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Guiyang 贵阳Guìyáng
Stone garrison lanes, a pavilion in the river and macaques in a city park
About Guiyang
Guizhou's capital lies at about 1,100 m on the Nanming River, where Jiaxiu Tower, first raised in 1598, stands on a rock in the stream. Wild macaques roam Qianling Mountain Park, and on the southern edge Qingyan Ancient Town, founded in 1378 as a Ming military post, keeps walls, gates and lanes of blue-grey stone. North of the city, Yangming Cave is where the philosopher Wang Yangming lived in exile from 1508.
What to eat in Guiyang
- Changwang noodles (肠旺面)
- Siwawa vegetable wraps (丝娃娃)
Listed sites in Guiyang
29 sites in Guiyang are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Qingyan Ancient Town 青岩古镇 5A scenic area
A walled stone town founded in 1378 as a Ming military post and later a market town, with walls, gates, lanes and houses built of the local blue-grey stone that earned it the name 'stone city'. - Baimayu Hot Spring Resort 白马峪温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring and wellness resort in a mountain valley at about 1,340 m in Kaiyang county, where the climate is cool and often misty. - Colourful Guizhou City 多彩贵州城 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern shopping, dining and entertainment district near Longdongbao airport, begun in 2011 and opened in 2014. - Colourful Guizhou Fengjingyan Cultural Park 多彩贵州风景眼文创园 4A scenic area · on the map
A cultural park beside Guiyang's Longdongbao airport that showcases Guizhou's intangible cultural heritage, open since July 2015. - Geological Museum of Guizhou 贵州省地质博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A natural-science museum in Guanshanhu district, opened in August 2021. - Guiyang Forest Wildlife Park 贵阳森林野生动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest wildlife park of about 5,000 mu (some 330 hectares) at the Zhazuo forest farm in Xiuwen county, home to more than 200 species and some 2,000 animals according to the Guiyang government. - Guiyu Hot Spring 贵御温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A garden-style hot-spring resort in Wudang district that the Guiyang government presents as Guizhou's first open-air garden hot spring. - Kongxuetang (Guiyang Confucius Academy) 孔学堂 4A scenic area · on the map
A Confucian academy and cultural complex in Han–Tang style, opened to the public in 2013 in the middle of the Huaxi National Urban Wetland Park. - Lewan International Hot Spring 乐湾国际温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in the Lewan International development in eastern Wudang district. - Nanjiang Grand Canyon 南江大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A river canyon in Kaiyang county noted for karst cliffs, cascades and tufa formations, with some 40 waterfalls along its length. - Nanshan Tianmu Hot Spring 南山天沐温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in traditional Chinese architectural style on a wooded hillside beside the Nanshan state forest farm in Yongjing town, Xifeng county, with pools laid out in cascading terraces. - Penglai Xianjie Mushroom Town 蓬莱仙界 4A scenic area · on the map
An agri-tourism site in Niuchang township, Baiyun district, built around the district's edible-mushroom industry. - Poly International Hot Spring 保利国际温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort on the wooded edge of Wudang district, beside a five-star hotel and a small lake where visitors can feed black swans. - Qiangui Liuguang Hot Spring 黔贵六广温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside hot-spring resort at Yangming Wharf on the Liuguang River canyon in Xiuwen county, built in terraces up the slope above the water. - Qianling Mountain Park 黔灵山公园 4A scenic area
A forested hill park with a lake and woodland paths in the north-west of Guiyang's urban area, built from 1957. - Quanhu Park 泉湖公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A lake park of about 1,080 mu (72 hectares) in the south of Baiyun district, with some 205 mu of water and about 750 mu of planting. - Shiguang Guizhou Themed Town 时光贵州 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern themed town of about 140,000 square metres in Qingzhen, between Red Maple Lake and Baihua Lake, built in the style of 1940s Shanghai and old Guiyang architecture, with shops, restaurants and entertainment. - Siji Guizhou Resort 四季贵州 4A scenic area · on the map
A holiday resort complex in Qingzhen built around a water park and hot springs under a four-seasons theme. - Taoyuan River Gorge 桃源河 4A scenic area · on the map
A river gorge resort of about 15.7 sq km in Liutun town, Xiuwen county, with lakes, caves, springs, waterfalls and canyon scenery along the Taoyuan River. - Tianhetan Scenic Area 天河潭 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst scenic area in Shiban town, Huaxi district, named for a natural stone bridge that spans a pool where a river runs through its caves. - Wanxiang Hot Spring Resort 万象温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort and hotel in Wudang district, north-east of central Guiyang. - Xiangchou Guizhou Rural Culture Park 乡愁贵州 4A scenic area · on the map
A themed park on the Xiangchou campus of Qingzhen's vocational education city, in Zhanjie town, built around rural life and traditional farming culture. - Xifeng Concentration Camp Site 息烽集中营旧址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The site of a prison that the Kuomintang's military intelligence bureau ran near Xifeng from 1938 to 1946; the memorial hall counts more than 1,200 prisoners, among them communists, patriots and democrats, and Yang Hucheng, a leader of the Xi'an Incident. - Yangchang Flower-Painting Town 羊昌·花画小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower-themed leisure park of about 789 mu (some 53 hectares) in Yangchang town, Wudang district. - Yangming Cave and Yangming Cultural Park 阳明洞 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The cave on Qixia Hill where the Ming philosopher Wang Yangming lived for about three years from 1508, after being exiled to the Longchang post station, and where tradition places the 'Longchang enlightenment' that shaped his later teaching, including 'unity of knowing and acting'. - Changpoling Ancient Road (Tea Horse Road) 长坡岭古道 National heritage site · on the map
One listed section of the Tea Horse Road, the network of old caravan routes across south-west China, whose Guizhou part has 35 listed points spread across Qianxinan, Anshun, Guiyang, Liupanshui and Bijie. - Former Dade School 达德学校旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A temple compound in old Guiyang that became a school: it began as a Yuan-period temple to Nan Jiyun, was rebuilt in the Ming and Qing as the Zhonglie Palace, and in 1901 became the site of a school that took the name Dade in 1912. - Jiaxiu Tower and Wenchang Pavilion 甲秀楼和文昌阁 National heritage site · on the map
Two Ming-founded towers from old Guiyang that share one national listing. - Matouzhai Old Village 马头寨 National heritage site · on the map
A hillside village in the Diwo basin of Hefeng township that grew up around the Yuan-dynasty seat of a regional governor, set up in 1283, and later a Ming-period headquarters of the Song family, the hereditary local chiefs of the Shuidong area.
Getting to Guiyang
Train, flight and driving times from the cities most visitors come from, with stations, fares and how many run a day; each opens the full comparison.
On the map
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