Things to do in Nandan

No. 1 of Family-friendly Attractions in Hechi

Yao Wang Tianxia

Yao Wang Tianxia attraction is located in Wangshang Village, Lihu Township, Nandan, Hechi, Guangxi. It currently features three main areas: Geyasi Valley, Baiku Yao Village, and Dongtian Shengjing Underground Grand Canyon. The attraction includes two themed hotels and a farm-style restaurant, showcasing the history, culture, lifestyle, dietary customs, and legends of the Baiku Yao people to the world. Each area has its distinct style, ranging from pastoral wellness villages and majestic Yao settlements to the mysterious and colorful underground canyon. The attraction features comprehensive facilities including sightseeing, accommodation, dining, and entertainment. By gathering the Baiku Yao people to live and work here, constructing numerous ethnic living facilities, presenting vibrant cultural performances, incorporating interactive activities, offering elegant and tranquil residential environments, and serving rustic traditional cuisine, visitors can fully experience the joyful life of seclusion in this Baiku Yao village paradise. Yao Wang Tianxia presents the immersive performance series "Song of the Universe," transforming the destination into a boundless theater. From dawn to dusk, experience dozens of performances including monkey dances honoring ancestors, bronze drum rituals, village welcoming ceremonies, and bonfire celebrations – bringing the Bai Ku Yao culture to life through tangible, interactive experiences. Don't miss the must-see core performance "Song of the World's Dawn" - a soul-stirring journey through millennia of migration. Witness the Yao king defending his homeland with a blade and embroiderers weaving brocade with their blood, as loneliness becomes the boat and faith the oar. A truly breathtaking spectacle!

Dongtian Shengjing

Dongtian Shengjing is a tourist destination known for its natural wonders and cultural experiences, located in the magnificent karst landform area of Guangxi. The spectacular cave landscape and rich ecological environment attract countless tourists. The stalactites in the cave are of various shapes. Under the light, it seems as if you are in a mysterious underground world, which is breathtaking. Each stalactite is like a work of art from nature, telling the story of billions of years of geological changes and natural miracles. In addition to the stunning natural scenery, Dongtian Shengjing also offers rich cultural experiences. Visitors can participate in local folk activities, gain a deeper understanding of Guangxi's traditional culture and lifestyle, experience Zhuang ethnic group's song and dance performances and handicrafts, and feel the strong local customs. There is a visitor center in the scenic area, which provides detailed guided tour services and information consultation to facilitate tourists to plan their itineraries and ensure that every tourist can fully experience the charm of the magnificent cave.

No. 8 of Best Things to Do in Hechi

Dongtian Jiuhai Scenic Spot

Dongtian Jiuhai Scenic Spot is a cultural tourism attraction developed based on the "Dongtian Jiuhai" wine storage cave created from Danquan Distillery and natural karst caves. It has been rated as a national AAAA-level tourist attraction and holds a Guinness World Record. The scenic area covers over 140,000 square meters, with more than 100,000 tons of wine stored in the caves. Visitors can first explore the cultural exhibition hall to learn basic knowledge about wine and gain deeper insights into wine culture, then proceed to the natural wine storage cave that holds the Guinness record. The cave maintains a constant temperature of 16-17°C year-round with humidity above 85%, features abundant flowing natural underground drinking mineral water, and enjoys natural ventilation. Nestled beneath vast forests, it forms a massive natural oxygen bar, providing an excellent environment for the aging and maturation of baijiu. The exhibition hall outside the cave is developed into a unique composite leisure tourism model centered on liquor culture, featuring five sections: the visible distillery, liquor storage cave, Danquan Lake theme park, Danquan culture square, and liquor culture city. The cave is based on a natural four-constant karst cave and features attractions such as the Tiancheng wine cellar, golden house wine storage, eight drinking immortals, stone cave wine Buddha, a thread of sky, drinking to remember the source, underground wine river, hundred-fortune wine corridor, the world's first altar, "lingering fragrance of time," and a wine storage museum. Inside the cave, there are large-scale fossilized woods, which geological experts have identified as forming 350 million years ago, confirming that Nandan has had a mild climate and vast forests since ancient times. The views "ancient forest," "enduring love," and "longevity palace" are very unique tourism resources. The park is renowned for producing Danquan liquor through the ancient kunsha technique, undergoing a complex "12987" process. Brewed with abundant spring water from the caves, it is then aged for over five years in an optimal natural environment with "constant humidity, temperature, airflow, and oxygen," allowing it to mature, develop esters, and acquire a rich, mellow sweetness. This offers travelers a remarkable feast for the taste buds. Travelers wander through garden-style pavilions, immerse themselves in the rich liquor culture, and stroll along scenic pathways amidst arrays of giant liquor jars, experiencing an intoxicating ambiance filled with aromatic vapors and shifting light and shadow. They can deeply appreciate the cultural depth and artisanal heritage encapsulated in "a drop of Danquan, a millennium of liquor charm."

No. 4 of Hot Springs Attractions in Guangxi

Nandan Hot Spring

Nandan mineral hot spring is located deep in the mountains of Nandan County, Hechi City, Guangxi, with a geomagnetic intensity of 0.55 gauss in its core area and a perennial water temperature of 63-65°C. Professional testing by the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Analysis and Testing Research Center shows that the hot spring water contains over twenty mineral elements, with four high-quality core trace elements—fluorine, lithium, metaboric acid, and silicon dioxide—being particularly prominent. The fluoride ion content in the hot spring reaches 9.99 mg/L, boron (calculated as metaboric acid) 21.4 mg/L, lithium ion 3.55 mg/L, and silicon dioxide 31.5 mg/L. Immersing in the hot spring bath can soothe the mind and body, relax the skin, alleviate travel fatigue, and provide a comfortable experience brought by the natural mineral hot spring.

No. 4 of Night Attractions in Hechi

Nandan County Yunguantian Tourist Scenic Area

Yunguantian is blessed with a beautiful natural environment and a unique subtropical monsoon climate. It is surrounded by green trees and clouds all year round. On the endless mountains and rivers, there is a poetic life surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the original vitality given by the lush greenery is everywhere. The forest has a high concentration of negative oxygen ions, forming a unique natural leisure oxygen bar. There are also supporting facilities such as outdoor camping, starry sky house, forest cabin, RV camp and astronomical telescope, so that tourists can immerse themselves in the romantic and bright starry sky; supplemented by swings, seesaws, and other simple, plain and environmental...

No. 6 of Family-friendly Attractions in Hechi

Danlu Mountain Scenic Area

Danlu Mountain has completely preserved the ruins of the local Tusi who practiced Taoism and alchemy in the Ming Dynasty. Danlu Mountain is east-west, about 750 meters above sea level, surrounded by cliffs, deep valleys with shade trees, rich vegetation, inexhaustible water sources, picturesque scenery in all seasons, and high content of negative oxygen ions. It is an oxygen bar and also a good place for practicing Taoism and alchemy. The main components of the Danlu Mountain Ancient City Ruins are: 3 stone gates, 3 mountain tops, 1 Chishui Palace, 7 inscriptions distributed among them, with more than 3,000 words inscriptions. Going up along the ancient road, on a stone step along the way, the four words "Yinpen Panshan" can still be vaguely seen. On this thousand-year-old ancient road, the first stone gate we walked towards was the ground gate. But unfortunately, this gate and the city wall have now collapsed. There is no specific information on the cause of the collapse. Continue walking 200 meters forward and you can see the second stone gate - the human gate. This stone city gate is relatively well preserved as a whole. Next to it stands a stele of "Records of the Gate of the People" written in the Ming Dynasty. The first line of the inscription on the stele is the three characters of "Records of the Gate of the People". The third stone city gate, Tianmen, is well preserved. There are two pairs of stone holes on the walls on both sides of the gate, which were used to lock the city gate in ancient times. The "Yiji" stele is located next to the third stone city gate. The stele base is connected to the large stone on the ground. The stele is broken and has a few lines of missing words. These three city gates also imply that the earth breeds all things, the sky is high above, and people are between heaven and earth. Stepping into the "Tianmen" means entering the fairyland in the sky. Continue to walk up from the third stone city gate, and you will see an open area - Chishui Palace. Approaching Chishui Palace, you can appreciate its grand remains. According to the two neatly laid steps and the three-story foundation connected to it, it can be inferred that the Chishui Palace at that time covered an area of ​​nearly 1,000 square meters. The three sides of Chishui Palace are the three peaks of Danlu Mountain: Tianxiang Peak, Jinhua Peak, and Zongyang Peak. The inner and outer alchemy furnaces are placed on Tianxiang Peak and Jinhua Peak respectively. Jinhua Peak still has the remains of the Taoist alchemy house, altar, and furnace. Walking on this ancient road that has lasted for hundreds of years, standing in the mountains that are sometimes shrouded in clouds and mist and sometimes bright and brilliant, looking at the undulating and winding mountains and the ruins left by the ancients, touching these ancient stone bricks that have been baptized by wind and rain, everyone feels a different power in their hearts...

No. 14 of Best Things to Do in Hechi

Geyasigu

Gayas Valley, located in Ganhe Tun, Lihu Township, Nandan County, is a concentrated exhibition area of Baiku Yao folklore. In the valley, there are scenic spots such as a Baiku Yao ethnic cultural exhibiting and performing base, a karst geological museum, and others, which show the Baiku Yao culture and geological landscape. In addition, there is also a characteristic hotel area, a farming experience area, a folk custom craft display area, and so on. The entire scenic area is rich in ethnic characteristic culture, a good place for traveling, leisure, and vacation.

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Libo Xiaoqikong Scenic Area

Libo Xiaoqikong Scenic Area is located among the peaks in the southern part of Libo County and is named after a seven-arch stone bridge built during the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty over the Xiangshui River. Set against a karst landscape, the scenic area brings together mountains, waters, forests, caves, lakes, and waterfalls, and is known as the "emerald on the Earth's belt." The Xiaoqikong ancient bridge is the attraction's signature view. The seven-arch stone arch bridge, built of bluestone, spans the Xiangshui River. Beneath the bridge, the water of Hanbi Pond is deep blue, and ancient trees tower on both banks, making it a classic photo spot. Following the Xiangshui River downstream, the 68-tier waterfall cascades in overlapping layers, with the river water dropping step by step over the karst rock surface with a roaring sound. Nearby, the Laya Waterfall pours down from the cliff beside the path, and visitors can feel the mist on their faces up close. The water forest is another unique view in the attraction, where trees take root among the streams in the water. Visitors walk along the stone stepping path through the forest, with babbling water beneath their feet and a canopy of green shade overhead. Mandarin Duck Lake is formed by two large lakes, the Male Mandarin Duck Lake and the Female Mandarin Duck Lake, connected with several small lakes. The lake surface is emerald green and serene, and boats can pass through the trees growing in the water. Wolong Pond is the surface outlet of an underground karst river. An arc-shaped stone embankment encloses the underground river water into a deep pond, and the water is as green as jade. Where the water overflows the stone embankment, a rolling-water waterfall forms, creating a striking contrast between the still pond and the moving waterfall. The area around the attraction is home to ethnic minorities such as the Bouyei and Yao, and villages like Yaoshan Ancient Village retain traditional dwellings and ethnic customs, adding cultural richness to the natural scenery. The attractions are distributed along the Xiangshui River; touring from Wolong Pond and Yuanyang Lake all the way down to the Xiaoqikong Ancient Bridge, walking along the stream is relatively effortless.

Ganhe Baikuyao Village

Hechi Qianhu Yao Village

Hechi Qianhu Yao Village is a large Yao ethnic settlement with stunning scenery and rich Yao culture, where you can experience unique Yao traditions and traditional handicrafts.