The Central Tourist Route for its Idyllic Scenery

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uiyang is known as Gui for short. It is the provincial tourist center. The tourism advantage of Guiyang has been formed by typically developed karst landform, simple and colorful ethnic customs, ancient cultural relics and pleasant climate.

There are as many as 20-odd scenic spots in the city, for example, Qianling Park, Forest Park, Huaxi Park, Lake Baihua, etc. With the development of tourist resources, Guiyang will become a holiday destination integrated with natural landscapes, historical relics and ethnic customs.

The Western Tourist Route for its Fantastic Landform

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he west route is well-known for its karst scenes. In an area of scores of kilometers, there gather five national scenic areas of Huangguoshu Waterfalls noted across the world, mysterious Dragon Palace, picturesque Lake Hongfeng, underground Zhijin Cave and deep Malinghe Valley, as well as some other provincial ones. The transportation is easy and convenient. Peculiar mountains, rivers, forests, stones and caves appear here and there linked by the high-grade highway of Guiyang-Huangguoshu.

The tourist facilities are satisfactory. The climate is pleasant for tourists to travel all year round. This route stretches westwards to the Stone Forest and Kunming in Yunnan, and Nanning in Guiangxi.

The Northwestern Tourist Route for its Specialty

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here are a few splendid wonders in the northwestern part of Guizhou. The Zhijin Cave is regarded as the underground artistic treasure. It demonstrates all morphological differences of global caves. The original azalea forest in the largest area in China grows between the counties of Dafang Lake and Qianxi, stretching more than 50km. The Caohai Lake in Weining County has a circumference of 45 km2, where it is one of the ten places for man and bird getting on in a harmonious way.

The Northern Tourist Route for its History and Culture

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he features of the north route are the Long March culture left by the Chinese Red Army and the liquor culture. This route begins from Guiyang, passes Xifeng, Zunyi, Renhuai to Chishui, and extends to Chongqing and Luzhou. Along the route, there is a national scenic area, a national nature reserve, and a national famous city for history and culture.

The Eastern Tourist Route for its Ethnic Customs

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entered on Kaili, the capital of the Qiandongnan Prefecture, the east route is divided into two for enjoyment of the Miao’s and the Dong’s living styles, ethnic architecture and the beauty of Mt. Miaoling. One leads to southeast direction, starting from Kaili, passing counties of Leishan, Rongjiang, Congjiang, Liping and extending to Sanjiang and Guilin in Guangxi; another travels from Shibin County to counties of Zhenyuan, Shiqian, Jiangkou and Tongren City, reaches Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province.

There are some places worth visiting on the east route. They are the Wuyang River, a state-level scenic area, Mt. Fanjing, a state-level nature reserve, Zhenyuan, the national famous city for its history and culture, and the Zengchong Drum Tower, a national protection for key relics. More than twenty ethnic minorities live around this area. They have over eighty different costumes and ornaments. 135 ethnic festivals will be celebrated in a year.

A visitor can have a tour here and appreciate historical traces from dynasties of Han and Ji, hairdressing style in Tang dynasty, clothes worn by people during the period of Song, and building patterns in the dynasties of Ming and Qing. The hospitable Miao or Dong people will meet visitors with gate or path blocking wine.

The Southern Tourist Route for its Peaceful Forest

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he south route goes down from Guiyang, Duyun to Libo County, downwards further to Guangxi. Centered on the Zhangjiang river system and Maolan primitive forest on karst landform, this route is mainly for enjoying karst primitive forest and ethnic customs of the Buyi and Yao. There is one national-level scenic areas and one nature reserve at state level. The tourist environment is favorable.