广西的河流以西江为主干,汉河支流遍及全境。从十七世纪下半叶迄二十世纪初,清政府以“巡防河面、缉捕盗匪、稽查走私、保护商旅”为名,曾在梧州、南宁、柳州、桂林、桂平、平乐等地设置一种旧式的海军——内河水师。 Guangxi River to the Xijiang trunk Han River tributaries throughout the whole territory. From the second half of the seventeenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century, the Qing government set up a series of programs in Wuzhou, Nanning, Liuzhou, Guilin, Guiping and Pingle in the name of “patrolling the river, arresting bandits, checking smuggling and protecting business travel” Old-style Navy - Inland Navy.