American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - A city of southeast China northwest of Guangzhou. The
original city dates back to the sixth century A.D. Population:
513,000. - n. A city in the Guangxi province of China - From
Mandarin 桂林 (Guìlín), from 桂 (guì, "laurel") + 林 (lín, "tree")
(Wiktionary) “In our last entry i described the town as a
shithole. while this statement remains factually correct, it
deserves a footnote. guilin is a shithole, but they have a
kickass light show at night that's so cool it almost redeems the
place. i won't go into detail but u can see from the pics that
some chinamen dropped some acid and got crazy with the river in
Guilin.” “In this one, a college student visiting Qixing Park in
Guilin, a popular tourist town in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region of China, deiced that the panda there was just so cute,
he had to give it a cuddle.” “Song historians conclude, "The
Tang was ended by Huang Chao, but the disaster originated in
Guilin" (Tang wang yu huang