Dali

This bar is opened by an English, and a huge monkey sign shows it would be really loud in the night. Also, there are country music bands from Europe plays here.

Bars are quite a lot there. Visitors from all countries choose here to spend their nightlife.

This road on Silk Road was constructed from the order of Liu Che the Great in 105 A.D, this path lasted over 100 kilometers and courier stations, temples, mosques are beyond counting. Lots of Chinese backpackers choose to track from this path. Yunlong Bridge(云龙桥) is the only remaining of Han Dynasty’s construction, so do not miss it when you are going there. Referral Visiting Time: 1-2 Day.

The name of Butterfly Spring came from a famous love story in China, “Liang Shanbo & Zhu Yingtai”. Like Romeo and Juliet , Liang from a poor family met Zhu in the Imperial Junior Colleage and soon fell in love, but Zhu’s father compelled her to marry a landlord so they decided to suicide to protect their love. Then after they died, they were said to become butterflies, and lived in this Butterfly Spring. Around every April 15th of lunar calendar, somehow millions of butterflies would gather in this place. Referral Visiting Time: 1 hour.

Almost all Southwest Chinese minorities have this festival, from a historical view, that festival was from settlers coming from north China were using touches to enlighten their settlements. So these nations began to worship on touches. In Dali, that Bai People celebrates on Jun.24th, Yi People celebrates on Jun. 25th. At that time markets will open all day and it would be really crowded in Dali Places to see: every village in Dali Date: Jun. 24-25th in Lunar calendar