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About 20 minutes northwest of Zunyi, Jinding Mountain is a pleasant pilgrimage site for Zunyi residents. One can visit the mountain and return the same day although the majority of visitor spend the night in the village below the summit. Pilgrims rise early to try to catch the sunrise from the summit. There is basic accommodation available (dorm style rooms year-round or tents in the summer) for ¥10-15 per person. In the summer the village hosts local entrepreneurs selling various street fare. The scenery on the mountain is lovely and the temples themselves are interesting if a bit run-down. Donations from the faithful have restored some of the temples. Aside from taking bus no. 31, you can also get to Jindingshan by simply recruiting a minivan at the Gaoqiao Bus Station. Taxis, minivans, buses and even locals on their way to market can be recruited for the ride back to town.
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遵义市博物馆, Zunyi City Museum
A comprehensive museum about the history and culture of Zunyi.
遵义会议会址
This former merchant's home served as the site for the Politburo meetings in January 1935. The leaders of the People's Republic from 1949 to 1997 attended this meeting including Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping. Tense confrontations between supporters of the Soviet and Maoist revolutionary lines ensued. In the end, the Maoist side won out and it was decided that the CCP should continue its flight across China (the Long March) and encourage rural revolt.
遵义会议纪念馆, 遵义会议陈列馆
The museum has exhibits on the Zunyi Conference, the Long March, and the Chinese Civil War (1927-1937 and 1946-1949) in Guizhou. The exhibits and statues are accompanied by information in Chinese. English speaking guides may be available.
遵义纪念公园
Once the private garden of a local merchant, the park opened to the public after the revolution. Zunyi Memorial Park contains typical Chinese park amenities. These include an amusement park, roller skating, snacks, tea gardens, rock sculptures and a large fish pond.
凤凰山国家森林公园
Zunyi is shaped roughly like a doughnut with Fenghuang Mountain at the center. The park includes Fenghuang Square (a cultural event venue and evening gathering place), multiple tea gardens, hiking trails, temples, and the tomb of the Red Army Martyrs. The area along Fenghuang Lu and around the Red Army Martyrs’ Tomb can be crowded. Other parts of the park have walking trails and viewpoints overlooking the city. General admission is free.
遵义老城
Surrounding the Zunyi Conference Site are several blocks of "restored" Zunyi buildings. The area was largely rebuilt from the ground up in the early 1980s and constructed in a style suggestive of the prosperous mercantile Zunyi in the 1930s.Old Town has shops and restaurants serving local food.Between Yangliu Jie (next to the old Catholic Church) and Shilong Lu is Red Army Street (红军街), a complex of several blocks of traditional-style architecture built in 2006 on the site of the old Zunyi Park zoo.