# Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County

Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 三江侗族自治县; traditional Chinese: 三江侗族自治縣; pinyin: Sānjiāng Dòngzú Zìzhìxiàn; Standard Zhuang: Sanhgyangh Dungcuz Swciyen; Southern Dong: Saml Nyal Dongl Zuc Zil Zil Yenh) is under the administration of Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It is a region traditionally inhabited by the Dong people, bordering the prefecture-level divisions of Qiandongnan (Guizhou) to the north, Huaihua (Hunan) to the northeast and Guilin to the west.
It has an area of 2,429 square kilometres (938 sq mi) and a population of 297,244.

## Administrative divisions

Sanjiang County is divided into 6 towns, 6 townships and 3 ethnic townships:

### towns

* Guyi Town 古宜镇
* Doujiang Town 斗江镇
* Danzhou Town 丹洲镇
* Bajiang Town 八江镇
* Linxi Town 林溪镇
* Dudong Town 独峒镇

### townships

* Meilin Township 梅林乡
* Yangxi Township 洋溪乡
* Liangkou Township 良口乡
* Laobao Township 老堡乡
* Heping Township 和平乡
* Chengcun Township 程村乡

### ethnic townships

* Tongle Miao Ethnic Township 同乐苗族乡
* Fulu Miao Ethnic Township 富禄苗族乡
* Gaoji Yao Ethnic Township 高基瑶族乡

## Transportation

* China National Highway 209
* Reach by bus from Longsheng Rice Terrace about 1.5 hours, Guilin 4.5 hours
* Sanjiang County Railway Station, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the main square and "Bird's Nest" bullfighting arena.
* Sanjiang South Railway Station, also about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south from the main square. The station mainly serves the Guiyang-Guangzhou high-speed railway that pass through the area.

## Tourism

20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Sanjiang, toward Hunan province, lies the area of Dong people, Chengyang (程阳), which is a popular destination for backpacker tourism. The area comprises eight traditional Dong minority villages. The houses are all made of wood. Inside the villages you will find traditional drum towers, which were used to announce important things or simply to perform plays to entertain the villagers. Crossing the river is the best preserved Wind and Rain Bridge (程阳风雨桥, chéng yáng fēng yǔ qiáo) which has five parts. The bridge dates to 1912 and is for many people the main reason to visit the village.
North of Chengyang lies the tiny village of Linxia which is interesting because of the local market, but there are no places to stay in Linxia.

## Climate

Climate data for Sanjiang, elevation 197 m (646 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) | 30.4 (86.7) | 33.3 (91.9) | 34.4 (93.9) | 35.4 (95.7) | 37.8 (100.0) | 39.2 (102.6) | 38.7 (101.7) | 39.1 (102.4) | 35.2 (95.4) | 31.5 (88.7) | 27.4 (81.3) | 39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.3 (52.3) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.9 (64.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.7 (87.3) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.4 (92.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 20.2 (68.4) | 14.5 (58.1) | 23.7 (74.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.5 (56.3) | 19.0 (66.2) | 22.9 (73.2) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 24.7 (76.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 14.7 (58.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 18.5 (65.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.7 (51.3) | 15.7 (60.3) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 20.8 (69.4) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.3 (52.3) | 6.4 (43.5) | 15.3 (59.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) | −2.7 (27.1) | −0.5 (31.1) | 3.7 (38.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 13.1 (55.6) | 17.2 (63.0) | 18.9 (66.0) | 13.0 (55.4) | 4.6 (40.3) | 0.8 (33.4) | −4.3 (24.3) | −4.3 (24.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 52.9 (2.08) | 64.0 (2.52) | 102.2 (4.02) | 142.6 (5.61) | 237.8 (9.36) | 309.5 (12.19) | 267.3 (10.52) | 126.7 (4.99) | 74.6 (2.94) | 68.8 (2.71) | 57.0 (2.24) | 41.3 (1.63) | 1,544.7 (60.81) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.8 | 13.2 | 18.7 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 15.7 | 12.9 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 165.9 |
| Average snowy days | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 82 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 81 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 42.1 | 46.3 | 54.1 | 78.3 | 103.9 | 100.8 | 163.4 | 186.6 | 157.5 | 120.3 | 95.0 | 79.2 | 1,227.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 13 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 39 | 47 | 43 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 27 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Notable people

* Wu Hongfei, journalist, novelist, and rock singer