Why is the first city in Guizhou Province named after sunny days?

Many tourists know that Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou, but do you know why it is called Guiyang? Guiyang? And then what? Because it is located in the mountainous basin belt of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, it is rainy all the year round and there is no sunny day for three days, so the sunshine is very precious.

Compared with Anshun, Tongren, Qiandongnan, Qiannan and other prefecture-level cities and autonomous prefectures, Guizhou's tourist attractions are not well-known, but take some time to walk around the city and you will find many scenic spots are very good.

The distinctive cultural scenic spots in Guiyang are concentrated in Huaxi District, with Qingyan Ancient Town as the chief scenic spot, which is the first and only 5A scenic spot in Guiyang and one of the four ancient towns in Guizhou.

Qingyan ancient town was founded in the Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 600 years. The architecture here retains the classical style of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The stone road in the ancient town is paved along the gentle hillside. The main street is Ming and Qing Street, which connects the North Gate and Dingguangmen. There are many shops along the way, mainly specialty stores, clothing stores and boutiques, among which the most distinctive is the gourmet shop, which sells distinctive Qingyan trotters.

Ming and Qing Dynasties Street is divided into two sections: the northern section includes Longquan Temple, the former residence of Chair Zhao Champion, and the Chuanzhu Temple. The main attractions of South Street are Qingyan Christian Church and Zhao Baisui Square.

Yin's former residence is located in Zhuangyuan Street, which is an extension of North Street in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was founded by Zhao and formed a large building complex with two courtyards. Chair Zhao's former residence has become a cultural relic protection unit, on the one hand, because this classical building complex is exquisite and represents the high level of classical architecture in Guizhou, and on the other hand, because its former owner Chair Zhao is the first scholar in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces and a legend in Guizhou.

Yin's former residence has preserved many classical cultural relics, the most distinctive of which is the bedroom, and the wooden furniture is very finely carved.

Compared with Qingyan ancient town, another legendary scenic spot in Huaxi District is much less famous, but the scenery inside is completely unconventional.

This scenic spot is Yelang Valley.

Yelang Valley is located in a small canyon at the foot of Cape Mountain in Huaxi District, Guiyang City. The designer is Song Peilun, who showed the ancient customs of Yelang country more than 2,000 years ago to tourists in an advanced and abstract way.

Walking to the core tourist area of the scenic spot, I saw all kinds of stone pillars spreading from valleys and rivers to the top of the mountain. These stone pillars are covered with human faces, which look like savages in the mountains and elves in the jungle.