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Zhenyuan Ancient Town

As an ideal tourist destination all year round, the famous old town with a long history shows impressive sights and possesses specific nationality culture.

Zhenyuan Ancient Town owns a 2000-year long history. The State Council designated it as the Famous National Historic Cultural Town in 1986. For centuries, Zhenyuan ancient town nestles on the eastern part of Guizhou province. It has 22 minority nationalities, such as Dong people, Miao people. These minority nationalities left huge folk custom and rich culture. Its long history endows the town with colorful and generous cultural relics, making it much like a historic garden.

The intoxicating sights

The town covers only an area of 3.1 square kilometers, but greets you with more than 160 scenic spots including caves, palaces, pavilions, temples and rivers with their unique architecture, exquisite engravings and marvelous natural landscape. Among them are famous Wuyang River Scenic Area and elegant ancient complex in Black Dragon Cave - beckoning sights not to be missed by any visitor to eastern Guizhou.

The long history of "Oriental Venice"

Located at the edge of Yunnan-Guizhou plateau, Zhenyuan is sheltered by the mountains. It is a land-and-water transportation center since early times. In 202 B.C., the town became a county instituted by Han Gaozu, Emperor Liu Bang, and then in 1956 - the capital of southeast Guizhou Autonomous Prefecture. Cut through by the Wuyang River, the town is divided into two parts: south "Wei City" and north "Fu City," which forms a water town. Hence it is well-reputed as the "Oriental Venice."

The colorful nationality culture

With sub-tropical humid climate, annual temperature in Zhenyuan averages 16.4 degree with four distinct seasons. It is therefore an ideal tourist destination all year round. The famous old town not only has long history, but also it possesses specific nationality culture. Here you have a chance to taste the rich culture and appreciate the beautiful scenery. The stone streets take the people remote ancient dynasty instead of the modern civilization. Many minority nationality people's houses look like to tell the old touching stories. The old Weicheng Wall (the Great Wall in the south) is still guarding the time-honored town like a huge

dragon. Because it's special and important position, it was the place where the businessmen often gathered.

The exciting festival atmosphere

The Dragon Boat Festival, occurring on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, is the most ceremonious celebration in Zhenyuan ancient town. The focus of the celebrations includes eating Zongzi, made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves, drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats. When this day approaching, the whole town will bathe in a joyous mood of the festival, so will you.