What are the fun and delicious places in Dali Ancient City

For thousands of years, Dali Ancient City has been attracting people from all over the Central Plains to live in seclusion and live. This plot was used in various martial arts novels, including Wei Xiaobao, who took his seven wives to Dali to live in seclusion, as well as several in Princess Pearl. Below, I will share with you some of the fun and delicious places in Dali Ancient City.

At nine o’clock in the morning, the sun is just right. Change into a long dress, put on a hat, put on a pair of flat shoes, take the No. 4 bus to Yita Road and get off, and slowly walk down the city wall along the bluestone paved road.

Arriving at the south gate of the city, the sun is shining brightly at the gate, the crabapple flowers are in full bloom, small merchants and hawkers are greeting tourists with full enthusiasm, and tourists are walking leisurely through the south gate of Dali Ancient City with passionate hearts. The sound of mobile phones and cameras taking pictures is endless, and the figures of the hawkers follow me closely, I must have been classified as “outsiders”.

Following the usual practice of tour groups, the morning time is usually arranged for tourists in various scenic spots in Dali, such as climbing Cangshan Mountain, visiting Erhai Lake, or enjoying the wind, flowers, snow and moon. The ancient city is only visited in the afternoon or evening when guests are free. So, every night when I walk to the ancient city, the streets are bustling with people, and if I’m not careful, I’ll be separated from my companions.

This morning, taking advantage of the good sunshine and gentle breeze, and not many tourists, I started from the south gate, slowed down my pace, and savored the charm of the ancient city with the mood of a tourist.

Entering the city.

This is a brief introduction to Dali City

The mottled city bricks tell the story of the city’s vicissitudes. The Dali Kingdom, which came out of Jin Yong’s novels, has a mysterious charm like a paradise. People who come here from afar are curious about everything here, the Bai girls, sisters, aunts, and grandmothers in Bai costumes are either holding flower wreaths, headwear, and selling them, or holding colorful threads and asking the beautiful girls if they want to braid colorful braids, ten yuan for eight braids.

The girl with colorful braids seems to have found the feeling of an ancient female warrior in Jin Yong’s novels in this city, a satisfied face, a spring breeze, her steps light and agile.

Dali City Museum

The main hall is the museum, it’s crowded with people, so I’ll skip it for now. I found the stele forest while looking for the restroom, and I wanted to visit the Stele Forest Museum last month on a business trip to Xi’an, but unfortunately I missed the chance. It’s not bad to see the Dali Stele Forest.

For someone who is terrible at writing, this calligraphy is pretty good.

Nanzhao Dehua Stele Inscription

Part of the inscription

The inscription reads: The traces of the founding king, all things are witnessed

I’ve always had a love for brush calligraphy, but I’ve been practicing for years with no improvement. Let’s take a look and learn.

Coming to the courtyard, I looked up, white and pink roses were in full bloom under the blue sky and white clouds. As a flower enthusiast, I couldn’t move my feet.

This type of flower is not common, you can appreciate it.

Two Bai guides happened to be passing by with tourists. The guide, in a very professional tone, introduced the two rose trees to the tourists: This is a rose, locally called a tickle tree. If you tickle the main trunk of the tree with your hand, the branches will gently move. The tourists all reached out their fingers to put the guide’s words into practice, but the branches seemed to give the guide no face at all.

Actually, I tried it when I was a kid, and the tickle tree never moved when I tickled it. I always thought it was because I was too small and not strong enough to tickle it. Today, watching a group of adults trying hard to tickle the tree, I laughed.

Passing through “Ju Zhong Yu Wai” to see “Human Lu Xun”, I really like Lu Xun’s articles, from “From the Hundred Grass Garden to Sanwei Schoolhouse”, “Mr. Fujino”, “Run Tu”, “Ah Q Zheng Chuan”, “Kong Yiji”, “In Memory of Liu Hezhen”, “Medicine” … In that era of national crisis, Mr. Lu Xun’s articles were “like spears, like daggers”, profound and sharp, awakening the numbness of the people.

“To bow my head and be a milch cow for the people” is a true reflection of Lu Xun’s life.

Some relevant literature and materials on Lu Xun

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the woodblock print movement initiated by Mr. Lu Xun had a great influence in China, cultivating a group of outstanding woodblock print artists, such as Xie Qingzhen from Meizhou.

Leaving the Grand Marshal’s Mansion, I headed straight for Wuhuai Tower. The street in front of the tower is not crowded. It was easy to walk.

But at night, the area in front of Wuhuai Tower is crowded with people. In the crowd, you’re not walking, you’re moving step by step like a snail.

Freshly picked roses, not only smell good in the rose cake store, but they also make the rose cakes look more authentic.

To attract customers, the little prince in national costume is vigorously twisting his little waist to the rhythm of the music.

The girl selling the hand drum, dressed in ethnic style, looks very beautiful too.

These green bamboo leaves must be very good, you can touch them, they are smooth and soft.

Stroll leisurely, eat as you walk, play as you travel, relax and enjoy the good times, even if you just sit quietly on a chair by the street and watch people come and go, it will be incredibly comfortable. This is the ultimate travel experience!