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Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture is famous for lots of  Miao and Dong enthnic villages to attracts tourists from home and abroad. Situated in southeastern Guizhou Province, Qiandongnan Prefecture neighbors Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Zunyi City and Tongren Region within Guizhou province. It is also bounded on the east by Hunan Province in the neighborhood of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the south.
Facts of Qiandongnan
Full Name: Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese Name: 黔东南苗族侗族自治州 (qián dōng nán miáo zú dòng zú zì zhì zhōu)
Population: 4,446,200 
Area: 30,337 square kilometers (11,713 square miles)
Nationalities: Han, Miao, Dong
Administrative Division: 15 counties (Huangping, Shibing, Sansui, Zhenyuan, Cengong, Tianzhu, Jinping, Jianhe, Taijiang, Liping, Rongjiang, Congjiang, Leishan, Majiang, Danzhai); 1 county-level city (Kaili)
Seat of the Prefecture Government: No.11, Beijing Dong Lu, Kaili City

History of Qiandongnan
Before the Spring and Autumn Period (770BC-476BC), this area was known as a place of southern barbarians and partly belonged to the Chu Kingdom and a local ethnic regime. It made great progress in development during the exploitation of the Miao region in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

What to see in Qiandongnan?
Highlights in Qiandongnan : Ethnic minorities in Qiandongnan have a population of 3,640,000, over eighty percent of the prefecture's total population. Miao and Dong minorities are the biggest groups. The colorful traditional festivals and local folk customs are the highlights of the prefecture. Road-block drinking is the first ritual when the hospitable Miao people welcome guests. From the foot to the gate of the village, there are usually twelve barriers with full dressed Miao youths pledging wine to visitors.
Top attractions in Qiandongan:  Qiandongnan lies in the transition area from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to hills and basins in Hunan and Guangxi. Karst and eroded landforms are widely distributed in the prefecture. Its general terrain is higher in the north, south and west while lower in the east. Western and northwestern part of this prefecture is medium and low mountains, and its eastern and southeastern part has complex distributions of low mountains, hills and basins. On the whole, mountainous region occupies over eighty-seven percent of the prefecture's total area.
Best places to visit in Qiandongnan

Xijiang Miao Village	Basha Miao Village	Matang Gejia Miao Village
Nanhua Miao Village	Shidong Miao Village	Longli Ancient Village
Wuyang River Scenic Area	Zhaoxing Dong Village	Jiabang Terrace Field
Zhenyuan Ancient Town	Zhenyuan Black Dragon Cave	Langde Miao Village

When to visit Qiandongnan?
Qiandongnan enjoys a subtropical humid monsoon climate bearing some features of plateau climate. Average temperatures of the coldest January and hottest July are respectively 5-8℃ (41-46.4℉) and 24-28℃ (75.2-82.4℉). The rainy season usually lasts from April to October, mainly concentrating on spring and summer.
 Visitors can visit there in spring, summer and autumn. It is notable that a spread of half a year in Kaili is in rainy season. A raincoat or umbrella should be carried for this trip.

How to get there?
There is no airport in Qiandongnan Prefecture. Visitors traveling by air can get to Guiyang Longdongbao Airport, and take the airport shuttle bus to the Civil Aviation Ticket Office at Zunyi Road. Walk southward along the road to the Guiyang Gymnasium Long-distance Bus Station to take a bus to Kaili.  It is very easy to visit Qiandongnan by train or bus to Kaili City  from Tongren,Zhangjiajie,Guiyang and other cities in China.

Qiandongnan Travel Tips
Useful Telephone Numbers:
Tourist Complaints: 0855-8222547
Weather Forecast: 121
Zip Code Inquiry: 184
Bank of China Branch: No.2, Shaoshan Nan Lu, Kaili City
China Post Branch: No.1, Beijing Dong Lu, Kaili City