Do you need to book Tianlongtun Fort in advance?
Yes — Tianlongtun Fort in Anshun runs on real-name advance reservation. A foreign passport works as the real-name ID. We have not found an official statement of when tickets release or a booking page we can link, so the practical route is your hotel front desk — and we say so rather than guess.
Verified 2026-06-13 · rules change; confirm on the official channel before you travel
The booking rule, in detail
- Reservation
- Required in advance
- Foreign passport
- A foreign passport works as the real-name ID.
- Official channel
- Not found. We hold the rule but not an official page we can link, and we will not link a reseller in its place.
How a foreign visitor actually books it
A small gate ticket, real-name with your passport; no advance booking needed in normal periods. About 30 km from Anshun toward Pingba, usually reached by a DiDi, hired car, or local bus.
What else to know
We link no official booking page here — a walk-up gate ticket, sold at the entrance and on OTAs, with no official ticketing site we'll link. This is one of the Tunpu stone villages: settlements founded by Ming-dynasty garrison soldiers from the lower Yangtze whose descendants still keep the old stone houses, opera masks (Dixi 'ground opera') and distinct dress. Tianlong is the most visited and most set-up-for-tourists; the nearby Yunshantun is rougher and more atmospheric if you want the un-touristed version. A half-day, and a complete change of pace from the waterfalls. Per the Guizhou AAAA scenic-area register published by the provincial culture-and-tourism authority (read 2026-08-09): address 贵州省安顺市平坝区天龙镇天龙村; visitor line 0851-34295548.
If the official channel does not work
The two reliable fallbacks are your hotel front desk, which books these through domestic apps every day, and the on-site manual window where one still exists. What does not work is buying from someone who approaches you or from a marketplace listing: entry is real-name, so a ticket registered to another person’s ID will not admit you. The mechanics are in buying tickets the official way and booking without WeChat.
Other Anshun sights and their booking rules
- Dragon Palace book ahead
- Huangguoshu Waterfall scenic area book ahead
Full city context, hotels that register foreigners, and what to eat: Anshun guide. Release times across every city we track are in Reservation Radar.