Dali : Main Scenic Spots
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...................................................................................................................................................................................... Three Pagoda ...................................................................................................................................................................................... |
| The pagodas look most beautiful when seen from a distance. Xian engineers originally erected it in the mid-9th century. It was once part of a great temple complex. |  |
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...................................................................................................................................................................................... Erhai Lake ...................................................................................................................................................................................... |
| An hour boat
ride on Erhai Lake is recommended. You can watch large junks or smaller
boats with their queue of captive cormorants waiting on the edge of the
boat for their turn to do the fishing. The lake′s islands are worth exploring:
Golden Shuttle Island for its Buddhist temple and pavilion, and Xiaoputuo
Island for its picturesque temple dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy, Guanyi. |
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| ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Butterfly Spring ...................................................................................................................................................................................... |
| 30 km north of Dali, it is unlikely that there are no butterflies at all. The legend tells that two lovers committed suicide here to escape a cruel king. After jumping into the bottomless pond, they turned into two of the butterflies which gather here en masse during May. |  |
| ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Cang Mountain ...................................................................................................................................................................................... |
| Cangshan
Mountain, also known as Diancangshan, runs north and south just west of
Dali and northwest of Xiaguan. The mountain is most famous for its natural
scenery of streams and paths through the mountains. Melted from snow on
the upper slopes of Cangshan, the mountain streams are clear and pristine.
The snowcapped peaks are often shrouded in fog and appear imposing and mysterious.
Like the rest of Dali and Yunnan, the mountains are lush and green with
trees, flowers and other wild vegetation. |
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| ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Xiaguan Tea Factory ...................................................................................................................................................................................... |
| Xiaguan
is the largest city in the region and the transportation hub of western
Yunnan. Xiaguan Tea Factory produces Yunnanese tea into "bricks"
for export to Tibet and the rest of the world. |
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| ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Xizhou ...................................................................................................................................................................................... |
| It
is an old town 25 km north of Dali. It has better preserved Bai architecture
than Dali. << Back to Dali Info |
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