Whenever Dali is mentioned, many people's first reaction is Cangshan Mountain, Erhai Lake, Shuanglang, and Ancient City. What I want to tell you is: Dali, as a tourist city, has elements and attractions far beyond your imagination!

Next, let's take a look. A scenic spot that was popular across the country in the 1960s is still one of Dali's many representative scenic spots!

Legend has it that a sad and beautiful love story happened here, and it is also because of this love story that is known to more people. Although people don't know when this legend originated, as long as this place is mentioned, Dali locals will know that it is about this place, and it is Dali Butterfly Spring.

Dali Butterfly Spring is located at the foot of Yunnong Peak in Cangshan Mountain, 40 kilometers north of Dali. It is known for its pool of spring water and legends. The spectacle of colored butterflies hanging from trees and hanging upside down on the water attracted Xu Xiake and Guo Moruo, two ancient and modern writers, to compete to leave poems for it.

Looking closely at Butterfly Spring, I think it is the most popular place since ancient times. Why do I have this opinion?

Listen to me slowly!

First, Butterfly Spring was first famous for the love story of Gu Wen and Xia Lang. Therefore, every year the Butterfly Festival is regarded as the "Valentine's Day" of the Bai people. Young men and women of the Bai people come here to sing songs together. Butterfly Spring also has the reputation of "Love Capital".

Second, Xu Xiake, a traveler from the Ming Dynasty, and Guo Moruo, a modern poet, both came to Huadian Spring in admiration of her fame, and both left literary masterpieces for Huadian Spring. Among them, Guo Moruo's poems describing Huadian Spring were carved into stone carvings and placed in Huadian Spring. In front of the Lover Lake.

The big trees on the spring bloom like butterflies in early April, with bright whiskers and wings, no different from raw butterflies. There are also tens of millions of real butterflies, hanging upside down from the top of the tree, and on the surface of the spring, they are colorful and colorful.
Tourists all gather to watch from this month, and it will be over after five months.
Selected passages from "Xu Xiake's Travels"

Thousands of butterflies fly to the butterfly tree at the head of Butterfly Spring.
The end and end hang together like beads, once a year in mid-April.
I am here for today's Mid-Autumn Festival, and butterflies don't come to look forward to it.
Green tea wishes the soul of butterflies, and dragons and flowers will stay in spring forever.

Selected passages from "Butterfly Spring"

Third, as early as 1959, Butterfly Spring was known to people across the country with its movie "Five Golden Flowers". People were attracted by the storyline inside, and Butterfly Spring became famous for a time.

In 1983, an animated short film produced by Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio-"Butterfly Spring" tells the story of the love story about Wen Gu and Xia Lang that happened among the people in Butterfly Spring.

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Fourth, in addition to movies, there is also music about Butterfly Spring that has been passed down to the world and is still sung today. Song Zuying's version of "Butterfly Spring" has been continuously renovated and sung from the release of the song to the present, with melodious melodies and catchy lyrics. The song is also an interlude in the movie "Five Golden Flowers".

So, is Butterfly Spring the most popular place?

Poetry, ancient documents, movies, animations, music, and so many art forms have depicted Butterfly Spring.

In Dali, it seems that there is no other place like Butterfly Spring that has so many art forms to depict it!

Today, walk into Butterfly Spring.

In addition to the decrease in outdoor butterflies due to changes in the living environment of butterflies, the entire Butterfly Spring seems not much different from what is depicted in movies and music.

After passing through a straight bluestone path, you will reach the core area of Butterfly Spring. Walking on the bluestone path, you can see the statue of Xu Xiake, who was the first to leave literary works for Butterfly Spring.

Walking into the core area of Butterfly Spring, ancient trees block the sky and the sun, the spring water is dripping, and the environment is quiet. The sound of spring water flowing can be heard everywhere.

Near Butterfly Spring, as depicted in "Xu Xiake's Travels", there is a big tree growing bent and there is a spring water under the tree. The spring water is as clear as a mirror.

The water in Butterfly Spring flows out of the small hole under the tree and flows eastward, forming the Wulong Pool. The water from the Wulong Pool collects towards a pool and swamp not far from the east. The water in this small pool is full and flows out., flowing into Lover Lake.

The entire layout of Butterfly Spring is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with lush grass plants and a particularly good environment. The Butterfly Hall and Butterfly World are covered by trees.

Singing often wafts by the Lovers Lake from morning to night. This is a water stage performing Bai songs and dances. The performance will attract many tourists to stop and watch.

The performance time is fixed, as long as during the time period, there are guys and girls wearing Bai costumes by the Butterfly Spring and Lovers Lake, playing strings and singing Bai tunes.

Walking along Lovers Lake, you will find the stone carvings written by Guo Moruo about the long poem about Huadian Spring, as well as the sculptures of Wen Gu and Xia Lang.

Although there is no longer any sight of colorful butterflies hanging down from trees and hanging upside down on the water, Butterfly Spring is still the Butterfly Spring from many years ago. The spring water is still crystal clear and has never dried up.

It is still a "holy land of love" in the hearts of Dali people. The legend about Butterfly Spring is still circulated among Dali people and has never been dated. It is still one of Dali's many representative scenic spots!

[Editor] Reading Yunnan Yijing

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