Kinsuo Island

Jinsuo island is like a gourd floating on the sea, more like a shuttle for weaving, so it is called Jinsuo island. It is the largest island in Erhai Lake. It was called Zhongliu island in Nanzhao and CHUANNUO in Bai, which means island. It used to be a summer resort of Nanzhao royal family. The scenery of Jinsuo island is beautiful. The scenery of yulonggong cave on the island is various. To the north, there is a small fishing village of Bai nationality. The beautiful fields, beautiful flowers and green trees are another scenery of Jinsuo island.

Kinsuo Island

Looking down from the sky, an island is like a weaving shuttle, lying on Erhai Lake, so it is named Jinsuo island. In the legend of Dali, a fairy who is good at weaving colorful brocade leaves her golden shuttle in Erhai Lake. The golden shuttle turns into an island and becomes a beautiful scenery in the world.

Historical legend

Jinsuo island not only has beautiful scenery, but also has beautiful history and legend. During Nanzhao period, because the island was quiet and beautiful, the climate was pleasant, the flowers and trees were evergreen all the year round, and the birds were singing all the time, the king of Nanzhao built a summer palace here and named it "Sari water city". The red walls and yellow tiles of Sari water city are magnificent. At the same time, there are also Wanghai tower, Diaoyutai, royal garden, etc. There are also flower boats with carved dragons and painted phoenixes on the beach for people to go boating. Every summer, Nanzhao's relatives and relatives go to the island one after another for summer.

In the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuanyang wrote a poem praising the beautiful scenery of Jinsuo Island, saying: "the natural stone is like a golden shuttle, and he wants to weave silver Cang waves on the water; a coral tree hides on the bottom of the sea, and meets moon in the clear night." Chen zhisui's poem "Jinsuo island" says: "the cool world is full of smoke and waves, and there are many relics of Nanzhao royal family. After all, the lakes and mountains belong to the common people, and today's visitors are full of you. " Also worth visiting is the Benzhu temple in Bai fishing village. Among them, the three princes of the surname Zhang were worshipped. There is a couplet in front of the temple, which says: "the beautiful rivers and mountains, the golden Suo Island, occupy one; the splendid land of the motherland, the relic water city, live alone", and the horizontal inscription is "Gong long de Zhao". There are stages, courtyards, halls, flowers and trees planted in the courtyard, as well as tables and chairs for visitors to have a rest.

Traffic information

The wharf of Jinsuo island in Haidong town takes 5 minutes to get to Jinsuo island by cruise ship and fishing boat.

Address: Haidong Town, Dali City, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 100.25900268555

Latitude: 25.69939994812

Tour time: 2-3 hours

Traffic information: it takes 5 minutes to get to Jinsuo island by cruise ship and fishing boat at the wharf of Jinsuo island in Haidong town

Ticket information: the cruise ticket is 120 yuan (including 20 yuan for LUOQUAN island and 30 yuan for Erhai Lake resource protection), and 20 yuan for Yulong Palace on the island

Chinese PinYin : Jin Suo Dao