http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardSELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 107) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 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 = 1548) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 1 Sep 2008 22:25:00 GMTjasminehttp://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 = 1152) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 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 DESCWed 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 DESCWed 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 DESCWed 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...]]>Wed 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 DESCWed 30 Jul 2008 4:58:00 GMThoneyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/mt.-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 ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1142) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 30 Jul 2008 4:57:00 GMThoneyhttp://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. Maershan, Mt. Shibaoshan, the Heqing Dam, the huge Yang Bridge Cliff, the wandering Jinsha River and numerous deep pools and caves are natural resources of high value for tourists. These resou...]]>Tue 29 Jul 2008 22:59:00 GMTyourguidehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/festival/killing-time-in-the-pubs/Tue 29 Jul 2008 22:58:00 GMTyourguidehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/festival/butterfly-dance/Tue 29 Jul 2008 22:57:00 GMTyourguidehttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/festival/watching-dramas-of-bai-people/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5891) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 28 Jul 2008 11:02:00 GMTtinalslhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/the-ancient-city-wall-of-dali/The Ancient City Wall of Dali was built in the 15th year of Hongwu in the Ming dynasty (AD1382) after the Ming army occupied Dali. Backing on the Mt. Cangshan and facing the Erhai, it is 7.5 meters high and 6 meters deep rounding an area of 36 square kilometers. Nowadays, only some parts of the north and south ancient wall were still standing. The Ancient City Wall of Dali is a well-known brand of Dali. As a tourist attraction, it is already given much publicity to among the general people ar...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1151) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 28 Jul 2008 4:07:00 GMTtinalslhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/shaping-market/Shaping Market is on the north of the Butterfly Spring, on the foot of the Mt. Cangshan, and off the north bank of Erhai. It has a convenient transportation for the Dali highway, Zhenzang highway and the Huanhai highway combine right there. The long-historical Shaping market is ratified by the government of Yunnan province to trade cultural relics inferior to the third class. Multitudinous curios, jade article, embroider are sold there, alluring many tourists around the country and abroad. There...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5276) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 28 Jul 2008 3:59:00 GMTtinalslhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/shaxisi-dengjie-and-xinjiao-temple/Shaxi, located in the southwest of Jianchuan in Yunnan province, is well-known to people around the world for its Mt. Shibaoshan. It is in the tourist line of Dali-Yunnan Lijiang. There are green hills, limpid waters, picture-perfect scenery and fertile natural resources in Shaxi owing to its important location. Shaxi occupies a total area of 287 square kilometers, with a dam of 26 square kilometers, through which the Huijiang River in the Lancang River system follows from the north to the south...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1143) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 28 Jul 2008 3:30:00 GMTtinalslhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/xinhua-village/Xinhua Village locates in the northwest of Heqing County, 7 km away from the center of the county and 12 km from the Lijiang airport. The Xinhua Village is a typical one where the Bai people live in a compact community. It has a population of 4,782 in 1,103 doors, of which 98.5% are the Bai ethnic people. The Xinhua Village is well-known for its beautifully natural environment, local conditions and customs and the unique handicrafts. Its long history of making handicrafts began in the Ming dyna...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 898) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 28 Jul 2008 3:05:00 GMTtinalslhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/mt.-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 = 904) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 28 Jul 2008 2:35:00 GMTtinalslhttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/attraction/nanzhao--dehua-stele/Nanzhao Dehua Stele lies in a Tang-architecture-imitated gloriette in the Taihe Castle. The stele is 4.02 meter high, 2.27meter wide and 0.60 meter thick. There are totally 5,100 Chinese characters carved on both sides of the stele, 3,800 on the front side and 1,300 on the back side. It was built in the Tang dynasty in AD 766, with the articles written by the ancient official of Nanzhao Zhenghui and carved by the ancient official of Tang Du guangting. The articles aimed to eulogize the achieveme...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5263) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 28 Jul 2008 1:47:00 GMTtinalslhttp://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...]]>Sun 27 Jul 2008 22:02:00 GMTwuyanghttp://www.chinatravel.com/yunnan/dali/bar/the-old-wooden-house/