It is a gentle city. The scenery is unique, flowers can be hand swept, but not new. Dali is a charming place to visit because of the flowers and the snow.
Dali Prefecture is located at the junction of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the Hengduan Mountains, the terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The landforms are complex and varied, point Cangshan Cangshan west of the alpine canyon area. East of Point Cangshan [Cangshan Mountain] and west of Xiangyun are the steep slopes of the Zhongshan Mountains. The mountains in the territory mainly belong to the Yunling Mountains and the female mountains, point Cangshan is located in the central part of the state, such as arch such as screen, lofty and upright. Xueban Mountain, located at the border of Jianchuan County in the north and Lanping Bai Autonomous County in Nujiang Prefecture, is the highest peak in the state at 4,295 meters above sea level. The lowest point is Hongqiba on the Nu River in Yunlong County, at 730 meters.
Under the combined influence of low latitude and high altitude geography, Dali Prefecture is characterized by a climate with a small annual temperature difference and four inconspicuous seasons. "The air of the four seasons is always like the early spring, the cold stops at the cool, the summer stops at the temperature." The temperature difference between the four seasons is not significant. Due to the complex topography and geomorphology of Quanzhou, there is a large difference in elevation and significant vertical differences in climate. Temperature decreases with elevation and rainfall increases with elevation. The river valley is hot, the dam area is warm, the mountain area is cool, the mountain area is cold, and the three-dimensional climate is obvious.
One of Dali's Attractions Erhai Sea
The Erhai Sea is located between the Cangshan Mountains and the Dali Dam, shaped like a crescent moon. It is a beautiful plateau freshwater lake. Erhai is so clear and transparent that it has been called "flawless jade in the mountains" since ancient times. The Erhai Moon, one of the four scenic spots of Dali, is located here.
Nowadays, more and more people traveling to Dali will directly choose a village by the Erhai Sea, an inn with a view of the sea, and stay for ten days and a half months.
The Second Ancient City Scenic Spot of Dali
The Ancient City of Dali is surrounded by the turquoise Erhai Sea in the east and the verdant Cangshan Mountains in the west, which forms the city pattern of "surrounded by water and Cangshan Mountains". Entering the city from the south gate, a Fuxing Road, which leads to the north gate, has become a bustling market. Stores lined up along the street, selling marble, tie-dye and other ethnic crafts, jewelry and jade. Some old houses can still be found in the streets of the past, with flowers and trees in the yards, birds singing, and running water in outdoor streams and canals. The scene of "three houses with one eye and one family with a few pots of flowers" still exists. The east-west Guiguo Road in the old town is called "Foreigner Street". Here Chinese and Western restaurants, cafes, teahouses, handicrafts stores, signboards, advertisements, mostly written in foreign languages, sucking blonde hair, blue-eyed "foreigners", wandering around, looking for the old Oriental flavor, gradually become a unique landscape.
Butterfly Spring, the third scenic spot in Dali
Butterfly Spring Park is located in the Cangshan Mountains, under the tree-lined Yunlang Peak. This park is famous for its "Butterfly Spring". Butterfly Spring is a square pond. The water is as clear as a mirror and the bottom of the spring is exposed. The edge of the spring is covered like a lid. A tall old tree lies on the spring. This is the "Butterfly Tree". Every year at the beginning of spring and summer, especially on April 15, the Butterfly Tree attracts butterflies with its fragrance. A large number of butterflies gather around the spring and flutter in the sky. The most amazing thing is that thousands of colorful butterflies, mating with each other, hang upside down on the Butterfly Tree, forming countless lines that hang down to the water surface, which is spectacular.
Dali fourth scenic Nanzhao style island
Nanzhao style island is located in eryuan county, the southeast end of the town of shuanglang, is China's prime tourism
eryuan county, the source of the erhai sea, the pearl plateau, the mountains and rivers, beautiful, hot springs starring chess pieces, there is a "hot water of the city's" reputation. In the "ten miles of a soup, five miles of a spring" in the many hot springs, the largest is located in the eastern suburbs of the city of nine flag platform hot springs.
The Jiuqidai Hot Spring has good water quality, clear water, and you can bathe at four o'clock. After bathing in winter, it's cold all day.
Six Shuanglangs of Dali Attractions
Shuanglang Town, located in the northeast of Dali City, is home to the Nanzhao Style Island. This town is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with one side facing the sea. Jump to the west Cangshan nineteen peaks, the gate near the Erhai Sea, the east is the Buddhist resort of Jizhu Mountain, the south is the Penglaixiandao small Putuo. Shuanglang is located on the east coast of the Erhai Sea on the "Lotus Ode" and "Rockfall Ode". In ancient times, it was called "Shabulang". As far as the eye can see, the beautiful Yuji Island and the small Golden Lock Island look like a pair of mandarin ducks floating in the green Erhai Sea. The two islands are located under the Liling Peak between the two corridors. During the reign of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, people thought that "Two Islands" and "Two Songs" were both "double", so they changed "Tied Corridor" to "Double Corridor". was changed to "Shuanglang". The scenery of Shuanglang is very unique, it has the green mountains at its back, faces the Erhai Sea, is close to the chicken claw and overlooks the Cangshan Mountain. It has the advantages of fishing and the wonders of "wind, flower, snow and moon", and enjoys the reputation of "Shuanglang Cang'er Scenery". When you climb the Nanzhao Island, you can even witness the 17-meter-high alabaster Guanyin worshipping the Maitreya Buddha.
The Seventh Scenery of Dali, Baolin Temple
Linsi Temple is located behind Linbao Village at the foot of Sunset Peak of Cangshan Mountain, about 3 kilometers away from Xiaguan. The temple is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the Erhai Sea from east to west. Baolin Temple was built in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in 1898, the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. It is also famous with Tianjing Pavilion, Zhuhai Pavilion, Haoran Pavilion and Shuiyue Pavilion by the Erhai Sea, which are also famous in Dali. There are statues of the Dragon King and the main god Duan Chicheng in the Lin Si Temple. There are couplets on both sides of the temple, "Opening the mountain to attract spring, the eight villages benefited, passing on to the world in Nada Hongen; killing the python, getting peace everywhere, Duan Chicheng's benevolence, righteousness, and great courage will shine for a thousand years." The couplet tells the heroic passage of Chih Cheng's decapitation of the python to induce spring. The morning bells and drums on Taiping Mountain attract a group of loyal tourists.
Dali Scenic Area VIII Tiezhu Temple
Tiezhu Temple, located in Tiezhu Temple Village, Taihua Township, about 6 kilometers west of Maidu County (anciently known as Tiezhu Zi Township) in Dali City, Yunnan Province, is the most famous monument in Maidu County. Nanzhao Tiezhu Temple was called "Tiezhu Temple" or "Tiezhu Temple" in ancient times. It is famous for the iron pillar in the temple. The iron pillar is 3.3 meters high, 1.05 meters in circumference and weighs about 2 tons. It has a history of more than 1,100 years. As for the reason for building the pillar, there are many legends. One of the most widely circulated is that Zhuge Liang put down the southern barbarians, surrendered his weapons and cast the iron pillar to mark his achievement, which was later cast by Nanzhao. Every year on the fifteenth day of the first month, the Yi people gathered at the Iron Pillar Temple to hold the column festival, which is a traditional local festival.
Dali Transportation
Dali, as a famous tourist resort city, has very convenient transportation. It is very convenient to go to Dali by airplane, train or coach. In addition, Dali has convenient transportation links with other tourist attractions in Yunnan Province, such as Shangri-La and Lijiang. It is also very convenient to go to Dali Old Town from Dali by bus. The internal transportation in Dali is mainly buses and cabs. Of course, you can also rent a bicycle and take your time to enjoy the scenery of the old city.
Airplane
Dali Airport is located at the junction of Fengyi Town and Haidong Township, 12 kilometers away from Dali downtown. Dali Airport has flights to Kunming, Xishuangbanna, Beijing, Guangzhou and Chengdu. There are many flights from Dali to Kunming, daily, about 40 minutes flight; Xishuangbanna (Jinghong) round trip, daily, about 50 minutes.
Train
Dali Railway Station is located in the east of Dali New Town on Yunling Avenue, at the south end of the Summer Plateau Pearl Plaza
Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter International Youth Hostel
The hostel is located in the center of the ancient city of Dali, Yunnan Province, which is a residential compound of the Bai ethnic group consisting of the Spring Breeze Pavilion, the Lower Garden, the Autumn Moon Building, and the Winter Snow Residence in a quiet and elegant environment with a privileged address. With the Cangshan Mountains at the back, facing the Erhai Sea.
Dali Youxianju Inn
The location of the inn is very good, located in the center of the ancient city, close to the People's Road and Yangren Street. The inn's accommodation is also very good, quiet, clean and cheap.
Dali Inn
The inn is located at the Cai Village Pier in the ancient city of Dali, on the beautiful Erhai Sea. The scenery is very beautiful. The inn is very quiet, idyllic style, the room is decorated in a simple style, the residence is comfortable and clean.
Dali Specialties and Snacks
Dali Fish Casserole
Fish casserole is one of the famous local dishes in Dali. More than ten kinds of spicy ingredients, such as tender chicken slices and mushrooms, are slow-cooked with bowfin or carp from the Erhai Sea.
Baked Pork Nuggets
Bait Nuggets is a local folk snack in Dali, Yunnan Province. It is made from boiled rice pressed into cubes, usually round pancakes. It is baked over a charcoal fire and then coated with sauce and vegetable puree. Rice and sauce is a popular food in Yunnan.
Carved Plums with Braised Pork
Plums are a famous traditional food of the Bai people in Dali, Yunnan. It is picked from green plums in spring. Local girls carve patterns on them, gently press them into chrysanthemum-shaped, jagged plum cakes, put them into pots of water, sprinkle a little salt to remove the sourness of the plums, and then put them into sand jars and soak them in good brown sugar and honey for several months. When the plum cake is golden brown, you can take it out of the jar and eat it. The meat is multi-layered pancetta, fat and lean, steamed with carved plums for about 4 hours. The meat is rich in flavor, fat but not greasy, delicious.
Barber's Shredded Meat
Braised meat bait is one of the famous snacks in Yunnan. It has a strong flavor, stewed meat sticky rice, thick but not greasy juice, mellow and fresh taste, bait moist and so on.
Dengchuan milk fan
Milk fan is a kind of cheese consumed by the Bai people and other ethnic groups in northwestern Yunnan. It is made of milk, milky white, flaky, rolled and shaped like a folding fan, hence the name. It can be eaten raw, dried or fried. It is a good dish for drinking, and can also be used as a dish with ingredients like cloud legs. When chopped, it can also be added to the second sweet tea of the three teas for drinking.
Matters to note
Best time to travel
"Dali's beautiful scenery in March" refers to the fact that the third month of the lunar calendar is the best time of the year in Dali. The "Jade Belt Clouds", which wrap around the waist of Cangshan Mountain like a white jade belt, and the "Wang Mi Clouds" on the Erhai Sea mostly appear in this season. Many festivals and grand events of the Bai people are also concentrated in March. When you visit at this time, you will feel the rich ethnic flavor.
In fact, Dali belongs to the low-latitude plateau monsoon climate, with no obvious seasonal changes, small annual temperature difference, no obvious severe winter and heat, moderate heat and cold, and four seasons like spring. It is almost a suitable destination for year-round travel.
It should be noted that after the rain at the end of summer and fall, the temperature drops very quickly, and there is a local saying that "a rain makes an autumn". So if you're visiting Dali at that time of year, it's a good idea to bring some fall clothes with you in case you catch a cold.
Focus on Bai customs
Don't dig a big hole in the chaste with a spoon when you eat, meaning don't fight with the food and treat people as equals;
Don't drop the grains of rice when you eat;
Father and son can't be at the same table when you are a guest and men and women can't be at the same table;
After the meal, you should put the chopsticks on the side where you finished eating and can't throw them around, which means thanking the host for his hospitality. It means to thank the host for his hospitality.
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