Jiucaiping Flower Sea Ultimate Guide

🚗Route Planning
It is recommended to drive from Guiyang (3.5 hours direct), following Gui-Qian Expressway → Bi-Wei Expressway, and navigate to "Axilisi Jiucaiping East Gate." For public transportation, you can take a train from Guiyang North Station to Bijie Station (1.5 hours), then transfer to a bus to Hezhang County (2 hours), and finally take the scenic area shuttle bus (20 RMB/person). It is advised to arrive before 6 AM to enjoy the dreamy flower sea in the morning mist alone.

🍜Food & Fun Guide
In Hezhang County, be sure to try the "Yelang Lamb Soup Pot," where lamb with skin is stewed until tender and dipped in sauce with local houttuynia for extra flavor. Inside the scenic area, the "Xianggu Garden Inn" offers wild chive fried with local free-range eggs, fragrant and appetizing, paired with bitter buckwheat cakes dipped in wild honey for a flavor explosion. Stay overnight at Yi Ren Mu Zhuang Hotel, where opening the window reveals a purple flower sea, and in the evening, you can join the scenic area's bonfire party and dance the Wumeng joyful songs with the Yi people.

⚠️Avoid Pitfalls
① Tickets must be booked in advance on "Yi Ma You Guizhou" (43 RMB/person); students, teachers, and others with valid ID are free of charge.
② At an altitude of 2900 meters, oxygen deficiency is common; bring oxygen bottles and windproof jackets (the temperature at the summit is 10℃ lower than at the base).
③ Wear non-slip shoes to walk on the wooden plank paths; stepping on the flower sea is strictly prohibited.
④ There is no signal in the scenic area; download offline maps in advance.

📸Photography Tips
✨Golden Time:

•7:00-9:00 When the mist hasn't cleared, use a wide-angle lens to capture the "Cloud Flower Waves."

•16:00-18:00 Backlight outlines the flower clusters, perfect for shooting "Purple Silhouettes."

✨Composition Techniques:

1. Shoot from above at the corner of the flower sea plank road, using S-shaped curves to extend visual depth.

2. Use a telephoto lens to capture close-ups of single chive flowers, with a blurred background to highlight layers.

3. Stand under the white windmill and shoot upward to capture the dynamic "People More Beautiful Than Flowers."

4. During the blue hour, use a slow shutter to photograph the starry sky, framing the flower sea and the Milky Way together.

✨Outfit Suggestions:

•White cotton-linen long dress + woven hat for a strong contrast with the purple flower sea.

•Ethnic embroidered jacket + silver accessories to echo Yi culture.

•Avoid fluorescent colors; choose low-saturation tones for a more sophisticated look.

💡Hidden Activities

•Rent Yi ethnic costumes for 50 RMB at the "Flower Sea Pavilion" to recreate classic scenes from "Ashima."

•Hike to "Luyin Peak" to overlook the magnificent panorama of windmills and flower sea intertwined.

•Buy local Yulu fragrant pears at 10 RMB per jin, sweet and juicy to refresh and quench thirst.

This purple secret realm, known as the "Roof of Guizhou," tells the romance of the plateau with every chive flower. Spend a day capturing the poetic moments of flowers swaying in the wind and feel the shock and healing of the cloud flower sea.