"Sunning in autumn" is a special agricultural custom that has lasted for thousands of years. It is a beautiful scenery every autumn. Wuyuan, Jiangxi is the most famous sunning in autumn nationwide.

There is no need to dry autumn in Yunnan, especially in Dali, because it is brightly displayed there. Autumn in Dali is everywhere. It is by the Erhai Lake, on Cangshan Mountain, and in the fields...

Dali has the strongest autumn flavor in late autumn and early winter, and there are scenes of bumper harvests everywhere. After chasing flowers and snow, but not yet chasing autumn, this is the most appropriate time to "chase autumn"!

Autumn in Dali is on the edge of the Erhai Lake. You can see the different autumn colors along the Erhai Lake by self-driving "Tour Around the Sea" on the western line!

The self-driving "Sea Tour" on the western line of Erhai Lake starts from the ancient city of Dali (Longkan Wharf). The western line and the eastern line around the sea are not exactly the same scenery.

The fishing villages on the western line of Erhai Lake are more dense. Longkan Wharf, Fanxi S-bend, and Haizhe Park are all located on the edge of Huanhai West Road on the western line of the sea. The fields with the strongest autumn flavor also appear in large areas in Haixi area. Near Xizhou Ancient Town.

The self-driving "Sea Tour" on the western line of Erhai Lake is divided into two stages. The first section is Longkan Wharf-Xizhou Ancient Town; the second section is Xizhou Ancient Town-Huidiquan-Nanzhao Style Island.

Because motor vehicles are prohibited from entering the entire Erhai Huanhai West Road, you can choose to ride from Dali Ancient City (Longkan Wharf) to Haishue Park for the first part of the journey, and you can choose to drive from Xizhou Ancient Town via Butterfly Spring to Nanzhao Style Island (Shuanglang).

If you don't choose to ride for the first leg of the journey, you can also choose to take the Dali Line and visit the attractions one by one.

Starting from the ancient city, the car drives towards the Longkan Wharf parking lot and parks it, and then walks to Longkan Wharf for sightseeing.

The short 25-kilometer journey from Longkan Wharf to Haizhe Park includes the most magnificent "Haicun scenery" on Erhai West Road.

The ecological hiking corridor is laid along the winding shape of the Erhai Lake. On one side of the ecological corridor are gorgeous and luxurious Bai houses and B & Bs, and on the other side, the Erhai Lake is close at hand.

Hiking on this ecological corridor in the morning, the soft golden sun shines on the water, sweeping over the water to illuminate the houses on the shore and wake up the people sleeping in the room.

At this time, the Erhai Lake is the time when the light and shadow are most complex. Light and dark are intertwined. The distant mountains and the Erhai Lake are bright and dark. The warm sun passing over the water lengthens the shadows of the trees growing on the shore.

In the evening, there are more tourists on the ecological corridor. They wait for the sunrise here in the morning and enjoy the sunset here at night.

The light of the setting sun gradually dimmed, only the outline of the distant mountains, only the shadows of the trees, and the lights on the shore gradually brightened. There were little lights in the sea of stars, as if starlight had fallen into the Erhai Lake. Wave after wave of tourists came here.

Come here to feel the coolness of the wind, the softness of the water, and the lights illuminate the ecological corridor very brightly. People stroll on the ecological corridor and quietly feel the romance of "lighting the lights at night". Tourists in the houses on the shore feel warm and leisurely under the lights. Everything is envied and yearning.

After seeing the quiet scenery of Longniche Wharf and a corner of the ecological corridor in the morning, I returned the same way and drove straight to Xizhou Ancient Town.

On the road from Longkan Wharf to Xizhou Ancient Town, there is a huge and real pastoral landscape painting. Green mountains are walking beside them, cars are swimming in the fields, the fields and farmland are orderly, and crops and the sea of flowers complement each other.

The houses in the fields remain unchanged all year round, but only the crops in the fields change. In spring, the fields are covered with rapeseed flowers, in summer, there are green rice and lotus ponds, in autumn, there are golden rice fields, and in winter, the fallow season.

Driving into Xizhou Ancient Town, you will find that the beauty here is very rich and pure!

Stroll through the narrow alleys of Xizhou Ancient Town, stand in front of the houses that combine ethnic and classical styles, and stroll through them one by one.

Walking through the streets and alleys, go to see handmade tie-dyeing, try Dali's unique milk fan popsicles, study various ancient buildings, and then go to the rice fields of Xizhou Ancient Town to experience the rolling rice waves brought by the joy of harvest!

Leave Xizhou Ancient Town and head to the next destination-Huidiquan.

Butterfly Spring is located at the foot of Yunnongfeng in Cangshan Mountain, not far from Xizhou Ancient Town. It is wrapped in mountains and residential buildings and can be easily reached by following the navigation.

Butterfly Spring has a very large area. In my opinion, it is divided into three floors. The first floor is the peripheral parking lot, the second floor is the bamboo forest and cherry blossom forest, and the third floor is the core floor, which is also the place where the Butterfly Spring Spring Pool is located. It is also the place with the most beautiful scenery in Butterfly Spring Park.

Pass through layers of woods and reach the quaint Butterfly Spring archway. The most beautiful scenery of Butterfly Spring is ahead. When you get closer, dense forests, mountains, springs and lakes all appear in front of you.

Visit Butterfly Spring first, then visit Lovers Lake to watch performances, and visit the Butterfly Museum and Butterfly World by the lake.

Butterfly Spring is a clear, blue-blue spring pool. The water will not dry up all year round. It is named because of the sad love legend and the spectacle of butterflies flying.

Nowadays, there has been no spectacle of springs surging and butterflies flying in Butterfly Spring for many years. You can only imagine the spectacle through words. Butterfly Spring is now more like a symbol.

Lover Lake next to Butterfly Spring has instead become the most worthwhile place to see. It is the most beautiful and lively place in Butterfly Spring Park.

A path around the lake is not wide, but it is quiet. The sun can only shed a little through the gaps. Tourists like to stroll along the lake and quietly admire the lakes and mountains.

There is a small island in the lake. There is a water stage set up in front of the island. Bai people's songs and dances will be performed here, such as playing strings in front of your door and circling three spirits.

The water in the lake is clear and cold. Goose, ducks, and fish swim around in the lake, and often swim to the shore to interact with people.

On the east and west sides of the lake are the Butterfly World and the Butterfly Museum respectively. These two museums display an animal, but there are differences between life and death.

The Butterfly World is a place where butterflies are cultivated in Butterfly Spring. The temperature and humidity are artificially controlled here, and the environment is arranged in imitation of butterfly habits to allow various butterflies to reproduce here. Therefore, when you enter here, you enter a world where butterflies dance.

The Butterfly Museum is located on the west bank of Valentine's Lake. It is the largest butterfly specimen museum with the most complete variety of butterflies in the country.

When entering the museum, the first thing you see is the treasure of the museum-"Nanzhao Butterfly Festival Picture" made of butterfly specimens. It allows us to see the grandeur and excitement of the butterfly festival on the 15th day of the fourth lunar month.

Traveling along the guide route, you can see butterflies distributed all over the world. The rare and common ones can be found here, making people want to be a "butterfly chaser".

In addition to scenery to see, there are also activities to play in Butterfly Spring Park, such as shouting springs with very eye-catching effects, squirrels that live in the woods and can be fed.

After leaving Huidiquan Park, bypassing Shangguan Town, we will arrive at Shuanglang Ancient Town and Nanzhao Style Island.

Shuanglang Ancient Town is not big, but there is one sentence that is most suitable to summarize it."Although the sparrow is small, it has all five organs." It not only has beautiful scenery and delicious food along the Erhai Lake, but is also extremely excellent.

Nanzhao Style Island is located in the Erhai Lake, only tens of meters away from the dock of Shuanglang Ancient Town. You can take a cruise ship to the opposite bank.

Nanzhao Fengqing Island is surrounded by water on all sides and is adjacent to Yuji Island where Shuanglang Town is located across the water. On the Fengqing Island, one side views the mountains, one side plays with the water, one side enjoys the scenery, and the other side overlooks the fishing village. There are different scenery on all sides.

Nanzhao Fengqing Island is covered by tall trees, and you can't see its true appearance from a distance. When you step on the Fengqing Island, all the previously blocked scenery will be displayed in front of you.

The seaside comprehensive beach is under a cliff and close to the water's edge. You can play in the water and rest here. Every summer, this is the most popular stopping place.

Follow the sightseeing plank road around Nanzhao Style Island and you can encounter the Erhai Moon Observation Platform, Nanzhao Palace, Main Square, Shayimu Carvings, etc. The entire sightseeing plank road is under the shade of trees, so you don't have to worry about the sun.

The Erhai Moon Observation Platform is said to be the best place to view the four scenic spots of Dali, because the clear brilliance of the moonlight covers the entire water when the full moon is full, as if stars in the sky have fallen on the water. It is so beautiful that it is unforgettable.

The main square allows you to have an in-depth understanding of the heroes of Dali's population. These heroes are legendary and real. Their common characteristic is that they have made important contributions to Dali, so the square is built here to sing praises of their deeds.

Nanzhao Palace and the main square stand back to each other. The overall building is white and has both Tang and ethnic styles, so it looks very eye-catching and unique.

The interior decoration of Nanzhao Palace reflects royal style everywhere. The caisson in the center of the roof of the hall is designed to imitate ancient royal buildings, not to mention the very obvious royal architectural elements inside. Not all buildings have the majestic feeling.

Passing through a forest, you will be able to enjoy the scenery of Shuanglang Town from a distance. The buildings are built next to the water, and there are traditional Bai houses one after another, which are different and each has its own merits.

The front of the island around the island to Nanzhao Style Island is the Shayimu group carving. This group carving has a strong artistic atmosphere and is very worth seeing, but the story behind it is more worthy of attention. It tells the myth of creation believed by Dali people.

After spending two hours touring Nanzhao Style Island, you can choose to live in Shuanglang Ancient Town, and then leave the subsequent time to "Shuanglang" to go deep into the alleys of the town and experience its humanistic atmosphere to the fullest.

This small town is full of fireworks and literature. Here you will see how life and distance, ideals and reality balance each other.

Walking through the streets and alleys of the ancient town, you will find that everything here is full of surprises. The appearance of a cluster of flowers and a tree is just right.

In the small town, vines climb up the walls, flowers bloom wantonly on the roadside, and everyone lives seriously here. This kind of life scene is really beautiful.

The scenery of the self-driving "Tour Around the Sea" on the western line of the Erhai Lake in Dali is the soul of the road around the sea. It takes you to see the most representative scenery in Dali, experience the most enthusiastic and simple ethnic customs, and let you wander in the dreams created by Dali!

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Editor: Reading Yunnan Yijing

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