http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardSELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 6320) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 30 May 2011 19:52:00 GMTfadrihttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/weishan-yi-and-hui-autonomous-county/Features Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County is a locality of minority nationalities. It is an ancient city where the buildings in the Ming (1368 A.D. 1644 A.D.) and Qing dynasties (1644 A.D. 1911 A.D.) are preserved. The scenery of the complete ancient town has been passed till today. Location The county town is 450 kilometers (about 279.62 miles) away from Kunming (capital city of Yunnan Province), and 61 kilometers (about 37.90 miles) from Dali City. Brief Introduction In 1944, ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1584) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 4 Jan 2011 10:30:00 GMTjoycehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/gantong-temple/The Gantong Temple, or Tangshan Temple, is on the southern slope of Shengying Peak in the Cangshan Mountains, five kilometers south of the ancient city of Dali. The temple faces Erhai Lake, with its back to the snow-covered Cangshan Mountains in the south. It was built in the early years of the State of Nanzhao (early ninth century). It is composed of the Main Court and the Great Hall to the west of the Court. To the left of the front of the Hall is a bronze bell weighing hundreds of kilograms a...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3587) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 4 Jan 2011 10:23:00 GMTjoycehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/yuer-garden/ Intro to the scenic spot: Yuer Garden covers an area of 28 mus. It consists of Moyou Garden, the Garden of Family Wu, the Garden of Family Yang, and so on, and is the very symbol of the cultural traditions of Dali. Li Yuanyang, an intellectual of Dali in Ming Dynasty , had once composed a poem to sing for the Garden of Family Wu.Yuer Garden shows the very soul of the buildings of Bai people. Outside the Garden are the gate towers of Bai style with flying eaves and up-holding corners, the eleg...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1548) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 4 Jan 2011 10:10:00 GMTjoycehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/three-pagodas/The Three Towers at Dali City are located between the Cangshan Mountain and the Erhai Lake. They stand towering into the sky, and they are one of the most well-known scenery in the area. The main tower of is the Qianxun Tower. The square-shaped tower is 16-storeied and has a height of 69.13 meters. Like the very famous Small Yan Tower and the Big Yan Tower in Xian City, the Qianxun Tower is with a typical architectural style of the Tang Dynasty. The tower is surrounded by a 3.3 meter thi...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1915) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 4 Jan 2011 10:01:00 GMTjoycehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/erhai-lake/ The Erhai Lake, the second largest lake in Yunnan Province with the Dianchi Lake ranking the first, coexists well with Cangshan Mountain. It goes from Jiangwei Village of Eryuan County in the north to Xiaguan of Dali in the south, and is as long as 41.5 kilometers from the northern end to the southern end. Erhai Lake covers an area of about 251 square kilometers, with an altitude of 1,972 meters. It is called Erhai Lake because it has a shape of an ear. On Tuanshan Mountain at the...]]>Tue 4 Jan 2010 0:00:00 GMTstonehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/restaurant/mr%2eli%27s-cafe/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5263) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 1 Feb 2009 0:43:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/dali-museum/Dali Museum, built in 1986 and located on NO.8 South Road, Erhai Xiaguan in Dali City, is not only the first state museum in Yunnan Province, but also the biggest institution collecting, exhibiting and researching cultural relics. The museum occupies an area of about 40,000m, including ichnographic area of 4,600m for display and virescence area of 14,000m. The exhibition hall presents the Bais classical architecture style. It has three white plastered walls and roofs of gray tiles, with the fro...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 898) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 1 Feb 2009 0:42:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/mt%2e-weibao-in-weishan/Mt. Weibaoshan in Weishan，with the main mountain of 2509 meters ranges about ten li in the shape of a lion overlooking at the county. Since the Tang dynasty, people have begun building Taoist temples and prevailed in the Ming and Qing dynasty. By the end of the Qing dynasty, the mountain was bestrewn Taoist temples. Therefore, Mt. Weibao is a famous mountain special for Taoism. It is also one of the four well-known Taoist mountains in China. Moreover, it is the cradle land of the Nanzhao culture...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1142) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 1 Feb 2009 0:38:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/heqing-village/Heqing Village, located in the northwest of Yunnan province, is not only a famous and long established county, but also a fascinating and picturesque tourist attraction. In this village, the mountainous area and valley area takes up 89.7% of the whole county. Many natural landscapes including the grand Mt. Ma’ershan, Mt. Shibaoshan, the huge Yang Bridge Cliff, the wandering Jinsha River and numerous deep pools and caves are natural resources of high value for tourists. Additionally to...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3591) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 25 Dec 2008 3:53:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/zhoucheng-town/Zhoucheng Town is the biggest town of Bai people in Dali. More than 1,500 Bai families live in their houses which are located all together there in Zhoucheng Town. In the town you can see typical houses of Bai people with closed courtyards, consisting of three rooms and a shining wall. The purpose of the shining wall is to reflect light into the houses. Another configuration consists of four rows of houses and five dooryards. For some of the houses, one family has one courtyard...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1430) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 16 Dec 2008 3:09:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/dali-ancient-city/Dali Ancient City (alternatively, Dali Old City), also variously called Yeyu City, Forbidden City (not that Forbidden City!), and Zhonghezhen by the local Bai folk down through time, lies about 13 kilometers north of the new municipality of the same name (but generally referred to as Xiaguan), situated between Cangshan Mountain to the west and Erhai Lake to the east. Dali/ Xiaguan is the capital of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, the only prefecture of the Bai Ethnic Minority in China (ther...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 107) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 10 Nov 2008 0:42:00 GMTjasminehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/restaurant/lutao-restaurant/Lutao Restaurant lies on 'No. 90 Lutao Village' 400 meters north to Three Towers Park. You can come here by carriage or bike from the gate of Ancient City. There are all kinds of flowers and grasses in the court. It is not big but full of nature ambience. Braised meat of ass is the specialty of Lutao Village. Yam, soup of edible seaweed flowers and pickle are delicious too. Furthermore, you can watch CangshanErhai from the third floor, so if you dont fear your skin will be injured by ultraviolet...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1152) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 1 Sep 2008 22:23:00 GMTjasminehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/cangshan-mountain/The Cangshan Mountain, also known as Dian Cang Mountain or Holy Golden Eagle Mountain, is situated northwest to the Dali City. It is a major summit of southern Yunlin Mountain. The Cangshan Mountain stands east to the Erhai Lake facing west to the Black Hui River. There are 19 major summits on the Cangshan Mountain, most of which have an altitude of over 3,500 meters. The stretching summits are like a sleeping dragon lying from north to south. One of the main summits, the Malong Peak, has an alt...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2263) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 30 Jul 2008 11:03:00 GMTlindyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/restaurant/plum-and-well-grogshop/Plum and Well Grogshop is a small but exquisite courtyard. There are beautiful bamboos with green leaves and an ancient well in the court. And there is an old-age plum tree aside by the well. Mature plums fall into the well every year. The aroma of mature plums cant help running out from the well. It is source of the name of grogshop. The classic elegance furnishings in rooms look unlike furnishings in restaurant but in halls of rich family people. The designs of table, chair, bowl and cup ar...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 794) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 30 Jul 2008 11:02:00 GMTlindyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/restaurant/family-on-the-water-theme-restaurant/Family on the Water Theme Restaurant' s design shows us originality with Bai people' s construction. Commodious and bright loges, exquisite and delicate seat, small but beautiful garden, age-old style of fitment but full of dynamism of the modern era create a comfortable environment for you to eat. It is a wonderful time to watch all kinds of flowers, drink a pot of sweet-smelling tea and enjoy a fair-sounding classical song. There are many kinds of special food. The food, which man, woman an...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2222) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 30 Jul 2008 11:01:00 GMTlindyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/restaurant/apricot-flower-village/The structure of Apricot Flower Village is full of the ethical style of Bai People. There is classical furniture with carved flowers in every room. Furthermore, the environment of restaurant is so quiet and beautiful that makes you feel comfortable. There are more than 100 kinds of food. Most are traditional food of Bai People. For example, Sand Pot Fish, Stewed Chicken, Pawpaw Fish and so on. Some of foods are potherb. In Apricot Flower Village, you can find every single type of Chinese cuis...]]>Thu 30 Jul 2008 10:38:00 GMTcrystalhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/festival/listening-to-dongjing-music/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 901) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 30 Jul 2008 4:58:00 GMThoneyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/mt%2e-shibaoshan/Mt. Shibaoshan, a kind of Danxia landform, lies in the southwest of Jianchuan County, 25 kilometers away from the centre of the county. It got the name Shibao for the sake that the surfaces of the red rocks on the mountain look like the tortoise' s back, and they sometimes appear like lions, sometimes like elephants, and also like clocks. There are large areas of thriving and flourish trees, fantastic rocks, delicate temples and unique and picturesque scenes. Mt. Shibaoshan is especially famous ...]]>Wed 29 Jul 2008 22:59:00 GMTyourguidehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/festival/killing-time-in-the-pubs/Wed 29 Jul 2008 22:58:00 GMTyourguidehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/festival/butterfly-dance/