China | DALI ● Xizhou Old Town, Yunnan (云南大理●喜洲古镇)
YUNNAN GUIDE| KUNMING STATION HIGH SPEED TRAIN| XIZHOU OLD TOWN| DALI ANCIENT CITY
00:29 Passengers transit lounge
01:32 Airport metro
02:21 Kunming train station
02:54 Dali Station
04:30 Bai restaurant at butterfly spring
06:09 Cormorant fishing
07:15 Zhoucheng tie-dyeing museum
08:10 Xizhou old town
08:55 Xizhou BABA
12:00 Dali Ancient City
12:57 Dali Shao Dong Jia
Day 1
we reached Kunming airport at 2am. so we slept in the airport. there is only 1 flight to kmg from KK
6am,took train and bus from KMG airport to KMG railway station. purchased ticket in the railway station because cant buy kids ticket online.children below 120cm rides for free! (practically free for everything) (yes they use height, not age )
2 hours KMG - DALI (high speed train)
hotel in DALI is cosy and clean. we are contented hence we would highly recommend this place. hotel provides hotel transfer from the train station at 30rmb ONLY! our initial plan was to rent bikes and tour around Er Hai but we reached Dali at 2pm (not according to schedule) so we took the driver's offer to fetch us around. i like this driver :) would recommend if youre doing to Dali.
3pm-6pm DALI : lunch at butterfly town for Bai food (the spicy sour fish is fantastic!) - Zhou Cheng for the tie-dye craft - xi zhou town for baba - er hai to take pic
driver dropped us off at Dali Old Town. explored a little then hunt for dinner. Bai dinner which i would recommend ! our feets are not cooperating so we took a cab back to the hotel.
Xizhou (market, house and temple) (Yunnan - China)
(EN) Located in north part of Dali City, Xizhou Town is a main residential district for Bai Nationality, as a birthplace of Dali culture; it is also a famous historic cultural town of Bai Nationality.
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Great Local Market Xizhou Town in Dali, Yunnan, China
Most people in Xizhou, the town on the opposite side of Lake Erhai. People interested in local food culture. The range of food reachep from every green leaf vegetable, bananas as for as fish, meet, sauce and spices
Dali Wase Xizhou, China
Video with images of Dali, Wase and Xizhou three townships in southwestern Yunnan province of China.The main inhabitants of the region are people of the Bai minority. In the third century BC they found a passage to Burma and India. The first emperor of China brought the area under his authority. The trade routes already in existence became part of a larger network throughout the empire. In the middle of the seventh century the people in the region established their own powerful kingdom Nanzhao. Initially this kingdom allied with the Chinese empire against the Tibetans. But in the early eighth century this kingdom defeated the Tang imperial army. Since then it was a prosperous and independent kingdom which controlled the trade routes from China to India and Burma. In the tenth century a local leader dispelled the king of Nanzhao. He founded his own kingdom in Dali. In the middle of the thirteenth century the Mongol emperors submitted this new kingdom and made it part of their empire. Nevertheless the south west remained an isolated frontier region and a refuge for political opponents to the imperial regime.
Dali was built in the middle of the eighth century by the king of Nanzhao. The town is situated on a small plateau enclosed by a lake and a mountain range. All around the old town is a rectangular wall. The former southern gate is now part of the town centre due to later architectural expansion. In the south a new town wall has been constructed. The main road runs from north to south. It is a wide lane with trees on both sides. The main road has water tunnels on both sides. The back wall of the houses is made of granite while the front has windows and doors made of wood. The doors and posts are decorated with elaborate wood carvings. Most houses have two floors, the upper floor is used for storage. On the roof of the house are tiles.
At the other side of the lake is Wase a village with a market every week for fish and fruit. The fruit comes from orchards on the dry eastern shore of the lake. Merchants also sell fire wood, marble and granite from the mountain ranges along the western shore of the lake. They bring these products to Wase by boat. Both trade and transport are in the hands of the Bai. Many people in the village wear local Bai dress. Women generally wear light coloured shirts, sleeveless jackets of red, blue or black color, embroidered belts, loose trousers and embroidered shoes of cloth.
North of Dali is the old village of Xizhou with a market each day of the week. At the market people buy food like fish, meat, vegetables and cereals. They also buy local made goods like batik shirts and shoes with embroidery. In Xizhou the original Bai architecture has been well preserved and some tea houses still have a traditional appearance. Some Bai women in local dress still gather in front of one of these tea houses when they return from the market.
大理的喜洲古镇，我很喜欢这里 I like this place in the ancient town of Xizhou in Dali
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Dali Erhai Lake Bai Temple Festival - Yunnan Music Part 3, China Travel
Wondering the narrow alleyways of Erhai lakeshore villages near Dali in Yunnan Province of southwestern China one can get lucky and stumble upon a genuine Bai village temple fest. Tourists who prefer to keep to Dali guidebooks most recommended sites seldom visit the smallest of these villages. Yet it is here at a typical village temple that a village folk gathering can be found worshiping. There are no guests, no outside visitors and the immensely enjoyable spectacle usually lasts all day. The participants, including the orchestra members are the villagers themselves. All of them take part; they are who live in the small village, sharing in the worship and the eventual feast. Both men and women participate, the women first in their own temple, and then together with men they light the auspicious incense in the main temple. After worship the participants gather to enjoy some of the foods the women cooked and offered as temple offerings to the gods pig head, rooster, bowl of spicy fish, plates of colored noodles, cups of rice, fruits, chilly and vegetables, all staple parts of their diet. This gathering and communal temple worship and meal was preceded by five days of abstinence from eating meat. The music and chants are mesmerizing, downright hypnotic. All villagers sport smiles and deep-rooted joy in participating. Their simple, authentic local celebration exudes in genuine display of friendship toward one another.
Dali-style pancakes: Xizhou Baba
Best Attractions and Places to See in Dali, China
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Cangshan mountain - Dali Yunnan China
Flower enthusiasts may be familiar with this mountain because of the beautiful azalea flowers grown here.
Cangshan (simplified Chinese: 苍山; traditional Chinese: 蒼山; pinyin: Cángshān) is a mountain range immediately west of Dali City in Yunnan province of Southwest China. The highest summit, Malong, is 4,122 m, but the range includes another 18 peaks that are over 3,500 m elevation.
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Mirling Abroad in Dali, China - Yunnan Province Series PART 1
Yunnan Province is without a doubt our favourite part of China that we visit on our trip. The scenery is spectacular, the people are diverse, warm, and friendly, and the food is the most delicious we've had in the country. Can't say enough about Yunnan Province.
Check out the highlights of our 2 weeks in Yunnan in this three-part series. Part 1 begins in the ancient city of Dali. We were blown away by the chilled-out, hippie vibe here; four days is not enough.
arriving to Xizhou
a vid from the first couple of days in Xizhou, China !
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Dali, the ancient capital city of Dali & Nanzhao Kingdom, an important trading post on Southern Silk Road, a small relaxing,walled old town tucked between Cangshan mountains and Erhai lake.
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Chinese Food Tour in Yunnan - AMAZING STREET FOOD and Ethnic Feast! | Yunnan, China Day 1
Day 1 of this 4-part video Chinese food tour of Yunnan. Watch it all here:
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Luxi who was our guide also has a cooking school called Rice and Friends ( - we’ll visit her cooking school on Day 3 of this series.
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Xizhou, China
On Day 1, we drove from Dali Old Town to Xizhou, another ancient town near Dali, that’s known for some famous Chinese street food snacks.
We started for breakfast with a thick pea porridge and a pea pudding salad. The grandmother serving had been making these same dishes since she was a child with her mother. The breakfast was warming and delicious, and it hit the spot in the morning.
Total price - 8 RMB ($1.20)
Xizhou Baba - Probably the most famous Chinese street food you have to try in Xizhou is baba, which is also sometimes known as a Chinese pizza. It’s a round of dough that’s mixed with lard and meat, or the sweet version, and baked in a unique street oven using charcoal. Part of the fun is watching it being made. Then of course, eating it is absolutely delicious.
Price - 10 RMB ($1.50) per piece
Yunnanese cheese - Next up in Xizhou we went to watch a local Yunnanese Cheese demonstration. Yunnan is one of the few places in China where there is a cheese culture - some say it was brought over with the Mongols. We made some local cheese, then put it out to dry, then they let us sample some different types of the prepared cheese. Price - 8 RMB ($1.20)
Yi He Zhuang (怡和庄) Restaurant - This Yunnanese ethnic Bai Chinese food meal was the highlight of my day. We had an absolute feast of a meal, including a few unique Chinese dishes like raw pig sashimi and pine needle salad. Everything was colorful, using natural ingredients and the flavors were spectacular. This meal is one I’ll never forget.
Total price - 215 RMB ($32.41)
Dali Old Town - It was a long day of delicious Chinese food, and in the evening we drove back to Dali Old Town and headed out for dinner.
Duan’s Kitchen - For dinner we were back in Old Town Dali, and my friend Frank from Zouba Tours mentioned that Duan’s Kitchen was a little touristy, but he said we needed to try it because the food was amazing and they are doing some unique things. The food was outstanding, and my favorite dish was the chicken braised in chili oil with pu’er tea.
Total price - 180 RMB ($27.14)
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The Guanyin Tang temple (Dali - Yunnan - China)
(EN) Guanyin Temple (Guanyintang in Chinese) is located in the south of Old Town of Dali, about 10 minutes' drive. Popularly enshrined and worshipped in Dali area, Guanyin has been regarded as a Patron God or Goddess of Bai minority. Buddhism in Dali could be taken as Yunnan Esoteric or Dian Mi, in which Guanyin is much more important than Buddha; experts referred to the Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) there as Arcarya Guanyin (A Cuo Ye in Chinese) who is much slimmer than those elsewhere. It's even said that Pi Luoge, the founder of the Nanzhao Kingdom, had been nominated by Guanyin as the governor of the Six Tribes at that time. Among Buddhist temples in Dali, Guanyin temples or shrines are the majority, and Guanyin Tang or Guanyin Temple is the most famous one.
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