Anshun 安顺Ānshùn

About Anshun

Anshun is the base for Huangguoshu Waterfall and the karst country around it, where boats carry visitors along the underground river of the Longgong (Dragon Palace) cave. Across the plain lie the tunbao, stone-walled villages founded by Ming soldiers from the lower Yangtze, whose descendants keep their own dress and masked dixi opera at places such as Tianlong Tunbao and Yunfeng Tunbao. Guanling Fossil Park protects marine fossils more than 200 million years old.

Featured places in Anshun

• 

  Huangguoshu Waterfall 黄果树瀑布

  A thundering curtain of water you can walk behind through a cave in the cliff

  Best time: Jun–Oct (strongest flow) · Time needed: 1 day · 5A scenic area

Listed sites in Anshun

21 sites in Anshun are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.

• Longgong (Dragon Palace) Scenic Area 龙宫 5A scenic area · on the map
  A karst scenic area south of Anshun built around the Dragon Palace, a cave with an underground river that visitors tour by boat, with the Longmen waterfall at the cave entrance.
• Duocai Wanxiang Tourism Complex 多彩万象 4A scenic area · on the map
  A modern resort-style leisure complex on Xihang Avenue in Anshun's economic development zone, combining entertainment, holiday accommodation, business conferencing and wellness-themed attractions.
• Gaodang Buyei Ancient Village 高荡布依古寨 4A scenic area · on the map
  A Buyei village near the Huangguoshu waterfalls where more than 120 houses are built of stone, with flagstone lanes and stone-slab roofs; experts date the settlement to the Ming dynasty.
• Getu River Scenic Area 格凸河 4A scenic area · on the map
  A karst river-and-cave scenic area in Ziyun county, with limestone hills, large cave arches and a river running through.
• Guanling Fossil Park 关岭古生物化石群 4A scenic area · on the map
  A fossil park in Guanling county that protects the Guanling biota, a Late Triassic marine fauna more than 200 million years old, with ichthyosaurs, placodonts, turtles, sea lilies and ammonites among its fossils.
• Hongshan Reservoir 虹山湖 4A scenic area · on the map
  A small reservoir on the north-east side of central Anshun, begun in 1958 and filled in 1959, now ringed by a landscaped park.
• Jiuxian Scenic Area, Guanling 关岭九仙 4A scenic area · on the map
  A cave-themed leisure area in Yongning town, Guanling county, with a show-cave route and a separate water-recreation zone.
• Jiuzhou Ancient Town 旧州古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
  A historic town in Xixiu district that was once the seat of the old Anshun prefecture and is a China Historic and Cultural Town, home to tunbao people descended from Ming-era soldiers.
• Qianshan Xiushui Scenic Area, Puding 黔山秀水 4A scenic area · on the map
  A countryside leisure park near Puding county town, built around a lake, with a camping base at the 'Twenty-four Pools', go-karts, a coloured slide and river drifting.
• Tangyue Village 塘约村 4A scenic area · on the map
  Tangyue is a village in Leping town, Pingba district, promoted since about 2017 as a model of rural reform and poverty reduction.
• Tianlong Tunbao 天龙屯堡 4A scenic area · on the map
  A stone-built town in Pingba district, on the old route west to Yunnan, settled by Ming-era garrison soldiers from the lower Yangtze region; their descendants are known as Tunbao people.
• Xiaohewan Village 小河湾 4A scenic area · on the map
  A waterside village in Xiayun town, Pingba district, billed by the provincial culture and tourism department as one of the prettiest villages in central Guizhou, with rapeseed and pear blossom in spring.
• Yelang Cave 夜郎洞 4A scenic area · on the map
  A karst scenic area in Biandanshan town, Zhenning county, upstream of the Huangguoshu waterfalls.
• Yunfeng Tunbao (Yunshantun) 云峰屯堡 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  Yunshantun and the neighbouring Benzhai are the core of Yunfeng Tunbao, a group of eight fortified villages in Xixiu district settled in the early Ming dynasty by soldiers posted to Guizhou.
• Yunmanhu Eco-Resort Park 云漫湖 4A scenic area · on the map
  A family-oriented leisure park built around an artificial lake in the Gui'an New Area, formed by linking two reservoirs and opened in 2016.
• Anshun Confucius Temple 安顺文庙 National heritage site
  A Confucian temple in the old centre of Anshun, founded in 1394 as the prefectural school temple and rebuilt many times since; only the stone carvings survive from the Ming, with most of the rest Qing or later.
• Anshun Wumiao (Temple of Guan Yu and Yue Fei) 安顺武庙 National heritage site
  Founded in 1382 as a shrine to the Three Kingdoms general Guan Yu, this temple in central Anshun was rebuilt in 1666 as a martial temple and since 1919 has honoured Guan Yu together with the Song-dynasty general Yue Fei.
• Baojiatun Irrigation System 鲍家屯水利工程 National heritage site · on the map
  Baojiatun is a garrison-farming village founded in the Ming dynasty, and its irrigation works, begun in the Hongwu reign (1368–98) and still in use, are a national heritage unit.
• Former Guizhou Aero Engine Factory (Third Front) 三线贵州航空发动机厂旧址 National heritage site · on the map
  A Third Front industrial site in Pingba district: from 1964 the Third Front programme moved defence industry into the mountains of south-west China, and an aero-engine works here, now AECC Guizhou Liyang Aviation Power, built the WP-7 and WP-13 turbojet series.
• Former Residence of Wang Ruofei 王若飞故居 National heritage site
  The house in central Anshun where Wang Ruofei (1896–1946), an early leader of the Chinese Communist Party, was born and grew up.
• Tiantaishan Wulong Temple 天台山伍龙寺 National heritage site
  A temple-fortress on top of the 70 m Tiantai hill, begun in 1590 and combining a Buddhist temple, a Daoist hall and a military stronghold; its outer walls are built hard against the cliff, which drops away on three sides.

On the map

Open Anshun on the illustrated map to see its outline, its places and listed sites together, and to add them to a trip.

Learn more

• Wikipedia
• Official website
• Wikipedia (Chinese)