The bleak wind, gorgeous flowers, pure snow, and bright moon met in Dali, making this city's short and lasting feelings. In my encounter with this city, I felt the long poetry brought by the wind, flowers, snow and moon.

----Memoirs of the Wandering in Dali: The romantic scenery and the snow moon met me unexpectedly in the poetic Dali

In my opinion, Dali's romance originates from the "wind, flowers, and snow", but it does not just "wind, flowers, and snow". Dali's poetry, romance, and laziness can be encountered everywhere!

Visiting a city like this, roaming is the right choice!

Tourism in Dali is a wandering journey, a leisurely and peaceful journey of "wandering" everywhere.

You don't need to know the exact destination, you just need a general direction and range, and then wander aimlessly, so that the surprises you encounter will be precious.

I divided my journey in Dali into Dali Ancient City, Xizhou Ancient Town, Cangshan District and Erhai District. Except for Cangshan District, you need to pay attention to the sightseeing routes, and other areas can wander in no direction.

The ancient city of Dali is one of the most popular areas in Dali. It can be said that it is the tourist core of Dali.

Walking into the ancient city area of Dali, you will find that there are many travelers and artistic sense here.

The reason why the ancient city of Dali has such a high popularity is because of its uniqueness. It is a surprise caused by the collision of Dali's classical culture and modern art.

The traditional ancient city is surrounded by modern joys and trends, and the integration of the new and the old is very eye-catching.

Wandering in Ancient City, you can see traces of the intersection of classical and modern art. Needless to say, the ancient city is a grand experience hall, where various handicraft techniques and living culture have left traces of inheritance.

The Tianlong Babu Film and Television City and the Chongsheng Temple Three Pagoda Cultural Tourism Area outside the ancient city wall were surprises that I accidentally discovered!

Focusing on the prosperous and lively ancient city, you will gradually move towards the foot of the mountain, and you will encounter Tianlong Babu Film and Television City and the Three Towers of Chongsheng Temple.

Tianlong Babu Film and Television City is closest to the ancient city. It is located near Sanyue Street, the ancient city's Internet celebrity street. It is a very obvious landmark building.

Tianlong Babu Film and Television City also has high walls and thick gates like the ancient city of Dali. The only difference is that the film and television city is completely enclosed.

Passing through the city gate and entering the film and television city, if I didn't climb the city tower and overlook the ancient city, then I would definitely think that this was another world.

The buildings in the film and television city are of age, simple and solemn, and an endless stream of people shuttled through the lively market, but they seem to be intruders who do not belong here, but just a passer-by.

Wandering in Tianlong Babu Film and Television City, I met a classic-style shop selling modern milk tea. A group of sons-in-law wearing modern costumes stood downstairs of the embroidery where Prince Duan recruited his son-in-law. The majestic Dali Palace is full of people pacing leisurely. This combination of classics and modernity feels very magical.

The style of every street in Dali Street and Daliao Street is the same. Classical culture and modern art compete and integrate with each other here.

Chongsheng Temple Three Pagoda Cultural Tourism Area, in my opinion, is the core of Dali's Ancient City, the cultural core and soul!

Walking into the Three Towers of Chongsheng Temple and getting a deeper understanding of the Three Towers of Chongsheng Temple, you will understand why it is the core.

Because here are the thousand-year-old cultural relics that witnessed the vicissitudes of Dali's world-the three pagodas, and here are handicrafts and palaces that represent the highest level of casting techniques and construction techniques of Dali State in the Song Dynasty-the five important artifacts and Chongsheng Temple.

As one of the two cores of the Chongsheng Temple Three Towers Cultural Tourism Zone, the existence of the Three Towers can be said to be the cultural pillar of Dali.

The three towers consist of a large tower-Chihiro Tower, and two nameless small towers. The three towers are distributed in an isosceles triangle, with the large tower in front and the small tower behind.

When talking about the three towers, we have to mention the height of the three towers. The height of the big tower is nearly 70 meters and is the tallest ancient tower existing in Dali. The height of the small tower is only slightly lower than the big tower. All three towers have a history of nearly a thousand years.

In addition to the height of the tower, the tower shape is also a highlight. The large tower and the small tower have their own merits. The large tower is spindle shaped and has a solemn beauty. The two small towers are octagonal with dense eaves, which has a kind of elegant and flexible beauty.

No matter which direction I look at the three towers, its spirit will always shock me. The three towers from any angle are extremely beautiful.

Behind the three pagodas is Chongsheng Temple. As a cultural symbol, Chongsheng Temple itself has a high status!

Chongsheng Temple was a royal temple in the Dali Kingdom of the Song Dynasty, so it was large in scale, with countless halls and Buddha statues, and precious cultural relics all over the ancient temple.

The five major important objects originally stored in Chongsheng Temple are the Three Towers, the Nanzhao Jianzhong Bell, the Rain Copper Guanyin Statue, the Buddha Capital Plaque, and the Three Saints Golden Statue. However, only three towers remained after the war and turmoil of the five major objects. The other four are no longer the original objects. They were later restored according to the original object 1:1, but this does not affect their brilliance in any way.

The plaque of "Buddha Capital" in front of Chongsheng Temple hangs high. When the exquisite door eaves rob it of its visual point, it will not be ignored. The golden plaque is full of elegance at a glance. The two words "Buddha Capital" are consistent, with strong and powerful writing, and have a majestic feeling.

As one of the five important objects, the Rain Copper Guanyin Statue has an independent pavilion, which is very grand. The Rain Copper Guanyin Statue is placed in the main hall. It has a lifelike face, kind eyebrows, and graceful figure, showing the beauty of Chinese classical simplicity.

Nanzhao Jianmazhong Bell was once destroyed in troubled times. Later, after being recast, it also used independent halls and pavilions. The bell rang for hundreds of miles.

Where is the most flavor in Dali's wilderness? Xizhou Ancient Town Area is definitely worthy of being the first.

The surprise of Xizhou Ancient Town is in Xizhou Ancient Town and Butterfly Spring. There are endless rice fields, rows of houses, and clear springs. I prefer to call this Fairy Tale Town.

If there are archetypes in small towns in fairy tales or anime, then Xizhou Ancient Town must be the reference standard.

The farmland in Xizhou Ancient Town is distributed around the houses. People here cultivate in turn according to the twenty-four solar terms, so green in summer and yellow in autumn are the constant colors here.

The tranquility and simplicity of rural pastoral life can all be seen and felt here. Planting flowers, vegetables, and rice, from the family yard to the fields.

Xizhou Ancient Town is the material wealth left by the ancestors of the Bai people in Dali, so Huadian Spring is their spiritual food.

As a symbol of love, Butterfly Spring has far-reaching influence. This influence is like spring rain moistening things silently.

The love image of Butterfly Spring is complex and comes down to Dali's culture. This is a grand topic. We are not experts and scholars and do not need in-depth research. We just need to quietly feel the beauty conveyed by Butterfly Spring.

Walking into Butterfly Spring, tranquility, oxygen bar and leisure are the first impressions it gives. Shades, clear springs, flowers, and ancient trees are all unique scenery that belongs to it.

Ancient trees in the shade cover the sun, bluestone paths are densely covered, flowers are blooming among the trees, spring water is urging in the Butterfly Spring, and singing is flying by the Lovers Lake.

Travelers stroll by the lake, take photos by the spring, imagine the grandeur of the "Nanzhao Butterfly Fair" in the Butterfly Museum, and chase butterflies in the Butterfly World.

Xizhou Ancient Town and Butterfly Spring are places where you can dream, a dream about a peaceful life like an idyllic song!

Mountains are people's eternal climbing goals and exploration goals. People always want to climb the highest point of a mountain to prove that humans have conquered it. Cangshan is no exception.

Although human beings are already at the top of the food chain, human power is so insignificant in front of nature, so we might as well look up at Cangshan from another angle and look up in awe. From another angle, maybe it can give you more Surprise!

Cangshan Mountain is a huge mountain range. It is like a solid embrace that protects Dali. The eighteen and nineteen peaks are its symbols. If you want to reach Cangshan Mountain, there are currently three cableways to choose from. The Ximatan Cableway is one of them that can reach the top of Cangshan Mountain, while the remaining Gantong cableway and Zhonghe cableway can only reach the mountainside.

Cangshan Mountain is full of peaks, but one peak is different from another. These differences are particularly interesting. Some peaks are steep and have tough lines, some peaks and slopes are gentle and round lines, and the intertwined peaks change with majestic momentum.

No matter which cableway you take, you can see the beauty of the Cangshan Mountains and the agility of the waterfalls and lakes deep in Cangshan Mountains!

Qingbixi, Qilongnu Pond and Ximatan are the places on Cangshan that best reflect the agility of water!

The streams in the mountain streams gather together to form waterfalls and spring ponds of large and small sizes between the steep cliffs. Qingbi River and Qilongnongniu Lake are the most representative eight of them. When a spring pond is formed, a waterfall appears above the spring pond.

The waterfalls are hung on dark moss covered rocks. Some waterfalls are blocked by trees and cannot see the whole picture. One is black and one is white, making people feel that the waterfalls are more pure, spiritual and mysterious.

Ximatan, located on the top of the mountain, is the only "water color" on the front line of the Ximatan cableway in Cangshan. It looks very special in the steep green mountains and among the rhododendrons.

Its existence can reflect the vagaries of clouds and rain, highlight the purity and lofty sky of the blue sky, and soften the edges and corners of dangerous peaks.

The Erhai Lake is not a sea, but it has the vastness of the sea and its long and narrow water area, which allows the beauty of the Erhai Lake to be extended and amplified. It also allows for multiple options for visiting the Erhai Lake, including self-driving tours, cycling around the island, tourist bus tours and Erhai cruises, etc.

Erhai Lake is the same, but different visiting methods allow people to see different scenery from different angles and gain different feelings.

Self-driving tours and round-the-island cycling have the same route, and the views of the scenery are the same. In my opinion, there is no difference. One is more comfortable and the other requires endurance.

You can see rich and three-dimensional Dali during driving and round-the-island process, including mountains, water, grasslands, lotus ponds, flowers, fishing villages, islands and peninsulas, and ancient towns.

The majestic and majestic Cangshan mountains and mountain ranges, the calm and calm Erhai Lake, the mysterious Luoquan Peninsula, the small and exquisite Xiaoputuo, the lively and bustling Shuanglang Town, the Erhai Lake "Fairy Palace"-Nanzhao Style Island, and the Internet celebrity S-bend-Fan River and Xizhou rice fields are all connected by this route around the sea.

Traveling around is to circle around the Erhai Lake. The 120-kilometer journey is an opportunity for you to deeply experience the simplicity and diverse customs of Dali.

Erhai cruises are the only way to play in the Erhai Lake, and its comfort cannot be compared to traveling around.

The cruise ship has a fixed route. It starts from Dali Port, takes Cangshan as its coordinates, and heads north and finally stops at Shuanglang Ancient Town Pier. It can also depart from Shuanglang and finally stop at Dali Port.

Although the cruise ship route is short, it includes the brightest brilliance in the Erhai Lake scenery. The whole picture of Cangshan is swaying in front of you at close range like a movie. The quiet and dense village details and the essence of Canger scenery are displayed one by one.

If the tour is to look up or look up at the scenery of Erhai Lake, then the cruise ship is to look up or look down at the scenery of Cang 'er from a higher position. In this way, the feeling of appreciating the scenery of Cang' er is something that cannot be obtained by a cruise ship.

The Erhai Lake is the result of the convergence of the Dali water system. Then, with our amazement at the Erhai Lake, we will visit the source of the Erhai Lake-the "West Lake" of Eryuan County. I believe that your love for the Erhai Lake will be even higher.

Eryuan is the source of the Erhai Lake. The water here and the Erhai Lake are closely related. I firmly believe that the Erhai Lake and the Eryuan West Lake are sisters in the same line.

Through the narrow door and walking into Eryuan West Lake, my first impression of it is the endless meadow and lotus pond. The narrow and narrow wooden boat docked on the bank aroused my enthusiasm for visiting it.

The boat set off in one go, driving from the narrow river to the depths of the meadow. Deep in the broad meadow are Bai folk houses hidden by reed swamps, and further away are tall peaks.

This meadow is a paradise on earth. People live a dull life here, and various birds make their homes here. They welcome the four seasons together and live their lives year after year amid the changes of the seasons.

Long and narrow ships are sailing in the channel, with locals who are familiar with the water and waters at the helm, leading people to shuttle between the reed swamps. From time to time, you can hear singing from the reed swamps.

Dali's scenery, flowers, snow, mountains and rivers give birth to Dali's romantic poetry. In this atmosphere full of emotion, roaming is the most correct choice.

Regardless of where you come from or when you will return, swim in the present, swim in Dali, and feel every bit of the city with a free and unrestrained attitude. The romance of Dali will be firmly held in your hands!

[Editor] Reading Yunnan Yijing

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