Xizhou Town, located at the northern end of Dali City, is the hometown of the movie Five Golden Flowers and the only ancient town with a thousand years' history in Yunnan. Xizhou is an important town where Bai people live in compact communities. There are the best preserved Bai folk houses here.
With Sifang Street as the center, there are hundreds of Bai residential buildings with distinctive features in Ming, Qing, Republic of China and contemporary times, especially Yan Jia Courtyard, Dongjia Courtyard and Yangjia Courtyard. You can see the unique Bai traditional residential buildings such as "three squares and one wall" and "four entrances and five patios".
Main attraction
1, Bai folk houses
There are 88 Bai residential courtyards in Xizhou, with famous residential buildings in various historical periods. In the Ming Dynasty, there was the "Seven-Foot Bookstore" in Yang Shiyun; in the Qing Dynasty, there was Zhao Tingjun's quadrangle; in the Republic of China, there were Yanzi's quadrangle, Dong Chengnong's quadrangle, Yang Pinxiang's quadrangle and Yin Longju's quadrangle.
2. Butterfly spring
Butterfly spring is located at the north 1km of Zhoucheng Village, Xizhou Town, Dali City, on the west side of Yunnan-Tibet Highway, under Cangshan Yunnong Peak, formerly known as bottomless pool. There is a butterfly spring stone tablet inscribed by Guo Moruo in the garden, and the handwriting of Guo Moruo's poems about butterfly spring is engraved on the left. Inscribed on the back of the tablet is the Diary of Xu Xiake's Visit to Dali butterfly spring.
3. Zhoucheng Ancient Village
Zhoucheng Village is located at the northern end of Xizhou Town, Dali City, at the foot of Yunnong Peak, with Xiayixi in the north, butterfly spring in the south, Erhai Lake in the face, and the ancient tea-horse road in the east of the village, with convenient traffic conditions. Zhoucheng Village is the largest Bai village in China and the largest ethnic natural village in Yunnan, covering an area of about 2 square kilometers. The construction and development of the village is mainly built on the mountain, along both sides of the ancient tea-horse road.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xizhou Town