Qujing
Qujing is a prefecture-level city in the east of Yunnan province, China, bordering Guizhou province to the north and east and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the south; thus, it was called "Key between Yunnan and Guizhou" (滇黔锁钥) and "Throat of Yunnan" (云南咽喉) in the past.
Qujing is a prefecture-level city in the east of Yunnan province, China, bordering Guizhou province to the north and east and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the south; thus, it was called "Key between Yunnan and Guizhou" (滇黔锁钥) and "Throat of Yunnan" (云南咽喉) in the past. It is part of the Central Yunnan Metropolitan Region plan (滇中城市群规划) in effect for 2016–49. Its administrative population is 6,047,000 according to a 2015 estimate, of whom, 1,408,500 reside in the metro area, which contains Qilin District, Zhanyi District and Malong District. The city's resident population at the end of 2024 is 5.634 million. During the 11th National Five-Year Plan period, the government of Qujing planned to develop the city into the "big city at the origin of the Pearl River" (珠江源大城市) in the following decades, including increasing the built-up urban area to past 100 km2 (39 sq mi) and the urban population to surpass 1 million by 2020, the second in Yunnan, after Kunming.
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Worth seeing in and around Qujing
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Qujing Cultural and Sports Park
The Qujing Cultural and Sports Park is a public park and sports venue in Qujing, Yunnan, China. It has a multipurpose stadium used mostly for soccer matches called Qujing City Sports Center Stadium, with 34,162 seats, a 6,176-seat indoor stadium, and an 18,000-square-meter multipurpose training center.
6.5 km · building in Qujing, China · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Jingning Pagoda
- 02Tiansheng Cave
- 03Emerald Mountain Film and TV Set
- 04Qilin Water Town
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Things to do
- 01Qujing Bund
A large outdoor market with shops, street food, restaurants, and bars.
- 02Qilin Alley Commercial Street
A popular shopping street with tea, coffee, and restaurants.
- 03Tanghang Road
Relatively quiet during the day, in the late afternoon vendors come out to sell snacks and other crafts.
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Where to eat
Steamed Rice Noodles (蒸饵丝; zhēng ěr sī) is a local specialty, and difficult to find outside of Qujing. It is a steamed rice cake that is sliced into thin strips, tossed in oil, and topped with chives, pickled vegetables, and meat sauce. It is often eaten dry, but you can choose to add a bone broth soup as well.
- 01Yuan Yi
It has a stylish wood decor with lots of little alcoves, a large selection of western food, and a full bar.
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Getting to Qujing
- Airports
- Kunming Changshui (KMG), 96 km
- Kunming → Qujing118 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · ¥55–75
- Guiyang (Nanming) → Qujing316 km · quickest by road, 5h 14m · ¥150–195
- Lijiang → Qujing387 km · quickest by road, 8h 25m · ¥230–310
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No local-transport research exists yet for Qujing
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Qujing. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Qujing
- Qilin Districtdistrict of Yunnan Province, China1 km