Hezhou

Hezhou is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The city is situated in the east region of Guangxi, neighboring Guangdong and Hunan provinces in the east and north. Within the Guangxi, it is bounded on the west by Guilin and on the south by Wuzhou. He Shire as the first administrative organization in this area was set up by the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdom Period (220-280). It was changed to He Zhou later in the Sui Dynasty (581-618). Hezhou is situated in the hilly area in southeastern Guangxi, and its terrain generally slopes downward from the north to the south.

Guposhan National Forest Park lies 21 kilometers northeast of Babu District. There are twenty peaks in the park which are higher than one thousand meters. Around the beautiful landscape of the forest park, there are stockaded villages of the Yao and Hakka locals. Visitors can view folk performances and learn the marriage customs of different minorities. There is a Valentines' Lake in the depth of the Valentines' Forest. It is a wonderful summer resort for swimming. Some times, boys an