What scenic spots in Dali can be used for travel photography?

1. Dali Ancient City

Dali Ancient City, referred to as Yucheng, is located at the foot of the beautiful Cangshan Mountain and 13 kilometers away from Xiaguan, Dali City. The ancient city of Dali was built in the 15th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1382). It is one of the first batch of historical and cultural cities in the country.

Dali Ancient City faces Erhai Lake in the east and Cangshan Mountain in the west. It has majestic towers and beautiful scenery. The scale of Dali City is magnificent, with a square perimeter of 12 miles. The original city wall was 7.5 meters high and 6 meters thick. There were originally four city gates in the east, west, south and north, with towers on them. If Xiaguan, the capital of the autonomous prefecture, gives people a prosperous and noisy impression, then the ancient city of Dali is simple and quiet.

There is a main street running from north to south in the city. There are various shops specializing in marble products, tie-dye, straw weaving and other famous products as well as Bai restaurants with full flavor.

Clear streams flow in the city, and simple and elegant traditional Bai houses can be seen everywhere. Residents here, whether rich or poor, have the habit of growing flowers and grass in their courtyards. There is also a saying in the ancient city of Dali that "every house has running water and every household has flowers."

The ancient city of Dali is very close to Xiaguan. It takes more than ten minutes to get there by bus. There are buses to every bus station and major hotels in the city. You can also take a pony carriage from Xiaguan, but be sure to negotiate the price before getting on the bus.

If you want to stay overnight when traveling to the ancient city of Dali, there are many hotels built according to the traditional residences of the Bai people to choose from, and the prices are not expensive.

2. Cangshan Range Rover

Cangshan Mountain is also known as Diancang Mountain. It is the main peak at the southern end of the Yunling Mountains. It faces Erhai Lake in the east and Heihui River in the west. It has 19 majestic peaks. The altitude is generally 3500 meters. Meters above, the highest is 4122 meters. The top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round, which is known as "the red sun cannot tolerate snow in summer".

The most amazing thing is that there is a stream between every two peaks, flowing from top to bottom and eastward into the Erhai Lake. These 19 peaks and 18 streams constitute the unique and colorful landscape of Cangshan Mountain.

Many landscapes full of Bai cultural characteristics are located at the foot of Cangshan Mountain, such as the famous Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple, Fotu Pagoda, Wuwei Temple, Taoxi Zhonghe Temple, Jiulong Girl Pool, and Three Pools of Qingbi Temple , Gantong Temple, etc. Among the four famous sceneries in Dali, "Fenghua, Snow and Moon", "snow" refers to the snow scene on Cangshan Mountain.

To go to Cangshan, there are special tourist buses in front of various bus stations and major hotels in Xiaguan city.

3. Erhai Lake Scenery

Erhai Lake is a famous plateau lake in Yunnan Province, with an altitude of 1,972 meters. It starts from Jiangwei Township, Eryuan County in the north and ends at Xiaguan, Dali City in the south, covering an area of ??248 square kilometers. Looking down from the air, Erhai Lake looks like a crescent moon, lying quietly between Cangshan Mountain and Dali Bazi.

Erhai Lake has 3 channels, 4 continents, 5 lakes, and 9 curves. Due to less pollution, the lake water is clear and highly transparent. It has been called "the flawless jade among the mountains" since ancient times.

When you arrive at Erhai Lake, you should visit the nearby Bai fishing villages, because fishing villages on the plateau are rare. The famous movie "Five Golden Flowers" in the 1950s reflected the life here.

The Erhai Park in Xiaguan is specially built for tourists to see the Erhai Lake. It only costs 5 yuan to take a taxi from anywhere in the city. If you are interested, you can also take a boat trip to Erhai Lake from here. There are wooden boats and speed boats. Don't forget to negotiate the price before taking the boat.

4. Four Scenes of Dali - Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon

Dali is picturesque all year round. Among many scenic spots, the four sceneries of wind, flowers, snow and moon are the most famous and fascinating.

About the four scenes of wind, flowers, snow and moon, for thousands of years, a riddle poem has been recited from generation to generation among the local Bai people, making Dali young and old familiar with the four scenes of wind, flowers, snow and moon. scene.

The poem says:

When an insect enters a phoenix's nest, there is no bird (wind),

There are green grass (flowers) on the heads of seven people;

Drizzle falls on Hengshan Mountain (snow), and half of my friends are missing (moon).

In January 1962, after visiting Dali, the famous writer Cao Jinghua was deeply moved by the scenery of wind, flowers, snow and moon in Dali, and wrote a poem about the wind, flowers, snow and moon:

"The wind in Xiaguan blows the flowers in Shangguan, the wind in Xiaguan blows the flowers in Shangguan;

The snow in Cangshan Mountain, the moon in Erhai Lake, the moon in Erhai Lake shines on the snow in Cangshan Mountain."

The poem has a new idea and neat contrasts. It points out the four scenes of romance, flowers, snow and moon and their connections, which makes people endlessly interesting.