Age old Banyan Trees Group Travel Guide

The age-old banyan trees spot in Rongjiang lies on the riverside of Duliujiang River in Sanbao Dong village Chejiang Township. It is 3km far to Rongjiang County, 170km far to Kaili city, and 367km far to Guiyang city. About 50 densely age-old banyan trees stretch over one kilometer from Yingtang village to Zhanglu village, which is rare even throughout the world. The banyan trees are in over 20 meters height and more than 3 meters diameter, their branches connecting together and roots entwine with each other, like huge green umbrellas exhibiting on the riverside, which is remarkable and spectacular.

There is a peddle road getting through the banyan trees named “Flower Street” which is about 600 meters inlaid with twelve Chinese Zodiac patterns.

At the end of peddle street, there is a figure statue of a Dong man named as Zhulang and a Dong woman named as Niang mei. They are Romeo and Juliet of Dong village. Their tragic love story has been made into a movie "Beautiful Qin river" in 1950s which caused a sensation at home and abroad at that time.

At wharf of upstream of Duliujiang, there is a wondrous spot as “Age-old banyan tree wrapping the Monument”. The monument was setting in 1919 beside an age-old banyan tree, which was wrapped by the roots of banyan few years later.

Traffic:

coach departures to Rongjiang in every hour from Kaili or Rong

DCT Tips:

There are many small restaurants on the riverside.
The best time for visiting is August and September.

banyan tree group of Sanbao Dong village in Rongjiang, Guizhou

age-old banyan tree in Sanbao Dong village, Rongjiang

boat in Duliujiang

The statue describes a tragic love story of Zhulang and Niangmei whom are the Romeo and Juliet in Sanbao Dong vilalge.