all ethnic groups, and carrying the changes of thousands of years.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

Walking through the Guangxi section of G219, you can enjoy the wonders of karst landscapes.

Our first stop is at Baise Napo, which is still hidden deep in the mountains for those who are keen on adventure and those who seek the ultimate beauty.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

As ancient and mysterious as the sinkhole, there is also the "living fossil of the Zhuang people" living here - Heiyi Zhuang.

They still retain the most original customs of the Zhuang people, bursts of mountain songs surround the quiet and simple village, and a song "Ni's" is sung from the Zhuang village to the Great Hall of the People.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

Continue to the south and arrive at Baise Jingxi, which is known as "the small Guilin of mountains and rivers, and the small Kunming of the air".

Visit the goose spring, one of the "three famous springs in the southwest", where Emperor Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty left the praise of "Lingquan Evening Shine".

In the ancient town of Jiuzhou, Jingxi, the "hometown of hydrangea in China", the annual output of hydrangea exceeds 200,000, which is sold at home and abroad, and has become a business card of Guangxi.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲ Goose Springs Source/Little Red Book @ Uh-na

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲ Jiuzhou Ancient Town Photo source/Xiaohongshu @ Jiangnanjun

Walking into the Baise Jingxi Tongling Grand Canyon, the "waterfall with the highest single-level drop in Asia" Tongling Waterfall reaches the sky.

The dark river is surging under the waterfall, and the underground river and the karst cave complement each other.

Tongling Grand Canyon is also a natural plant kingdom, with a vegetation area of 700,000 square meters, and rare plants such as alder and golden silk plum, the "living fossils" of the Jurassic period, grow here.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲ Psychic Grand Canyon

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲ Tongling Grand Canyon Photo source/Xiaohongshu @皓蜀黍

Set off to Chongzuo and encounter the "Asia's largest transnational waterfall" Detian transnational waterfall on the Sino-Vietnamese border, with three high cliffs and pouring down.

Every year when the rainy season comes, De Tien Waterfall merges with the Vietnamese Panyo Waterfall on the left, with a total width of 208 meters.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲Detian Transnational Waterfall Photo source/Xiaohongshu @ Children who love fans

Along the way, I met the "long-staying fairyland" Daxin Mingshi Pastoral in the TV series "Flower Thousand Bone", which is also the filming base of many film and television variety shows, stay here for one night and feel the idyllic life written by Tao Yuanming.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲Mingshi Pastoral Photo source/@林琛Live

Walking through the Guangxi section of G219, you can feel the depth of history and culture.

In Longzhou, the "hero flower" - kapok blooms red, the Longzhou Uprising Memorial Hall tells the red history of Deng Xiaoping igniting the spark of the Chinese revolution.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

In the Ho Chi Minh Pavilion, we will relive the special friendship of "comrades and brothers" forged by the Chinese and Vietnamese people who fought side by side in the struggle for national independence and national liberation.

In the "Great Wall of Southern Xinjiang" Xiaolian City, see the city walls on the border line of thousands of miles are connected as a whole, and the fort stretches for dozens of miles, majestic and majestic.

It is the heroes from generation to generation who guard the peace of the border passes, and the national culture on the border line has been inherited and continued.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

In the Jinlong Beauty Village, the "hometown of Tianqin" in Longzhou, the Zhuang girls hold the Tianqin in their hands, shake the bell with their feet, and sing while playing.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

Guangxi is also the birthplace of Luo Yue culture. "China's first rock art world heritage" Zuojiang Huashan rock paintings, the cliffs are painted with all kinds of ochre red portraits and objects, and are known as "Dunhuang on the cliffs" by the world.

I guess everyone is also curious about what the real meaning of these masterpieces is? More than 2,000 years ago, how did the ancestors of the Zhuang people paint patterns on the cliffs dozens of meters high? The answers to these questions are waiting for you!

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

Walking through the Guangxi section of G219, you can appreciate the prosperity of border trade.

Along the Sino-Vietnamese border, arrive at the Pingxiang Friendship Pass, one of China's nine historical gates.

Once, the septuagenarian veteran Feng Zicai was ordered to carry the coffin to the battlefield to defeat the French invading army, and achieved the "Zhennanguan Victory" that shocked China and foreign countries; Sun Yat-sen launched the Zhennanguan Uprising here, setting off a revolutionary upsurge against the thousand-year-old feudal monarchy.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

The smoke of history has dissipated, and now, the legendary Zhennan Pass has become the Friendship Pass at the forefront of opening up, and has developed into the first land port in Guangxi and the largest land port in China's trade with Vietnam.

Pingxiang has become the country's largest mahogany furniture import port and exhibition and distribution center.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲Pingxiang City Redwood Wenbo City

China's first cross-border tourism cooperation zone, the China-Vietnam Cross-border Tourism Cooperation Zone, has built a bridge of friendship with ASEAN.

The border play of "one foot across the two countries" at Dongxing Port is waiting for you to check in. The No. 1 boundary monument of the Great Qing Dynasty stands majestically and records the historical years.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

Walking through the Guangxi section of G219, you can wander the romance of the blue sea and silver beach of Beibu Gulf.

Traveling to Fangchenggang, the zero-kilometer memorial altar at the beginning of the Guangxi Border Highway is the end point of the national highway G219 (Kanas-Dongxing, Xinjiang), and is also the westernmost point of China's coastline and the clockwise starting point of the land border of Chinese mainland, where the landmark connecting mountains and seas stands.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

Here, although the Guangxi section of G219 has come to an end, there is no end to the road, and the coastline guides us to the more mysterious and gorgeous Beibu Gulf.

Rush to the three islands of the Jing people, where China's only maritime people live - the Jing people, who have been farming the sea, animal husbandry and fishing for generations, fishing on stilts, and the passionate Jing girls tug at your heartstrings with the beautiful sound of the solitaire.

In Wanwei Golden Beach, across the sea from Vietnam, you can see the sea and sky.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲Golden Beach

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲Jing Fishing Image source/Xiaohongshu @ Luze

All the way to the east, to the Chaomei North Sea.

Continuing south, we reached the last stop of the journey, the North Sea. More than 2,000 years ago, the ancient Maritime Silk Road started from Hepu Port and became one of the earliest ports for overseas trade with Southeast Asia.

Tracing its historical roots, it is a good choice to walk into the Hepu Han Dynasty Cultural Museum. There are more than 5,000 pieces of Han Dynasty collections, which still tell the glory of the Maritime Silk Road.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

After visiting the museum, board a merchant ship that travels through time and space at nightfall, and see the encounter between exotic customs and Han Yun, colliding with the brilliant sparks of thousands of years ago.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

If you want to know more about the city, you must take a walk through the old streets of Beihai. After a long time, the "Pearl City" has left countless memories of the Maritime Silk Road, and now this rich historical charm is still precipitated in Beihai Old Street.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"
National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

When you come to Beihai, you can't come without coming to Silver Beach. Beihai Silver Beach, known as "the first beach in the world", sit quietly on the ten-mile silver beach for an afternoon, the coconut wind tree shadow and the waves are slender, the blue sea and blue sky are very comfortable. The romance of the North Sea never goes out of style.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲Silver Beach Photo source/Xiaohongshu @白洋-Aries

The last stop of the journey is to board Weizhou Island, which was formed by volcanic eruptions hundreds of millions of years ago.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲ Weizhou Island Crocodile Mountain Park Photo source/Xiaohongshu @ Shen Yiming

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲ Nanwan Street, Weizhou Island Photo source/Xiaohongshu @白洋-Aries

Here you can see the most complete remains of volcanic activity.

There are not only volcanic crater ruins, sea erosion arch bridges, moon bays, coral sedimentary rocks, sea dry rocks and other scenic spots, but also the volcanic wonders carved by water and fire are amazing.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲ Image source / Xiaohongshu @ Cass LV

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲ Colorful Beach Picture / Little Red Book @waiting

Look at the pure glass sea here to make people's hearts pound, it is worth the trip.

National Highway 219, from "mountain fruits are ripe, water and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery of every house has a pond" to "the sky is vast and the grass is blown by the wind and the grass is low to see cattle and sheep"

▲ Source/Weizhou Island Tourism Area Management Committee

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