GuiyangCity,capitalofGuizhouProvinceislocatedinthesouthwestofChina,ontheeasternsideoftheYunguiPlateau.Itissaidthatinancienttimes,GuiyangwassurroundedbydensebamboogrovesandwasfamousforproducingamusicalinstrumentknownasaZhu.HencethecityisknownalsoasZhu.

GuiyangisoneofChina'sSpringCitieslikeKunming.Theclimateisoftenmildandmoist,neitherextremelyhotnorverycold.Spring,summerandautumnarethebestseasonsforvisitingGuiyang.

Agreatnumberofattractivesightsaretobefoundhere,theHongfengLake(RedMapleLake),HuaxiParkandanabundanceofhistoricalrelicsoftheMingandQingdynasties,suchastheJiaxiuTower,WenchangPavilion,YangmingCaveandtheQingyanAncientTown.Allofthesescenicspotshavetheirowninterestingstories.

Guiyangishometomorethan30minorityethnicgroupsincludingMiao,Buyi,DongandHui,etc.Consequentlythecityaboundswithuniquefolkcultureandtraditionsthatgiverisetomanycolorfulethnicminorityactivities.

Minorityfestivalsandsouvenirsarepopularwithtourists.Itemssuchasfestivalcostumes,masksandembroideriescanbepurchasedintheshoppingstreet,BeijingLu,ZhonghuaLuandYan'anLu.LocalproductssuchastheMaotaiWine(Moutai)arewidelyavailableinthelargesupermarkets.

ThelocalfoodisspicybutshouldyoupreferwesterncuisineorthatofotherpartsofChinayouwillfindthestar-ratedhotelsandqualityrestaurantswillsatisfyyourneeds.

ThelifepaceofGuiyangpeopleisratherlaidbackcomparedtothatofothercities.Guiyangpeoplehaveahabitofgoingtobedlateandgettinguplate.Soitiscommontoseelocalpeoplestrolling,chatting,andplayingthechessinthestreet.Youwillfindthatlifehereisaltogetherquiteeasygoing!