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Guiyang
Guiyang, a cool forested city, is known for Jiaxiu Tower on the Nanming River, Qingyan ancient town and the monkeys of Qianling Mountain.
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Karst peaks and canyon rivers define Guizhou’s uplands, home to communities that preserve varied local traditions.
Within the province-level setting of Guizhou, the spatial identity of Guizhou is first captured by this local fact: “Karst peaks and canyon rivers define Guizhou’s uplands, home to communities that preserve varied local traditions.” It points to an observable local combination in which the setting of Guizhou is shaped by both environment and lived practice. Historical development brought natural conditions and human activity into repeated negotiation, leaving traces in settlement, routes, and memory. Specific places and continuing lives turn a broad regional relationship into experience that can be observed and checked. The meaning of Guizhou rests in specific places and continuing life, not only in its name or formal classification.
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Guiyang, a cool forested city, is known for Jiaxiu Tower on the Nanming River, Qingyan ancient town and the monkeys of Qianling Mountain.
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Liupanshui, the cool summer capital, offers the Wumeng grasslands, Meihuashan ski slopes and rich coal reserves.
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Zunyi preserves the site of the 1935 Zunyi Conference, the Maotai liquor town on the Chishui River and Chishui's Danxia waterfalls.
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Anshun is home to the thundering Huangguoshu Waterfall, the Longgong water caves and the Tunpu villages with their masked dixi opera.
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Bijie blooms with the Hundred-Li Azalea belt and holds the vast Zhijin Cave and Caohai, a highland lake for black-necked cranes.
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Tongren is crowned by Fanjingshan, a World Heritage mountain with its Mushroom Rock, plus the Wanshan mercury mines and Shiqian hot springs.
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Qianxinan is known for the endless karst cones of Wanfenglin, the deep Maling River Canyon and the Buyei bayin ensemble music.
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Qiandongnan holds the Thousand-Household Miao Village of Xijiang, the Dong drum towers of Zhaoxing and the riverside old town of Zhenyuan.
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Qiannan hosts the FAST radio telescope in Pingtang, the Libo karst forests of Xiaoqikong and the famous Duyun Maojian tea.
Millennium-old military-trade post on the Wulong River; the Qinglong Cave complex hangs from sheer cliffs; Zhusheng Bridge spans the two banks.
Ming-dynasty military stronghold where Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism coexist; the ancient wall and lu zhu jiao (braised pig trotters) are Qingyan's icons.
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