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Guiyang

China

Watercolour of Guiyang, China. The "Forest City" nestled in the karst plateau along the Nanming River, centered around the iconic Jiaxiu Pavilion and Qianling Mountain, with Ming Dynasty Jiaxiu Pavilion and Fuyu Bridge.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Ming Dynasty Jiaxiu Pavilion; Fuyu Bridge; Qianling Mountain Park; Huaxi River; Guizhou Buyi and Miao; lush subtropical Guizhou karst plateau flora; Forest City
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the Nanming River toward Jiaxiu Pavilion and Fuyu Bridge with Qianling Mountain rising in the background, showing weeping willow fronds and stone steps in the foreground, the calm river waters, stone arches of the bridge, and the elegant multi-eaved Jiaxiu Pavilion in the middle-ground, and the lush forested karst mountain peaks fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick pine and oak forests of Qianling Mountain, weeping willows along the Nanming River, and Huaxi wetlands.
Guarded against
Not Kunming, Guilin, or Chengdu
Population3,037,159Wikidata: 4,881,900
Coordinates26.58°N, 106.72°E
Elevation1,275 m
Area8,043 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:53clock runs 0.9 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Guiyang and you surface nearest to Caldera, Chile — 250 km from the exact antipodal point.

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