Hezhou Huashuichong

　　      The Huashuichong Nature Reserve is one of the best-preserved secondary virgin forests in eastern Guangxi, covering an area of over 180,000 mu. It is home to a large number of rare and precious animals and plants, including nationally protected species such as the yellow-bellied tragopan, tufted deer, and brush-tailed porcupine; as well as plants like cyclocarya paliurus, nanhua wood, and cephalotaxus fortunei. Among them, the relic plant group — the Alsophila spinulosa tree (also known as the tree fern) — is hailed as a “living fossil of the plant kingdom” and coexisted with dinosaurs. Due to the high mountains and dense forests in this region, aside from forest rangers, human presence is extremely rare, and even fewer people have ventured through this area.

　　 The Huashuichong Water Source Forest Reserve is located within the territory of Nanzhen Town, Babu District, Hezhou City, Guangxi, bordering Butou, Hejie, Huangdong, and other towns. Its horizontal projection area spans 105 km². Huashuichong lies at the easternmost edge of Guangxi, featuring rugged mountain terrain. The highest peak on the southern side, Changchongding, reaches an elevation of 1,571 m, while the lowest point on the northern side, Yangmeichong, is only 170 m above sea level, resulting in a vertical drop of 1,400 m. The drainage basin is wider in the south and narrower in the north, resembling a giant green umbrella spread across the land of eastern Guangxi.