Erhai Lake Free Travel Guide

Erhai Lake is a very well-known inland tourist attraction. It is located in Yunnan Province. The natural ecosystem here is very perfect. Many small islands are also must-see places for tourists. In fact, it is just a larger inland lake. That’s all, let me share with you the Erhai free travel guide.

I didn’t go anywhere during the National Day this year. I just went back to my hometown, Dali, to climb Cangshan Mountain and travel around the Erhai Lake with my family. Although I grew up in that small city, I have lived in that small city for nearly 20 years. But we can never see enough of the mountains and water there. I have been to many places over the years, but my favorite is my hometown of Dali. The food is delicious, the scenery is beautiful, the climate is suitable, the culture is rich, the local accent is pleasant, and the family love is warm

Driving around the Erhai Lake is something I do every time I return to my hometown. Although the weather during this year's holiday was not very good and we could not see Dali's unique blue sky and white clouds, it did not affect our interest in going around the sea at all.

Braving the drizzle, we set off from Xiaguan along the Huanhai Road that winds along the seaside to Shuanglang Town in the upper reaches of the Erhai Sea. We were going to have lunch at the "Benyuan" of Shuanglang Golden Island, and then from At the end of the river, go back to Butterfly Spring Zhoucheng to eat cold bean noodles, then transfer to Xizhou Town to buy Xizhou Baba, then go all the way back to the Yang Family Garden in the ancient city to eat hot and sour fish, and then go to Erhai Moon Wetland Park to watch the musical fountain in the evening Performances, the day's schedule is packed.

The picture comes from the Internet

Going north along the Huanhai Road, the Erhai Lake unfolds slowly like a long picture scroll. Listening to the music and looking at the Erhai Lake in front of you, I feel that there are many things I did when I was a child. The memory popped up again.

When I was very young, I often went fishing with my father at the beach. I squatted on the rocks on the shore with a fishing line more than half a meter long, waiting for the small stone fish to take the bait.

The sea water is so clear that you can see every move of the small fish in the cracks of the rocks. As soon as you see the tail of the small fish swallowing the earthworm, you need to quickly pick up the line and the small fish will not be able to escape.

The stonefish is clumsy and will not let go even if it is lifted out of the water, so it is particularly easy to be caught.

Looking at Erhai Lake from Jindao

There was a summer vacation that I remember deeply to this day. I was still a second-grade primary school student, and my two sisters and brother happened to be home on vacation from college, so The four of us played at the Erhai Lake almost every day, and I was so tanned that I looked like black coal.

Now when we look back at the photos we took at the beach, we can still happily recall that so and so got their feet stuck in the tidal flats of Erhai Lake. As a result, they couldn’t pull out their shoes, so they had to go home barefoot. So and so was tanned as if he came from Africa, only his teeth and the whites of his eyes were white, and so and so secretly ate grilled fish behind everyone's back. More than 30 years of time passed quietly like this, and only the blue and beauty of Erhai Lake remained as before.

Looking at the Erhai Lake from Jindao

The Erhai Lake in summer is suitable for fishing and swimming, but due to more rain and fog, the color is not as blue as in winter. The Erhai Lake in winter is particularly beautiful, because the Erhai Lake becomes especially clear and clear in winter, with bright waves, plus winter seagulls soaring, fishing boats with white sails, and the sparkling waves reflect the white snow of the 19 peaks of Cangshan Mountain, as well as the blue and high mountains. The sky, the warm sunshine, at that moment my heart could really float in the air.

No wonder I always say that such blue sky, clouds and mountain scenery can only be found in my hometown of Dali.

Many fishing villages along Erhai Lake are built like this with mountains facing the water. Looking at the green tiles and white walls along the Huanhai Road and the colorful and green trees facing the waterside houses, I always think of Haizi's poem "I There is a house facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming

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A certain village in Haidong

After Haidong’s digging, you will come Go to Xiaoputuo, a scenic spot in Erhai Lake. It was originally a reef in the Erhai Lake. This reef is shaped like a square seal and is said to be the seal of Zhenhai left by Guanyin. Xiao Putuo was built in the Ming Dynasty. It is a pavilion-style building with two floors. It was originally called Guanyin Pavilion. Because its location resembles Putuo, the place where Guanyin lives in mythology, it was renamed "Xiao Putuo".

Xiao Putuo

The best time to visit Xiao Putuo is in the early morning. At this time, mist curled up on the sea, and Little Putuo appeared and disappeared, like a moon palace. When we boarded Little Putuo, we saw the surrounding mist surging like pure white gauze. This is one of the eight scenic spots of Erhai Lake, "Lan Ai Putuo".

There are many vendors selling fried small fish and potato and shrimp cakes around Xiao Putuo. Many of them are only fished ashore in the morning and eaten by tourists at noon.

Little Putuo

The Huanhai Highway is very close to the waterfront, so you often see boats moored like this, as well as many girls posing for photos.

A small boat in the drizzle

There are many small poplar trees growing in the water near the village. Although the leaves have been blown by the sea wind, they are still there. Beautiful appearance.

Little Poplar Trees in the Water

We had lunch at the "Honyuan" of Jindao, so we needed to take a boat from Shuanglang to Jindao. It was once a deserted place. The island is now a national 4A-level scenic spot and was renamed Nanzhao Customs Island. Its fame is closely related to the love experience of Bai ethnic painter Zhao Qing. Two young people in love "escaped" to this island. The painter was in love His wife built a house on the island herself and became the owner of Xiaoyao Island. Eventually, the island became increasingly famous and was "acquired" by the government.

The painter's cabin was converted into a B&B, and the government built another hotel called "Nanzhao Palace". The scenery on the island is beautiful, the sea and sky are the same color, the wind and the moon are boundless; the thousand-year-old banyan branches are lush, and the ancient caves are winding and crisscrossed;

The island is surrounded by clear water and white sand, and you can have a panoramic view of the magnificent scenery of Cang'er Lake. "The mountains and people are bright, and the water and love are long." The island covers an area of ??nearly one hundred acres, lying quietly in the Erhai Lake under the blue sky and in the clear water. From a distance, it looks like a giant shuttle. The strange and unique topography contains infinite island scenery.

Jindao

On the embankment of Jindao, ancient trees hang upside down, willows sway in the water, rugged lake rocks, blue waves crash on the shore, and the sound of waves is endless.

Blue waves crashing on the shore

The open shoal outside the park

The small boat traveling between Jindao and Shuanglang

Lake rocks Jigong

On Jindao, you can fully see the villa of dancer Yang Liping on Yuji Island. This villa has an vivid name called "Moon Palace". It lives by the water and has a glass floor in the living room. Below is the rippling blue Erhai Lake.

Moon Palace

Every time we come to Jindao, our family will have a meal in the exclusive courtyard where Zhao Qing and his wife secluded themselves. Cooked mountain grass and wild vegetables, brewed a pot of coarse tea, chatted in the coolness on the recliner, and waited for dusk to set before taking the boat back to the double corridor.

The small courtyard is called "Benyuan". Outside the door is the Erhai Lake. Sitting in the door, you can easily see the ebb and flow of the tide, and the weeping willows in the water are swaying in the clear wind. This small courtyard named "Benyuan" has appeared in many TV dramas about Dali.

Now it has been transformed into a rather wild inn. There are many people visiting, and the purity and elegance of the island in the early years when it first started to be developed are no longer there.

The gate of this garden

One of the guest rooms in the inn is called "Youchao Renjia"

The double corridors on the east coast of Erhai Lake are endowed with beautiful scenery and unique geographical location. , my brother predicted more than 20 years ago that it would definitely become a hot spot in Dali tourism in the future. Many cultural celebrities also buy land and build houses here to live in seclusion in the countryside.

With the construction of the Huanhai Road, tourists can reach it easily. In recent years, excessive development and private construction have seriously affected the water quality of Erhai Lake, so there was a ban on the closure of the inn along with the protection of Erhai Lake. , many illegal buildings along the coast will face demolition.

Shuanglang 6 years ago

After returning to the west coast from the east coast, I ate my favorite cold bean noodles in Zhoucheng and bought the best one I had—— Xizhou Baba, we went straight to the Yang Family Garden in the ancient city of Dali. After eating delicious spicy and sour fish and rawhide, we went straight back to the Erhai Moon Wetland Park in front of the Xiaguan National Olympic Center Square for a walk.

There are clumps of reeds and wild rice growing on the open water there. Rain and fog cause the mist on the water to evaporate, making people unable to help but chant "Jian Jia". Further north from this open waterfront is the Erhai Moon Wetland Park. There are quite a lot of people walking, hiking, flying kites, and watching musical fountains here in the morning and evening. It is also a must-go walk for me every time I go home. One of the places.

At the Wetland Park Observation Deck, you can see the east side of Erhai Lake at a glance, and it is also an excellent place to watch the sunrise over Erhai Lake.

On the side of the water

Upstream

My hometown is so beautiful, the Erhai Lake is so beautiful, I feel like I have no words to describe it. As a hometown treasure and a hand-painting enthusiast, these I also drew some beautiful pictures of my hometown in 2011, but before that I always drew them in black and white with pen and ink.

Because I have been learning watercolor recently, I decided to draw a few watercolor pictures of Erhai Lake this time to participate in the essay competition. I can practice both painting and essay writing at the same time. I used colors very heavily in these paintings because I always feel that I cannot express my love for my hometown without using strong colors.

This is based on the impression of going boating on the sea to admire the moon on a moonlit night during the Mid-Autumn Festival one year. The Erhai Lake under the moonlight is also surprisingly beautiful. The sea surface is calm and the waves are sparkling due to the reflection of the bright moonlight. The majestic Cangshan Mountain seems to become gentle under the moonlight.

Our whole family gathered around the small table and tasted various fruits, walnuts, chestnuts, and moon cakes. In the distance, there were other boating people singing and laughing proudly in the river and lake. The breeze on the lake spread the sound far away. , people suddenly have the illusion of ancient people boating in the rivers and lakes.

This painting is based on the scenery that can be seen while walking on Dali Road in spring. At that time, rapeseed flowers bloom, and the entire west coast of Erhai Lake will be dotted with large fields of rapeseed flowers, full of vitality.

Now many villages have begun to engage in flower field tourism, so in addition to rapeseed fields, there are also vast fields of cosmos, marigold, lavender, rose, and sunflower fields that take turns on the west bank of Erhai Lake all year round. Large tracts of farmland are open.

This painting was drawn based on the memory of the fishing village at the foot of Tuanshan Park when I was a child. There used to be many fishing families living near the Erhai Lake. However, with the expansion of urban development, Erhai Lake protection and other reasons, the land of many such villages near the water has been expropriated and the houses have been relocated.

So now if you want to see the scenery of fishermen on the water, you can go to Eryuan West Lake. It is also a very beautiful place worth visiting.

The last picture was drawn based on a photo of Erhai Lake on the Internet. The boat moored in the light rain was almost exactly the same as what I saw during my vacation, so I drew it decisively.