Erhai Lake is located in Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.
Generally, the lake covers an area of about 246 square kilometers (251 square kilometers), with a storage capacity of about 2.95 billion cubic meters. It is long and narrow, starting from the southern tip of Eryuan County in the north and ending at Xiaguan in Dali City in the south, with a length of 4 kilometers from north to south. It is the second largest lake in Yunnan after Dianchi Lake, and the seventh largest freshwater lake in China.
Erhai Lake was formed at the end of the Ice Age, mainly due to subsidence and erosion. It belongs to a plateau tectonic rift lake with an altitude of 1972 meters. Erhai Lake, belonging to the Lancang River Basin, is the upper source of the Yangbi River tributary, Xi 'er River. The lake flows from Xi 'er River to Xiaguan in Dali City and flows into Yangbi River to the west.
Erhai Lake has seven main functions: water supply, agricultural irrigation, power generation, climate regulation, fishery, shipping and tourism. There are a few Cangshan mountains in the west of Erhai Lake, surrounded by Jade Mountain in the east, and the space environment is beautiful.
Cangshan Erhai Nature Reserve was established with the approval of Yunnan Provincial People's Government in p>1981, and was upgraded to a national level in 1994. Its main protection targets are plateau freshwater lakes, aquatic animals and plants, natural landscapes and glacial remains in the transitional zone between north and south animals and plants, with an area of 79,7 hectares.
scenic spots along Erhai Lake:
The three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple, located under Yingle Peak in Cangshan, 1 km northwest of the ancient city of Dali, were originally part of the Chongsheng Temple building. The temple has long been destroyed, leaving only three pagodas. Three brick pagodas stand at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and the shore of Erhai Lake, with magnificent momentum. Square and hollow, the Great Pagoda was built in the Tang Dynasty. It is called Chihiro Pagoda. Its shape is similar to that of Little Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi 'an. It is 69.13 meters high and * * * has 16 floors. It is a dense eaves building.
The two small towers in the north and south are 7 meters away from the big tower, which were built in the Song Dynasty and are octagonal hollow brick towers with dense eaves, both 42.19 meters high and 1 floors each. From 1978 to 198, after extensive maintenance, more than 68 important cultural relics of Nanzhao Dali were found when cleaning up the tower foundation and tower top.
butterfly spring is located at the foot of Yunnong Peak in Cangshan Mountain, 24 kilometers north of Dali Ancient City. The spring water is snatched from the sand and gathered in a pond of more than 2 square meters. The spring water is green and clear, surrounded by marble railings and surrounded by green trees. There is an ancient Shuangxin tree lying across the spring surface, reflecting in the water, swaying and changing the landscape endlessly.
Every year in the fourth month of the lunar calendar, butterflies gather around the spring, dancing lightly, and some of them are hung on the trees end to end, forming a butterfly spring spectacle. There are also Butterfly Museum, Sea Pavilion, Butterfly Monument and Xu Xiake Stone Statue.
Nanzhao Dehua Monument stands in a stone pavilion of Tang Dynasty architectural style in the site of Taihe City in Dali City. The monument is 4.2 meters high and .6 meters thick. It is engraved on both sides, with more than 3,8 words in text and more than 1,3 words in inscription, with a total of more than 5,1 words.
Describe the early history of Nanzhao and its relationship with the Tang Dynasty, and describe the cause and process of Tianbao War in detail. The article is tactfully moving, flowery in words, vigorous in calligraphy, and has the brushwork of Li Beihai (Li Yong).