10 Days in Anshun

Dragon columns at the Ming temple, then a snack crawl along Rulin Road — duoduofen, guojuan, bingjiang.

1. anshun confucian temple
2. anshun rulin old street

Enter at opening for the Water Curtain Cave behind the fall; finish at the wide Doupotang terrace in late light.

1. Huangguoshu Waterfall
2. anshun doupotang waterfall

Stepping stones and Silver Chain Falls first, then a bridge viewpoint west of the falls — the deck hangs about 370 metres above the river.

1. anshun tianxingqiao
2. anshun balinghe bridge

Boat through two flooded cave sections, past the Longmen cliff waterfall and the huge Guanyin cave; half a day, with a slow afternoon back in town.

1. anshun longgong dragon palace

Three short hops around Zhenning county — Shitouzhai's stone houses, Gaodang's old watchtower, and the underground river of Yelang Cave.

1. anshun shitouzhai village
2. anshun gaodang village
3. anshun yelang cave

About two hours each way for the swallow-filled Great Cave, the vast Miao Hall chamber, and local Miao 'spidermen' who climb the cliff by hand.

1. anshun getu river

Watch a masked Dixie opera performance in the garrison village, then climb to Wulong Temple perched on the rock of Tiantai Mountain.

1. anshun tianlong tunpu
2. anshun tiantai mountain

Guard towers and stone courtyards at Benzhai, Ming-era lanes at Yunshan Tun, then a spicy-chicken dinner in Jiuzhou.

1. anshun yunfeng tunpu
2. anshun jiuzhou ancient town

A neighbour-city day by HSR, about half an hour each way — the grey-stone walled town of Qingyan, then Jiaxiu Pavilion on the Nanming River at dusk.

1. qingyan ancient town
2. guiyang jiaxiu pavilion

Market breakfast, the old courtyards of Wang Ruofei's residence, a final lakeside stroll at Hongshan Lake, then the train from Anshun West.

1. anshun hongshan lake
2. anshun wang ruofei residence
3. anshun city markets