Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County (;

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, bordering the

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s of

Qiandongnan Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (; Hmu language: ''Qeef Dongb Naif Dol Hmub Dol Gud Zid Zid Zeb''; Kam language: ''Qeens Donc Nanc Nyenc Miiul Nyenc Gaeml Zil Zl Zous''), also known as Southeast Qian Autonomous Prefecture of Miao ...

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) to the north,

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) to the northeast and

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to the west. It has an area of and a population of 297,244.Profile of Sanjiang
official website of Sanjiang County Government

Transportation

China National Highway 209 China National Highway 209 (G209) runs from Sonid Left Banner, Inner Mongolia to Beihai, Guangxi province. It is 3,435 kilometres in length and runs south from Huhhot towards Shanxi province, Henan province, Hubei province, Hunan province, and ...

*Reach by bus from

Longsheng Rice Terrace The Longsheng Rice Terraces ("Dragon's Victory") (), also called the Longji Rice Terraces ("Dragon's Backbone") (), are located in the town of Longji in Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, about from Guilin, China. The terraced ...

about 1.5 hours, Guilin 4.5 hours * Sanjiang County Railway Station, about from the main square and "Bird's Nest" bullfighting arena. * Sanjiang South Railway Station, also about south from the main square. The station mainly serves the Guiyang-Guangzhou high-speed railway that pass through the area.

Tourism

north of Sanjiang, toward

province, lies the area of

, Chengyang (程阳), which is a popular destination for

backpacker tourism Backpacking is a form of low-cost, independent travel, which often includes staying in inexpensive lodgings and carrying all necessary possessions in a backpack. Once seen as a marginal form of travel undertaken only through necessity, it has b ...

. The area comprises eight traditional Dong minority villages. The houses are all made of wood. Inside the villages you will find traditional drum towers, which were used to announce important things or simply to perform plays to entertain the villagers. Crossing the river is the best preserved

Wind and Rain Bridge The Yongji Bridge of Chengyang (), also called the Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge (), is a bridge in Sanjiang County, of Guangxi, China. Chengyang Bridge is a special covered bridge or ''lángqiáo'', and one of several ''Fengyu'' bridges in the ...

(程阳风雨桥, chéng yáng fēng yǔ qiáo) which has five parts. The bridge dates to 1912 and is for many people the main reason to visit the village. North of Chengyang lies the tiny village of Linxia which is interesting because of the local market, but there are no places to stay in Linxia.

Climate

Notable people

* Wu Hongfei, journalist, novelist, and rock singer

References

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