Brief introduction of Dali ancient city

Dali ancient city is located in the west of Yunnan Province, also known as Ye Yucheng and Zi Cheng.

Climatic characteristics

The ancient city of Dali is located in the windward area of the southwest monsoon belt of the Bay of Bengal and belongs to the subtropical plateau monsoon climate type. It has the following climatic characteristics: moderate temperature, mild climate, small temperature annual range and large daily range. The dam area belongs to the monsoon climate zone of the northern subtropical plateau, with annual average temperature 15. 1℃, hottest monthly average temperature 20. 1℃, Leng Yue average temperature 8.7℃, annual average temperature1.4℃ and daily range/kloc-.

Dali ancient city has more sunshine, sunny days in winter and spring, more sunshine hours, rainy days in summer and autumn, less sunshine hours.

topography

The ancient city of Dali is located in Erhai fault basin, and its surface is mostly covered by alluvium, which gradually inclines from west to east and is an alluvial lacustrine plain with an average elevation of less than 2000m. The ancient city of Dali is low in the east and high in the west.

1, Catholic Church

The Catholic Church in Dali Ancient City is the central church radiating the diocese of western Yunnan. Foreigners preach in Paris.

the chongsheng temple

the chongsheng temple

Yan (Chinese name), a corporate priest, was built in 1927 ~ 1932. The church faces east and west and consists of a gate, a passage, two doors and a chapel. The main building is a platform beam structure, with two layers outside, a caisson painted on the top, a bucket arch door hanging from the top of the mountain, and two doors connected to the church. In front of the main hall is the gatehouse, with two floors, high in the middle and low at both ends. It is built in the form of white solid wood structure, with lions, elephants, dragons, phoenixes and other auspicious animals fighting over eaves and arches. 1985, which was announced by Dali Municipal People's Government as a key cultural relics protection unit in Dali. [3]?

2. Christian church

The Christian Church in Dali Ancient City was built by the missionary Han Chunzhong in 19 14 (1904). At that time, it was called "China Christian Chapel", 1956, and later renamed "Dali Christian Solidarity". 1980 changed its name to "Dali Ancient City Christian Church". In 2004, it was renamed "Dali Ancient City Christian Church" again.

The church faces south and enters the east, west gate, chapel, prayer room and roof bell tower through the stone arch. The main structure of the church is a civil structure with a four-tile roof and four walls made of stone. In 2008, it was listed as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

Dali three pagodas

The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple, also known as the Three Pagodas of Dali, are famous pagodas in China.

belleville spring

One of them is located at the foot of Leying Peak in Cangshan, which is 1.5 km north of Dali. The base of the three towers of Chongsheng Temple is square, surrounded by stone fences, and the four corners of the fence are carved with stone lions. In the middle of the east, there is a stone facing the wall, which reads "the mountains and rivers of Yongzheng", which is quite eye-catching. The main tower of the three towers is called Chihiro Tower, which is a square 16-story tower with dense eaves, a bottom width of 9.9 meters and a height of 69. 13 meters. The top of the tower is covered with a copper bowl with a tower gate on it. It is a typical Tang Dynasty building, just like the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi.

Santa 196 1 was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. During the maintenance of 1978, more than 600 pieces of Buddhist cultural relics in Nanzhao Dali period were found, which is of high maintenance value.