兴义

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

Wanfenglin Scenic Area万峰林景区5A$10.35 (CN¥70)
Maling River Gorge马岭河峡谷4A$10.35 (CN¥70)
Wanfeng Lake万峰湖4AFree
Guizhouchun Scenic Area贵州醇景区4AFree
Fenglin Buyi Scenic Area峰林布依景区Heritage Site$10.35 (CN¥70)
Xingyi Jilongbao Resort兴义市吉隆堡度假村$8.87 (CN¥60)
Maling River Gorge Rafting马岭河峡谷漂流Free
Yuhuangding Scenic Area玉皇顶风景区Free
Yubulu Tiankeng (Sinkhole) Scenic Area雨补鲁天坑风景区$0.00 (CN¥0)
Buyi Village布衣寨$0.00 (CN¥0)
Wanfeng Lake Tourist Wharf万峰湖景区旅游码头Free
Liu Family Manor刘氏庄园Heritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Bagua Fields八卦田$0.00 (CN¥0)
Qianxinan Prefecture Museum (New Hall)黔西南州博物馆新馆Heritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Qingshui River Scenic Area清水河风景区$5.17 (CN¥35)
Xianahui Village下纳灰村$0.00 (CN¥0)
Nanlong Buyi Ancient Village南龙布依古寨$0.00 (CN¥0)
Wanfenglin Outdoor Kayak & SUP Club万峰林户外皮划艇桨板俱乐部Free
Wanfeng Lake Hongchun Wharf万峰湖红椿码头Free

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 endorsement
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)

A savoury tangyuan filled with chicken and served in chicken broth, upending the sweet-dumpling tradition and the most recognisable snack of Xingyi.
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.
A Xingyi-only noodle hand-pressed with a heavy wooden lever, springy and smooth with a faint egg fragrance, served in chicken broth.
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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