A place you can't afford to miss in your lifetime: Chishui

Author: Sun Jianhua
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: In the northwest of Guizhou Province, China, there is a beautiful and fertile land named Chishui, a place you cannot miss in your lifetime. Chishui City is under the jurisdiction of Zunyi Prefecture, Guizhou. It is named after the red river that flows through it for eight months of the year. The total area of the city is 1,801.2 square kilometers, with a total population of over 300,000. The average annual temperature is 17 degrees Celsius. It borders southern Sichuan to the land and connects to Wu and Chu via the river, making it a convenient water and land transportation hub, hence the reputation of "the key to Sichuan and Guizhou" and "the gateway to northern Guizhou." Chishui City is 78 kilometers away from Luzhou, a major city in southern Sichuan; 260 kilometers from Chongqing; 360 kilometers from Chengdu; 299 kilometers from Zunyi; and 450 kilometers from Guiyang. It is located in the dual radiation zone of the Chengdu-Leshan-Zigong tourism route and the Three Gorges-Chongqing tourism route, forming the "tourism golden triangle" of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Chongqing with Hejiang Fubao National Forest Park in Sichuan and Jiangjin Simianshan National Key Scenic Area in Chongqing. In the vast scroll of human history, there is an epic that everyone reveres—The Long March of 25,000 Li. From January to May 1935, Mao Zedong and his comrades "crossed the red river four times," writing a miraculous chapter in the history of world military, thus making Chishui world-famous. Chishui City is not only a land stained with the blood of heroes but also a beautiful and climate-friendly green home with primitive and ancient charm. Chishui City is located in the transitional zone from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the Sichuan Basin, where the altitude drops sharply from 1,730 meters to over 200 meters, resulting in significant geological and topographical changes. The natural ecology here is primitive and ancient, with a rich variety of wildlife and plant species, where rare animals and plants thrive. It is the best-preserved evergreen broadleaf forest belt in the same latitude on Earth, earning it the titles of "the land of bamboo," "the city of a thousand waterfalls," "the kingdom of Cyathea," and "the crown of Danxia." Here, one can see millions of years in a glance, exploring the original organisms and geological landscapes of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.