Last updated 2026-11-13 — Penglai Islet is located 16 kilometers from Xingbin District, covering a total area of 8,200 square meters. It is an isolated island in the Hongshui River, oval in shape, stretching 500 meters in length and 250 meters in width, with a relative height of 30 meters. The islet was originally one of the old Eight Scenic Spots of Laibin County and is reputed as the "Fairyland of Penglai." The Penglai Shoal at its head is one of the ten most treacherous shoals of the Hongshui River. Between 1263 and 1277 AD, during the Southern Song Dynasty, the county seat of Xiangzhou was established on Penglai Islet. On the stone cliff on the southern shore of the islet, there is a cliff inscription (the Stele Commemorating the Reconstruction of the Ancient Seat of Xiangzhou County), measuring 2.66 meters in height and 2 meters in width, which is the most intact and largest surviving Song Dynasty stele in Guangxi. Opposite the islet, on Hualing Ridge, lie the ruins of the ancient county town of Xunde from the Tang Dynasty. The vegetation coverage on the islet reaches 100%, with 95% of it being fruit trees. In early 1998, geological experts from 12 countries including Canada and Russia, while surveying the Hongshui River, discovered that the Permian strata sections on both banks were complete in sequence and widely distributed, making them a rare standard section of Permian strata in the world.