Anshun
By train
add listing The original Anshun Railway Station on Zhonghua Road and was built in 1960. Sleepers from here used to take ten hours to Kunming and 12 hours up to Chongqing. The new Anshun West railway station is part of the Hangchangkun Passenger Railway on the Kunming – Guiyang High Speed Train. From Kunming South Station to Guiyang North Station is a distance of 463 Most of the non-high-speed trains heading east stop in Guiyang (¥15, 1½ hours, regular), but they are slowly being phased out in favour of the G trains. It is still hard to get sleeper reservations for trains from here; pick them up in Guiyang at the ticket office a few hundred metres north of the train station on Zhonghua Nanlu. Destinations include the following but it is best to check to make sure that they are still running:
- Cǎohǎi (for Weining) ¥37, three to five hours, eight daily
- Guiyang ¥15, 1½ hours, regular
- Kaili ¥43, four hours, nine daily
- Kūnmíng ¥75 (seat), ¥133 (hard sleeper), eight to 10 hours
- Liùpánshuǐ ¥24, 2½ hours, regular
Get around
add listing Bus Number 1 zips around town from the train station and up Tashan Donglu, and on past the Hongshan Binguan. Bus 2 travels between the train station and the north bus station. Bus 16 runs from Zhonghua Nanlu to the east bus station. Buses cost ¥1. Taxi flagfall is ¥6.
See
- Confucian TempleThe ancient temple now becomes an elegant tea-house.
- Hongshan Shuikunear the downtown).A big reservoir.
Yellow Fruit Tree Falls (Anshun)黄果树大瀑布).updated Dec 2024 | )
- 25.992105.6661 Huang Guo Shu WaterfallsThis is one of the largest waterfalls in China. It is visible from the front, and you can walk through the cave behind the falls to see it from the back. You will get wet from the spray and mist if you go anywhere near the main fall, so bring a raincoat. The entrance fee does not include the bus within the park, which is ¥50 extra. The bus from Anshun to Huangguoshu Falls leaves from Anshun East Bus Station, takes an hour, and costs ¥24.¥180.Guanling Fossil Group National Geopark关岭化石群国家地质公园),Wolonggang, Xinpu, Guanling Buyei and Miao Autonomous County (关岭布依族苗族自治县新铺镇卧龙岗)get a long-distance bus to Guanling (关岭), then transfer to a bus heading to Xinpu Town (新铺镇) and ask the driver to drop you off at the visitor center (游客服务中心); alternatively you could get a high-speed train to Guanling, then catch a taxi from there),☏ +86 851 38107999, +86 18985319578,guizhouhuashiqun@163.com.08:30-17:00 (April to October), 09:00-17:00 (November to March).Centered around a geological formation known as the Guanling Formation, which is notable for its Triassic fossils. A number of these fossils are displayed at an on-site museum. The museum includes three excavation pits where you can see fossils in situ. There is even a site where visitors are permitted to dig for fossils on their own (though whether you would be allowed to keep them and take them out of the country is another matter).¥80.Huajiang Canyon BridgeAs of 2025, the world's highest bridge at 625 on Wikidata")updated Oct 2025 | )
Do
add listing The old part of Anshun, which lies in the northern of the centre area, is a nice place for an evening walk.
Festivals and events
add listing A few minor festivals are held in the Anshun area, though they are generally not as spectacular as those held around Kaili. None of them are worth the trip to Anshun alone, but if you happen to be in town already, they are a pleasant diversion and certainly a nice excuse to get out and explore the countryside. Always double-check dates with local tourism officials before heading off into the wilds to attend any of the following festivities as dates are known to change from year to year, as well as the location. Tiaohua Flower Dance Festival Held in Miao villages during the first lunar month. The main location in Anshun is Flower Dance Hill, a few kilometres northwest of town; festivities occur from the 4th to the 6th of the first lunar month. Other gatherings are held at Machang and Gaofeng villages (Pingba County), halfway between Anshun and Guiyang, and in Qingzhen town. Sanyuesan At Pogong (Guanlǐng County), 80nkm southwest of Anshun, and at Huohua (Ziyun County), 100 Sìyueba ‘Ox King’ Festival Held at Jiuzhou and Shuangbao villages, both about 25
Buy
add listing The region produces a lot of batik (蜡染画; làrǎn huà), some of the batik you see in Dali and most of it in Yangshuo is from Guizhou. There are also various other handicrafts. There are a group of stores selling these and other tourist bric-a-brac along the west side of the main street just north of the bus station. The train station is at the south end of the same street. The stretch of Zhonghua Nanlu near Zhonghua Donglu is where the city's big commercial stores and shopping centres are located. The Wholesale Market of Small Goods in Anshun (Anshun Laran Shichang; Zhonghua Nanlu; 中华 南路) is the city's main market and probably the most interesting place to prowl. For a peek at the more contemporary side of Anshun, Gufu Jie is a street of trendy clothing stores and bakeries, and snack stalls that get so packed on weekends it is hard to move. Several ethnic groups across southwestern China have been traditionally involved in creating batik. For almost 1,000 years, the Bouyi around Anshun have been using batik as a background to embroidery on clothing, and since the establishment of a factory in Anshun in the 1950s, have come to monopolize the indigenous textile market. The designs, which were originally of abstract plants and animals, are drawn with wax on cloth. The cloth is then dyed in indigo before being boiled to remove all traces of the wax, leaving the pattern in white on a blue background. The earlier monochromatic batiks have now given way to multi-colored, mass-produced designs, which include stylized representations of zodiac animals, scenes from Bouyi legends, and mythical creatures. Today, Anshun's batik is in great demand across China.
Eat
add listing Xiaoshu Bingfen' Bing Jiang There are lots of places to eat in Anshun, but precious little to recommend. There is a food market down an alley off Zhonghua Nanlu, just south of the Bank of China. There are some bakeries and several hole-in-the wall places on Gufu Jie. There is also a huge supermarket on Zhonghua Nanlu, perfect for picking up snacks for day trips. Be forewarned: dog is eaten in these parts… lots of dog. You will often see the skinned animals boiled and propped up outside restaurants as an enticement to customers.
- Xiaoshu Bingfen小舒冰粉),Rural Commercial Bank Lane, Zhonghua Middle Road (中华中路农商银行巷子内),☏ [+86 13688535215.12：00-24：00.Xiaoshu Bing Fen sells a specialty food in southwestern China - Bing Fen. The specialty food of Xiaoshu Bing Fen is Bing Jiang, which is made from fresh fruits, milk, and ice cubes.¥12.updated Oct 2023 | )
- Guizhou cuisine • Guizhou cuisine黔人百味 • 贵州菜),Next to Fuhua Hotel, Yingbin Avenue, Buyi and Miao Autonomous County, Zhenning,☏ +86 17588673045.updated Jun 2024 | )
- Buyi eight bowls.• Colorful Qian Yun Restaurant布依八大碗•多彩黔韵餐厅),Huangguoshu Scenic Spot, Zhenning Buyi and Miao Autonomous County,☏ +86 15885726850.updated Jun 2024 | )
- Noble maple flavor贵枫味),15 Yingbin Avenue, Buyi and Miao Autonomous County, Zhenning,☏ +86 17585432049.updated Jun 2024 | )
Drink
Sleep
add listing There are twin rooms for ¥100 just on the left when you leave the train station. There is a lot of midrange accommodation in Anshun that is geared to Chinese tour groups, which is generally drab and undistinguished. Anju Binguan (220 1359) has budget rooms right next to the station but the bathrooms are tiny. Directly opposite is the Xixhiushan Binguan (221 1888) has doubles for ¥200-300 but the rooms are ridiculously cramped. Bathrooms are exactly the opposite – sparsely outfitted and often the same size or bigger than the actual sleeping area. Gongdianju Zhaodaisuo on (332 9124) Zhonghua Nanlu; 中华南路; only has basic little budget rooms with Chinese toilets and cubby-hole-like showers with no doors. Henghuangshan Dajiudian (Golden Phoenix Mountain Hotel (322 5663) with is garish classical Greek façade on Tashan Donglu; 塔山东路58号) has similarly priced rooms that definitely starting to show their age. Among foreign tourists, the two most popular choices are the two western branded properties.
- Set on the edge of the beautiful Hong Shan Lake, but still in the city center, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Anshun is adjacent to the municipal government, and offers easy access to highways, the train station and airport. Huang Guo Shu Waterfall is only 40
- Howard Johnson Hot Spring Resort Anshun is 3
219 Xihang Road.
- Huangguoshu Galaxy Holiday Inn黄果树银河假日酒店),No.180 Tianxing Road, Xincheng District, Huangguoshu Scenic Area, Buyi and Miao Autonomous County, Zhenningnear Yingbin Avenue),☏ +86 851-33626111.updated Jun 2024 | )
- Qingyuan Inn清源客栈),No.3, Xinzhongshang City, Zhanqian 2nd Road, Xixiu District,☏ +86 851-38125000.updated Jun 2024 | )
Connect
- Bank of China (中国银行; Zhongguo yinhang cnr tashan Xilu and Zhonghua nanlu; 09:00 - 17:00)
- China Post (Zhongguo Youzheng; cnr Tashan Donglu and Zhonghua Nanlu) Tucked in next to the China Telecom building.
- China Travel Service (CTS; Zhongguo Luxingshe; Tel: 323 4662; Tashan Donglu M-F 09:00 - 17:00) No English signs outside. Look for a blue sign with yellow Chinese characters.
Go next
The long-distance station on the corner of Zhonghua Nanlu and Huangguoshu Dajie has a handful of handy destinations, and the bus stand in front of the train station has buses for numerous provinces in the southeastern part of China. These are much reduced with the arrival of the high-speed train but still represent a budget option for immigrant factory workers and masochistic backpackers. Destination Price Duration Frequency Departs Foshan ¥260 19hr daily 12:00 Fuzhou ¥360 32hr daily 12:00 Guangzhou ¥240 20hr daily 12:00 Shenzhen ¥280 22hr daily 12:00 Xiamen ¥320 28hr daily 12:00
By bus
Local buses depart every hour from Anshun's East bus station (¥5-10, 30 to 40 minutes, every 20 to 30 minutes from 07:00 to 17:00). The last bus returns to Anshun at 17:00. From March to October, minivans to microvans run all day between Longgong and Huangguoshu (¥15-30, 30 minutes), leaving when full. They run infrequently, if at all, the rest of the year, but there are always plenty of taxis at the Huangguoshu parking lot that you can take. This city travel guide to Anshun****outlinetemplate, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow! --- Hidden categories:
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