Dali West Lake

West Lake

synonym

Dali West Lake generally refers to West Lake (West Lake of Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province)

The West Lake, also known as Eryuan West Lake and Dali West Lake, is located at the foot of yunnongfeng mountain, the first peak of Cangshan Mountain, in the west of dengchuanbazi, Eryuan County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. It is inlaid at the foot of fozhong mountain in the west of yousuo town. The West Lake is more than 40 kilometers away from the ancient city of Dali, on the way from Dali to Lijiang.

Eryuan is the birthplace of Erhai Lake, the Pearl of the plateau, so it is named "Eryuan". Because of its rich natural resources, it is praised as "the land of fish and rice", "the land of plum", "the land of dairy cow", "the land of hot spring", "the land of orchid", "the land of plateau water" and "the land of Suona".

West Lake is a National Wetland Park, a national AAA scenic spot and a provincial scenic spot in Yunnan Province. Eryuan West Lake Wetland Park is the second National Wetland Park in Yunnan Province after Hani Terrace in Yuanyang, and also the first natural National Wetland Park in Yunnan Province. It is a freshwater lake in Pingba plateau. It is composed of West Lake, Jiangwei, luopingshan and Luosi river. The West Lake, with an area of 5.5 square kilometers, is a faulted lake in the plateau, with an average water depth of 1.8 meters and the deepest nearly 12 meters. It is one of the important water sources of Erhai Lake.

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.

Ecological resources

The ecosystem diversity of West Lake is very unique, forming the overlapping diversity characteristics of natural ecosystem and artificial ecosystem of Mianshan forest (shrub) - village farmland lakeside swamp lake water surface island village. The wetland is the habitat of many wintering birds and the largest population of purple pheasant in China.

places of historic figures and cultural heritage

There are six villages (zhangjiadeng, Qingshuitang, dongdeng, zhongdeng, nandeng, Haitang) and one island in the West Lake of Eryuan, which constitute a natural village with a lake in the village and a village in the lake. In Ming Dynasty, Yang Sheng'an, Li Yuan Yang, Yang Nan Jin and other famous people had many times Pan Lake singing. In 1639 A.D., Xu Xiake went boating on the West Lake. He was intoxicated by the scenery of the West Lake and the fishing village of lotus. In his travel notes, he praised: "you have the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and there are four mountains surrounded by green, so you can feel that the West Lake is under it." Yang Chengchun, a member of Deng Chuan's family in the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem praising: "the light of the lake is rippling, the fisherman's singing is disturbing the waterfront, the sampan at Xinkou knocks on the sentences of Hunan and Han, and the flute and wild goose are playing with broken heart. Three or three pairs of baiyansuo were combined, and two of them returned to the sails to get the shore points. The most important thing was to take advantage of the sunset with the absence, and the former village sold wine with the rest drunk. "

Bai cuisine

The food with Bai flavor can be tasted in the West Lake: raw skin, lake water boiled fish, water vegetable bean rice soup, casserole fish, stewed plum, carved plum, milk fan, Sandao tea and so on.

Transportation guide

The West Lake is more than 40 kilometers away from Dali, on the way from Dali to Lijiang. You can take the shuttle bus to Yuhu town of Eryuan County and get off at yousuo town on the way and go north. One day tour route of Eryuan: Dali - Eryuan County - pengbi Lake - hot spring bath - Dali (or to Jianchuan, Heqing, Lijiang, Diqing).

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.

Address: Eryuan County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture

Longitude: 100.05417

Latitude: 26.011924

Tel: 0872-5398888

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