A border secret small town in Guangxi that you will miss 99% of the time

Equan, as one of the three famous springs in Southwest China, is as beautiful as poetry and painting, a treasure spot in Guangxi that you must not miss!
📍Location: Nian'an Village, Equan, Xinjing Town, Jingxi City, Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
💰Tickets: Adult ticket 48 yuan, student/senior/teacher with ID 24 yuan. Free admission before 7 a.m. and after 6 p.m.
🚗Transportation
- Self-driving: About 200 kilometers from Nanning, takes about 2.5 hours. There are multiple parking lots in the city, such as Jingxi Bus Station parking lot, 5 yuan/hour.
- Public transportation: Take a bus from Nanning to Jingxi, about 80 yuan, takes about 4 hours, then transfer or take a taxi from Jingxi Bus Station.
- High-speed rail: From Nanning Station to Jingxi Station takes 2.5 hours, then a 15-minute taxi ride.
🌟Must-visit spots
- Fifteen-hole Ancient Bridge: Built in the Qing Dynasty, 76 meters long. Arrive before 7:15 a.m. to see the morning mist swirling and the bridge’s reflection, like a fairyland.
- Spring Eye: The lake water is azure and clear to the bottom, you can see fish swimming and feed them.
- Viewing Platforms: There are two viewing platforms overlooking the whole Equan, enjoying the karst peak forest and pastoral scenery.
- Goose Character Stele: Written by Wang Xizhi in one stroke forming a goose, very distinctive.
🎈Special experiences
- Bamboo Rafting: About 10 yuan to ride a bamboo raft, closely watching underwater fish, aquatic plants, and peak forest reflections, feeling the pleasure of "a boat sailing on green waves."
- Feeding Geese: 5 yuan per pack of feed, you can try if interested.
⚠️Tips
- For free admission, remember to enter before 7 a.m. or after 6 p.m., but be careful at night as there is no lighting.
- Confirm whether bamboo rafting includes the ticket, and pay after confirming the raft reaches the bridge hole.
- There are more mosquitoes in the evening, remember to bring mosquito repellent.
- Wear light-colored long skirts or Hanfu, paired with a straw hat and oil-paper umbrella for very poetic pastoral photos.
- If you can choose, sunny days are the right way to visit.