Get to know Zunyi City
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- Administrative area
- Prefecture-level city · 地级市
- Part of
- Guizhou
- Chinese name
- 遵义市
- Local areas
- 14 local areas
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 30,763.00 km²
- Population · 2020 census
- 6,606,675
- Administrative seat
- Honghuagang District
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Zunyi is known for being the location of the Zunyi Conference in 1935, where Mao Zedong was first elected to the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party during the Long March.
Transportation
China National Highway 210 China National Highway 306 Chongqing–Guiyang high-speed railway G4215 Rongzun Expressway G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway G75 Lanzhou-Haikou Expressway Shizi Bridge Sichuan–Guizhou Railway Zunyi Xinzhou Airport
Culture
Being known as the "home of culture" of Guizhou province, Zunyi, or the North-Guizhou area, is the education and economic centre of the province.
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Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Zunyi Conference Site 遵义会议会址
Chishui Danxia 赤水丹霞
Hailongtun 海龙屯
Bing'an Ancient Town 丙安古镇
Maotai Town 茅台镇
Loushan Pass Scenic Area 娄山关景区
Loushan Pass Battle Site Exhibition Hall 娄山关红军战斗遗址陈列馆
Chishui Great Waterfall 赤水大瀑布
Tucheng Ancient Town 土城古镇
Maotai Ancient Town and China Liquor Culture City 茅台古镇与中国酒文化城
Feilong Lake 飞龙湖
Gouba Conference Site 苟坝会议会址
Wujiangzhai Resort 乌江寨
Meitan Sea of Tea 湄潭茶海
Zunyi Museum 遵义市博物馆
Shuanghe Cave 双河洞
Shi'erbeihou Dafeng Cave 十二背后大风洞
Foguang Cliff 佛光岩
Sidonggou Waterfall Gorge 四洞沟
Datong Ancient Town 大同古镇
Chishui Bamboo Sea 赤水竹海
Honghuagang District 红花岗区
Huichuan District 汇川区
Bozhou District 播州区
Tongzi County 桐梓县
Suiyang County 绥阳县
Zheng'an County 正安县
Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County 道真仡佬族苗族自治县
Wuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County 务川仡佬族苗族自治县
Fenggang County 凤冈县
Meitan County 湄潭县
Yuqing County 余庆县
Xishui County 习水县
Chishui City 赤水市
Renhuai City 仁怀市
Places to explore around Zunyi City
The Zunyi Conference Site building in Honghuagang District, Zunyi · 遵义会议会址，红花岗区 Source-recorded photograph date: Taken on 28 June 2012.Zunyi Conference Site遵义会议会址
The Zunyi Conference Site occupies the former Bai residence, a two-storey brick-and-timber house in the old city. The upstairs meeting room is presented with tables, chairs and photographs of the participants, while the…
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Chishui Danxia · 赤水丹霞Chishui Danxia赤水丹霞
Chishui Danxia is a group of separate landscapes in which red sandstone cliffs meet dense subtropical vegetation and falling water. The operator groups the Great Waterfall, Foguang Rock and Yanzi Rock as distinct scenic areas…
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A section of the Hailongtun fortress wall, Guizhou.Hailongtun海龙屯
Hailongtun is a ruined mountain fortress whose defences use the steep terrain of Longyan Mountain. A sequence of passes controlled the approach, including Feihu and Feilong, while the summit preserves the remains of the Bozhou…
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Bing'an Ancient Town · 丙安古镇Bing'an Ancient Town丙安古镇
Bing’an rises on a cliff above the Chishui River, with timber houses supported along the steep edge and a stone-paved street running through the settlement. Donghua and Taiping gates mark the old town’s approaches. At Shuanglong…
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The Chishui River bank in Maotai Town, Renhuai, Guizhou; 5 August 2016.Maotai Town茅台镇
Maotai’s visitor centre is the Chishui River valley, where distillery streets meet memorials to the Red Army’s river crossings. From 1915 Square, steps lead towards Yangliuwan’s liquor-themed commercial street. China Liquor…
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Loushan Pass Scenic Area (娄山关景区), Zunyi. Photograph: "1967-10 1967年娄山关".Loushan Pass Scenic Area娄山关景区
Loushan Pass combines a steep mountain setting with memorials to the Red Army battles fought here during the Long March. The large poetry inscription, Xifeng Terrace and the Xiaojian Mountain battlefield provide different ways…
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Loushan Pass Battle Site Exhibition Hall · 娄山关红军战斗遗址陈列馆Loushan Pass Battle Site Exhibition Hall娄山关红军战斗遗址陈列馆
The Loushan Pass Battle Site Exhibition Hall places the mountain battlefield in context through photographs, documents and objects. Its exhibition follows the first capture of the pass, the later fighting and the history of the…
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Chishui Great Waterfall · 赤水大瀑布Chishui Great Waterfall赤水大瀑布
Chishui Great Waterfall drops into a wooded gorge within the region’s red-sandstone landscape. The main fall creates a broad sheet of water, while Meirenshu Waterfall divides into finer parallel streams that resemble the teeth…
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Tucheng Ancient Town · 土城古镇Tucheng Ancient Town土城古镇
Tucheng is a town on the Chishui river in Xishui County, in the Zunyi municipality of Guizhou, long a wharf on the salt route from Sichuan into Guizhou and later a crossing point in the Red Army's four crossings of the Chishui.
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Maotai Ancient Town and China Liquor Culture City · 茅台古镇与中国酒文化城Maotai Ancient Town and China Liquor Culture City茅台古镇与中国酒文化城
Maotai is a town on the east bank of the Chishui River in Renhuai City in the Zunyi area of Guizhou, and the place where Moutai liquor is made; the catalogue name pairs the town with the liquor-culture museum complex that the Moutai group built there.
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An aerial view of a broad green reservoir among forested karst hills, spanned by a suspension bridge with white pylons and red cables carrying a viaduct; terraced fields and a cliff face at the left and hazy hills beyond.Feilong Lake飞龙湖
Feilong Lake is the reservoir that formed on the Wujiang River behind the Goupitan hydropower dam, in Yuqing County in the Zunyi area of Guizhou; the scenic area of the same name covers its islands and the gorge reaches of the river.
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Gouba Conference Site · 苟坝会议会址Gouba Conference Site苟坝会议会址
The Gouba Conference site stands in the Sihe villagers' group of Gouba village, in Fengxiang town in Bozhou District, 50 kilometres from Zunyi, and is known as the place where the Red Army's Gouba Conference was held in March 1935 during the Long March.
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Wujiangzhai Resort乌江寨
Wujiangzhai is a resort built along the Wujiang River in the south-east of Bozhou District, Zunyi, in Guizhou, which opened for business on 1 May 2022. Its streets of northern Guizhou vernacular houses were formed by systematically repairing, rebuilding and converting local old buildings.
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Meitan Sea of Tea (湄潭茶海), Meitan County. Photograph: "湄潭万亩茶海 - panoramio".Meitan Sea of Tea湄潭茶海
Meitan County in the Zunyi area of Guizhou is planted with tea on a scale that has given its name to the catalogue entry. The county culture and tourism bureau's own list of scenic areas contains two places called a tea sea: the China Tea Sea, the block of contiguous plantations at Yongxing that is also known as the Wanmu Chahai, and the Meitan Chahai Ecological Park, the tea-country tourism zone marketed as Cuiya 27 degrees.
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The exterior of Zunyi City Museum, Honghuagang District · 遵义市博物馆外景，红花岗区 Source-recorded photograph date: 18 September 2010 (original upload date).Zunyi Museum遵义市博物馆
Zunyi Municipal Museum is the city museum of Zunyi in Guizhou, opened free to the public on 26 November 2009 and graded a national second-grade museum. It stands at the junction of Renmin Road and Zhuhai Road in Huichuan District, not in Honghuagang District as the catalogue entry has it.
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Shuanghe Cave · 双河洞Shuanghe Cave双河洞
Dolomite cave system in Suiyang County, Guizhou, surveyed at 439.7 km in 2025, with giant panda and takin fossils in its sediments.
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Shi'erbeihou Dafeng Cave · 十二背后大风洞Shi'erbeihou Dafeng Cave十二背后大风洞
Dafengdong, also known as Guihuadong, is a show cave in Suiyang County in the Zunyi area of Guizhou, and a first-order branch of the much larger Shuanghe cave system in Wenquan town. Its own passage runs to 3.8 kilometres, and the system it belongs to has been surveyed by international joint expeditions since the late 1980s.
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Foguang Cliff佛光岩
Foguangyan is a curved red danxia cliff in the south of Chishui City in the Zunyi area of Guizhou, with a waterfall dropping down the middle of it. It is one of the three sections of the Chishui Danxia tourist area, the core scenic area of the Chishui Danxia world natural heritage site.
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Sidonggou Waterfall Gorge · 四洞沟Sidonggou Waterfall Gorge四洞沟
Bamboo-lined valley in Datong town, western Chishui, Guizhou, with four stepped waterfalls along about 4 km of stream.
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Datong Ancient Town · 大同古镇Datong Ancient Town大同古镇
Datong is a riverside town on the western edge of Chishui City in the Zunyi area of Guizhou, 9 kilometres from the city centre and on the Sichuan border. The Datong River, a tributary of the Chishui, runs through the middle of it. The catalogue entry refers to the old town there.
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Chishui Bamboo Sea · 赤水竹海Chishui Bamboo Sea赤水竹海
Chishui Bamboo Sea National Forest Park lies in Hushi town in Chishui City, in the Zunyi area of Guizhou, close to the Sichuan border at Luzhou and in the deeply cut belt where the Sichuan basin gives way to the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau. Its overall plan covers 11,200 hectares and takes in the gorges of the Chishui River and evergreen broadleaf forest as well as bamboo.
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Zunyi City local specialties
遵义市特色美食 · 12 specialties to discover
Wujiang tofu fish 乌江豆腐鱼AI dish illustration / AI 菜品示意图
Tender fish contrasts with soft, broth-soaked tofu. The seasoning can be rich and spicy, but the local name does not mandate one exact sourness.
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Zunyi lamb rice noodles 遵义羊肉粉AI dish illustration / AI 菜品示意图
The bowl balances smooth noodles with a strong lamb savouriness. Chilli paste or oil can make a considerable difference to the heat.
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Zunyi noodles with soft tofu 遵义豆花面AI dish illustration / AI 菜品示意图
Springy noodles contrast with tofu that breaks softly on the spoon. The dip adds concentrated heat and savouriness, while the main bowl provides a milder mouthful between stronger bites.
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Xiazi Mutton Rice Noodles 虾子羊肉粉AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Xiazi Mutton Rice Noodles (虾子羊肉粉) are the mutton rice noodles of Xiazi Town (虾子镇) in the Xinpu New Area (新蒲新区) of Zunyi (遵义), Guizhou.
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Yaxi Cold Starch Jelly 鸭溪凉粉AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Yaxi Cold Starch Jelly (鸭溪凉粉) is the liangfen (凉粉), a cold jelly snack, of Yaxi Town (鸭溪镇) in Zunyi (遵义), Guizhou.
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Chishui Soft Tofu 赤水豆花AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Chishui Soft Tofu (赤水豆花) is the douhua, or soft bean curd, of Chishui (赤水), a city in Zunyi (遵义), Guizhou.
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Yuqing Deboned Duck 余庆剔骨鸭AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Yuqing Deboned Duck (余庆剔骨鸭) is a spicy duck dish associated with Aoxi (敖溪) in Yuqing (余庆). Deboned breast meat is cooked quickly in oil and served over pickled radish.
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Meitan Red Fermented Tofu 湄潭红豆腐Reference photo of a similar dish · 同类菜品参考照片
Meitan Red Fermented Tofu (湄潭红豆腐) is the fermented bean curd (豆腐乳) of Meitan (湄潭) County in Guizhou, known locally as meidoufu (霉豆腐, "mould tofu"): blocks of tofu from local soybeans, fermented and then coated one by one in a chilli seasoning.
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All dish names · 全部菜名 (12)
- Wujiang tofu fish · 乌江豆腐鱼
- Zunyi lamb rice noodles · 遵义羊肉粉
- Zunyi noodles with soft tofu · 遵义豆花面
- Xiazi Mutton Rice Noodles · 虾子羊肉粉
- Yaxi Cold Starch Jelly · 鸭溪凉粉
- Chishui Soft Tofu · 赤水豆花
- Yuqing Deboned Duck · 余庆剔骨鸭
- Meitan Red Fermented Tofu · 湄潭红豆腐
- Zheng'an Steamed Rice Sheets · 正安米皮
- Xishui Tofu Skin · 习水豆腐皮
- Zunyi Egg Sponge Cakes · 遵义鸡蛋糕
- Chili Chicken · 辣子鸡
More dishes from across Guizhou are in the Guizhou food guide.
Counties & districts in Zunyi City
14 areas belong directly to Zunyi City.
14 areas
Honghuagang District 红花岗区
Honghuagang District (simplified Chinese: 红花岗区; traditional Chinese: 紅花崗區; pinyin: Hónghuāgǎng Qū) is a district of the city of Zunyi, Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of Zunyi city.
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Huichuan District (simplified Chinese: 汇川区; traditional Chinese: 匯川區; pinyin: Huìchuān Qū) is a district of the city of Zunyi, Guizhou, China. The Huichuan Sports Center is located in the district.
Explore the area →DistrictBozhou District 播州区
Bozhou District, formerly Zunyi County, is a district of the city of Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
Explore the area →CountyTongzi County 桐梓县
Tongzi is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi, in the north of Guizhou province, China, bordering Chongqing to the north.
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Suiyang County 绥阳县
Suiyang County (simplified Chinese: 绥阳县; traditional Chinese: 綏陽縣; pinyin: Suíyáng Xiàn) is a county in Guizhou Province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi.
Explore the area →CountyZheng'an County 正安县
Zheng'an County is a county in the north of Guizhou province, China, bordering Chongqing to the north. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi.
Explore the area →Autonomous countyDaozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County 道真仡佬族苗族自治县
Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 道真仡佬族苗族自治县; traditional Chinese: 道真仡佬族苗族自治縣; pinyin: Dàozhēn Gēlǎozú Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn; usually referred to as "Daozhen County" (道真县; 道真縣), is a…
Explore the area →Autonomous countyWuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County 务川仡佬族苗族自治县
Wuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 务川仡佬族苗族自治县; traditional Chinese: 務川仡佬族苗族自治縣; pinyin: Wùchuān Gēlǎozú Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn; alternatively 婺川) is a county in the northeast of Guizhou…
Explore the area →CountyFenggang County 凤冈县
Fenggang County (simplified Chinese: 凤冈县; traditional Chinese: 鳳岡縣; pinyin: Fènggāng Xiàn; lit. 'phoenix mound') is a county in the north of Guizhou province, China.
Explore the area →CountyMeitan County 湄潭县
Meitan is a county of Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi.
Explore the area →CountyYuqing County 余庆县
Yuqing County (simplified Chinese: 余庆县; traditional Chinese: 餘慶縣; pinyin: Yúqìng Xiàn) is a county in the northeast of Guizhou province, China.
Explore the area →CountyXishui County 习水县
Xishui County (simplified Chinese: 习水县; traditional Chinese: 習水縣; pinyin: Xíshuǐ Xiàn) is a county in the north of Guizhou province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the southwest.
Explore the area →County-level cityChishui City 赤水市
Chishui is a county-level city of Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi.
Explore the area →County-level cityRenhuai City 仁怀市
Renhuai (simplified Chinese: 仁怀; traditional Chinese: 仁懷; pinyin: Rénhuái) is a county-level city located in the north of Guizhou province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the west.
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Getting there
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Zunyi Conference Site and Chishui Danxia are about 135 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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