Prefecture-level city in Guizhou, China
About Guiyang
Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China. It is centrally located within the province, on the eastern part of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, and sits on the north bank of the Nanming River, a tributary of the Wu River. The city is situated at an elevation of approximately 1,100 meters (3,600 ft) and covers an area of 8,034 square kilometers (3,102 sq mi). According to the 2020 census, Guiyang had a total population of 5,987,018, with 4,506,134 lived in its six urban districts. Despite being the capital of Guizhou, it is not the largest city in the province, which is Zunyi.
History
The valley approximating present-day Guiyang has been inhabited since the Spring and Autumn period. Guiyang was a 7th-century military outpost under the Sui and Tang, when the area around it was known as Juzhou (矩州). It grew into a city named Shunyuan (順元) under the Mongolian Yuan dynasty sometime between their 1279 southwestern campaigns and 1283. By the time Guizhou became a full province in 1413, its capital at Guiyang was also known as Guizhou. It became a prefectural seat under the Ming and Qing. Guiyang grew rapidly during the development of the southwest that occurred after the Japanese invasion of China during World War II. It has also grown rapidly since Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening up reached it in the 1990s. Guiyang has been designated an ecological civilization pilot city.
Geography
The city's heart is around the Dashizi (大十字), a "big cross", and Penshuichi (喷水池, literally "Fountain Pool"), a traffic intersection, in the center of which there was a large fountain until early 2010, when it was paved over for better traffic. Guiyang has a four-season, monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa), tempered by its low latitude and high elevation. It has cool winters and moderate-temperature summers; the majority of the year's 1,149 millimetres (45.2 in) of precipitation occurs from May to July. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 4.6 °C (40.3 °F) in January to 23.8 °C (74.8 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 15.2 °C (59.4 °F). Rain is common throughout the year, with occasional flurries in winter. …
Culture
Besides ethnic minority languages such as Miao and Bouyei, the people of Guiyang speak a variety of Southwestern Mandarin. It differs from common Mandarin for the retroflex sounds it lacks. Compared to Mandarin which has five tones (four and a non-stressed tone), Guiyang's local language only has three tones. Many old characters from ancient China are still used within Guiyang's language, which sound like Korean or Japanese. For example, "去" (to go) is pronounced as "kèi", fourth tone, instead of the Mandarin pronunciation "qù" and 做 (to do) is pronounced as "zo", fourth tone, rather than the Mandarin pronunciation "zuo". Provinces in China are known for the different specialities they offer, and Guiyang is most known for its spicy food as well as the following dishes: Gaoba porridge (糕粑稀饭; Gāobāxīfàn), a sweet dessert. …
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