Situated
in southwest China and attributed to subtropical plateau zone, Guizhou
is known as "Qian" for short. Mountains and hills take
up 97% of the total area of the province. With unique surroundings,
varied topography, pleasant weather and a temperature of 15¢Xc on
an average without sever cold in winter and sweltering hot in summer,
it is the most immensely developed area of karst in the world.
The province is rich in tourist resources featured in colorful
variety, wide distribution and admirable sightseeing. Waterfalls,
canyons, mountains, rock forests, lakes, hot springs and karst
caverns are located everywhere in the province. The 8 world's
wellknown national level scenic resorts are Huangguo Tree, Dragon
Palace, Gold Woven Cavern, Wuyuang River, Red Maple Lake, Libozhang
River, Maling River and Cishui; five national level reserves are
Fanjing Cavern, Plant, Maolankashite Virgin Forest, Cishui Horse
Chestnut and Weiningcaohai Birds, the tropical evergreen broadleaf
forest of Central Asia in Xishui and 24 provincial scenic resorts
with special flavor including Flower Brook, Mud Pit and Rock Forest,
etc.
Guizhou permeates unsophisticated local customs, unique national
culture and fantastic habits with a long history and numerous
historic heritages and relics, involving 9 national level key
reserves and 239 provincial cultural relic preserves, such as
the Zunyi Meeting site, Yangcan Mausoleum, Puding Through-cave
Paleoanthropogenic cultural relics, Zhengyuan Dragon Cave, Congjiang
Doug Stockade Drutn Tower, Bijie Yi ethnic Tribe Chiefs Manor,
Dafang Maiden Tomb, the former site of Xifeng Concentration Camp
and Pan County Cavern.
In the past
few years, with the swift development of tourism in GUlzhon, four
major tourist routes have been formed stretching towards east,
west, south and north with Guiyang as the center. The eastern
route centers on national flavor, the western route features in
natural landscape, the northern route is praised for renowned
cities and wines and the southern merges natural attractions and
national style into a whole.
Reputed as a "Garden Province", Guizhou has attracted
more and more tourists both at home and abroad by its genuine
mountains, waters and flavors.
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