And there are 126 days in Dali so the temperature, Dali frost is very short, the annual frost-free period of up to 229 days. 229 days, for all kinds of flowers and plants to grow to provide a suitable environment, four seasons of flowers always bloom, fragrant and charming. Xiaguan known as "wind city", the annual average wind speed of 4.1 m / s, good ventilation conditions, purify the environment, earn the air, so people regard the wind as a treasure of Dali. Dali Ancient City has been known as the "flower capital" of the name, a mild climate so that a variety of flowers bloom in all seasons, where the introduction of exotic flowers from all over the world gathered into a sea of flowers, flowers of the world.
Long history and bright culture, leaving a wealth of cultural relics and monuments. Between the Yu'er Yincang, the natural scenery is beautiful and colorful, Cangshan Mountain as a screen, the Erhai Sea as a mirror, the Butterfly Springs deep and quiet, both "wind, flowers, snow, moon" four wonders (the wind of Xiaguan, the flowers of Shangguan, the snow of Cangshan Mountain, the moon of the Erhai Sea).
Dali is the main settlement of the Bai people, and it has preserved the ancient and rich Bai flavor. In Dali, you can learn about the living customs of the Bai people, taste the unique flavor of Bai food, shop for Bai folk crafts, and participate in the traditional Dali Bai March Street festival celebrations.
The ancient city of Dali has attracted self-help travelers from abroad, forming a famous "foreigner street" in the city's Guiguo Road. Intoxicated by the Bai people's simplicity and long history and culture, they may even stay in Dali for a long time.
-- Yunnan Dali Cangshan Erhai Tourist Scenic Area
Located in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, Cangshan Erhai is a place that travelers from ancient to modern times aspire to. Yang Shengan, a famous literati of the Ming Dynasty, depicted it as "the mountains are verdant and verdant, and the sea is half-moon blue", and "when I look at the Cangshan Mountains and Erhai, I don't feel refreshed".
At the foot of the Cangshan Mountain, the coast of the Erhai Sea, there is a well-known tourist attractions - Butterfly Spring. Butterfly Spring is famous with Xu Xiake in his travels in the description. He wrote: "The large trees on the spring, when the beginning of April that is the flower like nymphalid butterflies, whiskers and wings vividly, and raw butterflies are no different. There are also millions of real butterflies, even the beard hook foot, from the tree upside down hanging down and in the spring surface, colorful and colorful, colorful and colorful." Indeed, there are times when the number of colorful butterflies that come to this gathering is too many to count, and their colors are as brilliant as the sunshine and brocade. Some years ago, the number of butterflies decreased, according to the relevant parties, the main reason is that the local climate has turned dry, resulting in the migration of butterflies, and the second is the large number of rural use of pesticide drugs, accidentally injuring many butterfly larvae. However, in the last two to three years, with the gradual restoration of ecological balance, coupled with people's conscious measures to protect butterflies, the annual gathering of butterflies has been increasing day by day.
--Yunnan Dali Yanren Street Tourist Scenic Area
In the ancient city, Dali Yanren Street was originally called "Protecting the Country Road", meaning that the people of Yunnan at the beginning of the Republic of China opposed Yuan Shikai's claim to the throne, and rose up to protect the country and got the name. Protector of the country road east-west, 1000 meters long, 7 meters wide, green stone pavement, west of Yunnan-Tibet Highway, cross Boai, Fuxing and other major streets.
After that, in order to adapt to the needs of open tourism, the ancient city of Dali as the main attractions of open tourism, the Red Mountain Tea Hotel as a foreign hotel, the Red Mountain Tea Hotel in the ancient city of Guoguo Road West, thus, Guoguo Road has become the distribution center for foreign tourists in Dali. Chinese and Western-style stores, jewelry stores, antique stores, tie-dye stores, galleries and various trades and industries then rose, stores standing on both sides, a wide range of dazzling, become famous in China and abroad, "Dali foreigner street".
Today, the name of the ancient city of Dali Guoguo Road in some foreign drawings, has long been really called "foreigner street". Visible Dali Yanren Street has become world-famous, become a foreign friends aspire to the place and they live in Dali's cozy home.
--The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple in Dali, Yunnan
The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple is a symbol of Dali, a symbol of Yunnan's ancient history and culture, and one of the oldest and most majestic buildings in southern China.
--Yunnan Dali Ancient City Tourist Scenic Area
The ancient city of Dali (now Dali City) referred to as Yucheng, is approved by the State Council in February 1982, China's first batch of 24 historical and cultural cities, but also one of the country's 44 key scenic spots, is located in the eastern part of the site of the capital of the Nanzhao and Dali State, was built in the 15th year of the Ming Dynasty (Hongwu 15) (the first year of the Ming Dynasty), and is also one of the oldest and most majestic buildings in southern China. It was built in the 15th year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty (1382 AD), and has been built repeatedly through the generations.
If Dali City, the capital of the state, gives a feeling of prosperity and bustle, then Dali City is simple and quiet, with clear tinkling streams flowing in the city, and families raising flowers and planting trees, flowers and fruits. That hidden deep in the streets and alleys of the Garden Tea House is a good place for visitors to rest, after the reform and opening up of the private opening of the French and other flavors such as snacks restaurant is also a favorite place for foreign guests to visit. Traditional marble handicrafts are displayed on both sides of the street for their viewing and shopping.
--Yunnan Dali Butterfly Spring Tourist Scenic Area
Butterfly Spring, 40 kilometers north of Dali City, Cangshan Mountain, under the Yunlang Peak. Due to the long-term wash of mountain water, sand and gravel are scattered, and trees are scarce on the mountain slopes. But when you walk slowly uphill, traveling about half a mile, but see a shade of green dazzling. Walked through the simple stone workshop, face to face with a marble monument about 3 meters high standing, the monument was prismatic, the front right side of Guo Moruo handwritten "Butterfly Spring" three big words. The left example engraved Guo Lao Wing Butterfly Spring poem handwriting; monument on the back, the book Xu Xiake tour of Dali Butterfly Spring of a diary. Along the forest path zigzagging forward about thirty or forty meters, only to see the ancient trees, the shade of the sky, a clear spring embedded in the middle of it, the bottom of the paving stones, spring water is clear, often people throw metal coins in the pool, watching its slow spinning down, sunlight from the top of the tree sieve, the bottom of the pool of silver flashes, doubly so, the spring water is clear example.
The spring pool around the marble railing, spring side of a tall tree across the spring, the tree because the flower looks like a butterfly, so people called "butterfly tree". Whenever summer comes, "Butterfly Tree" blossoms, and the butterflies between Cang'er come here in groups to converge, fluttering and dancing, very lively. The most curious thing is that thousands of colorful butterflies are intertwined with each other, hanging upside down on the Butterfly Tree, forming countless strings of butterflies, hanging down to the surface of the water, colorful and spectacular. The most flourishing period in the lunar calendar around April 15, so the lunar calendar April 15 is designated as "butterfly will".
-- Yunnan Dali Xizhou White Folk Residence Tourist Scenic Area
Xizhou is located 16 kilometers north of Dali Ancient City, is a famous township in western Yunnan, Dali, Xizhou houses represent the style of the white folk houses in Dali City.
The typical pattern of the closed courtyard is "three houses and one wall" and "four houses and five patios", with a single courtyard and several courtyards, square in plan, with a large roof of tiles and two floors and heavy eaves; the main house is oriented to the east or to the south, with three or five rooms, of adobe masonry and stone structure, and the main house is oriented to the east or to the south, with three or five rooms. The main house is east or south oriented, three or five rooms, civil engineering masonry structure, wooden roof frame with mortise and tenon combination, a courtyard or several courtyards connected into a whole, the external wall surface is mostly on the white (lime), under the gray (fine mud) stucco.