Who knows the tourist characteristics and ethnic customs of Dali, Yunnan Province?

When it comes to the specialties of Dali's dining, the Bai people's three ways of tea, fish in casserole, and Dengchuan milk fan should be the top priority. Most of the best restaurants in Dali are concentrated in the old city, and to taste them you can go to the People's Road in the old city, which is crowded with foreign tourists. On Guoguo Road, Western cafes featuring Bai, Tibetan and other ethnic minorities can be found everywhere, and many restaurants sell both Chinese and Western food, allowing tourists to taste Yunnan-style dishes as well as local Bai dishes. Each restaurant here has its own unique characteristics, and each has its own menu. Among them, Taibailou, which is famous for its Bai "Three Way Tea" and Tibetan "Ghee Tea", is a representative restaurant where you can drink tea with blonde hair and blue eyes, and you will feel as if you are in the United Nations. Of course, it's not just the food that attracts people to the Old City, but also the peaceful and relaxing atmosphere provided by its cafes and restaurants, where one can spend a leisurely afternoon listening to music and sipping a cold beer. Almost all of the cafes offer tourist information and bookings, and a few have bicycles available for rent to visitors.

Special Events

Dali is a major settlement of the Bai people and has a strong ethnic flavor. Most of the Bai festivals and events are concentrated between March and April each year. March Street and Around Three Spirits are traditional festivals. Other festivals include: Chicken Festival, which is held on the first to fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar in Jizu Mountain of Binchuan; Juggling with the Sea, which is held on the eighth day of the eighth month of the eighth lunar month in Caicun of Dali; Shibaoshan Singing Festival, which is held for three days at the end of the seventh month of the lunar calendar in the Shibaoshan Shijong Temple; and the Torch Festival, which is held on the 25th of June in the Tunzai Village of the Bai people. Ge Gen Hui, held on the fifth day of January in Dali Three Pagodas Temple. Butterfly Festival, held on the 15th day of the fourth lunar month Chicken Foot Mountain Pilgrimage Festival, the first to fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar

Best time to visit

Dali is a low-latitude plateau monsoon climate, seasonal changes are not obvious, the annual temperature difference is small, the average annual temperature of 15 ℃, there is no obvious winter heat, cold and heat, moderate, four seasons like spring. Many festivals and events of the Bai people are concentrated in March and April every year, and you will feel the rich ethnic flavor when you come to visit at this time. There is a song that says: "Dali is beautiful in March", so it is a perfect time to visit in spring. Overall, Dali is a good place to travel in all seasons, she is also one of China's "Top Ten Tourist Cities"

Attractions Tickets (find a local you will get some discounts)

Dali Attractions Attractions Name Admission Price (yuan/person) Approval Number 1 Binchuan Jizu Mountain Scenic Area 60 Yunji Charge [2002] 1404 2 Binchuan Jizu Mountain Ropeway 50 Yunji Charge [2002] 1404 3 Cangshan Mountain Scenic Area Ticket 30 Yunfa Reform Charge [2005] 208 (2009 03 17 Revised: 10 yuan / person with a temporary residence permit) 4 Dali Three Pagodas Park + Three Pagodas Reflecting the Moon Park 52 Dali Price [2002] 245 (2009.2.16 Revised: adult ticket. 121 yuan / person child tickets: 121 Yuan/person Child Ticket: 62 Yuan/person)(Revised on March 17, 2009: 20 Yuan/person with a temporary residence permit) 5 Dali Butterfly Spring Park 35 Dazhi Pricing [2002] No. 101 Butterfly Spring

6 Tianlong Bafu Movie & TV City 60 Dazhi Pricing [2004] No. 382 (Revised on February 16, 2009: Adult Ticket: 52 Yuan/person Child Ticket: 27 Yuan/person)(Revised on March 17, 2009: 27 Yuan/person with a temporary residence permit)(Revised on March 17, 2009: 27 Yuan/person with a temporary residence permit)(Revised on March 17, 2009: 27 Yuan/person with a temporary residence permit) 03 17 Revised: RMB 15/person with temporary residence permit) 7 Nanzhao Style Island 22 Dabei Price [1999] No. 30 8 Dali Sentong Ropeway Upper 50, Lower 40 Zhou Price Control [2000] No. 72 9 Dali Cangshan Haunting Road One-way 30 Dabei Price [2002] No. 679 10 Jianchuan Shibaoshan Scenic Spot 30 Dabei Price [2002] No. 174 11 Weishan County Wei Baoshan Scenic Spot 60 Dafa Price Control [2005] No. 302 12 Chongsheng Sheng Film and TV City 60 Dafa Price Control [2005] 302 12 Chongsheng Temple Scenic Area 69 Dazheng price management [2005] 151 13 Xiangyun Ancient Road Scenic Area 40 Xiang counting price [2004] 58 14 Xiangyun Shuimeishan Scenic Area 30 Xiang counting price [2004] 59 15 Yunlong Tianchi Scenic Area 10 Yun counting price [2002] 7 16 The look of the濞 Shimenguan attractions 20 The look of the political reply [2004] 3 17 Jianchuan County Manxianlin Qianshishan Scenic Spot 20 Jianji Price [2003] No. 9 18 Nanjian Lingbao Mountain National Forest Park 5 Nanji Price [2004] No. 11 19 Dali Erhai Park Free 20 Dali Xizhou Bai Minority Folk Dwellings Group 25 City Price [2004] No. 80 21 Guanyin Turnip Scenic Spot in Binchuan 4 Binji Price [2000] No. 7 22 Eryuan Geothermal Country 100 Ancient District Price [2004] No. 2

Shopping Guide

In Dali, if you want to bring a few chic little gifts home to give to others, you don't have to worry about finding a place. In the ancient city or Xiaguan, you can buy marble handicrafts such as clerical treasures, flower pots, vases and lamps made of natural marble. Rich ethnic characteristics of the Bai batik, tie-dye is a favorite handicrafts, in Xiaguan and the ancient city can also be found everywhere; Dali Dengchuan milk fan is very famous, the local miscellaneous stores and farmers' markets are available; l four times spring Pu'er tea, a hundred years of history, the taste does not change over the long term, the aroma is unique, the major tea stores are available; Dali Snow Pear, produced on the east coast of the Erhai Sea, the flesh of the snow-white, tender and fine; Jianshen wood carvings, the original Jianchuan folk craftsman made furniture, doors and windows, screens, etc., the original Jianshen woodcarvings, the original Jianshen woodcarvings, the original Jianchuan folk craftsmen made furniture, doors and windows, screens, etc. Jianchuan wood carvings, originally made by folk craftsmen of Jianchuan furniture, doors, windows, screens, etc., in recent years the development of a number of handicrafts carvings for tourists to carry in the handicrafts stores are on sale. Tips: Dali Ancient City in the Protectorate Road is a must-visit place for tourists, where a variety of minority weaving, handicrafts and specialties from all over Yunnan and Tibet are concentrated, and the numerous antique stores will often give visitors an unexpected harvest. What's more, near the Butterfly Spring, there is a village called Zhoucheng, and there are Chinese buses and pony carriages going there from Dali Ancient City or Xiaguan, etc. Tourists may wish to visit the villagers' homes, as almost every one of them has its own small workshop specializing in batik or tie-dye production. Prices are relatively fair, with a piece of batik cloth costing 15 yuan. The local seal carving is also very good. Bai pick embroidery Buzha Dali straw hats Marble handicrafts Dali tie-dye Bait blocks Painted felt Jianchuan orchids Jianchuan stone carvings Yunnan tuo tea Stewed plums

Editing Scenic Spots

Cangshan Erhai

Located in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, Cangshan Erhai is the place that travelers from ancient and modern times yearn to visit. Yang Shengan, a famous literati of the Ming Dynasty, depicted it as "the mountains are verdant and verdant, and the sea is half-moon blue", and "when I look at Cangshan, I don't feel refreshed". Cangshan, also known as the point of Cangshan, *** there are nineteen peaks, each peak elevation are more than 3500 meters above sea level, the highest peak is more than 4000 meters above sea level. Cangshan Mountain scenery has always been known for snow, clouds, springs. Cangshan snow through the summer, is the famous Dali "wind, flowers, snow and moon" the most of the four scenes. In the wind and sunshine in March, the top of Cangshan Mountain appears to be crystalline and serene, worthy of a crystal world of ice and jade. Point Cangshan clouds change colorful, sometimes as light as green smoke, sometimes as thick as ink. In the summer and fall, from time to time, there is a jade belt like white clouds across the beam in the verdant mountainside, long as a hundred miles, even the day does not go away, charming and attractive. Erhai

On the top of Cangshan Mountain, there are a number of alpine moraine lakes, lakes surrounded by virgin forests that cover the sky. There are also 18 streams that cascade between the 19 peaks, moisturizing the land in the foothill dams and embellishing the scenery of Cangshan. Cangshan is also a world of flowers. There are not only dozens of species of rhododendrons, but also rare Common Gromwell and hydrangea. Erhai is a windy and beautiful plateau lake, in a long and narrow shape, 40 kilometers long from north to south, with an area of about 240 square kilometers. When boating on the Erhai Sea on a calm day, the clean and transparent surface of the sea looks like a clear blue sky, giving people a tranquil and distant feeling. At the southernmost tip of the Erhai Sea, Tuan Shan, there is an Erhai Park, which is a good place to enjoy the scenery of Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Sea. At the foot of Cangshan Mountain and on the shore of the Erhai Sea, there is also a well-known tourist attraction - Butterfly Spring. The fame of Butterfly Spring is related to Xu Xiake's description in his travelogue. He wrote: "The large trees on the spring, when the beginning of April that is the flower like nymphalid butterflies, whiskers and wings vividly, and raw butterflies are no different. There are also millions of real butterflies, even the beard hook foot, from the tree upside down hanging down and in the spring surface, colorful and colorful, colorful and colorful." Indeed, there are times when the number of colorful butterflies that come to this gathering is too many to count, and their colors are as brilliant as the sunshine and brocade. Some years ago, the number of butterflies decreased, according to the relevant parties, the main reason is that the local climate has turned dry, resulting in the migration of butterflies, and the second is the large number of rural use of pesticide drugs, accidentally injuring many butterfly larvae. However, in the last two to three years, with the gradual restoration of the ecological balance, coupled with people's awareness of the butterflies to take protective measures, the annual gathering of butterflies has been increasing day by day.

Yanren Street

In the old city, Dali Yanren Street was originally called "Protector of the country road", meaning that the people of Yunnan at the beginning of the Republic of China against Yuan Shikai's reign as emperor, and rose up to protect the country and got the name. Protector of the country road east-west, 1000 meters long, 7 meters wide, green stone pavement, west of Yunnan-Tibet highway, cross Boai, Fuxing and other major streets. Afterwards, in order to adapt to the needs of open tourism, the ancient city of Dali as the main attractions of open tourism, the Red Mountain Tea Hotel as a foreign hotel, the Red Mountain Tea Hotel in the ancient city of the west section of the Guoguo Road, and thus, the Guoguo Road has become the distribution center for foreign tourists in Dali. Chinese and Western-style stores, jewelry stores, antique stores, tie-dye stores, galleries and various trades and industries then rose, stores standing on both sides, a wide range of dazzling, become famous in China and abroad, "Dali foreigner street". Now the name of the ancient city of Dali Guoguo Road in some foreign drawings, has long been really called "foreigner street". Visible Dali Yanren Street has become world-famous, become a place for foreign friends and their travelers living in Dali's cozy home.

Shongsheng Temple Three Pagodas

Shongsheng Temple Three Pagodas is the symbol of Dali, is a symbol of Yunnan's ancient history and culture, but also one of the oldest and most majestic buildings in southern China. 1961 the State Council announced the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Chongsheng Temple originally in the three towers of the west, by the side of the Cangshan Mountain, its gate from the three main towers about 120 meters; is the 10th generation of the king of the Nanzhao persuasion of the right time (824-859 years) built, when the Nanzhao state late. Nanzhao country in the middle of the rise of Buddhism, to persuade the right has reached the extreme victory, Buddhist temples throughout Yunnan, there are 3,000 small temples, large temples 8 hundred. After the Nanzhao Dali State, Buddhism was more developed than Nanzhao. Therefore, Dali country has "Buddha country", "wonderful fragrance country". Chongsheng Temple was built after the Nanzhao country, Dali country, the center of Buddhist activities. Chongsheng Temple revered the "holy" for Guanyin. At that time, the Dali area to Guanyin worship extremely winning line. Chongsheng Temple three towers

According to relevant documents, when the Chongsheng Temple and the main tower construction, the temple base square 7 miles, more than 800 houses, Buddha more than 10,000, consuming more than 40,000 pounds of copper, more than 700,000 workers. The existing main tower height of 69.13 meters, 16 layers, for the square dense eaves hollow brick tower, is one of the highest existing tower in China. Three towers in the small tower in the west of the main tower, and the main tower is 70 meters apart; North and South face each other, 97 meters apart. They are the Five Dynasties period of the Dali State built. The two towers of the same shape, are 10 layers, 42.4 meters high, for the octagonal dense eaves hollow brick tower. Chongsheng Temple and the three towers were built after a thousand years of vicissitudes and wind and rain erosion, Chongsheng Temple was destroyed in the Qing Xianfeng years, the West three towers but stands tall. After the founding of the government attaches great importance to the protection of the three towers, in 1978, to carry out large-scale maintenance. This repair in the thousand tower base found in more than 600 pieces of Buddhist cultural relics, including a large number of Buddha statues and written Buddhist scriptures, including a gold Guanyin statue, weighing 1,135 grams, 24 centimeters high, extremely valuable. This is so far found in the Nanzhao State and Dali State period of cultural relics in the richest batch, the value is very high, for the Chinese and foreign attention. This discovery, unveiled the ancient Dali this "Buddha country" of a mysterious veil. About the architectural style of the three towers, generally said to be similar to the Xi'an Small Wild Goose Pagoda, is a typical style of the Tang Tower, the performance of the Tang and Song dynasties in Yunnan and the close links between the mainland, which is beyond doubt.

Dali Ancient City

The ancient city of Dali (now Dali City) referred to as Yucheng, is approved by the State Council in February 1982, one of China's first 24 historical and cultural cities, but also one of the country's 44 key scenic spots, is located in the eastern part of the site of the capital of the Nanzhao and Dali State, was built in the Ming Dynasty in the 15th year of the Hongwu (A.D. 1382), and has been repeatedly built over the generations. Dali has been known as the "Famous State of Literature". The long history has left many important cultural relics and monuments. Dali scenic area has four national key cultural relics protection units, provincial key cultural relics protection units 19, summarized as "three ancient" that is, the ancient city, the ancient tower, the ancient monument. Dali City, the ancient city of Taihe City, Yang Tho Baa City, Dali City (now the town of Xizhou), Longwei City (now Xiaguan), Dali City; Tower has Chongsheng Temple three towers, Hongsheng Temple Tower, Snake Bone Pagoda, Fish Bone Tower; monument has the Nanzhao Dewei monument, the Yuan Shizu Ping Yunnan monument, Wuhua Building monument group, mountain flower monument. The long history also gave birth to many outstanding characters. Prominent Nanzhao fourth, fifth and sixth generation king PiLuGe, GeLuoFeng, IsoMouXun; QingPingGuan (prime minister) ZhengHui, Dali state founding lord DuanShiPing, famous painter ZhangShengWen; Ming Dynasty poet, literary YangMing, YangShiYun, LiYuanYang; modern democratic revolution aspirant LiXieXi, ZhangYaOzeng, outstanding military theorist YangJie, northeastern resistance to the allied forces of the Japanese leader ZhouBaoZhong, and so on. Dali City 12 miles in circumference, the city wall is 2 feet high 5 feet, 2 feet thick; east and west, north and south each have a city gate, there is a city building, respectively, called: Tonghai, Cangshan, Chengen, Anyuan; the city of the four corners of the corner there are also corner buildings, also have the name: Yingchuan, Xiping, Kongming, Changqing. The outer wall of the city is made of brick, with battlements on the upper part and ditches on the lower part. Inside the city, the layout of the city was like a chessboard, with 5 streets from south to north and 8 alleys from east to west. What is preserved today is also part of the city wall of the north and south city and the south city tower (rebuilt in 1982). If Dali City, the capital of the state, gives a feeling of prosperity and bustle, then Dali City is simple and quiet, the city Dali Ancient City

Inside the city flows clear tinkling streams, and every family raises flowers and plants trees, flowers and fruits and lush. The garden tea house hidden in the depths of the alleys is a good place for tourists to rest, and after the reform and opening up of the privately owned French and other flavors of the snack restaurant is also a favorite place for foreign guests to visit. Traditional marble handicrafts are displayed on both sides of the street for their viewing and shopping. Dali Old Town Transportation: Take bus No. 4 or No. 8 from Xiaguan, it takes about 20 minutes to reach the old town, the fare is 1.5 yuan and 1.2 yuan by bus card (unmanned ticket bus). Alternatively, tourists can also take the minibus located on Construction Road and Culture Road to get there, about 30 minutes to reach the ancient city. Tourists visit Dali Ancient City mainly by walking. Butterfly Spring Butterfly Spring, under Yunlang Peak of Cangshan Mountain, 40 kilometers north of Dali City. Due to the long-term wash of the mountain water, the gravel is in pieces and there are few trees on the mountain slopes. But when you walk slowly uphill, traveling about half a mile, but see a green shade dazzling. Walked through the simple stone workshop, facing a marble monument about 3 meters high standing, the monument was prismatic, the front right side of Guo Moruo handwritten "Butterfly Spring" three big words. The left example engraved Guo Lao Wing Butterfly Spring poem handwriting; monument on the back, the book Xu Xiake tour of Dali Butterfly Spring of a diary. Along the forest path zigzagging forward about thirty or forty meters, only to see the ancient trees, the shade of the sky, a clear spring embedded in the middle of it, the bottom of the paved green stone, spring water is clear, often people throw metal coins in the pool, watching its slow spinning down, sunlight from the top of the tree sieve, the bottom of the pool of silver flashes, doubly feel the spring water clear example. Marble railing around the spring pool, spring side of a tall tree across the spring, the tree because the flower shape like a butterfly, so people called "butterfly tree". Whenever summer comes, the "Butterfly Tree" blossoms, and the butterflies between Cang'er come here in groups to gather, fluttering and dancing, making it very lively. The most curious thing is that thousands of colorful butterflies intertwine with each other, hanging upside down on the Butterfly Tree, forming countless strings of butterflies, hanging down to the surface of the water, colorful and spectacular. The most flourishing period is around the 15th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, so the 15th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar is designated as the "Butterfly Festival". Why do thousands of butterflies converge here, forming such a spectacle? Experts and scholars have observed and studied, *** with the understanding that: First, the lunar calendar in mid-April and some time before that, the rain has not yet come, around the Butterfly Springs and dozens of miles of rural areas near and far, the end of the summer harvest, the fields are half-empty, the climate is hot. In contrast, the Butterfly Spring, cool and moist, lush grass and flowers, suitable for butterfly growth. Second, the Butterfly Tree by the Butterfly Spring is in bloom at this time, the flowers bloom all over the tree, the flowers look like butterflies, and the leaves of the tree can secrete a dense juice and mucus, which butterflies like to eat, so this kind of tree is quite capable of attracting butterflies to come. Third, at this time, it is the right time for butterflies to cross their tails and lay eggs. The above three factors make thousands of colorful butterflies converge at the Butterfly Spring, head and tail, forming thousands of inverted butterflies hanging from the tree string, people are not surprised, throw the stone scattered and then get together again the peculiar landscape. After the spring round door, along the stone steps up, to the new hexagonal warping "Wang Zhen Pavilion". Pavilion far away: Jifu Mountain fly stand, the top of the Lanyan Tower can be seen; the foot of the mountain dug, double Lang and other villages, houses and fields vaguely discernible; er water like a mirror; the north on the pass, the south side of the Xizhou, smoke filled with trees; the right before the end of the village, like a sword, inserted into the Erhai Sea. The sea pavilion, is really a good place to watch the "sea". Nanzhao Island Nanzhao Island is one of the three islands in the Erhai Sea, is located in the Cang'er National Scenic Area of the gold - Eryuan County Shuanglang Township territory. The island is surrounded by water on all sides, east of the famous Buddhist shrine Jizhu Mountain, north of Shibaoshan, south of Dali, west of the Cangshan Erhai, because of occupying the unique tourism resources, known as "Dali scenery in the Cang'er, Cang'er scenery in the Shuanglang," the reputation. It concentrates the cultural heritage of Dali for thousands of years and shows the style of the imperial capital of Nanzhao and Dali dynasties for six hundred years. Xizhou White Folk Dwelling Xizhou is located 16 kilometers north of Dali Old Town, a famous town in western Yunnan and Dali, and Xizhou folk dwellings represent the style of white folk dwellings in Dali City. With the typical pattern of "three houses and one wall", "four houses and five patios" closed courtyard, there is a unique courtyard, there are several courtyards in one, the plane is square, modeling for the table tiles with a large layer of human characters, two-story, heavy eaves; the main house is eastward or southward, three or five rooms, earth, wood, masonry and stone structure, wooden roof frame with mortise and tenon, the main house is eastward or southward, three or five rooms, earth, wood, masonry and stone structure, wooden roof frame with mortise and tenon. The main house is east or south oriented, three or five rooms, made of earth, wood, masonry and stone, with wooden roof frames assembled with mortise and tenon joints, and a courtyard or several courtyards are connected to form a whole, and the external walls are mostly white (lime) and gray (fine mud) painted. Xizhou Bai folk dwellings pay special attention to the decoration of the wall, door and window flower square, mountain wall and gate tower. The wall is a main two compartments of the three main courtyard of the necessary buildings, mostly a high and two low peach eaves flying corner of the green cover the top of the wall; living in front of the main house, connecting the two compartments of the wall, so that the three parties to form a closed courtyard. Shining wall in the middle of the lime stucco, book with four-character inscriptions, or embedded marble screen; set around the hook out of the fan, rectangular, circular and other patterns, in ink or pastel drawings and paintings. Doors and windows, especially the lattice door of the main house, are mostly made of Yunmu, red tsubaki, tulip wood, spruce and other valuable wood, carved with folk auspicious patterns such as the golden chicken valuable, joyful, unicorn presenting Xiangxiang, etc., most of which are translucent carving or round carving. The mountain wall is painted with white ash, and the tip of the mountain is triangular, on which the ink is painted with cloud patterns, ruyi patterns, lotus flowers, diamond patterns and other auspicious motifs.

Qingbi Stream

Qingbi Stream, also known as Cuibanshui, is affectionately called "De Stream" by Dali people. It is one of the 18 streams in Cangshan Mountain, between Malong Peak and Sheng Ying Peak. The streams converge into three pools on the mountainside, then flow down into a stream, and then turn into the Erhai Sea. The first pool of Qingbi Stream is a small semi-circular pool with dazzling turquoise water. After climbing upward over a moss-covered, steep rock, you will arrive at the second pool, which is hidden in the three cliffs, not large, but the most beautiful. Facing the pool and stand, only to see the stream from a four or five feet high stone wall into the pool. The water is surprisingly green, eye-catching and mellow, and there is no longer a path to this point. Want to see the third pool, must be by Malong Peak around four or five hundred meters, only to get a glimpse, only to see the spring water from the stone between the gushing, converging into a round pool, the pool water is clear, the bottom of the pool stone is clearly visible. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, there have been many writers and writers who have recorded the beauty of Qingbi Creek. The Ming Dynasty scholar Yang Shen in the "Tour of Mount Dancang" in an article recorded that: "Southwest of a stream, stacked stunned Cheng Liu, the water color is crystal clear, in which the stone sparkling, green and blue sparkling, like the beauty of the jade, its name is called Qingbi Stream." Ming Dynasty Dali famous literati Li Yuanyang in the "Qingbi Stream three pools" also made a true record: "source out of the mountain between the rocks, Chung Bo for the pool, deep zhang Xu, Ming Ying can not hide the needle. Small stone cloth bottom tired, such as eggs, such as pearls, green from the black, Li in gems, wrong as Xiaqi." Ming Dynasty traveler and geographer Xu Xiake examined the Qingbi Stream, in the travelogue, it is said that the Qingbi Stream: "its color is pure green, the ripples of light floating Dai, shining cliffs and valleys, the afternoon sun shoots therein, the gold and blue cross swings, the light of the strange to be unheard of." Ming Dynasty Li Yuanyang wrote the "Dali Prefecture," there are: "Yu has three pots, cave water three stacks, the basin in the water clear stone Li, CuiBi JiaJia" records. During the war, China's great painter Xu Beihong out of a passion for patriotism, from Burma back to the motherland. In Yunnan Baoshan County held a "anti-Japanese army painting exhibition", that is, he set off to his long-standing admiration and yearning for the "document state" - Dali. In dali, xu beihong was living in the ancient city of old friend zhao cheng bo's warm reception, lodging in the dali division of the district resident (i.e., du wenxiu's handsome house). Later, accompanied by Zhong Pinmei, principal of the National Dali Normal School, and several teachers, including Dali calligraphy artist Ma Lisheng of Hui ethnicity, he went to Qingbi Creek for sightseeing. Zhong Pinmei introduced to Xu Beihong said, the Ming dynasty famous white scholar Li Yuanyang in his writing "Qingxi three pools in the record", which had a wonderful depiction: "water out of the mountains between the rocks, gushing and boiling for the pool, deep zhang Xu, Ming Ying can not hide the needle. Small stone cloth bottom, tired as eggs such as pearls, green, white and black, Li in the jewel, wrong as Xiaqi." Then, and finger carved in the pool side of the rock on the bucket big "Yu Cave" two words laughed: "This is exactly where the divine dragon lurks. In the white folk, there is also a dragon lady ran to the temple into a dragon lady flower myths and legends it." Xu Beihong listened to the extremely emotional, pondering, immediately recited a poem. The poem said: "cloud cold in the rock, flower fragrance too Su Xin. Clam open floating wrong color, stone broken see empty green. I want to start the dragon lady, discuss the call Luo Shen. I really wash the marrow, conscious of the dream soul clear." And praised Qingbi Stream: "None of the peaks, ravines, forests and springs can be painted." And the viewing of the scenery is called "soul" of the tour also. Subsequently, Master Xu Beihong also put his pen to the paper and wrote a pair of later recited "begging for food in the country of wonderful fragrance; soul-consuming Qingbi Stream." Qingbi Stream is famous for its beautiful scenery and unique springs. And because of Xu Xiake, Yang Shengan, Li Yuanyang, Xu Beihong and other ancient and modern literati and traveler's footsteps and travelogues, poems rendered more evocative, is now a famous tourist attractions in Cangshan.