• Ancient Town of Dali

	Nestling in the arm s of the statuesque Cangshan Mountain , ans skirted by a wall eight meters in height and 3.5 kilometers in circumference , the 600-year-old city of Dali was first built in 1683 , the 15th year of Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty , Featuring stone walls , grey-tiled roofs , doors and windows carved with dragon and phoenix parterns , and gardens of varying sizes ,the dwellings of
	Dali evince an air of classic scanctity . The entire city is covered by a maze of streams , fed by runoffs from the cangshan Mountain . Hence the saying “ the gurgling of water can be heard in every house , and flowers are planted in every family “
Bai Peopel Building

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• Three pagodas of Chongshen Monastery

	At the foot of the Zhonghe peak of the Cangshan Mountain just one kilometer to the northwest of the ancient city of Dali stand three pagodas , which are an emblem of the city's venerated history . The tallest of the trio , which is 69.13 meters tall , was built in 836AD, and the two smaller ones were built during a late period . No visit to Dali is complete with a call at these three pagodas .

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• Butterfly Spring

	Sequestered at the foot of the Yunlong Peak of the Cangshan Mountain , the Butterfly Spring is actually a pool four meters deep and 20 square meters wide . The gnarling boughs of an ancient silk tree stretch over its surface . In the fourth lunar month every year , the tree puts out butterfly-shaped flowers , and swarms of butterflies in twenty or so breeds descend on the tree , linking themselves head against tail into numerous coloured ribbon-like strings which keep dangling over the pool. For this annual congregation of butterflies , the silk tree and the Butterfly Spring have become a major tourists attraction of the Cangshan Mountain .

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