Qingyan Ancient Town

Located in Huaxi district of Guiyang, Qingyan Ancient Town was originally the Qingyan Fort built in the Hongwu reign (1368 - 1398) of the Ming Dynasty, is a famous historic and cultural town of China. 

The layout of the ancient town retains the architectural styles of the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1644 - 1911) dynasties. Now the town preserves one city gate, four streets, 26 streets and lanes paved with flagstones, three stone memorial archways, and ancient wood-structure hourses along the streets, showing the characteristics of in South China. In the ancient town, stone enclosing walls, and stone couters, mortars, mills and rollers can be found everywhere, hence the name "the Stone City", in addition to the Buddhist and Taoist temples, and Catholic and Christian churches, forming a sceni marvel with the mergence of varied religious cultures.