When you look at the thousands of scenery in the world with a sincere heart, even the scenery you pass by briefly will feel that it is the most beautiful in the world.
? Wanting to go to a city is like having an online relationship that I have never met before. I was full of longing and expectation for each other before we met. But a city in love is different from a lover. No matter when I arrive, when I meet her When we meet, she will greet me with different attitudes, because she is in a good mood when she comes, and she will be even more embellished when she arrives.
Start taking the bus from Lijiang to Dali at 6:40 in the morning. Dali, in my previous impression, was lined with Cangshan and Erhai Lakes. The people here are surrounded by mountains and rivers. From the topography, it is a good place.
Dali City, located in the west of Yunnan Province, China, is the capital of the prefecture-level administrative region of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture. Dali City is located in the Erhai Plain on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and on the shore of Erhai Lake. It was the capital of the ancient Nanzhao Kingdom and the Dali Kingdom. It served as the political, economic and cultural center of ancient Yunnan for more than 500 years.
Dali has a long history and is one of the earliest cultural birthplaces in Yunnan. According to documentary records, as far back as 4,000 years ago, the ancestors of the Bai ethnic group lived and thrived here, and it was an ethnic minority area with the Bai ethnic group as the main body. In 1982, Dali was listed as one of the first 24 national historical and cultural cities by the Chinese government.
On the way to Dali, we passed Butterfly Spring and the tour guide took us to the scenic spot. The advantage of signing up for a group tour is that we don’t have to worry about queuing up at the scenic spot and then buying tickets on top of our heads. The tour guide has already arranged it for us. Purchase the tickets and distribute them to us one by one.
The tour guide who explained it to us was an authentic Dali Bai lady. She was about 30 years old, not tall, but looked capable. Later, she introduced to us that there was a stone wall placed at the gate of Butterfly Spring. There were exquisite carvings on the stone wall. According to Bai nationality tour guide Jinhua (Dali said that the male is called Apeng and the female is called Jinhua. With Lijiang Differently, Lijiang calls men Fat Jin Ge and women Fat Jin Mei. ) said: The Bai folk houses here always have a neat, solemn and generous appearance, with white walls and green tiles, simple and elegant. The house is built with a large amount of stone. The wall base, door head, window head and beams are all made of stone. The roof is made of slab tiles as trenches and tube tiles as top. The inner courtyards of folk houses are very particular, often depending on the wealth of the house. There are generally four forms: one is "two rooms and one ear", that is, two buildings are perpendicular to each other and there is an ear room at the intersection; the second is "three rooms and one ear". "Room one Zhaobi", that is, three buildings, with a screen wall opposite the main room; three is "four in five patios", that is, there are four buildings, and there is an ear room at each intersection; fourth is "six together with spring", that is, there are There are two large courtyards with three buildings in each courtyard. The corridors on all sides are connected to each other and have unimpeded access. They are called "Zouma Zhuanjiao Tower". Among the Bai folk residences, the Zhaobi most embodies the characteristics of the folk houses. The screen wall is a decorative building that symbolizes good luck, fortune and health. Various screen walls also reflect the owner's wishes and expectations, and can be regarded as exquisite works of art in Bai residential architecture. Zhaobi is a stone wall that every household in Dali must build. This is closely related to the topography of Dali. In Dali, Cangshan and Erhai Lake happen to occupy the east and west sides. Chinese people pay attention to building their houses from the south to the north, but Dali's buildings are exactly the opposite. Dali's buildings are from the west to the east, with Cangshan Mountain in the front and Erhai Lake in the back, which undoubtedly provides a natural shield for their houses.
? This white stone wall not only blocks wind and rain, but also reflects light into the homes of Dali residents when the sun shines. It can also drive away evil spirits.
There is a folk saying: when ghosts and ghosts appear, they will only walk straight paths and will not turn. If they come along this wall, the white stone wall has already caught them all. The Bai people are also extremely wise.
There is a spring in Butterfly Spring. Legend has it that a Bai boy and a Bai girl were deeply in love, but their parents did not agree. So they both died in love at the Butterfly Spring. Later, when the family went to look for the bones, they could not find them, but they saw two butterflies flying around the spring. Perhaps their love moved God and turned into butterflies flying together after death. In the world of Han children, freedom of marriage is respected. If their parents disapprove, young men and women may choose to elope. But in the world of the Bai people, elopement is the greatest selfishness. So they will choose to die for love, but dying for love doesn't seem to be the wisest choice.
? There is another situation: if people who love each other cannot be together, they can marry someone they don’t love. After marriage, each has to bear the burden of the family and fulfill their own obligations. The customs of the Bai people are also very humane and romantic. It is said that three days are given to men and women who are in love but not together every year. During these three days, a woman who is unhappy after marriage can cry to the man who was in love before marriage and express her heartfelt feelings. The longing is boundless. Enjoy the joys and sorrows of meeting each other. After marriage, both men and women can enjoy this opportunity to complain and have their own fun. But as long as three days have passed, after three days, the man and woman in the marriage will return to their original living conditions and assume their own responsibilities. Therefore, in Bai villages, the divorce rate is almost non-existent. Because they will not abandon their children and will not let their parents suffer because of their unhappy marriages. So I came up with this idea of ??a three-day date. I can’t help but sigh at the Bai people’s outlook on marriage and life.
In addition to its beautiful legend, Butterfly Spring is also praised for its scenery. The water of Butterfly Spring is also extremely clear. There are several streams of water at the outlet of Butterfly Spring. The tour guide told us: This is Jiulong Spring. The first wash of water from Jiulong Spring brings wealth, the second wash brings luck to officialdom, and the third wash brings luck to love. We were doubtful, but we still didn’t want to miss touching the water of Jiulong Spring. There is magic in the coolness. When I thought about it, I forgot to count. I was so confused that I washed three handfuls. I smiled to myself and thought: Where can I have good luck?
Butterfly Spring is named after the butterfly. There are geographical factors, and the formation of Butterfly Spring is related to the environmental conditions in this area. The spring is adjacent to Cangshan Mountain in the west and Erhai Lake in the east. Cangshan Mountain is towering and straight, towering like a screen. The top of the mountain is covered with snow, which is crystal clear after summer. The clouds gather to produce rain, the precipitation is abundant, the Erhai Lake is wide, the scenery is beautiful, and the flowers are constantly blooming, bringing a spring-like season to Butterfly Spring all year round.
Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake not only provide humans with the beautiful scenery of "Silver Cang Jade Erhai", but also constitute a natural environment for butterflies and other insects to breed and grow in large numbers. Butterfly Spring is located in the northeastern part of the Erhai fault. Under the action of groundwater dissolution, numerous sinkholes and karst caves have been formed in this plate. They are fed by atmospheric precipitation and surface water, forming a karst aquifer. The groundwater in this aquifer flows along the corrosion pipeline. At the contact point with alluvial and flood sediments, it is intercepted by fine-grained loose materials and overflows to the surface to form Butterfly Spring. The water flow rate of this spring is around 18.77 liters/second. The mineralization degree of the spring water is less than 0.5 g/L. It is bicarbonate and magnesium type water. It is odorless and tasteless, and the water quality is light and beautiful. The spring is good and the water is beautiful, coupled with the acacia tree beside the spring, butterflies are naturally happy to come. It can be seen from this that the butterfly society was not caused by the death of the lovers, but was determined by the special environmental conditions there.
Butterfly Spring has also attracted many famous scholars to pay their respects. Guo Moruo came to Butterfly Spring in 1961 and wrote the three characters "Butterfly Spring". It is not known whether he was able to watch the flying butterflies and phoenixes. But Mr. Guo's praise of Butterfly Spring has already appeared on the page.
Arriving at the center of Butterfly Spring, a group of Bai performers performed in the middle of the water, dancing Bai dances, creating a beautiful picture in the water.
Dali not only has Butterfly Spring that makes people miss it, but also Erhai Lake. A visit to Dali without going to Erhai Lake would be like a wasted trip. Erhai Lake is a national nature reserve and one of the seven famous freshwater lakes in my country. One, known as the "Pearl of the Plateau", is 405 kilometers long from north to south, 3 to 9 kilometers wide from east to west, with a maximum water depth of 20.7 meters, an average water depth of 10.2 meters, and a water storage capacity of 3 billion cubic meters.
I have been admiring it for a long time, how could I miss it and meet Erhai Lake. While riding a bicycle along the Erhai Lake, I saw the villages where the Bai people live in Dali, distributed in strips at the foot of Cangshan Mountain. The bottom floor is the houses, the second floor is the mountains, and the third floor is the clouds in the sky. A girl of the same age from Shanxi said: These clouds are so close. If we climb to the top of the mountain, will we touch the clouds? Already? It's really visually stunning. I have never seen clouds so close to the sky. What a spectacle. The villages I saw along the way were peaceful and peaceful.
When I boarded the cruise ship, I looked up and saw a row of Apeng and Golden Flowers of the Bai ethnic group standing at the top of the cruise ship, beating gongs and drums and blowing suo la to welcome the tourists on board. Sitting on the cruise ship, with the wind blowing, it was my first time to ride on a ship. I learned that the smell from the ship was the same as that of a car, with a heavy smell of diesel. I felt a lot more relieved about this behemoth. Sit on it and look at the sea in the distance, where the sea and mountains meet. Gorgeous.
The sea breeze was blowing on our faces. We didn’t care about this and just enjoyed the feast of the sea. I remember that I didn’t swim for long before I arrived at a place called Nanzhao Customs Island.
Nanzhao Fengqing Island is one of the three islands in Erhai Lake. It is located in Shuanglang Township, the northeastern end of Dali City, a prime location of Cang'er National Scenic Area. The island is surrounded by bad water, with the famous Buddhist holy land Jizu Mountain in the east, Shibao Mountain in the north, Dali in the south, and Cangshan Erhai Lake in the west. Because it occupies unique tourism resources, it is known as "the scenery of Dali is in Cang'er, and the scenery of Cang'er is in It is known as "Double Corridor".
Cruise ship announcements allow tourists to disembark and view the island for thirty minutes. Tourists from all over the world want to see the island. I am no exception. I squeezed in among tourists and bought sightseeing tickets. Then take a ride on the Fengqing Island for a tour.
The first sculpture to visit is a group of "Daughters of Erhai" cast bronze sculptures on the rocks near the island. This is the image of two fisherwomen bathing, standing and lying down. They are vigorous and elegant, echoing the "Eight Drunken Immortals" on the natural rocks on the island.
There is also the Guanyin statue enveloped by the Bai people
This is carved according to the Acuoye Guanyin (or Slim-waisted Guanyin) statue that survived from the Dali Kingdom in Nanzhao. At 17.56 meters, it is the tallest white marble Guanyin statue in the world. "The "Lucky Star of Yunnan" is the praise of the exquisite Dali Guanyin statue by American scholar Helen in her book "The Guanyin Statue of Yunnan".
After visiting these two scenic spots, time is like the water of Erhai Lake , slowly passed. It was almost time to return to the cruise ship, so we took the car back. On the way back, the driver did not forget to introduce to us: Not far away is the villa of the famous Yunnan dancer Yang Liping.
< p> The cruise ship stopped at Shuanglang Ancient Town for a short time. We simply stayed on the bed and waited for the time to run out. This time it was time to return. On the way back, we were so excited. Looking at the overlooked scenery again made the experience richer. Sure enough, on the way back, I found a cloud in the sky that was always hovering above me. No matter what angle I changed, I could look at it closely. Hanging high above her head. She seemed to be smiling at me, making expressions at me, and kept cheering for my trip to Yunnan. We were like long-lost friends, riding the warm sun, and really wanted to have a good time with her. < p> I found that the sea water changed from light blue to dark blue, probably due to the different angles of the direct sunlight. Sitting on the cruise ship, I felt the sea breeze coming from the front and back, and looked at the clouds that were gradually moving away from me. They were getting smaller and smaller. But she still waved to me and said goodbye to me with her white and transparent posture.The boat slowly sailed back to the original point and docked at the shore where it came from, and the trip to Erhai Lake came to an end. The sea breeze and the continuous sea view at the foot of Cangshan Mountain seem to contrast with the blue sky, white clouds, Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake. No wonder the people of Dali like the color white. The beauty of Dali is not only the Erhai Lake, but also the folk customs and natural beauty of the ancient city. It was just in the morning when we walked to the ancient city of Dali.
The weather was really awesome, with big white clouds hanging in the blue sky. At the door, the words "Dali Ancient City" are hung on the city gate. If you look outside, you think you are approaching a distant city.
The snow on Cangshan Mountain never melts all year round. People at the foot of Cangshan Mountain, nurtured by nature, can also extract what they need from nature. The silver they make is pure snowflake silver. It is said that silver made of this material has many benefits, so when When we entered the ancient city, there were many merchants selling silverware. Of course, in addition to snowflake silver, Dali also has delicious rice noodles, bait silk, and bait pieces.
Speaking of ear fans. According to the tour guide, the most famous ear fan in Dali is the Yangji Ear Fan. I walked along the main road and saw many shops selling ear fans. I didn’t know which one the tour guide was talking about. I bought a delicious ear fan that Dali people love to eat. I put it in my mouth and it tasted sour and sweet, mixed with the unique milk taste of Inner Mongolia. But I can finish eating.
Foreigner Street is the end of Dali Ancient City. If we continue walking, we will reach the residential area of ??Dali people. In an alleyway of Dali Ancient City, we walked forward and walked. Close to the farmer's market area of ??the ancient city. There were old farmers selling vegetables and merchants selling wine. I heard that Dali’s rose wine tasted very good, so I couldn’t bear to miss it. I bought a pound and waited to enjoy the fine wine.
The Old Town of Dali is the most ordinary place among the Old Town of Lijiang. Lijiang Old Town is full of merchants and is already a city with a strong commercial atmosphere. In the Old Town of Dali, you can still see the smoke from cooking stoves.
Although Foreigner Street has the word "foreigner" in it, but how many people wander there after night, I think most of them are a paradise for Chinese people.
When I came to Dali, I felt a strong Buddhist atmosphere. Instill respect and faith in people.
What I look forward to the most is going to the Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple.
Chongsheng Temple faces Erhai Lake in the east and Cangshan Mountain in the west. It is located one kilometer north of the ancient city of Dali, Yunnan Province, at the foot of Diancang Mountain and on the shore of Erhai Lake. In history, 9 Dali emperors became monks at Chongsheng Temple, which was called "Tianlong Temple" in Jin Yong's martial arts novel "Tianlong Babu". Built during the Nanzhao period, "The Strange Monks of the Meng Duan" records: "The original Chongsheng Temple was first built in the early days of the Zhao Dynasty. It was the place where Luo Feng and the Tubo State Master Zan Cuo made an alliance in the Zhaowang Pavilion, and where the Tubo envoys resided." Domestic History of Dali " According to the "Five Categories of Monks in Dali": "The Meng family respected Taoism and Buddhism, and built eight temples and four Taoist temples in the west of the city. The most spectacular of them is Chongsheng Temple, in which the national master lives."
In the Dali Kingdom after passing through Nanzhao, Buddhism was more developed than in Nanzhao, and it was known as the "Buddhist Kingdom" and "Miaoxiang Kingdom". After the completion of Chongsheng Temple, it became the center of Buddhist activities during the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms. The "holy" worshiped by Chongsheng Temple is Guanyin. At that time, Guanyin worship was very popular in Dali area. Among the twenty-two emperors of Dali Kingdom, nine went to Chongsheng Temple to become monks.