Hechi 河池Héchí

About Hechi

Hechi is steep karst country on the southern edge of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, cut by the Hongshui River, and minority peoples make up most of its population. Besides the Zhuang and Yao, it is home to the Maonan of Huanjiang and the Mulao of Luocheng, each with an autonomous county. Huanjiang's karst forest joined the South China Karst World Heritage Site in 2014, Yizhou claims the legendary singer Liu Sanjie as its own, and Bama, a Yao county, is known for its long-lived residents.

Listed sites in Hechi

37 sites in Hechi are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.

• Bala Monkey Mountain 巴腊猴山 4A scenic area · on the map
  A forested karst valley at Bala hamlet in Qiaoyin township, where villagers have protected a troop of more than 600 macaques since reforestation began in the 1990s, and the monkeys come to feeding areas and let visitors approach closely.
• Bama Crystal Palace Cave 水晶宫 4A scenic area · on the map
  A show cave on a hillside at Daluo village, Nashe township, known for dense clusters of snow-white helictites, needle-like crystals and flower-shaped formations.
• Bama Longevity Island 长寿岛 4A scenic area · on the map
  An island of about 3 hectares in the Pogui section of Cifu Lake, the reservoir on the Panyang River 8 km from Bama town, ringed by karst hills.
• Baping Wetland and Forest Area 巴平湿地森林康养 4A scenic area · on the map
  A wetland and forest area at Baping in Mangchang town, developed since 2020 within the Laxi National Wetland Park, a highland wetland of about 560 hectares where 168 bird species have been recorded.
• Changle Palace Cave 长乐宫 4A scenic area · on the map
  A show cave on Leishan hill in Bandeng village whose entrance is so low that adults must crouch to get in, opening into tall halls divided by columns of stalactites.
• Chengjiang National Wetland Park 澄江国家湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A national wetland park on the clear blue-green Chengjiang River, which rises at the Jiudun skylights in Daxing town and flows 42 km south through farmland to the Hongshui River.
• Chenglong Lake 成龙湖 4A scenic area · on the map
  A lake park ringed by hills on the edge of Luocheng town, named after Yu Chenglong, the Qing official famed as an incorruptible magistrate, who served in Luocheng and is said to have written poems beside it.
• Colourful Maonan 多彩毛南 4A scenic area · on the map
  A cultural area in Sien, the county town of Huanjiang, the only autonomous county of the Maonan people, built around the Maonan Museum.
• Cotton Tiankeng Resort 棉花天坑 4A scenic area · on the map
  A resort around a karst tiankeng (giant sinkhole) at Shendong hamlet in Mianhua village, which also takes in Changsheng Cave, a show cave of stalactites, and the Mulao village of Shendong.
• Danlu Mountain 丹炉山 4A scenic area · on the map
  A wooded hill scenic area at Danlu hamlet in Wuai town, built around the remains of a Ming-dynasty alchemy site that the county describes as one of the most complete found in China, with karst caves and local Taoist, lantern-dance and tusi (chieftain) traditions.
• Danquan Liquor Cave 丹泉洞天酒海 4A scenic area · on the map
  A visitor site at the Danquan distillery in Nandan town, founded in 1956 and now Guangxi's largest liquor producer, where visitors can follow baijiu production from grain to blending.
• Donglan Red Tourism Area 东兰红色旅游区 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  A group of revolutionary sites linked to Wei Baqun, a Zhuang leader of the 1920s peasant movement, rated 4A together in 2011.
• Du'an Underground River Geopark 都安地下河国家地质公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A national geopark of about 210 km² along the Disu underground river system, which with its 12 tributaries runs for some 241 km beneath the karst before joining the Hongshui River.
• Fengshan Geopark and Sanmenhai 凤山国家地质公园·三门海 4A scenic area · on the map
  Fengshan's half of the Leye–Fengshan UNESCO Global Geopark, designated in 2010, a karst landscape of peak clusters, caves, sinkholes and natural bridges.
• First Bend of the Hongshui River 红水河第一湾 4A scenic area · on the map
  A viewpoint above a sweeping U-shaped bend where the Hongshui River loops through a gorge at Banwen village in Sanshi town.
• Geyasigu Baiku Yao Folk Park 歌娅思谷 4A scenic area · on the map
  A Baiku Yao (White Trousers Yao) culture resort of about 9.6 km² at Ganhe hamlet in Lihu Yao township, where a river winds past fields into a cave among karst hills.
• Hongshui River Hundred-Li Gallery 红水河百里风情画廊 4A scenic area · on the map
  A 27.7 km² stretch of the Hongshui River running upstream from Dahua town towards Guhe township, within the Hongshui River–Qibainong scenic area, where tour boats cruise between karst hills and riverside villages.
• Huixian Mountain 会仙山 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  A craggy hill in Bailongshan Park on the northern edge of Yizhou, a sightseeing spot since the Tang dynasty, climbed for views over the town.
• Liu Sanjie's Hometown 刘三姐故里 4A scenic area · on the map
  A river scenic area where the Xiajian River meets the Longjiang east of Yizhou, presented as the home of Liu Sanjie (Third Sister Liu), the legendary folk singer whose song tradition, nominated by Yizhou, is on the national intangible heritage list.
• Longxianggai Maple and Ginkgo Park 笼箱盖枫杏 4A scenic area · on the map
  A former mining area at Lamo village near Chehe town, between about 700 and 1,200 m, that has been regraded and replanted with 18 introduced maple varieties, ginkgo, peach, azalea and peony, and was rated 4A in 2023.
• Miluotuo Cultural Park 密洛陀文化公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A riverside park of about 30 hectares in Du'an's Hedong district, opened in 2015 for the county's 60th anniversary and themed on the Bunu Yao, whose creation epic of the goddess Miluotuo became national intangible heritage in 2011.
• Mulun Karst Eco-Tourism Area 木论喀斯特 4A scenic area · on the map
  A tourism area on the south-eastern edge of the Mulun National Nature Reserve, part of the Huanjiang Karst component of the South China Karst World Heritage Site since 2014, which protects karst forest continuous with Maolan in Guizhou.
• Nandan Mineral Hot Spring 南丹矿物温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
  A hot-spring resort at Tanghan village in Chehe town, fed by water that reaches the surface at about 62 °C. It has a dozen public pools, nine private courtyard pools, a hot-spring swimming pool, a children's water park, a hotel and villas, set among wooded hills.
• Niujiaozhai Waterfalls 牛角寨瀑布群 4A scenic area · on the map
  A forested karst gorge of about 10 km² at Bamian village, Minglun town, where a 3 km trail passes more than ten tiers of falls in quick succession, nine of them large.
• Panyang River Scenic Area 盘阳河 4A scenic area · on the map
  The Panyang River valley around Jiazhuan town, rated 4A in 2009 as Bama's main river area: the river re-emerges from underground at Poyue village and flows past Zhuang and Yao villages known for their long-lived residents.
• Qibainong National Geopark 七百弄国家地质公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A national geopark of about 323 km² in northern Dahua, declared in 2009, covering what is regarded as one of the world's densest clusters of karst peaks and enclosed hollows: some 9,000 peaks with summits above 800 m crowd around more than 2,500 depressions.
• Qimei Water Town 奇美水城 4A scenic area · on the map
  A riverside cultural quarter in Dahua's Gujiang community on the Hongshui River, developed by the county around its ornamental-stone culture, local food and Zhuang and Yao customs, with a stone museum, a food hall, an ethnic museum and Mituo Temple.
• Sandaowan Resort 三岛湾 4A scenic area · on the map
  A resort area of about 830 hectares on the Hongshui River near Xingli village in Disu town, set among karst hills, Bunu Yao villages and farmland.
• Tianlong Grand Canyon 天龙大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
  A forested karst gorge about 15 km long and 800–1,000 m deep just outside Tian'e town, formerly promoted as Longtan Grand Canyon National Forest Park and rated 4A in 2014.
• Tianshang Hegu (Tian'e Riverside) 天上河谷 4A scenic area · on the map
  Tian'e's riverside town scenic area on the Hongshui River, joining Tianfu Hill park with the town's embankment walks, a food street, a fountain square and an elevated skywalk.
• Yantan Scenic Area 岩滩 4A scenic area
  The reservoir area of the Yantan hydropower station on the Hongshui River, whose 110 m dam was built between 1985 and 1995, now developed for lakeside stays.
• Yaowang Tianxia 瑶望天下 4A scenic area · on the map
  A Baiku Yao cultural tourism complex at Wangshang hamlet in Lihu Yao township, rated 4A in 2023, laid out in areas for intangible-heritage displays on Baiku Yao food, weddings, funerals, bronze drums and top-spinning, with shops, restaurants, hotels and guesthouses and a family park.
• Yuanyang Cave 鸳鸯洞 4A scenic area · on the map
  A two-level karst cave at over 700 m on Phoenix Hill just east of Fengshan town, about 480 m long, up to 320 m wide and 52 m high at its tallest hall.
• Yunguantian 云观天 4A scenic area · on the map
  An upland pasture and camping area in Mangchang town at around 1,000 m, rated 4A in 2022, with mountain meadows, woodland, karst peaks and farmland.
• Zhenzhuyan (Pearl Cave) Scenic Area 珍珠岩 4A scenic area · on the map
  A karst scenic area of about 5 km² at Dandong village in Liujia town, built around a stalactite cave lit with coloured lights and marketed since 2022 as the Luming Sengu resort.
• Zhuangxiang Generals Memorial Park 壮乡将军纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A red-tourism memorial park in Nongying, the home village of General Wei Guoqing (1913–1989), created for his centenary with a restored version of his former home.
• Red Army Slogans Building, Hechi 红军标语楼 National heritage site · on the map
  A building in Hechi town, the county seat until 1953, whose original walls still carry 55 slogans and six drawings left by the Red Army around 1930, when the Seventh Red Army under Deng Xiaoping and Zhang Yunyi stayed in Hechi three times and reorganised there.

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