Anshun

Basic Overview

Anshun is located in central Guizhou, famous as the “World Karst Natural Museum” and “Hometown of Chinese Waterfalls”. It owns the world-famous Huangguoshu Waterfall, magnificent karst valleys, primitive cave groups and quiet ancient villages. With stunning natural wonders and simple rural ethnic customs, it is the most representative natural scenery tourist city in Guizhou, deeply loved by overseas landscape lovers.

Natural Landscapes

Anshun’s scenery is dominated by grand waterfall landscapes, deep karst valleys and mysterious underground cave groups, with spectacular and primitive natural ecology.

• Huangguoshu Waterfall (World-famous Scenic Spot): The largest waterfall in Asia, with surging water flow, splashing water mist and magnificent rainbow scenery on sunny days.
• Longgong Cave Scenic Area: A rare water karst cave in China, with winding underground rivers, strange rock shapes and dreamlike light scenery.
• Tianxingqiao Scenic Area: Integrating stone forests, water pools, waterfalls and forests, with scattered stone islands and clear flowing water, fresh and elegant.
• Doupitang Waterfall Group: Layered terraced waterfalls with gentle water flow and wide water surface, presenting different waterfall scenery from Huangguoshu.

Historical and Cultural Sites

Anshun retains a large number of ancient military relics and Buyi ethnic traditional village buildings, with unique frontier military and ethnic culture.

• Langde Ancient Village: Well-preserved original Buyi ethnic ancient village, with unique stone houses and village layouts.
• Anshun Ancient Military Fortress: Ancient frontier military relics, recording the ancient garrison history of Guizhou plateau.
• Buyi Folk Custom Museum: Displays the thousand-year living customs, costumes and handicrafts of Buyi ethnic group.
• Old Post Road Stone Carvings: Ancient stone carvings left on the plateau post road, with profound historical marks.

Local culture experiences

Anshun is the main settlement of Buyi ethnic group, with rich original rural ethnic customs and natural landscape experience projects.

• Waterfall Hiking & Photography: Get close to different waterfalls, enjoy the impact of natural water scenery and take landscape photos.
• Buyi Folk Custom Experience: Watch Buyi folk songs and dances, experience local rural farming and village life.
• Cave Exploration Tour: Visit karst cave groups and understand the geological formation knowledge of plateau caves.
• Rural Pastoral Leisure: Stroll through ancient villages and alpine fields to enjoy quiet rural leisure time.

Local cuisine

Anshun cuisine is based on rural plateau ingredients, with fresh, sour and authentic ethnic flavor.

• Anshun Pickled Fish: Cooked with local pickled vegetables and fresh river fish, sour and fresh, without greasy taste.
• Buyi Glutinous Rice Wine: Traditional handmade glutinous rice wine, mellow and sweet, a special ethnic drink.
• Spicy Mountain Vegetables: Wild plateau mountain vegetables mixed with special sauce, refreshing and healthy.
• Anshun Tofu Balls: Local characteristic fried tofu snacks, crispy outside and tender inside.

Recommended itinerary

– Day1: Huangguoshu Waterfall → Tianxingqiao Scenic Area
– Day2: Longgong Cave → Buyi Ancient Village Folk Custom Tour

Travel tips

Best travel time: May-October, the waterfall water volume is the largest and the scenery is the most spectacular in summer. The waterfall scenic area has heavy water mist, please protect cameras and electronic equipment. Wear non-slip shoes for mountain and stream walking.