Dali Attractions: Cangshan Erhai Lake

Cangshan Erhai Lake is located in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. It is a place longed for by tourists from ancient to modern times. Yang Sheng'an, a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty, described it as "the mountains are green and verdant, and the sea is half-moon covered in blue". Cangshan Mountain, also known as Diancang Mountain, has nineteen peaks, each with an altitude of more than 3,500 meters, and the highest peak is more than 4,000 meters above sea level. The scenery of Cangshan Mountain has always been famous for its snow, clouds and springs. The snow on Cangshan Mountain that persists through the summer is the most famous of the four scenic spots in Dali: "Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon". On a sunny day in March, the top of Diancang Mountain looks crystal clear and quiet. It is worthy of being a pure and pure crystal world. The clouds on Diancang Mountain change in many shapes, sometimes as light as blue smoke, sometimes as thick as splashed ink. At the turn of summer and autumn, white clouds like jade belts appear from time to time on the green mountainside. They stretch for hundreds of miles and never disappear, which is charming and charming. On the top of Cangshan Mountain, there are many alpine moraine lakes, surrounded by primeval forests that block the sky and the sun. There are also 18 streams flowing between 19 peaks, nourishing the land in the foothills and dotting the scenery of Cangshan Mountain. Cangshan is still a world full of flowers. There are not only dozens of species of rhododendrons, but also rare azaleas and hydrangea-like lantanas. Erhai Lake is a beautiful plateau lake with a long and narrow shape, 40 kilometers long from north to south, and an area of ??about 240 square kilometers. Boating on the Erhai Lake on a calm day, the clean and transparent sea surface is like the clear blue sky, giving people a peaceful and distant feeling. In Tuanshan, the southernmost point of Erhai Lake, there is an Erhai Park, which is a good place to enjoy the scenery of Cangshan and Erhai Lake. At the foot of Cangshan Mountain and on the shore of Erhai Lake, there is also a famous tourist attraction - Butterfly Spring. The fame of Butterfly Spring is related to Xu Xiake's description in his travel notes. He wrote: "The big tree on the spring will bloom like a butterfly in early April, with lifelike whiskers and wings, just like a living butterfly. There are also tens of thousands of real butterflies, with whiskers and hooked legs, hanging upside down from the tree. On the surface of the spring, there are colorful flowers and colorful flowers. "There are indeed times like this when there are countless colorful butterflies coming here to gather, and the colors are gorgeous, like clouds and brocade. In the past few years, the number of butterflies has decreased. According to relevant inspections, the main reasons are firstly that the local climate has turned drier, causing butterflies to migrate, and secondly that a large number of insecticides have been used in rural areas, accidentally injuring many butterfly larvae. However, in the past two or three years, with the gradual restoration of ecological balance and people's conscious efforts to protect butterflies, the number of butterflies gathering every year has increased day by day. Foreigner Street

In the ancient city, Dali Foreigner Street was originally called "Guoguo Road", which means that in the early Republic of China, the people of Yunnan opposed Yuan Shikai's proclaimed emperor and got its name from the army to protect the country. Huguo Road runs east-west, 1,000 meters long and 7 meters wide, and is paved with bluestone slabs. It starts from the Yunnan-Tibet Highway in the west and intersects with Boai, Fuxing and other major streets. Later, in order to meet the needs of open tourism, the ancient city of Dali was designated as the main attraction for open tourism, and the Red Mountain Tea Hotel was designated as a foreign-related hotel. The Red Mountain Tea Hotel is located in the western section of Huguo Road in the ancient city. As a result, Huguo Road became a foreign Tourist distribution center in Dali. Chinese and Western flavor shops, jewelry stores, antique shops, tie-dye shops, and galleries have sprung up. Shops line both sides of the street, making it a dazzling array of things to see. It has become the famous "foreigner street in Dali" at home and abroad. Nowadays, the name of Huguo Road in the ancient city of Dali is actually called "Foreigner Street" in some foreign drawings. It can be seen that Dali Foreigner Street has become famous all over the world and has become a place that foreign friends yearn for and a warm home for them living in Dali. The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple

The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple are the symbol of Dali, the symbol of ancient Yunnan history and culture, and one of the oldest and most majestic buildings in southern China. In 1961, the State Council announced it as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Chongsheng Temple was originally located to the west of the Three Pagodas, close to Cangshan Mountain. Its mountain gate is about 120 meters away from the main tower of the Three Pagodas. It was built by the 10th king of Nanzhao Kingdom Quanfengyou (824-859 AD), when it was Nanzhao. Late period of the country. In the middle period of the Nanzhao Kingdom, the worship of Buddhism rose, and by the time of Quan Fengyou, it had reached its peak. Buddhist temples were spread all over Yunnan, with 3,000 small temples and 800 large temples. In the Dali Kingdom after Nanzhao, Buddhism was more developed than in Nanzhao. Therefore, Dali is known as the "Buddha Kingdom" and the "Miaoxiang Kingdom". After the completion of Chongsheng Temple, it became the center of Buddhist activities during the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms. The "holy" worshiped by Chongsheng Temple is Guanyin. At that time, Guanyin worship was very popular in the Dali area. According to relevant documents, when the Chongsheng Temple and the main pagoda were built, the base of the temple was 7 miles wide, there were more than 800 houses, more than 10,000 Buddhas, more than 40,000 kilograms of copper was consumed, and more than 700,000 people worked. The existing main tower is 69.13 meters high and has 16 floors. It is a square hollow brick tower with dense eaves and is one of the tallest existing towers in China. The small tower among the three towers is to the west of the main tower, equidistant from the main tower by 70 meters; facing each other in the north and south, 97 meters apart. They were built by the Dali Kingdom during the Five Dynasties period. The two towers have the same shape, with 10 floors and a height of 42.4 meters. They are octagonal hollow brick towers with dense eaves. After Chongsheng Temple and the Three Pagodas were built, they experienced thousands of years of vicissitudes and wind and rain erosion. Chongsheng Temple was destroyed during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, but the West Three Pagodas still stand tall. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the government attached great importance to the protection of the Three Towers. In 1978, it carried out large-scale repairs. During this maintenance, more than 600 Buddhist cultural relics were discovered in the base of Qianxun Pagoda, including a large number of Buddha statues and Buddhist scriptures. Among them was a gold statue of Guanyin, weighing 1135 grams and 24 centimeters high, which is extremely precious. This is the richest batch of cultural relics from the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms discovered so far. It is of extremely high value and has attracted attention at home and abroad.

This discovery has unveiled a mysterious veil of ancient Dali, a "Buddhist country". As for the architectural style of the Three Pagodas, it is generally said that it is similar to the Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an and is a typical Tang pagoda style. It shows the close connection between Yunnan and the mainland during the Tang and Song Dynasties. There is no doubt about this. Dali Ancient City

The ancient city of Dali (now Dali City), referred to as Yucheng, is one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities in my country approved by the State Council in February 1982, and is also one of the 44 key scenic spots in the country. Located in the east of the capital ruins of Nanzhao and Dali, it was first built in the 15th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1382) and has been built many times in the past dynasties. Dali is known as "a country famous for literature". The long history has left many important cultural relics. Dali Scenic Area has 4 national key cultural relics protection units and 19 provincial key cultural relics protection units, which can be summarized as the "three ancients", namely the ancient city, ancient towers and ancient monuments. The ancient cities of Dali City include Taihe City, Yangju City, Dali City (now Xizhou Town), Longwei City (now Xiaguan), and Dali City; the ancient pagodas include the Three Towers of Chongsheng Temple, the First Tower of Hongsheng Temple, Snake bone pagoda, fish bone pagoda; ancient steles include Nanzhao Dehua stele, Yuan Shizu Ping Yunnan stele, Wuhua Tower stele group, Shanhua stele, etc. The long history also gave birth to many outstanding figures. Prominent ones include the fourth, fifth and sixth kings of Nanzhao, Piluoge, Geluofeng and Yimouxun; Qingping official (prime minister) Zheng Hui, Duan Siping, the founder of Dali, and the famous painter Zhang Shengwen; Ming Dynasty poets and writers Yang Fu, Yang Shiyun, and Li Yuanyang; modern democratic revolutionary patriots Li Xiexi and Zhang Yaozeng; outstanding military theorist Yang Jie; and Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces leader Zhou Baozhong. Dali City has a radius of 12 miles, and the city wall is 2 feet 5 feet high and 2 feet thick. There are gates in the east, west, and south, with towers on them, which are called Tonghai, Cangshan, Chengen, and Anyuan respectively. There are also turrets at the four corners of the city, also Each has its own name: Yingchuan, Xiping, Kongming, Changqing. The outer wall of the city wall is made of bricks, with battlements on the upper side and a ditch on the lower side. The city is well-organized and laid out in a checkerboard shape, with 5 streets from south to north and 8 lanes from east to west. What remains today are parts of the city walls of the north and south cities and the south city tower (rebuilt in 1982). If Dali City, the state capital, gives people a feeling of prosperity and bustle, then Dali City is simple and quiet. The clear Dingdong River flows in the city, and every household grows flowers and trees, with flowers and fruits growing in abundance. The Garden Tea House hidden deep in the streets is a good place for tourists to rest. The French and other snack restaurants privately opened after the reform and opening up are also popular places for foreign guests. Traditional marble handicrafts line both sides of the street for viewing and purchase. Transportation in Dali Ancient City: Take bus No. 4 or No. 8 from Xiaguan, and it takes about 40 minutes to reach the ancient city. The fare is 1.5 yuan (unmanned ticket bus). In addition, tourists can also take the minibuses located on Jianshe Road and Wenhua Road, which can reach the ancient city in about 30 minutes. Tourists mainly travel around Dali Ancient City on foot. Butterfly Spring Butterfly Spring is located at the foot of Yunong Peak in Cangshan Mountain, 40 kilometers north of Dali City. Due to long-term erosion by mountains and rivers, sand and gravel are in pieces, and there are few trees on the hillside. But when you slowly walk uphill for about half a mile, you will see a dazzling green shade. Walking through the quaint stone square, there is a marble stele about 3 meters high standing in front of you. The stele is prismatic. On the right side of the front, there are three characters "Butterfly Spring" handwritten by Guo Moruo. The left example is engraved with Guo Lao's handwriting of a poem about Butterfly Spring; on the back of the stele is a diary of Xu Xiake's visit to Dali Butterfly Spring. Walking along the tree-lined path for about thirty to forty meters, you will see ancient trees standing tall, covering the sky with thick shade. A clear spring is embedded in it. The bottom is paved with bluestones. The spring water is clear. People often throw metal coins into the pool and watch it swirl slowly. At sunset, the sun sifts through the tops of the trees, and the silver light on the bottom of the pool sparkles, making the spring water feel clearer. There are marble railings around the spring pool, and a tall old tree spans the spring. This tree is called the "butterfly tree" because its flowers resemble butterflies. Whenever summer comes, the "butterfly tree" blooms, and swarms of butterflies among the green trees gather here, flying and dancing, which is very lively. The most amazing thing is that thousands of colorful butterflies are mating and hanging upside down on the butterfly tree at the end of the spring, forming countless butterfly strings hanging down to the water. They are colorful and spectacular. The peak period is around April 15th of the lunar calendar, so April 15th of the lunar calendar is designated as the "Butterfly Festival". Why do thousands of butterflies gather here to form such a spectacle? Experts and scholars have observed and studied this, and the most common understandings are: 1. In mid-April of the lunar calendar and some time before, the rain has not yet come, and the summer harvest around Butterfly Spring and in the countryside dozens of miles away is almost complete, and the countryside is half empty. , the climate is hot. In contrast, next to the Butterfly Spring, it is cool and humid, with lush grass and flowers, which is suitable for the growth of butterflies. 2. The "Butterfly Tree" by the Butterfly Spring is in its flowering period at this time, and the tree is full of flowers. The flowers are shaped like butterflies, and the leaves can secrete dense sap and mucus, which butterflies like to eat. Therefore, this kind of tree is quite attractive to butterflies. 3. At this time, it is the mating and egg-laying season of butterflies. The above three factors have caused thousands of colorful butterflies to gather at the Butterfly Spring, linked end to end, forming a string of thousands of butterflies hanging upside down on the trees. It is a unique landscape that is not surprised by the arrival of people, but scatters and reunites after throwing stones. After passing the round gate behind the spring, climb up the stone steps to the newly built hexagonal "Wangyu Pavilion". Looking from the distance from the pavilion: Jizu Mountain is flying, with the Surangama Pagoda on the top of the mountain vaguely visible; the houses and fields of villages such as Digo and Shuanglang at the foot of the mountain are faintly discernible; the Er River is like a mirror; Shangguan is in the north, Xizhou in the south is filled with smoke and trees; the end of the river on the right front is The village is like a sharp sword thrust into the Erhai Lake. This sea-viewing pavilion is indeed a good place to watch the "sea". Nanzhao Fengqing Island Nanzhao Fengqing Island is one of the three islands in Erhai Lake. It is located in Shuanglang Township, Eryuan County, a prime location of Cang'er National Scenic Area.

The island is surrounded by water, with the famous Buddhist holy land Jizu Mountain to the east, Shibao Mountain to the north, Dali to the south, and Cangshan Mountain to the west and the Erhai Lake. Because of its unique tourism resources, it is known as "the scenery of Dali is in Cang'er, and the scenery of Cang'er is in Shuang'er." "Corridor" reputation. It condenses the cultural heritage of Dali for thousands of years and fully displays the style of the imperial capital of Nanzhao and Dali for 600 years. Xizhou Bai Folk Houses Xizhou is located 16 kilometers north of the ancient city of Dali. It is a famous township in western Yunnan and Dali. Xizhou folk houses represent the style of Bai folk houses in Dali City. The typical layout of the closed courtyard is "three squares and one screen wall" and "four in five patios". There is a single courtyard, and there are several courtyards with one entrance. The plane is square, and the shape is a large herringbone roof with tiles, a second floor, and double eaves. ; The main building faces east or south, with three or five rooms. It has a civil masonry structure. The wooden roof trusses are assembled with mortise and tenon joints. One or several courtyards are connected into a whole. The exterior walls are mostly white (lime) on the upper side and gray (grey) on the lower side. Fine mud) for painting. Xizhou Bai folk houses pay special attention to the decoration of screen walls, door and window grilles, gables and gate towers. The screen wall is a necessary building for a main courtyard with two sides and three main courtyards. It is mostly a wall with one high and two low peach eaves and flying corners and a green roof. It is located in front of the main house and connects the gables of the two sides to form a closed courtyard on the three sides. The center of the screen wall is painted with lime, and the book has a four-character inscription, or is inlaid with a marble screen; the surrounding patterns are inlaid with fan, rectangular, circular and other patterns, and the middle is painted with ink or pastel. Doors and windows, especially the lattice door of the main hall, are mostly made of precious woods such as cloudwood, red toon, catalpa wood, spruce, etc., and are carved with folk auspicious patterns such as golden rooster, happy brows, and unicorn showing auspiciousness. Most of them are openwork or round carvings. The gable is painted with white ash, and the peak is triangular in shape. On it are auspicious patterns such as cloud patterns, wishful thinking patterns, lotus flowers, and rhombus patterns painted with ink. Qingbi Creek

Qingbi Creek is also known as Cuipenshui, and Dali people affectionately call it "Dexi". It is one of the 18 streams in Diancang Mountain. It is between Malong Peak and Shengying Peak in Cangshan Mountain. The stream water merges into the upper, middle and lower pools on the mountainside, and then flows down into a stream and flows into the Erhai Lake. The first pool of Qingbi Creek is a small semicircular pool with dazzling green water. From there, we climbed up a steep mountain rock covered with moss, and then we reached the second pool. This pool is hidden in the cliffs on three sides. It is not large in area, but it is the most beautiful. Standing in front of the pool, I saw the stream flowing straight in from a stone wall four to five feet high and falling into the pool. The water in the pool is unexpectedly green, dazzlingly green, and smooth, and there is no longer a road to this point. If you want to see the third pool, you have to go around four to five hundred meters from Malong Peak to get a glimpse. You can see spring water gushing out from between the rocks and forming a round pool. The water in the pool is clear and the stones on the bottom of the pool are clearly visible. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, many literati have recorded the beauty of Qingbi River. Yang Shen, the number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty, described in his article "A Journey to Dian Cangshan": "There is a stream in the southwest, with cascading currents. The water is crystal clear, and the stones in it are sparkling and green, just like the beauty of jade. Its name is Qingbi Stream. Li Yuanyang, a famous scholar in Dali during the Ming Dynasty, also made a true record in "Three Pools of Qingbi River": "The source comes out of the rocks at the foot of the mountain and boils into a pool. It is many feet deep, and there are many small stones on the ground." , like eggs and pearls, green and black, more beautiful than gems, and as beautiful as Xia Qi." After Xu Xiake, a great traveler and geographer in the Ming Dynasty, visited Qingbi Creek, he called it pure green in his travel notes. , the floating light shines on the cliff valley, and the midday sun shines into it, and the gold and green jade blend together, and the light is so strange that it has never been seen before. "The "Zhi of Dali Mansion" written by Li Yuanyang in the Ming Dynasty said: "There are three basins in the valley, with three layers of cave water and water in the basin. It is recorded that the clear stone is beautiful and the green green is intertwined. During the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Beihong, a great Chinese painter, returned to his motherland from Myanmar out of patriotic enthusiasm. After holding the "Anti-Japanese Labor Painting Exhibition" in Baoshan County, Yunnan, he set off to Dali, a "famous literary country" that he had long admired and longed for. In Dali, Xu Beihong was warmly received by his old friend Mr. Zhao Chengbo, who lived in the ancient city, and stayed at the then Dali Division Residency (that is, Du Wenxiu's handsome mansion). Later, accompanied by several teachers including Zhong Pinmei, the principal of the National Dali Normal University and Ma Lisheng, a Hui nationality calligraphy artist from Dali, we went to Qingbi Creek for sightseeing. Zhong Pinmei introduced to Xu Beihong that Li Yuanyang, a famous Bai scholar in the Ming Dynasty, had an excellent description of this in his "Records of Three Pools in Qingxi": "The water comes out of the mountains and rocks and boils into a pool, which is about ten feet deep and bright and clear. Don't hide the needles. The small stones are like eggs and beads, green and white, as beautiful as gems, and as beautiful as Xia Qi." Then he pointed his finger at the big word "Yu Xue" carved on the rock beside the pool and said with a smile: "This is where the dragon lurks. Among the Bai people, there is also a myth and legend that a dragon girl ran to Gantong Temple and turned into a dragon girl flower." After hearing this, Xu Beihong was very emotional, thoughtful, and immediately recited a poem One song. The poem says: "In the secluded rocks with cold clouds, the fragrance of flowers is so pure. The clams bloom and float with different colors, and the stones are broken and the sky is green. I thought about the dragon girl and discussed summoning Luo Shen. Sure enough, after washing the marrow, I realized that my dream soul was clear." and praised the Qing Dynasty. Bixi: "The peaks, valleys, forests and springs are all picturesque." He also calls viewing the scenery a "soul-eliminating" tour. Later, Master Xu Beihong took up his pen and wrote a poem that has been passed down by future generations: "Begging for food in the land of wonderful fragrance; killing souls in Qingbi Stream." Qingbi Stream is famous for its beautiful scenery and unique streams and springs. And because of the involvement of ancient and modern literati such as Xu Xiake, Yang Sheng'an, Li Yuanyang, Xu Beihong and their travel notes and poems, it has made it even more imaginative. Now it is a famous tourist attraction in Cangshan Mountain.

Lijiang Attractions: Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Yunshanping Scenic Spot Baishui River Scenic Spot Ganhaizi Ice Pagoda Lin Shuhe Ancient Town Tiger Leaping Gorge Lugu Lake Black Dragon Pond Yuquan Park Mufu Jade Dragon Snow Mountain The Thirteenth Peak is like a huge dragon flying in the sky. It is not only majestic, but also beautiful, tall and exquisite in shape. With the alternation of seasons and cloudy weather, the landscape also changes constantly. Sometimes the clouds and mist surge, and the Jade Dragon appears and disappears. Sometimes the sky is as blue as water and cloudless, and the peaks are washed like jade liquid, and the crystal silver light is dazzling; sometimes a cloud belt girdles the waist, and the snow peaks above are bright and the hills below are green. The east is about to dawn, and the peaks are dyed with morning light. The colorful morning glow reflects on the snow peaks, and the white snow is crimson and shimmers with the glow. The afterglow in the evening dyes the snow peaks as if they are covered with red gauze, and the clouds fly back with the colorful sunset. The valleys between the peaks can undergo endless transformations in just a blink of an eye. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a sacred mountain in the hearts of the Naxi people and other ethnic groups in Lijiang. The Naxi people’s patron saint "Sanduo" is the incarnation of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. To this day, Lijiang still holds a grand annual "Sanduo Festival". In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, when Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, came to Lijiang, he named Yulong Snow Mountain the "Great Sage Snow Stone Beiyue Anbang Jingdi". Yulong Snow Mountain is famous for its danger, beauty and wonder. It mainly includes "Yunshanping, Baishui River, Ganhaizi, Ice Pagoda Forest and other scenic spots. It is a multi-functional resort integrating sightseeing, mountain climbing, exploration, scientific research, vacation and outing." Functional tourist attraction. Yunshanping Attractions Yunshanping is a meadow of more than one square kilometers at the east foot of Yulong Mountain. Snow mountains stand on one side and is surrounded by thousand-year-old spruce forests. The meadow is full of lush grass and pastoral scenery. Melodious. Yunshanping is also the legendary window into the Third Kingdom of Jade Dragon. Baishui River Attraction is a deep valley with green trees and clear springs, some forming pools and some forming waterfalls. It has a unique atmosphere. Now there are parking lots, restaurants, shopping stores, and a cableway station into Yunshanping on the platform beside the Baishui River.

Ganhaizi is an open meadow at the east foot of Yulong Mountain. It is a large natural pasture. Every year at the turn of spring and summer, hundreds of flowers bloom, forming a beautiful landscape.