Dali Guide

Sha Xi Village (Shaxi Ancient Town)

Shaxi village is in Jianchuan country, Dali city, Yunnan province, China, it was an important trade station on the Tea and Horse Caravan Road. Over 1,000 years ago, this ancient trade route connected Tibet with Eastern China.

Exchanged  teas from Yunnan, Tibetans traded their...

Dali Ancient City

Dali old town was found about 1200 years ago. There are four wall gates and surrounded by wall in all direction. Dali lives Bai minority. The old town remains lots of Bai's old houses.

Dali Ancient City is 13 kilometers (8.1 miles) away from Xiaguan in Dali City, Yunnan Province....

Erhai Lake

Erhai Lake is the largest highland lake next to Dianchi and one of the seven biggest fresh water lakes in China.

It means, 'sea shaped like an ear', in Chinese.

Implying that the lake is ear shaped and as large as a sea, hence it was so named.

The lake covers an area...

Xizhou Old Town

One of the oldest town in Yunnan province,dating back to Nanzhou Kingdom.It used to be the old capital for the Bai ethnic people. A lot of the Bai's traditional architactures remains there.Such a nice place to overwhelm yourself in the big local market full of food,dress,handcrafts and tea.

Dali old town

Dali - CangShan National Geopark

Dali Cang Shan is one of the four symbolic of Dali. It runs north to south on the west side of Er Lake. The highest point is over 4000M which covers with snow in winter. You can take cable car to mid-level 2700M.  There is a...

Three Pagoda of Cong Sheng Temple - Dali

2 KM north-west of Dali old town. The original pagodas were about 1200 years old, being destroyed during earth quake and rebuild. Temples were build in 2005.  

The Three Pagodas of Dali

Dali is a city of with a long history and rich cultural heritage.There are many culture remains from the past Among,them is the  famous Three Pagodas of Chongsheng temple it is the symbol of Dali,and even symbol of Yunnan.

Weishan Old town--The cradle of Nanzhao kingdom

WeiShan ancient city is located in the western yunnan foot of  Mt. Ailaoshan, in the source of  honghe river, it is a city with rich local historical and cultural features, one of  China's famous historical and cultural city, It is also the birthplace of nanzhao kingdom(800AD). it...

xizhou Bai traditional building