Cycling to Liu Gong and Puyi

A popular bike ride goes from Yangshuo to Liu Gong and Puyi and turn back using the southern route through Yongcum and Lexiang. Here's the description.

Leave Yangshuo on the south site and follow direction to the entrance of the Liu Sanjie Lightshow. You will pass East Street, which in time might be a competitor for West Street. After the entrance of the Liu Sanjie Show, follow the direction to the Snow Lion Resort and Mushan village.

Mushan Village is worth a stop. It's a hundreds of years old village with a central pool and old Qing and Ming dynasty houses, many in excellent condition.

After Mushan you can follow the road, which is by now a gravel road for about 10 km to the Liu Gong junction. From the junction it's another 2 km to Liu Gong.

Liu Gong

Liu Gong is a small village at the Li River, about 15 km east of Yangshuo town proper. The town would be a dismissal if there had not been a few things you would want to see. Before you enter the village you can have the "Three Colours Pond". The name is actually inaccurate, as there are three different small ponds with each a slightly different colour. As I am a curious person by nature, I wanted to see the ponds but I was disappointed, there's nothing much to see. However, the scenery is quite nice.

View at the Li River from Liu Gong

Liu Gong town is close by. It's a small attractive town which, like Mushan is several hundreds of years old. Many houses date from Ming and Qing dynasty. There's a beautiful and restored gate and temple to be visited. The temple is located at a nearby hill. A 5 minutes walk using stairs lead you to the entrance and inside the temple.

Liu Gong temple entrance

Nearby the gate, right at the riverside, is a small restaurant but at the moment there are no hotels.

The Temple of Liu Gong

Be careful with making photos of the villagers, not all will approve it and some may ask you for money.

Puyi

The next town, a few kilometers further is Puyi. It's slightly bigger but still very traditional. Most people here, like in most of the villages, are farmers. There's a ferry crossing here, Y2 to the other side from where you can continue to Suzi town and turn back to Fuli and Yangshuo.

If you cross the river and go south, you will end up in Pingle. Some years ago I cycled this, it was nice but from Pingle back to Yangshuo was quite a long way. Puyi to Pingle on the east of the river is only recommended if you have plenty of time as the scenery is nice but spectacular.

From Puyi, you can cycle back a few kilometers and take the junction to the left. This road will lead you to the Water Cave and Moonhill. To me, this is one of the best areas to see the limestone mountains.

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