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Chishui Danxia 赤水丹霞Chìshuǐ Dānxiá
5A scenic area · Zunyi, Guizhou
About Chishui Danxia
Chishui is one of the six components of the "China Danxia" World Heritage site (inscribed 2010), a landscape of red sandstone cliffs, forested gorges and waterfalls around Chishui city. The main stop is the Great Waterfall (Shizhangdong), about 76 m high and 80 m wide and described as the largest waterfall on danxia terrain in China; the area is also known for dense bamboo forest and for tree ferns, a plant group that survives from the Jurassic. Plan about a day for the main sights, with the bamboo forest and the Sidonggou falls nearby.
How to get to Chishui Danxia
The Great Waterfall is about 40 km by road south of Chishui city, under an hour's drive.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Huangjing Laolin Forest 黄荆老林 (10 km), Sidonggou Waterfalls 四洞沟 (10 km), Bing'an Ancient Town 丙安古镇 (10 km), Jiangxi Guild Hall, Fuxing 复兴江西会馆 (20 km).
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