We left Kunming at 8 am and continue our long journey to Dali.
5 hours drive and reached around 1pm for lunch.
ATSL: 1900m
Weather: 15-20degree
Dali was once gateway to the Silk Road in Southwest China, it ranks in the first list of Famous Historic and Cultural Cities(政治文化中心) in China
Dali produce granites, silver mining and very good skill in wood cravings.
Dali are mainly occupied by Bai ethinic minority group (白族)
They address Gentleman as Ah Ten Gei (阿腾哥), Ladies as Jin Hua (金华)
2pm our 1st destination in Dali
Cangsan National Geographic Park (苍山国家地质公园) rated AAAA
Mt Cangsan with 19 peaks and 18 streams enjoys great reputation for its snow, clouds, springs and marble.
Gantong Cableway (感通索道)
Located at the foot of Shengying Peak of the Cangshan Mountain, and being adjacent to Gantong temple, the Gantong cableway is back to Cangshan Mountain, and faces Erhai Lake. From the 2,630 meters long cableway, tourists can overlook the full view of the old town of Dali and the Erhai Lake.
Zhenlong Board
was built as depicted in Eightfold path of the Heavenly Dragon wriiten by Jin Yong.
The board is in red and blue, 21m long and 19m wide with an area of 100sqm.
Each chessman is 1.6m in diameter and 0.5m high. Weighing 65 kg and has become a record in the Guinness world record.
She looks so small besides it:)
Next we proceed to
Dali Filming studio
China version broadcast on 2003 by Jimmy Lin...
The two lines of wordings besides the entrance are all novels by Jin Yong (金庸).
Can you figure it out?
笑傲江湖 飛狐外傳
書劍恩仇錄 雪山飛狐
神鵰俠侶 連城訣
俠客行 天龍八部
倚天屠龍記 射鵰英雄傳
碧血劍 白馬嘯西風
鴛鴦刀 鹿鼎記
Knife making
Peep into the hole for a show for $3RMB
Cloth making
3rd Destination
Westeners' street (洋人街)
There are lots of cafes and pubs along the whole street, free surfing somemore...
Grilled cheese
Tonight we will be staying at Regent Hotel(5*), nice hotel
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