Bijie

Bijie is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and Yunnan to the west. It neighbors Anshun and Guiyang in the south, Yunnan Province in the east and Sichuan Province in the north. Before the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) established an administrative unit in this area, Bijie was governed by several kingdoms of ethnic minorities. Bijie borders Zunyi to the east, Anshun and Liupanshui to the south, Zhaotong and Qujing (Yunnan) to the west, and Luzhou (Sichuan) to the north.

Zhijin Cave, Jiehe Gorge and Hongjia Ferry, this scenic area features one of the most spectacular and noted karst caves in China. Zhijin Cave is regarded as the 'karst museum'. Caohai Lake is the largest plateau freshwater lake in Guizhou and an ideal habitat for birds, such as the black-necked crane, red-crowned crane, white stork and the white-tailed sea-eagle. One-Hundred-Li Azalea Belt is the largest primeval azalea forest in China where some festivals of Yi and Miao ethnic minori