Liupanshui
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City Name:Liupanshui (Chinese: 六盘水, Pinyin:liupanshui)
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Population :2,830,000
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Area :9,926 sq km (3832 sq mi)
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Overview:Liupanshui is the second largest city in Guizhou. The city was founded in 1978 as a prefecture-level municipality.
Liupanshui is an amalgamation of several towns and rural areas. Three major towns, Liuzhi, Shuicheng and Panxian form this region. This area is nicknamed a ' sea of coal in southern China' and it is the most important mining areas of Guizhou.
It is also the gateway to Weining and Caohai Lake, which is a paradise of various kinds of birds, including the well-known black-necked crane.
Caohai Lake
Sprawling over an area of 20 sq km, Caohai is the highest plateau lake in Guizhou. With luxuriant water weeds, it is well-known for sightseeing black-necked cranes. It is a national natural reserve with a 20 sq km freshwater wetland. The lake is regarded as a wetland because of its permanent 2-meter average depth. Grasses cover about 70% of the lake's surface, giving rise to the name Caohai (in Chinese, it means Grass Sea)...more details
Suoga Ecology Museum
43 km away from Liuzhi city, Suoga Ecology Museum is the first of its kind in China. It lies in a commune district embraced by mountain. Some ethnic people live in with long angles as their way of doing up hairs. More than 4,000 people are distributed in 12 villages, They preserve a rather old simple traditions, such as men plowing and women weaving, style of unique marriage and funeral m music and dance and gorgeous embroidered and elaborate wax -printed costumes. ...more details
Zhijin Cave
Also named Daji (Cock fighting) Cave consists 11 scenic districts, 47 halls and shrines and more than 150 beautiful spots with magnificent scale, matchless attractions a. In the cave, there are numerous stone pillars, stalagmites, stone curtains and stone flowers, etc. With grotesque shapes, forming a natural karst museum.
A hundred-Li Azalea Belt
Located at 150km on the Guiyang-Bijie Highway, A hundred-Li Azalea Belt, and a grand natural park, occupy an area of more than 100 sq km. From March to May each year, bright-colored and lush flowers are everywhere, hence the name.
Nankai
Nankai township, 50 km north of Shuicheng, is an important place of visiting. The Small Flower Miao, especially their traditional big festival 'Tiaohuapo' with more than 20,000 people participating which occurs the fifth of Feb. according to the lunar calendar.
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