| Anshun, located in the middle of Guizhou Province. With Many beautiful mountains and rivers decorate this mysterious land, Anshun City has become a well known tourist resort. |
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Situation
Anshun is situated to the east of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the mid-western part of Guizhou in China, is a city of great importance in the transport between the two provinces and has a strategic geographic significance as the "threshold to Yunnan and the hinterlands of Guizhou". With a total population of 2,523,000, Anshun has an area of 9,264 sq. km and an altitude of 1,300 meters. |
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Weather & Temperature
Anshun is located in China's Central Subtropical Zone, thus the climate is mild and the average temperature is between 14C – 16C. The highest temperature in summer is 26C and the lowest temperature in winter is 4C making it a great place to visit throughout the year.
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Travel in Anshun
Anshun is known as a tourist city. Three national scenic and historic interest areas are located here including: Huangguoshu Waterfall National Park, Dragon Palace Cave Scenic Spot, and Getu River Scenic Area. Anshun City also hosts one national forest park, Jiulongshan Forest Park, as well as a number of province-level and city-level scenic spots. The spectacular scenery of this area is most often associated with the typical Karst type of topography.
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More Attractions
there are many notable historic places of interest that leave an everlasting mark on visitors including: Puding Chuandong Human Fossil Site renowned as 'Asian Lamp of Civilization', the 'Red Cliff Relics' - one of the eight mysterious writings in China - a book from Heaven, Anshun Wenmiao Temple - renowned for stone-carving building complex, the cliffside inscriptions, ancient rock art, and ancient tombs. With so many places to visit, Anshun City has become a well known tourist resort. |
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Transportation
Due to the Anshun's important position in the history of Guizhou, Anshun was the earliest development area in Guizhou. Today, getting to and from Anshun is very convenient since the Qingzhen - Huangguoshu Speedway and the Huangguoshu Airport are both open for travelers.
By Train - Anshun Huangguoshu Airport (AVA) is situated 6 kilometers south of Anshun City. and located in the mid-west of Guizhou Province and is 90 kilometers from the capital city Guiyang. it has opened the city up to visitors from other major cities in China like Shenyang, Kunming and Guangzhou.
By Bus - Anshun Railway Station is located in Nanhua Road and near to the South Bus Station. Every day there are trains to other major cities in China such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou, etc. There is also Huangguoshu Tourist Special Line shuttling between Anshun and Guiyang every day. |
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Welcome to Anshun
Anshun is a cultural melting pot with contributions from the Miao, Buyi and Gelao minority groups. These citizens of Anshun are proud of the diverse mix of cultures which may be seen in: architecture styles - Folk House of Guizhou Tunbao; festivals - Tiaohua Festival, Baishu Festival, Ox King Festival, Changxin Festival; ethnic arts & crafts - brocade, wax printing, kitchen knife, embroidery; finery and decorations; and their special local foods and snacks- crystal bean jelly, glutinous rice cake, Zhenning Bobo Candy. The Living Fossil of Drama - Di Opera at Anshun of Guizhou is another "must-see" during your visit in Anshun - Just to explore the Anshun for yourself! |
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