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Summer Dream in Guangxi's Mingshi Pastoral: Secluded Moments in an Emerald Gallery|Practical Guide

When morning mist envelops the karst peaks and bamboo rafts part the jade-green river, this summer I fell into a landscape fantasy more hidden than Guilin. 🔸Morning Mist Bamboo Raft: First Scene in the Painting As the first dawn light pierces the mist, the Mingshi River unfolds like emerald silk before your eyes. Drifting on a bamboo raft is the most beautiful way to embrace summer. With the boatman's gentle pole strokes, the raft glides into the waterway mirroring the mountain peaks, as if I've wandered into an animated ink painting. 👉TIPS: Rafting starts at 7am - best for photography when the mist lingers and heat hasn't arrived yet. 🔸Afternoon Cycling: Through a Green Fairy Tale When the sun climbs high, rent a bicycle to explore along pastoral greenways. Recommended route: *Through undulating rice fields into secret realms embraced by karst peaks. 👉Hidden Route: Visit the Nine-Bend Bridge from "The Journey of Flower" filming location. The mist-shrouded wooden bridge winds across the river, its arches framing distant mountains like natural painted screens, evoking xianxia romance in this moment. 🔸Secluded Stay: Sleeping Amidst Landscapes Mingshi Villa offers great value - Zhuang brocade-decorated rooms open directly to rice fields and mountain views. 🔸Local Flavors: Mountain's Bounty Beyond roast pork, don't miss: Pearl duck soup, bamboo tube rice, and sour snack stalls. Zhuang brothers poling rafts through morning mist, egrets circling over rice fields at dusk, mountains conversing with stars in the dark night... Mingshi's summer is nature's green love letter to this beloved world💌.
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Posted: Jun 14, 2025
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