7 Sights in Dali, China (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Dali, China! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Dali. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

1. Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple

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The Three Pagodas of the Chongsheng Temple are an ensemble of three independent pagodas arranged on the corners of an equilateral triangle, near the old town of Dali, Yunnan province, China, dating from the time of the Kingdom of Nanzhao and Kingdom of Dali in the 9th and 10th centuries.

Wikipedia: Three Pagodas (EN)

2. 阳苴咩城遗址

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Yang Tho Baa Cheng (Bai language:), also known as "Yang Tho Baa City", "Yang Tho ��� City", "Tho Baa City", is located in Dali Town, Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. The ruins of the city are in the ancient city of Dali and the area west of it, north to the south bank of Taoxi, and south to the north bank of Luyu Creek. It has successively served as the capital of Nanzhao, Dachanghe, Datianxing, Dayining, Dali and Dazhong.

Wikipedia: 羊苴咩城 (ZH)

3. 元世祖平云南碑

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Pingyunnan stele is located in the west of Dali Town, Dali City, Yuan Chengzong Dade eight years (1304) erected. Cheng Wenhai, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, wrote an article, with a total of 1,300 words and more than 1,000 words, describing the strategy of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty.

Wikipedia: 元世祖平云南碑 (ZH)

4. 银梭岛遗址

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Yinsuo Island Site, located in the southeast of Erhai Lake, Haidong Town, Dali City, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China, is the shell mound site from the Neolithic Age to the Shang Dynasty and the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Wikipedia: 银梭岛遗址 (ZH)

5. Dehua Stele

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The Nanzhao Dehua Monument is located in the southwest of Taihe Village, Taihe Street, Dali City, Yunnan Province, in the ruins of Taihe City, and is erected by Luofeng, the king of Nanzhao in the first year of the Great Calendar (766). The stele is 3.94 meters high (excluding the part that enters the soil), the upper width is 2.28 meters, the lower width is 2.4 meters, the upper end is 0.6 meters thick, the lower end is 0.63 meters thick, it is a rectangular shape, and there is a tenon hole at the top. The text of the stele is 40 lines, totaling more than 3,800 words, which is written by Du Guangting of the Tang Dynasty. Due to severe weathering, most of the text has been eroded, and only more than 100 characters remain.

Wikipedia: 南诏德化碑 (ZH)

6. Dali Catholic Church

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Dali Catholic Church, known as the Cathedral of the Holy Heart of Jesus (), is the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Dali, the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units, located in Dali City, Yunnan Province, the ancient city of Xinmin Road No. 6.

Wikipedia: 大理天主教堂 (ZH)

7. Wuhua Building

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Wuhua Building Daniel / CC BY-SA 2.0

Wuhua Building is located in the southern section of Fuxing Road, Dali Ancient City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. The original Wuhua Building was built in the Nanzhao period, and was destroyed in the war in the early Ming Dynasty. The current Wuhua Building was built elsewhere during the Ming Zhengde period, demolished in the "Cultural Revolution", and rebuilt in 1998.

Wikipedia: 五华楼 (ZH)

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