In the Tang Dynasty, there was an area in the south called Lingnan, which was probably named after the area south of Wuling, and then there was Lingnan Road, which probably included Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and now part of Vietnam. Guangxi is a part of Lingnan, called Lingxi.
In the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, the secretariat department was set up in Lingnan, and then Lingnan was divided into two parts by administrative means, some of which were located in Guangxin County. Gradually, the people took Guangxin County as the benchmark, and the west of Guangxin was called Guangxi and the east of Guangxin was called Guangdong. The government of Song Dynasty defined Guangxi as the abbreviation of this area. After Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China, it has been inherited to this day.
Guangxi is rich in natural products, especially cinnamon. There are many osmanthus trees planted all over the mountain, which are very different from other places, so they are named "Gui".
There is also a saying that because Guilin used to be its capital, all the streets and alleys in Guilin are osmanthus trees, and when the flowers bloom, the streets are full of fragrance, so it is named "Gui".
Guangxi is also the origin of osmanthus fragrans, fragrant leaves and longan, so it is called "Gui" because it is inseparable from "Gui" everywhere.
The origin of the word "Bagui" is because there were eight states in ancient times, namely, Tanzhou (Nanning), Liuzhou, Guizhou (Guilin), Wuzhou, Yuzhou (Yulin), Lianzhou (soft defense against the north), Tianzhou (Tian Yang) and Yizhou (Hechi area), which were owned by Guangxi. There are eight states in all, so there are eight.
To sum up, Guangxi is often called "the land of Bagui", which not only embodies the rich products in Guangxi, but also contains the meaning of vast territory and rich resources, and is a peaceful scene.