Xizhou is located 18 kilometers north of the ancient city of Dali in Yunnan, east of the Erhai Sea, west of the Pillow Cangshan Mountain, Xizhou is an important Bai settlement town, here has the most preserved and the best Bai residential buildings. From the layout point of view, it is a typical Bai courtyard pattern of "three squares and one wall" and "four in five patios". The decorative arts of these residential carved beams and paintings, overlapping bucket arches, angled cornices, gate towers, illuminated walls and gables are gorgeous and colorful, fully embodying the architectural talent and artistic creativity of the Bai people.
Aerial photo: Xizhou Ancient Town is located in the north of Dali City, leaning on Cangshan Mountain in the west and Erhai Sea in the east. It is a bai historical and cultural town with a history of more than 1,000 years.
Aerial photography: Xizhou was once the military town of Nanzhao in history, as early as before Nanzhao moved around the Erhai Sea, it was the settlement of the Bai ancestors "Heman", and later it has always been a bai town.
Sifang Street in the center of Xizhou Town is a small square surrounded by shops. There is a stone mill erected here, which is the "Civilization Square" built in recent years. The original stone square in this place was called "Inscription Workshop", which was built after a few jinshi in the town in the Ming Dynasty, and at that time, all the villagers who achieved meritorious names in the imperial examination could engrave their names.
Xizhou Rice Dumpling is a special snack of the famous historical city of Xizhou, and the main raw material is flour.
Dali Xizhou Rice Dumpling, also known as Broken Crisp, is a kind of wheat noodle scone with good color, aroma and taste, which is a flavor snack in Dali's urban and rural areas, and is most famous for the traditional Rice Dumpling of the Bai ethnic group in Xizhou.
Xizhou cracked crispy rice dumplings, the taste is sweet and salty. When making, two layers of charcoal are used, the upper charcoal is a fierce fire, the lower charcoal is a low flame, and the lard is brushed on the finished face blank and baked in the pot, and the grease is brushed several times during the baking process, and the aroma is baked until it is crispy.
Xizhou Rice Dumpling has a crispy outer skin and a soft inside, is loved by people, and has clear layers, just like the Nineteen Peaks and Eighteen Streams of Cangshan Mountain, which is really beautiful and delicious.
At night, xizhou ancient town is sparsely populated.
The ancient town here is almost silent at night, and it is very quiet.
Walking in the alleys of Xizhou, it is the breath of life of the aborigines.
Like this ancient town with no one in threes and twos, if you can live for a while, it is a very beautiful thing.
I'm in Xizhou, in the alleys, in front of the houses... Many photos were taken. An old house.
Under such a warm light at night, walking through the ancient town is what I look forward to most.
In Xizhou, there are the most preserved and best-preserved Bai residential buildings. The layout is a typical Bai courtyard pattern of "three squares and one wall" and "four-in-five patio".
These houses are carved with carved beams and painted buildings, overlapping bucket arches, and angled cornices. The colored paintings of the gatehouse, the illuminated wall and the gable are decorated in a splendid and colorful way, full of ethnic minority style.
The streets are flanked by shops with a variety of layouts, and those hidden in the streets and alleys are handmade workshops that inherit the unique tie-dye process.
The ancient town has experienced more than a thousand years of history, and here I saw the most Bai residential courtyards.
A sign of Xizhou, in addition to the four alleys extending from the four corners of The Square Street, at the intersection here in the corner building, all four lanes can be walked around.
Idyllic view of Xizhou Ancient Town at night.
Early in the morning, the sunshine of Xizhou Ancient Town.
The clouds in Dali are beautiful, and the mornings in Xizhou are also beautiful. When the sun comes out, it is magnificent and beautiful, and the houses with green tiles and white walls reflect the beauty of the morning sun.
When the first rays of the morning sun lazily scattered in all corners of Xizhou, the old whites sat on rattan chairs and chatted, and the ancient town of Xizhou was ready to start the day.
Aerial photography: Come to Xizhou Ancient Town can not miss the idyllic scenery here, strolling through the fields, in front of the quiet Erhai Sea, behind the magnificent Cangshan Mountain, thousands of acres of beautiful countryside without carving is a beautiful scenery. Xizhou is a picturesque city all year round, with a sea of golden rape flowers in spring and a brilliant rice paddy field in autumn, which is especially popular with tourists.
Rainbows burst out of the fields of Xizhou.
When the sun first rose, I ran to the field and took pictures without hesitation, not willing to miss any change in the sun and clouds. It was even lingering.
Aerial photography: A rice field, yellow rice paddies draped in golden sunlight swaying in the wind, beautiful.
Aerial photography: Under the golden sun, the sky is red and yellow, the white wall on the opposite side has become red, the autumn rice fields are more golden, and at the end is a farmhouse with white walls and green tiles, a beautiful golden countryside.
Aerial photography: Dali beauty, Dali's green mountains and water beauty, Dali's cloud beauty is ever-changing.
Aerial photography: The ancient houses of Xizhou Ancient Town are beautiful, and the mornings of Xizhou are even more beautiful.
Aerial photography: The fields of Xizhou Ancient Town are connected, and the scenery of early morning and dusk looks disorderly but so orderly.
Aerial photography: The slow time of Xizhou Ancient Town, warm sunshine, and the comfort of life.
Aerial photography: Autumn day of Dali, sunny, light clouds and light wind, greeting the morning sun, here is a collection of Bai residential architectural style, Shang Gang culture, Bai customs in one of the centralized display points, a brick and a tile, a beam, a wall corridor, original, antique, very ethnic characteristics, reflecting the architecture of Bai residences.
Aerial photography: Relying on the "beauty of history and culture, the beauty of the hometown of the Shang gang, the beauty of ancient streets and alleys, the beauty of pastoral nostalgia, and the beauty of Bai customs", in the future, Xizhou's "taste of life, Bai style, pastoral feelings, and international style" will become more and more intense, and it will be more and more popular and loved by tourists.
Aerial photography: If you want to experience the most stylish Bai culture, don't miss the bai culture town with a thousand-year history and the hometown of the movie "Five Golden Flowers" - Xizhou.