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	Explore China	Dali,a historically and culturally famous city of China, is renowned for her historical interest. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was the capital of Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms, the political, economic and cultural centre of Yunnan, an important gateway of cultural exchange and trading with southeastern Asian countries, and an important pass of the ancient "Silk Route of the South". It has long enjoyed the reputation of "a land of letters".			Tibet Travel with Permit Southern Silk Road Yunnan-Tibet . The Ancient Tea Horse Caravan Road Get Vehicle in Yunnan Shaxi Ancient Town Tour Cormorant fishing The Bai tradition of fishing Cormorant fishing is a tradition of hundreds of years old. The birds are with the fisherman from the day they are born. He feeds them and takes them every day to the lake to have them watch the adult birds fishing. The grown up birds have a string of hemp around their neck so that if they catch fish they can't swallow the bigger ones. They bring the fisherman the big fish and he rewards them with smaller ones they can eat. When the younger birds are big enough they are conditioned to do the same thing. Cormorant fishing is a dying tradition. From the 75 fishermenfamilies there are 15 left doing this. The main reason for this is that the lake is starting to get empty because of over-fishing. Many birds are sold or killed because the fishermen can't afford them any longer. The food is more expensive than what the birds actually bring in. At this moment plans are being developed to keep alive not only the birds but also the tradition. So if you still want to see this tradition. If you want to see it have to booking befor the fishing man going on the lake.
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	4WD Overland	Dali is situated in the southwest of Yunnan and at the intersection of the Yunnan-Burma Highway and Yunnan-Tibetan Highway. It is 400 km. away from Kunming and one day's bus ride will bring you to Dali via Chuxiong Prefecture. Dali municipality covers an area of 1,457 square km. and is inhabited by 400 thousand people, composed of the Bai, Han, Hui, Yi, Lisu and other nationalities, among whom the Bai nationality makes up 64% of the total. Dali City stands against Cangshan Mountain in the west and adjoins Erhai Lake in the east, and is embraced by undulating hills around. The elevation of the city proper is 1,974 metres. Dali is a highland city in low latitudes and its climate is of subtropical highland monsoon type. The weather is temperate, the annual mean temperature being 15 C and rainfall 1,078 mm. The monsoon season falls on June through October, and there is no marked seasonal changes in a year. Abundant sunshine makes the weather warm, but the wind is very strong, so Xiaguan of Dali is known as "A City of Wind."
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	Rock and Ice Climb
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	Dali Ancient Town	As "a land of letters", Dali was the cradle of the Bai culture. In the long history of the past, the ancestors of the Bais and the Yis had created the brilliant Erhai Culture and left numerous illuminating historical and cultural relics. Within the boundaries of Dali, there are many ancient pagodas, steles, places of historical interest and frescoes. The ancient Dali City is still standing there elegantly and toweringly. The most outstanding places of interest in Dali are: the ancient city proper of Dali, the Three Pagodas on the ruins of Chongshengsi Monastery, Nanzhao Stele, the Tablet Commemorating Kublai khan's Conquest of Yunnan, the remains of Taihe City, the Tomb of Du Wenxiu, the scroll of pictorial history of Nanzhao (Tang Dynasty), Pictures on Buddhist themes Painted by Zhang Shengwan of Dali (Song Dynasty), and the Frescoes in Xingjiaosi Temple of Shaxi (Ming Dynasty). All these are the witnesses of the brilliant history of this ancient city. Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake are the best scenic spots in Dali, which are reputed as the "Snow-covered Cangshan Mountains and Jade-Green Erhai Lake". Cangshan Mountain stands erect like a huge screen. Its snowcapped pinnacles and the streams in between under fleecy clouds make a beautiful picture. The placid and crystal clear Erhai Lake comprises the following famous scenic spots: the Three Islets, the Four Sand Bars, the Five Miniature Lakes and the Nine Curvatures. The magnificent Three Pagodas, the Lofty Cangshan Mountain and the Colourful Butterfly Spring add lustre to what is already beautiful. The Wind, Flowers, Snows and the Moon make a perfect natural picture that renders this ancient city even more attractive. So, people adorn it as "A Corner of Mother Nature" and "Switzerland in the East." The folk ways of the minority nationality are richly colourful. The architectural layout of "Sanfang Yizhaobi" (a courtyard with rooms on three sides and a screen wall on the remaining side) and "Sihe Wutiangjing" (one big courtyard with four smaller ones at the corners of the main one) of the Bai nationality is elegant yet unsophisticated. "Every household has a water well and every family owns a number of potted flowers" are the tradition and common practice of the Bais. The attire of the Bai girls is brilliant and graceful, simple yet harmonious. The national minorities in the Dali area have many traditional festivals and gatherings, namely: the Benzhu Festival (worshipping the guardian saint or the local god of a Bai community), the Flower Festival, the March Fair, Raosanling Festival, Torchlight Festival and Lake Tour Festival. Among them, the March Fair is the most magnificent of all.
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	Tiger leaping gorge
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	Map of Dali
	Dali Ecotours
	Round Dali 5-8days
	Dali horse back ride
	Around Erhai lake
	From Dali to Tibet
	Yunnan Crossing
		1-3days trips round Dali
	Kunming-Dali	Dali bike tours \| Dali bike + boat tours \| Dali trekking + camp Cycling around Erhai lake 2-3 days \| Dali - Shibaoshan - Shaxi 1-2 days Cable car up to Cangshan mountain + hike on the cloud road Dali Ecotours 1-3 days \| Dali Eco-tours 5-8 days \| Dali-Weishan market day Gengma-Primitive minority area of South-west Yunnan
	Kunming-Lijiang
	Kunming-Zhongdian
	Kunming-Shangri La
	Kunming-Yuanyang
	Kunming- Banna	2-10days trips round Dali
	Kunming-Guilin	Dali-Tiger leaping gorge trek 2-3days \| Dali-Lijiang-T.L.G-Zhongdian 4-6days Dali-Lijiang-Zhongdian-deqin(Meeli) 5-8days \| Dali-Weishan-Pu'er-Banna-Kunmin 5-10days The Nujiang Canyon-Upper Salween on Burma border
	Kunming-Hainan
		4-16days trips round Dali
		Dali-Pu'er-Banna-Yuanyang rice terraces-Jianshui-Kunming 8-12days Dali-Kunming-Tiankeng(great pit)-Guilin-Yangshuo-Yongsheng rice terraces 12-16days Dali-Lugu lake(matrilineal) 4-6days \| Dali-Lugu lake-Lijiang 4-6days Dali-Lugu lake-Yanyuan-Xichang 6-8days \| Dali-Lijiang-Zhongdian-flight to Lhasa 5-8days



		12-20days trips Depart from Dali
		Dali-Lijiang-Zhongdian-Deqin-Mangkam-Bamda-Linchi-Lhasa 12-15days Dali-Lijiang-T.L.G-Zhongdian-Daocheng-Yahding-Litang-Kamding-Chengdu 16-20days


			Shaxi Ancient Town The only surviving market town on the Tea and Horse Caravan trail, ShaXi town, has been built 600 years ago, is inhabited mainly by Bai, Yi, and Lisu. In this town you still can find some ancient courier station...










		Travel to Tibet with Permit
		Dali-Lijiang-Deqen-Mamkam-Ningchi-Lhasa by land 10-12 days
		Dali-Deqen-Mamkam-Ningchi-Lhasa-Everest by 4WD 15-18 days
		Zhongdian-Lhasa by air 3-5 days
		Sourth-west China Crossing 25day
		Dali-Nujiang Canyon-Bingzhongluo(trek)-Dali
		Kunming-Banna-Pu'er-Gengma-Weishan-Dali
		Gengma-Primitive minority area of South-west Yunnan
		The Nujiang Canyon-Upper Salween on Burma border
		The Nujiang Canyon-Upper Salween on Burma border
		The Great Nujiang Canyon(upper Salween) is a "longitu-dinal" valley, lying parallel with the run of mountain ranges that give rise to the natural wonder of the Three Parallel Rivers. This is because the northeast edge of the Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate, creating a series of large north-south splits in what is today's northwestern Yunnan and eastern Tibet. The Great Nujiang Canyon starts from Cawarong at Zayul County in Tibet and stretches south for some 300 kilometers to reach Liuku, capital of Nuiiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. Flanked by the Biluo and Gaoligong snow mountains. this is the most perilous section of the Nujiang River; it is over 2,000 meters deep on average, the deepest point being between the 5,128-meter-high Luchulaka Peak of the Gaoligong Mountain and the 4,784-meter-high Zhuzipo Peak of the Biluo Snow Mountain. where the valley bottom is l,650 meters above sea level, giving a height difference of 3,478 meters. The riverbed in the Great Nuiiang Canyon is usually 100-150 meters wide in the canyon but is just a few dozen meters across at its narrowest. In this deep-cut valley, the Nujiang River breaks through the stone gates, ravines and cliffs that would pen it in. and the many dangerous shoals in its path provoke a continuous earth-shaking roar. The area of the Great Nujiang Canyon is famous for cultural diversity. The largest community of the Lisu ethnic group lives here and it is the only place where Nu and Derung ethnic groups live; 20 0ther minorities are represented here, among them Primi, Bai,Yi,Naxi,Tibetan,Jingpo and Dai. The Ancient Tea Horse Road along the canyon is some 1,000 years old. Many ethnic groups and religions coexist, but Christianity and Catholicism are all very popular with those ethnic minorities-a cultural and geographical phenomenon worth pondering.








		Gengma-Primitive minority area of South-west Yunnan
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