In the autumn of 2022, I returned to this place that haunted me. Dali in autumn, the sky is blue and the sea is blue, which is extremely warm. However, the time in Dali is also warm. The Cangshan Mountain is proudly tall and straight, the Erhai Lake is passionate about literature and art, the ancient town is free and peaceful, and there is also the comfort of delicious food. Dali is such a desirable and difficult place to put down. In the poem volume of the wind, flowers, snow and moon, Dali is already outside the world.
About the itinerary: D1 Flying from Shanghai to Dali, staying at Wucai Yunhuayuan Hotel in Dali Ancient City, dinner at Wuxiang·Linwu Biowing Hotel, D2 driving by Erhai Lake, cycling at Yangnan Xicai Village Section of Dali Erhai Ecological Corridor, Xizhou Ancient Town, Shuanglang Afternoon Tea, and then visiting Cangshan Natural Image Museum D3 Driving to Shaxi Ancient Town, staying at Jianchuan Yundu Shaxi Courtyard, first seeing Shaxi private dishes for lunch, wandering the ancient town in the afternoon, and having dinner at Shaxi Huotang People's D4 Fengyu Art Village,[Reversal Hall],[Tianma Cottage],[Zeng Zeng's Bookstore],[Air Rice Field Theater], and [Guang Art Museum], leave for Weishan Ancient Town in the afternoon, stay in the Liangjia Courtyard, check in for dinner, visit the famous chef Master Kun's restaurant D5 Weishan Ancient Town for a half-day tour, and return to Dali in the afternoon. Visit the Three Towers of Chongsheng Temple and leave at night.
Itinerary Features: Around the Erhai Lake: Cycling, ancient town, exploration and exhibition, afternoon tea Ancient town: Xizhou, Shaxi, Weishan Accommodation: Full boutique hotels and B & B Food: My favorite food is in Shaxi and Weishan Ancient Town
Dali Erhai Ecological Corridor, the most beautiful cycling Dali Erhai Ecological Corridor, is the best sightseeing route for traveling around the Erhai Lake. It has a total length of 129 kilometers. If you have the physical strength, you can ride 129 kilometers to exchange for the Erhai Lake experience and shuttle at will. In large and small wetlands along the way, you can stop at any time to take photos and play along the way.
We chose to ride for a distance of about 4.5 kilometers. On this way, we rode along the Erhai Lake. Cangshan Mountain was proudly tall and straight. Erhai Lake was full of literature and art, beautiful and beautiful. This was Dali's unique romance. The red metasequoia forests in the original ecology of the Erhai Lake have become the most dazzling tourist hotspots. The beautiful S Bay near Yanxi Village, Dali Town has Bai houses with blue tiles and white walls on one side, and the blue Erhai Lake on the other side. Each photo can become the most "hate" in the circle of friends.
Cangshan is the alliance, and Erhai is the oath. When riding around Erhai, it is as if I have met an old friend I haven't seen for a long time. It is surprised, kind and beautiful. As the saying goes,"If you don't give up, the time will be warm; if you don't leave, the time will never be cold."
Xizhou Ancient Town, visit + explore Xizhou Ancient Town is an ancient town at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and on the banks of Erhai Lake. It is most famous for its pastoral scenery in autumn. If you catch the good season before the harvest, you will meet a golden Xizhou with the fragrance of wheat waves and rice. If you come after the harvest like us, then go to Xizhou Ancient Town to check in.
With the jingling sound of carriages, we fell into the arms of the ancient town. This is an ancient town inhabited by the Bai people. It is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city and silently blooms its unique beauty on the banks of the Erhai Lake. In my eyes, Xizhou Ancient Town is a quiet town with its simple folk customs, giving people a feeling of half fireworks and half poetry.
In the ancient town, there is a Jiama Printmaking Art Museum, an art paradise in the ancient town of Xizhou, exuding a strong artistic atmosphere. Before I came here, I really knew nothing about Jiama. Walking into the quaint museum, through the more than 300 fine Jiama woodcut prints and installation works on display, I gained a deep understanding of Jiama's past and present life and production craftsmanship, mysterious ancient folk skills, have returned again after a thousand years of absence. This intangible cultural heritage can be said to be a precious spiritual wealth of the Dali and Bai people.
In Shuanglang Ancient Town, beautiful afternoon tea all say that Shuanglang is the most beautiful place on the shores of the Erhai Lake and the most relaxing place on the shores of the Erhai Lake. The entire town maintains a complete historical and cultural district of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and hundreds of typical Bai traditional houses in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are gold shuttle brocade, jade jade red lotus, Maitreya laughing at the sky, stone women herding geese, tiger mouth watching the tide, green chickens about to jump, Zhengjue bells, red mountains, Luoshi playing in the water, island following ancient banyan trees, lotus flowers, python running across the sea, turtles and snakes standing against each other and other eighteen scenic spots.
We came to Shuanglang more to enjoy the convenient leisure and entertainment here. The seaside is densely packed with cafes, restaurants and B & Bs, of all kinds, each with its own unique decoration style, and each has become a good place for us to check in and take photos. For us, enjoying a quiet and high-specification afternoon tea was the right way to relax in the double corridor. So we went to the Pusu Designer Seaview Hotel for afternoon tea. Every corner was really easy to shoot.
We settle here, lazily bathing in the sun; we play here to pay tribute to this blue; we are grateful here because he has amazed the time and softened the years.
Cangshan Natural Image Museum, the palace of art. Cangshan Natural Image Museum is a museum built by Xi Zhinong, a famous wildlife photographer and founder of the non-governmental environmental protection organization "Wild China". Not long after its completion, the exhibition hall has already exhibited many natural photography celebrities. Photography works, from vegetation to wild animals, from macro photography to macro photography, from professional SLR photography to mobile phone photography, it turns out that there are too many creatures in the world that we have never seen before. It is precisely because of their existence that our natural environment is always in a virtuous cycle.
After a tour and teacher Xi Zhinong's introduction, I have to admire the teacher's perseverance and professionalism. He is really using practical actions to devote himself to a cutting-edge position in the collection, collation, research, display and promotion of natural images in China, and at the same time Become an important force in arousing public attention to biodiversity. We long for an ideal place to live, and please give nature an ideal place to live.
Shaxi Ancient Town, a place where I just want to lie flat. It is no exaggeration to say that a day in Shaxi may be the place I have encountered during my travels in recent years that I want to lie flat most. Shaxi Town is located in the southeast of Jianchuan County, 32 kilometers away from the county seat. It is located between the three major tourist areas of Dali, Lijiang and Shangri-La. A long time ago, Shaxi was an important town on the ancient tea-hemp road.
Today, when we all enter Shaxi Ancient Town again, although the prosperity of the ancient tea-horse road is no longer there, the legendary story is still drifting in the wind. It has the deepest poetry of the passage of time, the quiet and simple streets, the ancient vicissitudes of stone bridges, and the ancient history. The ancient stage... the white walls and black tiles are all written down in the past.
There are too many must-check attractions in Shaxi Ancient Town. From walking into the ancient stage on Sifang Street, you are like wearing golden armor under the sun. Although it is simple and vicissitudes, it adds a poetic feeling; in the ancient streets and alleys, there are exotic buildings and city gates. Although history has been annihilated, they have spawned small shops with a flavor. It is extremely happy to sit in front of the store and play with cute dogs. Both sides of the vicissitudes of the stone bridge are naturally beautiful, and this has also become an indispensable frame in the autumn scenery of Shaxi.
In the afternoon when we had nothing to do, we went to Sanyi Coffee and ordered a cup of dirty. On Sanyi Terrace in the sun, the breeze was not dry. In front of us was the lush green of Cangshan Mountain, and at our feet was the ancient town of Shaxi. Sitting here, it seemed to have been forgotten by time. Everything was truly in front of our eyes, becoming the best place for that uneasy heart. This cup is to Shaxi!
Fengyu Town, the art village is famous as Fengyu Town. It is located in Eryuan County, the head of Cangshan Mountain and the source of the Erhai Lake. If you only know Fengyu Ancient Town, it is really OUT. Today, Fengyu has become a large-scale open-air art museum.
Fengyu's mountain fields are all art. We can watch the clouds and clouds in the Backward Hall. We can go to the Sky Rice Field Theater to enjoy art performances, or go to Zeng Zeng's bookstore to read and sigh for tea. But what surprised me the most was the Light Art Museum. This is a building built of wood like a granary to display the art of a beam of light. It transfers with the transfer of sunlight. It is really simple but not simple.
Fengyu is such an art village that is small but beautiful, far and clean, original and creative, rural and foreign. Its vision is to turn this beautiful village into an art valley, course valley, brand release valley, and become "China's largest open-air art museum" and "international head vacation destination".
Weishan Ancient Town, Weishan Mountain at the source of the Red River, is a city with strong local historical and cultural characteristics. It is the birthplace of Nanzhao State. The ancient city was built in the Yuan Dynasty and was transformed into a brick city in the Ming Dynasty. Now it has its appearance and carries more than 600 years of history.
The streets in Weishan Ancient City are centered on the arched tower and are constructed in a standard well-shaped structure. There are 25 streets and 18 alleys, with a total length of 14 kilometers. The houses in the city basically maintain the Chinese structure, while the houses on both sides of the south and north main axes completely preserve the architectural style and style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The houses are oriented at about 15 degrees south by west, which is the best lighting method combined with the local area to make up for the poor light side of the "four-in-five patio".
Weishan is not only famous for this ancient city, but also for Weishan's food is among the best in Dali. Go to the restaurant of the famous chef Master Kun and have a high-standard Yunnan cuisine with Master Kun's strong personal style and original characteristics. Or come to the streets of the night market at night and have a roast chicken foot, roasted bait nuggets, as well as various candied fruits, juices, and rice noodles crossing the river. Weishan's food carries the nostalgia of Weishan people and is also the warmest part of us Weishan visitors.
Walking on the streets of the ancient town, time has eroded the once prosperous style of the small town, but generations of people have left behind to live poetically here. We can find the tranquility of history and the vividness of reality through the gaps in time that slowly flows through the day and night; we can also feel the real atmosphere of fireworks in the world from the exclusive flavor of Weishan, which calms the hearts of ordinary people!
Three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple: Chongsheng Temple under Cangshan, the landmark of Dali. This thousand-year-old relic was once a royal temple of Dali Kingdom. There are three pagodas in front of the temple, consisting of three pavilions, one big, two small pavilions. The big tower is also known as Chihiro Tower. Local people call it the "Wenbi Tower". Behind it is a huge temple building complex, which is of great historical and artistic value.
Looking from a distance, you can see three towers standing tall and majestic, forever guarding Sanchuan. The temple buildings behind them are scattered, resplendent and majestic. Now they have become one of the most majestic and oldest buildings in southern China, leaving them for future generations to witness their vicissitudes and glory.
About accommodation: Dali Ancient City Five Caiyun Garden Hotel is a boutique hotel next to the ancient city of Dali. It has a superior location, convenient transportation, and a private parking lot for the hotel. The hotel is more than 700 meters away from the South Gate of Dali Ancient City, and only a 10-minute drive from famous tourist attractions such as Dali Chongsheng Temple Third Pagoda, Tianlong Babu Film and Television City and Cangshan Cableway. The hotel is composed of a building with five courtyards and blue tiles and stone walls in the style of Dali houses, which is specially integrated into the garden design. The furniture in all guest rooms is tailor-made to the original colors of raw wood, green, environmentally friendly, fashionable and simple. Address: No. 60 Lvyu Road, Ancient City, Dali
Jianchuan Yundu Shaxi Bieyuan B & B is located in a quiet courtyard in Shaxi Ancient Town. The buildings in the courtyard are extremely precious because of their century-old history. The century-old locust tree in front of the door never speaks, quietly watching the morning glow and sunset, witnessing the changes of more than 300 spring and autumn years in this world. The owner renovated this ancient house in the hope that we would find the most primitive appearance of Shaxi in the ancient alleys and enjoy and experience the ancient culture of Shaxi among the flowers and grass in Yundu. We can sip tea and discuss Tao with our friends on the natural pond terrace in the courtyard and talk about life. We can sit on the stargazing platform on the top floor of the courtyard and watch the stars move. We can quietly think about the various aspects of life. The dream of just lying flat when the years are quiet is realized in Yundu. Address: No. 106 Sideng Street, Shaxi Ancient Town
Liang Family Courtyard In the ancient city of Weishan, the old houses in one courtyard and one courtyard are the soul of the ancient city. The green and gray tiles, white walls, and ink-colored calligraphy and dan wall paintings on the walls are simple and elegant. Liang Family Courtyard, Fan Family Courtyard, Liu Family Courtyard, Xu Family Courtyard... Each old house in one courtyard has its own story. One compound after another has become check-in points that the ancient city has to enter. However, many compound compounds have become B & Bs and restaurants, but you can still walk in and find out. The Liangjia Courtyard is now also a B & B. It was renovated and built on the basis of maintaining the old house. There are three entrances to the courtyard, which provides tranquility in the hustle and bustle. The first entrance is the front yard, the second entrance is the guest room area, and the third entrance is the back garden, with the strong characteristics of Weishan mansion. The room facilities are complete, and I chose the main room in the courtyard. The space is very large. If you are a family, you can live happily and comfortably. Other room types include high-end boutique rooms, superior queen rooms, superior twin rooms, parent-child rooms and other room types to meet different accommodation needs. Address: No. 6, Dashuigou Street, Nanzhao Town
About food: Recommended by Dali City: Wuxiang·Linwu Bird Singing Hotel This is a hotel and a treasure cafe and restaurant in Dali. Walking on the gravel road at the door and passing through heavy white arches, you will arrive at a garden like the Wizard of Oz. Behind the garden is my countryside, the forest dancing birds singing, and the INS-wind is full of it. The first night of dinner in Dali was enjoyed in the romantic garden here. There were a variety of fine Western food and a different taste of Dali.
Recommendation of Shaxi Ancient Town: First time for Shaxi Private Kitchen: When you visit Shaxi, you must come to taste Shaxi cuisine. The restaurant has been open on the old street of Shaxi Ancient Town for many years. It is always a representative of Shaxi cuisine at any time. Therefore, every day, there are full seats and batches of tourists from all over the country are welcomed and sent to us, allowing us to get to know Shaxi, taste Shaxi, and then gain a deeper understanding of Shaxi.
Shaxi Huotang People: One of the specialties of Shaxi's cuisine is Mabang Huotang cuisine. This restaurant is very authentic. Cook chicken soup casserole over charcoal heat for 2-3 hours in advance and set aside. After diners sit down, the charcoal is quickly heated with a spray gun, wild miscellaneous fungi are added to the chicken soup, and placed on the fire to continue cooking. The iron plates around the charcoal fire are used to roast meat. When everything is ready, drink soup, then eat wild mushrooms, three eat roasted flowers, and then slowly barbecue. It can be said that warmth poured in from body to heart.
Recommendation of Weishan Ancient Town: Master Kun's Restaurant: Master Kun is in the ancient city of Weishan, the old capital of Nanzhao in the south of Dali. Dali is red and purple, but Weishan is quiet and indifferent. Master Kun's reputation is not just passed down by word of mouth, but important institutions will ask him to show his skills. Master Kun attaches great importance to creativity. While serving the dishes, he tells us about the making process of each dish. Whether it is the ingredients or cooking methods, this is the first time we have heard of many of them. He is full of sincerity and is also Master Kun's love for Yunnan cuisine. We are also very happy to eat.
You can't miss all kinds of Weishan snacks The night market in Weishan Ancient City at night, including roasted chicken feet, grilled bait nuggets, as well as all kinds of candied meats, juices, and rice noodles crossing the river that fill the streets of the ancient city... Weishan's delicious food, It is the nostalgia of Weishan people and the warmest part of us Weishan visitors.
This is a colorful Dali, this is a Dali with ancient charm, this is also an artistic and fashionable Dali, a Dali that will not be forgotten for a long time in our memory
