The scenery of the ancient city of Dali (1)( 10) Yangmao Town (near the West Three Pagodas in this city) built by Wang Geluofeng is its new capital. The present ancient city was built in the 15th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1382). It is 12 miles in Fiona Fang, and its walls are 25 feet high and 20 feet thick. There is a gate in the east, the west, the north and the south, with towers and turrets in the four corners. In the early days of liberation, all the city walls were demolished. 1982 Rebuild the south gate, and the gate is "Dali" II.
The word "Chengmen" in Dali ancient city is a collection of Guo Moruo's calligraphy. Entering the city from the south gate, Fuxing Road, which leads directly to the north gate, becomes a bustling market. There are many shops along the street, selling ethnic handicrafts such as marble and tie-dye, as well as jewelry and jade. You can also find some old houses in the past on the street. There are flowers and trees in the yard, birds are singing, and there is running water in the streams and canals outside. The scene of "three wells at a time, a few pots of flowers in a family" remains the same. The east-west road to protect the country in the ancient city is called "foreigner street", where Chinese and western restaurants, cafes, teahouses and handicraft shops come and go. Signs and advertisements are mostly written in foreign languages, and blond "foreigners" linger here, looking for the ancient charm of the East and gradually becoming a unique landscape.
1On February 8th, 982, the State Council announced that Dali Ancient City was one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities in China.