Among' the thousands of miles of motor roads operating throughout the province of Kwangsi the section running from Hochih to Nantan on the Kwangsi-Kweichow highway is by far the most picturesque; surpassing all others in its natural beauty and has deservedly acquired the name of Kwangsi's Scenic Highway.
'The road runs through a wild mountainous area occupied largely by Chwang tribesmen and formerly not too safe for travel. Lonely stretches of country are' traversed, towering hills climbed, deep ravines passed over, and foaming torrents crossed, and through the entire length of the journey of 96 English miles the traveller has thrills innumerable and constant surprises that such innumerable difficulties have been overcome, and such engineering skill shown in the surveying and laying of this magnificient road.
The work on the road commenced April 1, 1933, and. soon crude grass shelters had been erected all along the section through which the road was to. run. and 10,000 work~ men were busy with pick and shovel digging away the loose surface earth, while the mountains echoed with the Seady tick of steel drills as stonemasons prepared to blast away the mountain sides, and the deafening roars of exploding powder sounded through the hills from one end of the line to the other. So rapidly was the work pushed forward that within ten. months buses could travel the full length of the road though the official opening did not take" place until January of this year.
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