Liupanshui is a city whose urban area has 251,900 inhabitants in Western Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China. The population of its jurisdictional area has exceeded 2,830,000 as of 2006, and it is the second largest city in Guizhou. It has an area of 9,926 km.
Liupanshui is an amalgamation of several towns and rural areas. Three major towns, Liuzhi, Shuicheng and Panxian form this region. This area is nicknamed a "sea of coal in southern China" and it is the most important mining areas of Guizhou.
It is also the gateway toWeining and Caohai Lake, which is a paradise of various kinds of birds, including the well-known black-necked crane. Sprawling over an area of 20 sq km , Weining Caohai is the highest plateau lake in Guizhou. With luxuriant water weeds, it is well-known for sightseeing black-necked cranes. It is a national natural reserve with a 20 sq km freshwater wetland. The lake is regarded as a wetland because of its permanent 2-meter average depth. Grasses cover about 70% of the lake's surface, giving rise to the name Caohai (Grass Sea).
43 km away from Liuzhi city, Suoga Ecology Museum is the first of its kind in China. It lies in a commune district embraced by mountain. Somme ethnic people live in with long angles as their way of doing up hairs. More than 4,000 people are distributed in 12 villages, They preserve a rather old simple traditions, such as men plowing and women weaving, style of unique marriage and funeral m music and dance and gorgeous embroidered and elaborate wax -printed costumes.
Located at 150km on the Guiyang-Bijie Highway, A hundred-Li Azalea Belt, and a grand natural park, occupy an area of more than 100 sq km. From March to May each year, bright-colored and lush flowers are everywhere, hence the name.
Nankai township, 50 km north of Shuicheng, is an important place of visiting. The Small Flower Miao, especially their traditional big festival 'Tiaohuapo' with more than 20,000 people participating which occurs the fifth of Feb. according to the lunar calendar.
