Guiping

Guiping (桂平) is a small city in Central Guangxi. It is administratively part of the prefecture city of Guigang.

Understand
The area's best-known son was Hong Xiuqian who led the Taiping Rebellion in the mid-19th century. He claimed to be Jesus' younger brother, and was convincing enough to attract tens of thousands of followers and to rule much of China for over a decade. There is a museum in Nanjing, which was his capital, about his Tai Ping Tian Guo, the Kingdom of Heavenly Peace. His actual hometown was a small village in Hua County, which is now a district of Guangzhou known as Huadu District.

By bus
Guiping has two major bus stationsː



Go next

 * Guigang
 * Liuzhou
 * Wuzhou