Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province, is located at the east of the Yunnan- Guizhou Plateau in the southwest of China. The city features low latitude, high elevation and diversified landforms. In the subtropical zone, Guiyang enjoys a warm and moist climate, which endowed the city with abundant biological resources. After a good rest in a comfortable hotel TCT recommended, you are ready for the incoming exciting tour with full energy.

It will take you about 4 hours in driving from Kaili to Zhenyuan. As one of Top Ten Tourist Town and an ancient town of the Miao people on a plateau in the mountains of the eastern part of GuizhouProvince, Zhenyuan is famous for its long history with many rich and generous cultural relics, making it much like a historic garden. Zhenyuan Ancient 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. The Dragon Boat Festival, held on May 25th of every year, is the most ceremonious celebration in Zhenyuan.

After your arrival, you will see one of the most famous sigtseeing nearby Zhenyuan- ancient complex in Qinglong Cave. It is really a wonderful masterpiece of human beings, combining the nature items and man-made temples.

Cut through by the Wuyang River, Zhenyuan Ancient Town is divided into two parts: south city and north city, which forms a water town. Hence you will see the importance of Wuyang River for this ancient town. Today, you will take a cruise on the Wuyang River. It will bring you one surprise after another. Grotesque gorges, perilous peaks and crystal-like waters present a wonderful picture before you, as if you were entering a wonderland. 4Secluded caves, gurgling springs, rugged rocks, dangerous passes and spectacular waterfalls interspersed on the mountains of both banks endow the Wuyang River, along with the dangers of Yangtze River and the elegance of Li River in Guilin. Each scenic spot has been given a fanciful name according to their beautiful legends.

Drive to Shidong (1 hour), a very small town in Taijiang County. However, it is very famous for its silver ornaments-making. If you are interesting in, you could visit the silversmith and see the producing process of silver ornaments-making. Moreover, if you are lucky, you will have a chance to join the Miao people's Sister's Meal Festival in the Shidong area. Sister’s Meal Festival, which takes place in the spring, is easy and interesting to visit for the girl’s spectacular costumes. Each girl prepares her rice with a symbol inside and then wraps it in a handkerchief.

The opening ceremonies get things started at around 10:00 a.m. with two hours of dancing and Lusheng playing. Thousands of people crowd around the sports ground to witness the beautifully dressed participants perform. As the events continue into the afternoon, the party breaks up into smaller groups of dancers and musicians, and perhaps a few teenagers innocently flirting. For those interested in participating, ample opportunities exist to join in the dancing or singing. For those who would rather observe from the sidelines, this is a great opportunity for photography.

It takes 3 hours returning from Shidong to Kaili. Arrive in Kaili in the late afternoon.

With 300 years of history, Hongfu Buddhist Monastery is the most famous Buddhist temple in Guizhou Province. The temple has a lot of temple halls such as Daxiongbaodian Hall, Kwan-yin Palace, Temple Hall for Worshipping Buddha and Sutra-Keeping Pavilion. Therefore, you can smell a strong fragrance of the joss sticks.

Sitting on a huge rock in the Nanming River in the southern part of Guiyang, Jiaxiu Pavilion is first built in the 26th year in the reign of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1598).The pavilion got its names since the builder believed that people in Guiyang are the finest and most talented under heaven that is the internal meaning of Jiaxiu in Chinese. In this pavilion, you can enjoy the rich collection of stone engravings, calligraphy works, paintings and woodworks by ancient artists. Among them, there is a long antithetical couplet with 206 characters written by a member of the Imperial Academy from Guiyang, which has 26 more characters than that one in Daguan Pavilion in Kunming, which claims to be the longest one in the world.