Zunyi City is Guizhou Province's second-largest city. The city is listed as one of the top 24 historical and cultural cities in China and is also considered as a major tourist attraction of northern Guizhou. The Xiangjiang River flows in the city and separates it into new and old city districts. Zunyi's scenery is famous for its mountains, waterfalls, rivers and streams, the big valleys, woodlands and caves. The city is famous in China’s history as the place where Mao Zedong was first elected as a leader of the Communist Party of China. It is also the location where the famous "Zunyi meeting" between Mao Zedong and two other political leaders formed a group to control the Long March procedure. The meeting hall where the historical event is a local attraction and is usually crowded with sightseers taking pictures.

Airports in Zunyi

Zunyi Xinzhou Airport (ZYI)

Zunyi Xinzhou Airport is the main airport to reach Zunyi. It is located about 35 kilometres to the east of Zunyi city centre. The airport was originally a military airbase which was then converted to a dual-use military and civil airport in the year 2012. There are approximately 107 flights headed to around 53 different domestic routes from Zunyi Xinzhou Airport. The airport connects 51 different cities in 7 different countries. The most popular routes connect Zunyi to Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Haikou, Tianjin and Chengdu. Currently, there are four charter airlines to and from international destinations, specifically Krabi, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Da Nang. The airport shuttle bus is provided for passengers to travel from Zunyi Airport to the urban area.

Zunyi Maotai Airport (WMT)

Zunyi Maotai Airport is located in Renhuai city and services the city of Zunyi in Guizhou Province, China. It is located in Yinshui Village, Gaodaping Town, 16 kilometres from downtown Renhuai. The airport got its name from the famous Maotai liquor produced in the nearby town of the same name. Aside from Zunyi Xinzhou Airport, it is the second airport in Zunyi which provides flights to domestic locations. This airport only services local routes with flights headed to other Chinese cities such as Beijing, Kunming, Tianjin, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Sanya, Zhengzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Jinan, Nanchang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Changsha, Haikou, Shanghai, Xi'an, Wenzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Nanning, Qingdao, Lanzhou, Shenzhen, Dalian, Hangzhou, Harbin, Wuhan and Xiamen.

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When is the Best Time to Fly to Zunyi?

Zunyi can be visited at any time of the year. The subtropical humid monsoon climate in Zunyi is moderate and generally unaffected by extreme summer and winter season. The average temperature in Zunyi is 15˚C while the maximum temperature can reach up to 25 ˚C. For those who prefer to travel in the warmer climate, you may need to prepare your umbrella as summer often coincides with the rainy season. Despite the possible wet weather, the summer season is said to be the best time to enjoy the natural scenic attractions around Zunyi.

If you are travelling to Zunyi, you may be able to enjoy festivals of the local ethnic groups. Festivals of the ethnic groups are usually celebrated according to the lunar calendar. Gelao people, for instance, celebrates Spring Festival on the third day of the third lunar month. Between the tenth and eleventh lunar month, Jigu Festival is celebrated by Miao people by offering sacrifices to their ancestors. Liquor lovers may look forward to travelling between July and August whereby liquor festival is held in the Maotai Town of Huairen City and Shizhang Cave of Chishui City.

What are the Top 3 Things to Do in Zunyi?

Zunyi Conference and Revolutionary Historical Sites – Zunyi Conference marked the memorable beginning of Red Army, the Communist party in this city. You can learn in detail about the Party and its military movement during its active years. Located in the centre of Zunyi’s old town, this historic site consists of four residences of the Party leaders, headquarters of Political Department for the Red Army, the former Chinese Soviet Republic State Bank and a museum. You may also reach Mao Zedong’s residence by walking 15 minutes from the main building.

Xiangshan Temple – Built in the 1920s and restored in the 1980s, the temple remains an active temple with worshipers always in attendance. Travellers headed towards the temple will find the roads just outside it paved with crowded market street selling food and fruits, as well as fortune tellers and incense sellers. Located next to the Xiangjiang River, one of the highlights of the temple is the scenery around the site. There are three main halls in the temple: the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Great Buddha's Hall and the Mother Buddha’s Hall. The Mother Buddha’s Hall contains all sorts of religious relics such as books, pictures, carvings, statues and even a dagoba.

Chishui Town – Chishui is a well-known natural attraction in Yichun. The area includes Shizhang Cavern waterfall, Hushi Immense Forests of Bamboo, Shidong Vale Waterfall Group, the Red Rock Gorge as well as the Ever-bright Moonlight Lake among others. The area is praised by international and domestic experts both as the "City of Numerous Waterfalls" and the "Fatherland of Bamboo". Located in the northwest of Zunyi travellers visiting this area can observe the naturally occurring red soil deposits within its rivers and streams.