Get to know Jingxi
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- Administrative area
- County-level city · 县级市
- Part of
- Baise
- Chinese name
- 靖西市
- Local areas
- County-level city guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 3,331.00 km²
- Population · 2020
- 489,163
- Administrative seat
- Xinjing
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Setting and landscape
Jingxi covers about 3,327 square kilometres and has a 152.5-kilometre frontier with three districts of Vietnam's Cao Bang Province (高平省). Its Chinese neighbours are Napo (那坡), Debao (德保), Tiandeng (天等), Daxin (大新), Baise's Youjiang District (右江区) and Funing (富宁) in Yunnan. The mean annual temperature is 19.1°C.
More than 90 percent of the people are Zhuang, and everyday speech is a southern Zhuang dialect locally called Yang (仰话).
History
Under the Tang, Guichun Prefecture (归淳州) was set up in the east of today's territory in 714 and renamed Guishun (归顺州) around 806. In 1496, after its Cen (岑) native officials led troops with distinction, Shun'an (顺安峒) was raised to the native prefecture of Guishun; direct imperial rule came in 1729. Jingxi County was created in 1913, its name taken from the old town name Jingcheng (靖城) and its place in western Guangxi. It became a county-level city on 1 August 2015.
What to see
Tongling Grand Canyon (通灵大峡谷) in Hurun (湖润镇), a national AAAA scenic area on the border, runs for 3.8 kilometres through Tongling Gorge and Nianba Gorge (念八峡), joined by an underground river and tunnels. Its waterfall drops 188.6 metres in a single fall, and the forested gorge holds more than 2,300 plant species, about 600 of them rare or wild medicinal plants, which earned it the title "China Zhuang Medicine Garden" (中国壮药园).
E'quan (鹅泉) is a spring that rises from an underground river in karst peak-forest country; the city's media centre calls it one of the three famous springs of southwest China, and an old bridge of 15 arches is reflected in its water. In Jiuzhou old town (旧州古镇) the streets are hung with embroidered balls (绣球), and visitors can cut and sew one themselves.
Quyang Lake (渠洋湖), an AAA scenic area in Quyang town 28 kilometres from the city, is a karst plateau reservoir about 15 kilometres long, shaped like two joined gourds and dotted with islands and Zhuang villages.
Food and local products
Jingxi rice dumplings (靖西米饺) wrap pork, wood-ear fungus and water chestnut in a translucent rice skin and are dipped in sauce. Two fried snacks carry names transliterated from Zhuang: fanjidu (番叽嘟), glutinous-rice dough around sweet potato, dipped in sugar, and moumie (哞咩), glutinous-rice flour and sweet potato shaped into cattle and sheep and fried. The Jingxi speckled duck (靖西大麻鸭), locally called the "horse duck" for its size, is a geographical-indication breed raised for about 120 days and prized for white-cut duck.
Highlights
- Tongling Grand Canyon 通灵大峡谷: AAAA scenic area in Hurun; 3.8-km gorge system with a 188.6-m single-drop waterfall.
- E'quan Spring 鹅泉: Spring fed by an underground river, with an old bridge of 15 arches.
- Jiuzhou Old Town 旧州古镇: Streets hung with embroidered balls; visitors can make their own.
- Jingxi speckled duck 靖西大麻鸭: Geographical-indication duck breed used for white-cut duck.
- Quyang Lake 渠洋湖: AAA-rated karst plateau reservoir lake, 15 km long, with islands and Zhuang villages.
Sources for this guide
靖西市概况 · Jingxi City People's Government
通灵大峡谷 · Jingxi City Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism (on the city government portal)
看瀑布、做绣球、吃“哞咩”……周末来靖西找惊喜！ · Jingxi City Media Centre (on the city government portal)
历史沿革 · Jingxi City People's Government
靖西大麻鸭 · Jingxi City Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (on the city government portal)
渠洋湖水库 · Jingxi City People's Government
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-25.
Explore Jingxi
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Jingxi
Misty limestone karst peaks reflected in Quyang Lake (Bameng Reservoir), Jingxi, Baise · 广西百色市靖西市渠洋湖（岜蒙水库）喀斯特山峰倒影 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 5 October 2013.Quyang Lake渠洋湖
Karst reservoir lake in Quyang town, Jingxi, Guangxi, shaped like two gourds and ringed by peaks, with islands and Zhuang villages.
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A waterfall drops into the gorge at Tongling Grand Canyon in Jingxi, Baise · 广西百色市靖西市通灵大峡谷瀑布 Source-recorded photograph date: 07 Easter.Tongling Grand Canyon通灵大峡谷
Tongling Grand Canyon combines a deep, wooded gorge with a tall waterfall and limestone passages. The waterfall drops against the enclosing cliff, while the route through the gorge brings rock walls and dense vegetation much…
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A wide view of a clear spring pool: pale turquoise water with dense green waterweed under the surface, a low stone causeway and a timber walkway with a red-and-orange pavilion crossing the middle distance, green banks with trees and a tall karst peak behind.Equan鹅泉
Equan is a clear spring beside a village and cultivated fields in the Jingxi limestone landscape. Its interest is the close grouping of water, old masonry and rural surroundings rather than a long mountain hike. An old…
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Gulongshan Gorges · 古龙山峡谷Gulongshan Gorges古龙山峡谷
The Gulongshan gorge group lies at Xinling village in Hurun town, about thirty kilometres south-east of Jingxi in western Guangxi, at the western end of the Gulongshan water-source forest nature reserve and eighteen kilometres from the Vietnamese border. It runs 6.8 kilometres and is made up of three gorges whose underground rivers and caves connect through the hills.
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Jiuzhou Ancient Town · 旧州古镇Jiuzhou Ancient Town旧州古镇
Jiuzhou is an old town eight kilometres south of the Jingxi urban area in Baise, western Guangxi. It was once the political, economic and cultural centre of what is now Jingxi, and it is the place of origin of the xiuqiu, the Zhuang embroidered ball.
Read the place guide →Local life & food
Jingxi local specialties
靖西市特色美食 · 1 specialties to discover
Jingxi chicken with river snails 靖西田螺鸡AI dish illustration / AI 菜品示意图
Tender chicken contrasts with the smaller, firmer snail meat. The seasoning can be strong and aromatic.
Source ↗Read the dish guide →All dish names · 全部菜名 (1)
More dishes from across Guangxi are in the Guangxi food guide.
Plan your visit
Getting there
Jingxi is about 90 km in a straight line from central Baise. Search for 靖西市 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
Where to stay →Build your route
Quyang Lake and Tongling Grand Canyon are both listed here. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
Continue with Baise →More in Baise
Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory (dmfw.mca.gov.cn) · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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