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XingyiTravel Budget Guide
Tier 3·IATA: ACX
When to visit
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super-peak (national holiday)PeakShoulderOff-season
Holiday surges
- extremeSpring Festival· Lunar Jan 1–7 (late Jan / mid-Feb)
- highQingming (Tomb-Sweeping)· Apr 4–6
- extremeLabor Day· May 1–5
- highDragon Boat Festival· Lunar May 5 (~Jun)
- highMid-Autumn Festival· Lunar Aug 15 (~Sep/Oct)
- extremeNational Day Golden Week· Oct 1–7
Taxi flag-drop:¥8starting fare
Attractions
Hotels
Budget
$15.67 (CN¥106)
/night
Standard
$23.06 (CN¥156)
/night
Comfort
$58.82 (CN¥398)
/night
Tiers are grouped by hotel star rating — Budget ≈ 2★, Standard ≈ 3★, Comfort ≈ 4★ and up. Figures are citywide average nightly rates, so an individual hotel may sit above or below its tier.
Food
Budget meal
$3.14 (CN¥21)
/meal
Mid-range
$8.54 (CN¥58)
/meal
High-end
$31.66 (CN¥214)
/meal
Culture & Heritage
Time-Honored Brands (1)
MOFCOM-certified · cultural background, not a business endorsementZou's Chicken-Soup TangyuanBatch 1
A century-old Xingyi specialty of savoury chicken-filled tangyuan in chicken broth, famed for going against the sweet norm; one of Xingyi's four signature snacks.
Famous Snacks (4)
Xingyi Chicken TangyuanFamous Snacks
A savoury tangyuan filled with chicken and served in chicken broth, upending the sweet-dumpling tradition and the most recognisable snack of Xingyi.
Bamboo-Brush Dumpling (Shuabatou)Famous Snacks
A Xingyi-only pastry from the Tongzhi reign of the Qing dynasty, named for its resemblance to a bamboo brush, with ruffled skin steamed around a savoury filling.
Lever-Pressed Noodles (Gangzimian)Famous Snacks
A Xingyi-only noodle hand-pressed with a heavy wooden lever, springy and smooth with a faint egg fragrance, served in chicken broth.
Xingyi Mutton Rice NoodlesFamous Snacks
A Xingyi breakfast classic with a 300-year history from the Qing dynasty, made with local black-mountain mutton and rice noodles; Xingyi is known as the "home of mutton rice noodles."
Intangible Cultural Heritage (3)
Buyei Bayin Sitting-SongNational ICH · Batch 第一批国家级非物质文化遗产
An ancient Quyi art of the Buyei villages along the North and South Pan rivers, sung to an eight-instrument ensemble and called a "living fossil of sound"; first-batch national ICH from 2006.
Zhabai Song FestivalNational ICH · Batch 国家级非物质文化遗产
A traditional Buyei song festival at Zhabai village in Xingyi, held each year on the 23rd of the sixth lunar month to honour the faithful love of Zha Lang and Bai Mei; a national-level ICH folklore item.
Buyei Leyou FluteNational ICH · Batch 国家级非物质文化遗产
A wooden double-reed vertical flute unique to the Buyei, current around Xingyi and along the Pan rivers, used by young lovers to call to one another; a national-level ICH item.
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