Dali Attractions

Houses of Bai People in Xizhou

The Houses of Bai people in Xizhou is located in the Xizhou Town 16 kilometers away from the Ancient City of Dali.

Xizhou is not only a famous historic city, but also a typical commercial town for Bai people. It is one of the cradles of National capitalism of Bai people, and a famous hometown to overseas Chi... read more »

Butterfly Spring

The Butterfly Spring lies in the green trees at the foot of Yunnong Peak of Cangshan Mountain. The Spring is 24 kilometers away from the Ancient City of Dali. It is a square spring pond. The water in the pond is clear like a mirror. Around the pond stand marble balusters. The Chinese characters of the name Butterfly... read more »

Cangshan Mountain

On the Cangshan Mountain, the vertical distribution of plants is obvious. There are more than 3,000 kinds of plants on the Mountain, which makes it one of China's storehouses for plant resources. The four wonders on Cangshan Mountain are Cloud, Snow, Peak and Brook.

Cangshan Mountain, also called Dian Cang M... read more »

Dali Ancient City

Dali Ancient City abbreviated as Yucheng City is located at the foot of beautiful Cangshan Mountain.

The Ancient City faces Erhai Lake to the east ad Cangshan Mountain to the west. The gate tower of the City is grand and the sights here are beautiful. Dali is a magnificent ancient city with a perimeter of 6 ... read more »

Erhai Lake

The Erhai Lake coexists well with the Cangshan Mountain. The Lake is the second largest lake of Yunnan Province, with the Dianchi Lake ranking the first. It goes in the north from Jiangwei Village of Eryuan County to Xiaguan of Dali in the south, and is as long as 41.5 kilometers from the northern end to the souther... read more »

Eryuan

Eryuan is 73 kilometers away from Dali City.

The sights in Eryuan are beautiful and the scenery of the four seasons is charming. Eryuan is an important part of Dali's tourist resource. The many sights within the county get on very well with each other. The natural sights here get well mixed with the places o... read more »

General Temple

General Temple in the suburbs of Dali City is a temple for Benzhu God of Bai people. Benzhu God is in fact Li Mi, a general of Tang Dynasty. He died in Tianbao War in the year 754 AD. The scenery around General Temple is beautiful. Recently Cangshan Park has been built around General Temple. It is one of the famous ... read more »

Jizu Mountain

Location of the scenic spot: 103 kilometers away from Dali, and 33 kilometers away from the county town of Bingzhou.

Jizu Mountain is one of the Buddhist Holy Lands in southwest China. It is said that Wiseman Jiaye, the eldest disciple of Sakyamuni, had once stayed here. Its main peak, Tianzhu Peak, is as hi... read more »

Kwan Yin Pavilion

Kwan-yin Pavilion lies on the top of the southern part of Yuan Mountain which is located to the east of Erhai Lake.

The road leading to Kwan-yin Pavilion is very steep. Turn around the corner and you will see a straight wall as high as tens of zhangs standing in front of you. The whole wall was built with fa... read more »

Rock Cave of Lion Pass

It is on the Precious Stone Mountain of Jian Zhou in the northwestern Yunnan.

In the region of the Lion Pass there are three very important rock caves:

In the first rock cave, there are the statues of the King of Nanzhao Kingdom, his imperial concubines, sons and daughters. Local people call the stat... read more »