Guilin in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is known for its natural beauty and mesmerizing kart landforms. /VCG Photo

The city has earned a world reputation for its one-of-a-kind karst landforms. /VCG Photo

For decades, children's textbooks proclaimed "Guilin's landscape is the best under heaven." /VCG Photo

Star Wars fans may recognize some locations as Guilin was used as the set for the Wookiee homeland, Kashyyyk. /VCG Photo