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Dali Attractions (10 Most Beautiful Attractions to Hit in Dali Ancient City)

Dali Ancient City, the ancient name for the Nanzhao country, because Jin Yong's "Tianlong Baobei" and many other novels, the story takes place here. So in the hearts of people with a martial arts complex, this is a place full of, wind and snow, sword and shadow, with unlimited temptation. Dali does have the reputation of "wind, flower, snow and moon": the wind in the lower pass, the flower in the upper pass, the snow in the Cangshan Mountain, the moon in the Erhai Sea.

The houses in the ancient city, all of them are clear blue tile roofs, most of them have hundreds of years of history, silently telling people the story of the ancient city. The ancient city of Dali was built during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, and was constructed by the king of Nanshao as the Yang and Goa City.

The existing ancient city was rebuilt in the 15th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. The city planning of Dali Ancient City is relatively organized. It is laid out in a checkerboard pattern, high in the west and low in the east, with cobblestone city walls on all sides. There are city gates and towers on all sides. Streets and alleys horizontal and vertical, long and short, from south to north 5 avenue, from west to east 8 streets and alleys.

1, South City Gate

South City Gate is one of the landmarks of Dali Old Town. It is also one of the main passages into Dali. Because Dali backed by the Cangshan Mountains, facing the Erhai Sea, making the South City Gate to become the east, south, west and north of the four gates, north and south of the thoroughfare of the road, so in the minds of the locals, the South City Gate is the main gate of the ancient city of Dali. The word "Dali" on the gate is the handwriting of Mr. Guo Moruo.

Dali Ancient City Walls are 2 feet 5 feet high and 2 feet thick, with the Erhai Gate, South City Gate, Cangshan Gate, and North City Gate in the southeast and north-west, respectively, which were built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, many of them were destroyed in the war, and now only the South Gate and the North Gate, there is still part of the old wall, and most of the others were rebuilt in 1984.

2, Yanren Street

Yanren Street is one of the busiest streets in Dali, located in the ancient city of Dali Guoguo Road, is one of the section of the Guoguo Road, the total length of 185.6 meters, the road width of 5.4 meters, and the Yunnan-Tibet Highway.

Yanren Street emerged in the 1980s, when more overseas tourists traveled to Dali, and all like to stay in, Guoguo Road, Dali City, the second guest house, so the neighborhood, specializing in foreign tourists to serve the bar, restaurant, shopping malls, etc., and gradually flourish, making it the most characteristic of the ancient city of Dali a street.

Nowadays, the Foreigner Street is lined with stores, Chinese and Western flavor restaurants, mixing with each other. Antique stores, tie-dye stores, galleries, jewelry stores, bars, cafes, teahouses and so on are all available, which is the best place to taste the bustling atmosphere of Dali Old Town.

3, People's Road

People's Road is a quieter street compared to others. From the Erhai towards the Cangshan Mountain east-west direction, the roadside has a lot of old houses and ancient courtyard, towering white walls covered with moss, telling its vicissitudes. There are always all kinds of plants, from the yard, uneasily poking their heads out to see the outside world.

People's Road, the most distinctive feature is the stalls business is booming. On both sides of the short street, there are densely packed with stalls. There are Chinese and foreigners, and the stalls sell a variety of things, some singers, some sell their own poetry, paintings, and most of them sell snacks and clothing, handicrafts.

4, Documentation Building

Documentation Building was built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, is located in Dali Ancient City, one kilometer outside the South Gate, is also a landmark building in Dali, "the first door of the ancient city", typical of the Bai people. Typical Bai architectural features. On the pavilion hangs the governor of Yunnan, biotu inscription of the "document famous state" plaque, hence the name.

In ancient times, the Documentation Building was a place for the government to welcome dignitaries, so the road was lined with trees. Literature building has a long couplet, for the Qing Dynasty literati Zhou Ren Yong title: "back to the Han and Tang Dynasty to also, Uncle Zhang passes the scriptures, Dugong lectures, Shuoyan Tongru generation, do not let the literature of the legacy of the dark eliminated in the new trend outside; climb the platform and look at the Wuling Sunset, Crane Bridge path, the bustle of salty and peaceful industry, but I hope that the wonderful fragrance of the ancient country often live in the big world".

5, Wuhua building

Wuhua building was built in the 9th century AD, the reign of King Feng You of Nanzhao. Fengyou is the tenth generation of the monarch of the ancient southern language country. During his reign, the Nanzhao kingdom prospered. It even had the strength to fight against the Great Tang in war. In 856 AD, Feng You built a magnificent Wuhua Building in the center of today's ancient city of Dali.

According to historical records, Wuhua Lou is more than 30 meters high, 25 kilometers in circumference, and can accommodate tens of thousands of people to live and stay. Wuhua building is equivalent to the Nanzhao national hospitality hotel, every year on the sixteenth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, the king will be here, to meet with the Southwest tribal leaders.

Wuhua building in the history of change was destroyed many times, although repeatedly rebuilt, but the scale is getting smaller and smaller. Today's Wuhua building, is the 1998 Dali government grants to rebuild, more than 20 meters high, the bottom of the first floor pedestal, above the three-story building, the scale can not be compared with the first generation of Wuhua building.

6, Yu'er Garden

Yu'er Garden is located in the middle of the Yu'er Road in the ancient city of Dali, covering an area of more than 18,000 square meters. It is a garden with Bai architectural features, and the colorful paintings of the external Bai gate towers and flying eaves are all very exquisite. Inside the garden, there is an activity area for the elderly, a tea room, a stele pavilion and a pond.

Planted with Dali's famous flowers, Bai Flower Terrace, there are camellias, cherry blossoms, peonies, du peng, plum blossoms, moon season, bamboos, and other seven floral areas, and decorated with inscriptions, paintings, etc., of calligraphers and painters.

Every blooming season, there are always a lot of tourists here to play and take pictures and cards. You can see a lot of beautiful, Bai-style ladies appearing here.

7, Chongsheng Temple

Chongsheng Temple Three Pagodas Wells is not inside the ancient city of Dali, but it is one of the landmarks of the ancient city of Dali . Chongsheng Temple is located 15 kilometers northwest of the ancient city of Dali, about 1500 meters away from the Cangshan Yingle Peak, is the largest Buddhist building in Dali. It was built in 824-859 AD, during the reign of King Feng You of Nanzhao, when there used to be 890 halls. It was the royal temple of the Nanzhao Kingdom, and the Tianlong Temple in Jin Yong's martial arts novel "Eight Parts of the Dragon", the prototype is Chongsheng Temple. The prototype of Dali Duan Huangshi is the King of Nanzhao.

Chongsheng Temple has suffered many earthquakes throughout its history without damage, and was finally destroyed in the war in the late Qing Dynasty. around 2002, the Dali government began to rebuild Chongsheng Temple. It is modeled after the Song Dynasty architectural complex. The area of 21,000 square meters, by the Daxiongbao Hall, Heavenly King Hall, Maitreya Hall, Guanyin Hall and other halls, staggered, majestic.

The most famous three towers of Chongsheng Temple, consisting of one big and two small towers, the big tower is called "Thousand-seeking Pagoda", also known as "Wenpen Pagoda", 69.13 meters high, with wooden steps inside the tower. You can climb to the top of the tower overlooking the scenery of the ancient city of Dali; north and south of the two small tower height of 42.17 meters.

The Maitreya Hall of Chongsheng Temple is dedicated to Maitreya Buddha in the center, with the statue of Vairocana behind it, and the heavenly congregation of the Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Old Ones lined up on both sides. The statue of Maitreya Buddha, 3.7 meters high, is dressed in monk's clothes. Bare chest and belly, hand pinch string beads, peaceful demeanor. During the Kangxi period, it was originally the governor's residence in Yunnan.

1856 AD, Qing Weifeng six years, the Yunnan people Du Wenxiu rate of people, rise up against the Qing Dynasty, captured the Dali, the Governor's Office into the Marshal's Office. Tongzhi eleven years (1872 AD) Du Wenxiu defeated. Most of the buildings of the Marshal's Mansion were demolished.

In 1987, the Dali government restored the Yuan Shuai Mansion's council hall, Bai Hu Hall, study, city wall and other buildings, and set up the Dali Museum to display various cultural relics unearthed in the area, which now has a collection of more than 2,800 pieces.

9, Dali College Ancient City Campus to see the cherry blossoms

Spring to come here, you can not miss to see the cherry blossoms of Dali College Ancient City Campus. The campus is located outside the ancient city, not far southwest.

Spring breeze blows, the ancient city of flowers bloom, the campus of the cherry blossoms for the colorful. Thousands of cherry blossom trees in the garden, the whole school is a scarlet, like a white girl, colorful and romantic.

10, Erhai small Putuo

Erhai is located in the outskirts of Dali City, is the second largest freshwater lake in Yunnan Province. Most of the famous ancient towns in Yunnan are distributed along the Erhai, even including Dali City. Dali Old Town is located on the west bank of the Erhai Sea, and you can take a bus in Dali Old Town. You can reach the shore of the Erhai Sea in a few minutes, and it only takes half an hour to walk.

Erhai Xiaoputuo is a small island in the eastern part of the Erhai Sea, with a circumference of more than 200 meters, made of limestone, which is called "Sea Seal" because it is shaped like a round seal. The island is dedicated to Rulai and Guanyin. The best time to visit Xiaoputuo is in the morning, the Erhai Sea fog confused, the island Rulai and Guanyin, hidden and visible, as if the heavenly yao tai, heaven on earth.

Dali Ancient City Travel Tips:

1), time: Dali four seasons like spring, can be traveled, but a lot of festivals and festivals of the Bai people are more concentrated in the March to April each year, this time to visit, you can feel the rich ethnic flavor and the cherry blossoms blooming in the Dali Institute.

2), transportation: you can take the train in Kunming and long-distance shuttle bus to Dali. It should be noted that the shuttle bus from Kunming to Dali ends at Xiaguan instead of Dali Old Town

3) Accommodation:There are many hotels built according to the traditional houses of the Zi ethnic group in the Old Town to choose from. Most of them are on Yangren Street, People's Road Boai Road and Fuxing Road.

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