Life is short, so take advantage of your youth to take an instant trip. Go to Dali once, and experience the leisure and ease of Dali for yourself.
Jizhaoan
Jizhao Nunnery, shaded by green pines and ancient cypresses, shaded by trees, is extremely quiet. The nunnery is less solemn and more gentle. Different from ordinary temples, it is full of Zen but fresh and refined. Enter from the gate, along the way, there are fresh potted flowers and plants everywhere. The flowers and plants here seem to have penetrated the Buddha's voice and possessed the Buddha's nature. The winding path leads to a secluded place, and the meditation room has deep flowers and trees. This is probably the best description of Jizhao Nunnery.
At lunch time, you can have a delicious vegetarian meal for only 20 yuan. Both rice and Vegetarian dishes can be taken by yourself. If one bowl is not enough, you can add more after eating, but if there is any leftover, you will have to kneel for an hour.
Dali Ancient Town
The ancient city at the foot of Cangshan Mountain has been nurtured by the constant spring of Cangshan Mountain for hundreds of years. Anyone who has been here can't help falling in love with it. Here, you will obviously feel that time has slowed down. Surrounded by thick city walls, the old bluestone slabs pave the ground, and green weeds grow on the roof tiles that have experienced vicissitudes. Every family here has flowing water and every household grows flowers, which is like a poem and a picture. The whole city has clear tile roofs and cobbled walls, showing the simplicity, chic and elegance of the ancient city.
The life here can be said to be very leisurely, very suitable for a daze. In the afternoon, you can find a quiet book cafe, order a cup of coffee, and sit for a whole afternoon. You can also go to the Puyun ancient tea shop, taste a cup of high-quality Pu'er, and chat with tea friends about the world.
Heqing Caohai
Heqing, a plateau water town, is the pearl on the northwestern plateau of Yunnan. Abundant water resources make Heqing lively and beautiful. Here is the cleanest sky, the purest water, and the most varied clouds.
In Caohai Wetland, you can watch lotus in summer and migratory birds in winter.
In midsummer, Caohai Wetland "thousands of mus of lotus bloom, 10,000 mu of wetland rippling, people swimming in the painting, fish playing in the water, and birds playing in the bow of the boat", the lotus is in full bloom, competing for beauty; rushing to the bottom of the eye, it evokes softness and romance in people's hearts feelings.
Every autumn, tens of thousands of migratory birds migrate from the north to Heqing Caohai. In winter, the sky and water surface of Caohai are full of birds, just like attending a grand banquet of "Hundred Birds Rising to the Sun". In Heyang Bazi in the early morning of winter, the mountains are like Daisy, and the mist is like smoke. Reeds, dry grass, and hoarfrost, such as the poetic and picturesque "Jianjia is green, white dew is frost" described in "Jianjia".
Mount Mal
Between Eryuan and Heqing, there is an amazing Ma'er Mountain. Thousands of miles of rhododendrons bloom here without any scruples, sporadic red dotted with patches of green behind.
In Mount Mal, rhododendrons bloom all over the mountains from April to more than June. The white and pink rhododendrons and various wild flowers are endless and patchwork. Tens of acres of flowers are scattered on the hills as if God accidentally overturned the color palette. The thick ones are gorgeous and eye-catching, the light ones are fresh and elegant, the red ones are more colorful than Danxia, and the white ones are better than frost and snow. This is simply a rhododendron paradise!