Nanzhao style Island

Nanzhao style Island, one of the three Erhai islands, is located in Shuanglang Township, Eryuan County, the prime location of Cang'er national scenic spot. Surrounded by water on all sides, the island is adjacent to the famous Buddhist holy land Jizu mountain in the East, Shibao mountain in the north, Dali mountain in the South and Cangshan Erhai Lake in the West. Due to its unique tourism resources, it is known as "Dali scenery in canger, canger scenery in Shuanglang". It condenses the cultural heritage of Dali for thousands of years and shows the style of the capital of Nanzhao and Dali for 600 years.

Nanzhao style Island

Nanzhao style island in Dali is one of the three Erhai islands. It is located in Shuanglang Township, Southeast of Eryuan County, which is the prime location of Cang'er national scenic spot. Surrounded by water on all sides, the island is adjacent to the famous Buddhist holy land Jizu mountain in the East, Shibao mountain in the north, Dali mountain in the South and Cangshan Erhai Lake in the West. Because of its unique tourism resources, it is known as "Dali scenery in canger, canger scenery in Shuanglang". Nanzhao style island of Dali is listed as one of the 25 excellent tourism projects in Yunnan Province, and is the designated reception unit of Kunming World Horticultural Exposition in 1999.

From the date of resumption of business to December 31, 2020. On the basis of free admission, a family member of Hubei Medical workers can also enjoy free admission.

Practical information

Best season

The climate is suitable from January to December. Dali year temperature difference is small, Changchun no summer, spring and autumn connected, all the year round are suitable for tourism.

Suggest playing

2-3 hours

admission ticket

RMB 50.00

Opening Hours

08:30~17:00

Offer information

In February 2020, the scenic area decided to implement a free admission policy for medical workers across the country. Among them, Hubei Medical workers can also travel with one family member free of charge in six scenic areas of Dali.

Traffic information

The ferry terminal on the south side of Shuanglang town takes a ferry to the island, and the journey is about 5 minutes. In addition, Erhai cruise ships usually stop at Nanzhao style island. Generally, a half day private cruise costs 100 yuan, but the price can be negotiated; a large Erhai cruise also stops at Nanzhao island at 140 yuan, and there are ethnic performances on board.

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geographical position

Nanzhao style island in Dali occupies the first place among the three Erhai islands. The island area of nearly 100 mu lies in the upper and middle reaches of Erhai Lake. It looks like a giant shuttle in the distance. In the strange and unique landform,

Main attractions

Sculpture

If you take a yacht to approach the island from the south, the first thing you can see is a group of cast copper sculptures of "daughter of Erhai Lake" on the rocks near the island. This is the image of two fishermen bathing in one bed and one stand, vigorous and elegant, echoing the natural rock "drunk Eight Immortals" on the island.

There are two wharves on the island. The main one is the Dayun Wharf in the East and the auxiliary Wharf in the north. Dayun wharf can dock four large cruise ships at one time, with an area of 6600 square meters. There is a bronze sculpture of "Sha Yimu" on the square. Behind it are 10 stone pillars. They represent Sha Yimu's 10 sons and symbolize 10 primitive ways of human labor. This is based on the "Nine Dragons" myth in the biography of Southwest Yi in the book of the later Han Dynasty. It is said that in Ailao Mountain in western Yunnan, a woman named Sha Yi got pregnant by touching wood when she was fishing. She gave birth to 10 sons. The youngest son was very close to the Dragon turned from that piece of wood, and her name was Jiulong. This was the meaning of "man sitting on his back" in the vernacular at that time. Nine brothers pushed him to be king. Later, the ten brothers became the forefathers of all nationalities. Jiulong myth is very famous in western Yunnan, and it has almost become a creation myth.

Avalokitesvara

To the west is the second square "Yunnan Fuxing" square, with a white marble vertical statue of Guanyin in the center. This is a 17.56-meter-high statue of Avalokitesvara (or thin waisted Avalokitesvara), which is the highest white jade Avalokitesvara statue in the world. "Yunnan lucky star" is the praise of the exquisite statue of Avalokitesvara in Dali by American scholar Helen in her book the statue of Avalokitesvara in Yunnan. On the west side of the statue are two 21 meters long and 4.6 meters high relief walls. On the front side, the legend of the eighteen changes of Guanyin in Dali mythology is carved. On the back side, there are two gold pasted "Guanyin Shouji Xi Nu Luo Li Guo Tu" (part of Nanzhao Zhongxing picture scroll) and "manwang LIFO Tu" (part of Dali Zhang Shengwen picture scroll).

Nanzhao Palace

Further ahead is the main building on the island, Nanzhao palace, with a total construction area of more than 8000 square meters. The architectural style takes the architecture of Tang Dynasty as the keynote, integrates the architectural styles of Nanzhao and Tubo, and strives to reflect the era characteristics of multi-ethnic cultural integration in Nanzhao period. This is a group of multi-functional buildings, in addition to accommodation for tourists, its architectural style, exhibits display, sound display and other aspects are high-level, is a good place for viewing, leisure, entertainment. It is the main building on the island and the abbreviation of Nanzhao King's summer palace. Nanzhao (AD 653-902) had three capitals in history, one of which is Taihe city in Dali. In addition, Nanzhao king also built Summer Palace, royal garden and hunting ground around Erhai Lake. The Nanzhao imperial city has the ability of military defense. According to the Secretary of history, the length of its north and south walls is 3350 meters and 3275 meters respectively, and the distance between the two walls is 500 meters. The scale of this building is no less than that of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Its brilliance has also left a lot of marks in the history books. Unfortunately, only part of its broken walls can be seen now. Nanzhao used to be a powerful military kingdom in history, but it was only a small tribe and its influence was only as big as a small town. But later, relying on its military strength, it annexed other tribes around Erhai Lake (namely "Zhao") and expanded its territory to Erhai Lake, until it extended to Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and even Vietnam. Its land area once reached 1073600 square kilometers, 27 times the area of Yunnan Province. It had been in confrontation with Tang Dynasty and Tubo Dynasty for nearly 200 years . Nanzhao palace was built in imitation of the ancient imperial palace. Because the Nanzhao Dynasty was deeply influenced by the Tibetan culture and the Tang culture at that time, the palace adopted "the roof of the Tang Dynasty, the walls and windows of the Tubo Dynasty, the foundation and appearance color of the Dali civil buildings". The palace covers an area of more than 8000 square meters, and its grandeur is no less than that of that year. In addition to the influence of Han culture and Tubo culture, the distinctive Bai culture is also the mainstream here. Benzhu worship is a religious belief of Bai nationality. Benzhu is the patron saint of the village, which means "our master". As long as there are Bai people living in the area, there will be a local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local local.

There are many masters respected by the Bai people, even more than the Greek gods, and the Greek gods appear in the form of "gods". The Bai people have not only gods, but also secular characters. In the legend of the Bai people, they all have their own deeds, original life, wives and children. In addition, there are kings, big stones, tree bumps and pigs, dogs, horses, cattle and other types of forms. The Supreme Master is a figure called "central master", named Duan Zongbang, who is the ancestor of Duan Siping, the founding emperor of Dali.

Main plaza

At the west end of the island is Ben Zhu square. Four bronze statues of Ben Zhu are placed on both sides of the wall. In the middle is the forged bronze statue of "central Ben Zhu". He is Duan Zongbang, who is known as the first of the five hundred God kings. The square sets the cream of the Bai culture, so that tourists can appreciate the culture of the Bai people. From the wharf in the north of the island, you can reach butterfly spring in the west, and you can reach tianshengying or Shuanglang Bai fishing village in the north.

Taihu lake stone

There is a "Taihu stone community scenic spot" on the island. Taihu stone is a kind of precious ornamental stone. Most of these stones are produced in Taihu Lake. A good Taihu stone is valuable and hard to find. On the other hand, the Taihu stones on this island are not only various, but also magnificent in scale, forest and community.

Weather profile

The typical three-dimensional climate of Dali Prefecture is a low latitude plateau monsoon climate. Due to different altitudes, there are south subtropics, middle subtropics, North subtropics, warm humid zone and middle temperate zone. There are six climatic zones, such as cold and wet zone. The temperature decreases with the increase of altitude. It has the characteristics of hot valley, warm dam area, cool mountain area and cold mountain area. It is suitable for the growth of different plants. Because of terrain and altitude.

Nanzhao style island in Dali

The temperature is generally low in the northwest and high in the southeast. The highest annual average temperature is 18.9 ℃ in Nanjian, and the lowest is 12.3 ℃ in Jianchuan, and about 15 ℃ in the middle. Due to the influence of topography and climate, the rainfall in the northwest is greater than that in the southeast. The rainfall increases with the elevation, forming seven rainy areas, namely, Sanchong mountain, xuebang mountain, DIANCANG mountain, Jizu mountain, Wuliang Mountain, Laojun Mountain and diaocaohou mountain. The rainfall ranges from 2400 mm to 2500 mm. The annual average rainfall is 1053 mm, with Yunlong County the most, Binchuan County and Xiangyun County the least. Therefore, there is a saying that "there is no cold or heat in the four seasons, and if there is rain, it will become winter". Annual temperature difference in Dali

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