1954年,在花坪红岩山麓首次发现“活化石”银杉,轰动了世界植物界。1961年,在发现银杉的所在地花坪成立自治区级自然保护区,成为广西最早成立的自然保护区。1978年,保护区晋升为国家级自然保护区,成为中国第四、广西最早的国家级自然保护区。1991年,保护区被纳入“中国生物圈保护区网络”。 In 1954, Huaping Hongyan foothills found for the first time “living fossil ” silver fir, sensation world plant community. In 1961, the founding of silver fir Huaping founding autonomous region-level nature reserve, became Guangxi’s earliest established nature reserve. In 1978, the reserve was promoted to a national nature reserve and became China’s fourth and Guangxi’s earliest state-level nature reserve. In 1991, the reserve was included in “China Biosphere Reserve Network”.