In Wuxiang (Five Elephants) Plaza, which used to be called Jinhu Plaza, the five-elephant sculpture and the fountain around it are telling visitors the history and culture of Nanning. Since the ancient time, Nanning was famed as an elephant city, with many legends about elephants handed down from the common people. The best-known one is the story about Mountain Wuxiang (Five-Elephant), which is the origin of the Wuxiang sculpture. The story goes that during the Warring States Period, in order to control the frequent flood in the south, Emperor Qin Shi Huang sent the five holy elephants in Lingnan to stop up the mountain torrents, but when approaching Nanning, the five elephants were reluctant to go any further. Emperor Qin Shi Huang patted one of the elephants on the bottom, but missed it, which made him furious. He did not realize it had been a dream before he woke up. Doubtfully, he sent people to inquiry about this and found out that five mountains similar to elephants had just abruptly risen. Since then, the flood in Nanning reduced and Wuxiang Mountain became the auspicious image protecting Nanning.

Wuxiang Plaza was initially named Jinhu Plaza. However, Wuxiang Fountain, a symbol of Nanning, was built in the plaza, and moreover, because of the mysterious legend, changing the name to Wuxiang (Five-Elephant) Plaza would be more vivid and acceptable. In the end, according to the related naming standard and the opinion of most residents, the present name was used.

The Xinhui Academy was first built in the first year of the Qianlong Regime, during the Qing Dynasty, about 300 years ago and rebuilt in the 23 rd year of the Daoguang Regime. The grounds cover more than 800 square meters. It used to be the guild resided by the businessmen from Xinhui, Guangdong Province, and now is the best-preserved old architecture in the largest scale in Nanning, reflecting perfectly the features of the Lingnan architectural arts.

Address: the middle section of Jiefang Road, Nanning City

The Green Mountain Park is the most famous tourist destination in Nanning. It is located in the southeast of Nanning, 10 kilometers from the center of the city. The hill is composed of 18 ridges, including the Qing Ridge and the Phoenix Ridge. It covers a total area of 4.07 square kilometers, including 14,667 square kilometers of water, and 25,000 square kilometer green land. The main peak is 289 meters above sea level.

The beautiful mountains and clear waters of the Green Mountain Park Scenic area are extremely attractive to tourists. In this area, there are a number of scenic spots, such as the Tropical Rain Forest Garden, the Palm Garden, the Water Moon Temple, the Dragon and Elephant Tower, the Thailand Garden, the Fairy Pool, the Sky Pool and the biggest Sago Cycas Garden in the world. The park has a good collection of historic relics, poems and inscriptions from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is an ideal place for both sightseeing and enjoying historic culture. Cable cars enable tourists to have a bird's-eye view of the scenery. The Green Mountain has been noted as one of the ten best tourist destinations in Guangxi.

Covering an area of more than 1,000 mu, the World of Country is a large-scale, totally ecological holiday cottage that is a perfect choice for entertainment and holidays, conferences and trainings, demonstration and popularization of agricultural knowledge. For recreational activities, it has guestrooms, luxurious villas, various conference halls, large indoor soft volleyball courts and badminton courts, swimming pools, barbecue center, base of field operations and other spots. It has also introduced the drive-in cinema, the first one in Guangxi. Inside this country world, there is a biggest base of 200 mu in south Guangxi for planting Japanese red grapes.

The Underwater World is located in the People's Park of Nanning. A 5000-square-meter home to over 2,000 marine organisms of 500 species in over 20 families, it integrates ornamental features, knowledge popularization, education, scientific research, and entertainment as a whole. By imitating varieties of marine eco-environment with the help of so many sea creatures, a mysterious, changeable and colorful underwater world is displayed before visitors, who walk through the 25-meter-long tunnel made of bright translucent acrylic.