Dali Ancient City is located in the west of Yunnan Province, also known as Ye Yu City and Zicheng.
The history of the ancient city can be traced back to the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, when the Yangjume City built by Luofeng, the king of Nanzhao, became its new capital.
The ancient city was built in the 15th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1382), covering an area of ??3 square kilometers.
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Dali is one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities in China announced by the State Council on February 8, 1982.
The ancient city of Dali was the political, economic and cultural center of Yunnan during its more than 500 years of history during the Tang and Song Dynasties. There are 14 key cultural relics protection units at or above the municipal level distributed in the ancient city, carrying the history and culture of Dali , religious culture and ethnic culture, it is the core tourist area of ??Dali.
The ancient city of Dali was the political, economic and cultural center of Yunnan during its more than 500 years of history during the Tang and Song Dynasties.
There are many cultural relics and historic sites in the ancient city, the city layout is basically preserved, and important sites can be identified. As of 2013, there are 14 key cultural relics protection units at or above the municipal level distributed in the ancient city.
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1. Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple in Dali
It is 14 kilometers away from Xiaguan and located in Dali 1.5 kilometers to the north, at the foot of Yingle Peak in Cangshan Mountain, with Cangshan Mountain as its back and facing the Erhai Lake, the Three Pagodas are composed of three pagodas, one large, two small, and three, standing in a tripod shape. From a distance, they look majestic and majestic. They are one of the scenic spots in Cang'er Lake.
The base of the three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple is square, surrounded by stone railings. The four-corner columns of the columns are carved with stone lions. There is a stone screen wall in the middle of the east side, with the four characters "Yongzhen Mountains and Rivers". Quite ambitious.
The main tower of the three towers is called Qianxun Tower. It is a square 16-story dense-eaves tower with a bottom width of 9.9 meters and a height of 69.13 meters. There is a copper bowl on the top of the tower, with a pagoda brake on top, and The large and small wild goose pagodas in Xi'an are both typical buildings of the Tang Dynasty.
It is said that the three towers were built during the Baohe period of Nanzhao. In recent years, more than 600 important cultural relics from the Nanzhao and Dali periods have been discovered on the top of the towers.
The two small towers in the south and north are located behind the main tower. The distance between the two towers is 97.5 meters and 70 meters away from the main tower, forming a tripod of three towers. Both towers are made of hollow bricks with eight dendrobium-shaped eaves. ***Level 10, each 43 meters high.
The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple are among the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
2. Dali Ancient City
It faces the rippling Erhai Lake to the east and the perennially green Cangshan Mountain to the west, forming an urban pattern of "a river surrounds Cangshan Mountain and Cangshan Mountain embraces the ancient city".
It has a construction history of 1,200 years since King Yimouxun of Nanzhao moved the capital to Yangju City in 779.
The existing ancient city of Dali was restored on the basis of the Yangju City in the early Ming Dynasty. The city is square in shape, with four gates, a tower on the top, an acropolis below, and three streams in the north and south. As a natural barrier, the outer layer of the city wall is made of bricks; five streets run through the city from south to north, and eight streets and alleys run through it from west to east. The entire city is laid out in a chessboard pattern.
The ancient city of Dali is referred to as Yeyu, also known as the Purple City. Its history can be traced back to the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty. The Yangjume City (near the three west pagodas of today's city) built by Luofeng, the king of Nanzhao, was Its new capital.
The ancient city was built in the 15th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. It has a radius of twelve miles. The city wall is two feet five feet high and two feet thick.
There is a gate each in the east, west, south and north, both with towers and turrets at the four corners.
At the beginning of liberation, the city walls were demolished.
In 1982, the South City Gate was rebuilt. The word "Dali" on the front door was a collection of Guo Moruo's calligraphy.
3. Shuimushan
It is 25 kilometers away from Xiangyun County.
This place belongs to Majie Township, with an altitude of 2070 meters.
Shuimu Mountain is one of the earliest Buddhist holy places in Yunnan. In the eighth year of Yuanhe (813) of Emperor Xianzong of Tang Dynasty, the ministers of Nanzhao asked to build this temple.
Zen Master Puji Qingguang dug into the ground with his Zen staff, "and a clear spring gushes out, which is why it is called Shuimou."
On the opening day, all the leaders of Liuzhao came to congratulate him.
When the incense is at its peak, it is known as "a thousand monks and eight hundred nuns".
There have been eminent monks living in Shuimu Mountain in the past dynasties, such as the founder of the Tang Dynasty, Puji Qingguang Zen Master, the Song Dynasty Zen Master Jingmiaocheng, and the late Qing Dynasty Zen Masters Wuwugruru and Feixiangxing. During the rule of the country, many members of the royal family became monks here.
A famous monk in the early Qing Dynasty also lived here for a long time.
Since the Tang Dynasty, Shuimushan Temple has undergone many repairs and constructions, and gradually formed a building community, including Shuimu, Xiancheng, Dizang Temple, Lingguang Temple, Pagoda Courtyard, Sanjiao Pavilion, Pilu Pavilion, Amitabha Temple and other temples.