If you want to find a dull life with two people and three meals all year round, then you have to go to Dali!

If you want to experience the lazy life of idle clouds and wild cranes, then you have to go to Dali!

If you are going to find the origin and development of Bai culture, then you should also go to Dali!

If you want to find the cultural fragments left behind by the mysterious Nanzhao State and the prosperous Dali State, then you should go to Dali!

But no matter what you do, not panic is the most suitable rhythm for Dali!

Because slowing down will have time to think; slowing down will have time to discover interesting things; slowing down will have time to walk through the city with our footsteps, and we can remember every bit of the city.

Slow down and visit the Tianlong Babu Film and Television City and the Chongsheng Temple Three Towers Tourist Area to discover the most mysterious fragment of Dali culture-the secret story of the Duan family in Dali State!

Since hearing about the Duan family in Dali, many people, like me, think that this is a family fabricated by the author. However, after a real deep understanding, you will find that this is a family that is completely opposite to the image in martial arts novels.

Although the glory of the Duan family is gone forever, when their family ruled the Dali State, they left many famous urban landmarks. From these landmarks, we can understand and imagine and piece together some little-known details of the Duan family in Dali State.

The three towers of Chongsheng Temple are among the many landmarks in Dali and the Duan family of Dali. Tianlong Babu Film and Television City has the deepest connection with the Duan family after the second landmark of Chongsheng Temple Three Towers.

The three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple and Tianlong Babu Film and Television City are inseparable from the Duan family in Dali, but they are different.

"The connection between the three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple and the Duan family is concrete, and the Tianlong Babu Film and Television City is imaginary."

What exactly does this sentence mean? Let's go to the Chongsheng Temple Santa Cultural Tourism Area and Tianlong Babu Film and Television City to reveal it again!

Walking into Tianlong Babu Film and Television City, you will find that it is full of antique buildings.

The buildings and streets here are built in accordance with the style of the Duan family of Dali State in the Song Dynasty when Dali was governed by the Duan family. The elements of the Duan family here are very obvious and seem to be restored according to the scenes described in martial arts novels.

This is indeed the case. Tianlong Babu Film and Television City was built based on Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts novels and references, so it is more artistic.

Dali Palace, Dali Street, Daliao Street, Tianlong Tavern and Duan's Xiulou are all related to the Duan family or people in this family in the film and television series. They are clear at a glance.

Therefore, Tianlong Babu Film and Television City is a place full of imagination.

Walking on Dali Street and recalling the Dali Dynasty period, did the Duan family also shuttle through the market like they are now, experiencing the people's sentiments?

Walking in the royal palace of Dali, the king at that time handled all government affairs day and night, and the ministers reported here. This was the operation center of a region.

Walking to the front of the Duan's Xiu Building and watching the performance of "Prince Duan Seeking Marriage", I couldn't help but wonder if Prince Duan in the Dali Kingdom also chose a husband for his daughter like this.

Stroll through Tianlong Babu Film and Television City, fantasize here, recall here, and recall the scattered fragments of the Duan family in those TV dramas, so as to understand this mysterious family.

If everything in Tianlong Babu Film and Television City that has connections with the Duan family is fictional, then the Chongsheng Temple Three Pagoda Cultural Tourism Area is really closely related to the Duan family.

Walking into the three towers of Chongsheng Temple with questions to take a look. Is the Duan family really as described in the film and television dramas?

In literary works, the Duan family is not only the number one family in Dali, but also one of the four major families in the martial arts world, with their own unique martial arts.

The internal relations of the Duan family are very complex and chaotic. Duan Zhengchun and Duan Yu are by nature romantic. The affairs of this family are really messy and messy.

But after all, literary works are still works of art, and they are often exaggerated and fabricated. They can only be viewed as entertainment content.

The historical Duan family is diametrically opposed to the image in literary works. Perhaps it is because the image in martial arts novels is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so people only remember the romantic affairs of this family and completely ignore others.

However, the characteristics of the people in power in the Duan family who "don't love the country and the country and love to become a monk" are the same as in the movies and television dramas!

In history, the Duan family worked hard to push Dali's development to its peak. Especially during the period when Duan Zhengyan (also known as Duan Heyu, the prototype of Duan Yu) governed Dali, the Dali area was peaceful and the people were safe, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

In the Chongsheng Temple Three Pagoda Cultural Tourism Area, there are three ancient towers with exquisite shapes and great ornamental value. The smaller two were built during the reign of Duan Zhengyan (also known as Duan Heyu, the prototype of Duan Yu).

The two small towers are exquisitely shaped and lifelike embossed, representing Dali's advanced architectural level at that time and also confirming the Duan family's contribution to the development of Dali.

As the "Royal Temple", the Third Pagoda of Chongsheng Temple must have stood in front of the three towers and viewed the three towers in the early days of its construction, just like us today!

The tower that the ancients viewed thousands of years ago can now be viewed by us. This feeling is very wonderful. It feels like a journey through time and space.

Passing through the three towers and walking towards the "Royal National Temple"-Chongsheng Temple, you will find that its momentum matches its status very well.

All kinds of halls and pavilions follow the "central axis" principle of ancient royal architecture. The halls and pavilions are larger and more luxurious than ordinary halls and have a faint aura of a king.

He traveled all the way to the Tianwang Hall, Guanyin Hall, Financial Hall, and Medicine Hall, and finally arrived at the "Eminent Monk Hall" next to the Daxiong Hall, where traces of the Duan family were discovered again.

In historical records, the Duan family has experienced 22 people in power, 9 of whom fled to empty homes after leaving office, and they all chose Chongsheng Temple for Qing cultivation.

Their statues and name plates are placed in the Hall of Eminent Monks in Chongsheng Temple. Among the nine people in power in the Duan family, we are familiar with four.

Duan Shouhui, the 13th King of Dali, is the prototype of Duan Yanqing, the first of the four evil people in the martial arts novel "Eight Parts of the Dragon".

Duan Zhengming, the 14th King of Dali, is the prototype of the emperor of Dali in the martial arts novel "Eight Parts of the Dragon".

Duan Zhengchun, the 15th King of Dali, is the prototype of the prince in the middle section of the martial arts novel "Eight Parts of the Dragon".

Duan Zhengyan, the 16th King of Dali, is the prototype of Duan Yu in the martial arts novel "Eight Parts of the Dragon".

When I walked to the interior of the Daxiong Hall, I found the wood carving inside, and the Duan family was once again discovered on the wood carving.

The wood carving drawings of the Daxiong Hall are carved based on the paper version of "The Buddhist Image Scroll Painted by Zhang Shengwen, a Painter of Dali Kingdom" using Jianchuan wood carving techniques.

The scroll is divided into four stages: the first paragraph depicts the painting of King Lizhen of Dali and Emperor Li Zhen paying homage to Buddha; the second paragraph depicts hundreds of Buddhist figures such as Buddha, Bodhisattva, Buddha Mother, Heavenly King and Protector; the third paragraph depicts the painting of the king of the sixteen kingdoms.

On the promotion of the scroll is inscribed the year title of Duan Zhixing, King of Dali in the Song Dynasty,"Gengzi in the fifth year of Shengde", and Duan Zhixing was the grandson of Duan Heyu.

The first scroll depicts the foreign affairs activities during Duan Zhixing's period. The whole scene is grand and lively, demonstrating the style of the Great Dynasty and also confirming the historical fact that the Duan family conscientiously governed Dali.

If cultural relics are strong evidence to support the contribution of the Duan family in Dali, then the various cultural relics filled with years in the Santa Cultural Relics Museum are minute evidence after minute. When connected together, we can finally have a clearer understanding of the Duan family.

Although the Duan family in Dali has been submerged by the torrent of history, it still has its legends in martial arts novels in the dusty corners of Dali!

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