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Guizhou Province
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Introduction
Guizhou is located on the eastern sector of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the southwestern part of the country. With a total area of area of 176 100 sq km/67 992 sq mi Guizhou western regions has rugged terrain scattered with hills, mountains, valleys and basins. The average elevation across the province is 1000m/3300ft. To the east and south the landscape flattens out.
It borders Sichuan province and the Municipality of Chongqing to the north and the Guangxi Autonomous Region to its south. The provinces of Yunnan and Hunan are its western and eastern neighbors, respectively. Guiyang is the provincial capital city.
This province experiences a sub-tropical, humid climate. With more overcast days than any other part of the country - averaging 220 days annually - skies are often cloudy. Rain occurs almost throughout the year. The changing of the seasons is hardly noticeable, so summers are not very hot and winters not very cold.
- Annual average temperature: 14 - 16º C / 57 - 61º F
- Average overcast days: 220 days
- Average rainfall: 1100 - 1400 mm / 43 - 55"
- Best time to visit: Between February to June and September to December
The natural beauty of the karst landscape, its diverse ethnic culture and the moderate climate make Guizhou and interesting place to visit. Although fairly new to tourism, it's becoming increasingly more popular with local and international travelers.
Some of the sites to see are:
- Maolan Karst Forest Natural Conservation
- Yellow Fruit Tree Waterfall (Huangguoshu Waterfall)
- The Anshun Water Caves of Dragon Palace
- Zhijin Cave
- Hongfeng (Red Maple) Lake
- Lesser Seven-Arched Scenic Site
Guizhou has largest number of minority groups than any other region in China - 49 in all. The Han people make up the majority of the inhabitants of this province with the Han, Bouyei, Dong, Yi, Shui, Hui, Gelo, Zhuang, Yao, Manchu and Bai people being some of the many cultures that add to the rich ethnic diversity of this region.
According to the census recorded in 2007, this province had a total population of about 37.6 million. 37%, nearly 14 million, are from a minority group.
The cuisine served in this region is quite similar to the cuisine of Szechuan and Hunan, but still manages to retain its uniqueness with a combination of sour and spicy flavours.
These dishes are specially prepared to accompany liquor locally produced in China, such as Maotai.
- Cured fish (traditional Miao dish)
- Noodles with intestine
- Yelang dough fish
- Tangyuan (glutinous rice flour dumplings)
- Lotus leaves wrapped around steamed or fried glutinous rice paste
- Yan Cai is a popular Chinese cuisine. It is a unique salty, pickled vegetable
This is not a wealthy province with a relatively underdeveloped infrastructure. However, investment and growth is changing this condition quickly.
Being a province without any coastline, forestry and timber are the core producers of the provincial economy. Other industries like the mining of coal, arsenic, gypsum, oil shale and limestone, electricity generation, iron and steel factories, paper mills, cigarette factories and breweries add to its national output.
The growing of rice, rapeseed, tea, tobacco, Chinese Tallow and traditional Chinese medicines as well as pig, cattle and sheep farming make up the farming and agricultural sectors of the provincial GDP.
In 2008, the nominal GDP of Guizhou was 333.34 billion Yuan (48 billion USD) and the per capita GDP was 8,824 RMB (1,270 USD).
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