Butterfly Spring in Dali, Yunnan | The movie 'Five Golden Flowers', Xu Xiake's Travel Notes, Butterfly Museum

Butterfly Spring is located one kilometer north of Zhou City, Dali, on the west side of the Yunnan-Tibet Highway, under the first peak of Cangshan Mountain, Yunlong Peak. The classic movie 'Five Golden Flowers', the song by the Butterfly Spring: 'Dali has good scenery in March, and it's good to dress up by the Butterfly Spring' left us a deep impression. The Butterfly Spring is where Apeng and Jinhua meet. Butterfly Spring is like a transparent gem, embedded in the green shade, attracting tourists from far and near with its unique spectacle. The spring pool is two to three zhang square, and the surrounding is built with transparent marble railings. The spring water is clear and bottomless, and a string of silver bubbles slowly emerge from the sandstone. Every year from April to May in the lunar calendar, all kinds of strange flowers and plants on Yunlong Peak bloom one after another, and the Albizia trees by the Butterfly Spring emit a light and elegant fragrance, attracting thousands of butterflies to gather. These butterflies are as big as palms and as small as bees, fluttering among colorful camellias, azaleas and other flowers and plants. The most peculiar thing is that the butterflies are hooked from the tree branches, connected in strings, and hang several meters to the water surface. Tourists who see this magnificent scene are all amazed. Xu Xiake vividly recorded this beautiful scene in his travel notes. During the butterfly festival, Bai young men and women from Dali, Erhai and other places wear Bai costumes and gather by the Butterfly Spring to sing and dance, adding a touch of ethnic style to the Butterfly Spring. Apeng and Jinhua met at this time. The Butterfly Museum, Lover's Lake, Makeup Pond, Sea-viewing Pavilion, Stone Archway, Heart Knot Corridor, Butterfly World, and ethnic performances are all attractions within the Butterfly Spring. The thousands of colorful butterfly specimens in the Butterfly Museum take you into the magical world of butterflies. The formation of Butterfly Spring is related to the environmental conditions in this area. The spring is backed by Cangshan Mountain to the west and Erhai Lake to the east. Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake not only provide a 'silver Cang and jade Er' viewing scenery for humans, but also constitute a natural environment for the large-scale reproduction and growth of insects such as butterflies. 📍Detailed address: Butterfly Spring: Zhou City Village, Xizhou Town, Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province Ticket: 38 yuan/person