Best of Guizhou

Guizhou Province Essentials

Guizhou Province is defined by its dramatic karst topography and world-class engineering. This selection includes the UNESCO-listed Fanjingshan, a sacred Buddhist site featuring the Red Clouds Golden Summit. Engineering highlights include the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) and the Duge Bridge, one of the world's highest cable-stayed structures. The list also features the deep rifts and waterfalls of Malinghe Canyon and the Ming Dynasty stone architecture of Wulong Temple on Tiantai Mountain.

Guizhou Province Essentials — Map

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Fanjing Mountain

The Fanjingshan or Mount Fanjing, located in Tongren, Guizhou province, is the highest peak of the Wuling Mountains in southeastern China,…

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Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST)

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, nicknamed Tianyan, is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression, a…

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Duge Bridge

The Duge Bridge, also called the Beipanjiang Bridge, is a 4-lane cable-stayed bridge on the border between the provinces of Guizhou and…

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Ma ling he xia gu

A 74-kilometer-long karst canyon in Xingyi featuring over 100 waterfalls and deep fissures. The gorge is characterized by massive travertine deposits along its vertical cliffs and narrow walking paths carved into the rock.

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Zhenyuan

Zhenyuan railway station is a railway station located in Zhenyuan County, Guizhou, China, on the Shanghai–Kunming railway line, which are…

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Baling River Bridge

The Baling River Bridge is a suspension bridge in Guanling County in Guizhou Province of China.

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Wulong Temple

Tiantaishan Wulong Temple is a tourist attraction located near Anshun city in Pingba County of Guizhou Province, China.