Dali | The correct way to open Xizhou Ancient Town

🔔Dali-Xizhou Ancient Town, half for livelihood with the smoke of life, half for love with poetry. There is a healing called 'Xizhou' with blue bricks and grey tiles, where clouds are light and breeze is gentle. 🔔Xizhou Town is not big, you can easily stroll around. There are many local snacks in the ancient town, as well as many handicrafts. You can go for a coffee, try tie-dyeing; there are also many rice fields around the town, which are great for taking photos, truly super healing. ⛩️Dali Xizhou Ancient Town🎫Ticket: Free 📍Address: Located in Xizhou Town, Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province 🚌Xizhou Transportation: 🚎Bus: Take a bus from the Cangshan Gate of Dali Ancient Town to Xizhou Justice Gate for 20 yuan 🛵From the ancient town, I highly recommend riding an electric scooter🛵 there, because there are many beautiful sceneries along the way, 🚐Minibus: After crossing the road from March Street, you can see a bunch of minibuses that depart when full 🚗Taxi: You can go directly to the Justice Gate for 60 yuan 🚘Xizhou to Haisheng Park: You can take a taxi or ride a small yellow tricycle🛺, need to book in advance 🌟Highlights: ✅Bai ethnic architectural complex: Xizhou is an important town inhabited by the Bai people, so there are many Bai residential buildings preserved here... ✅Xizhou Wall, navigate to 'Dong Jinhan Courtyard', where three Xizhous are connected, and you can take photos in a row ✅Yan Family Courtyard Museum (the mansion of a local rich merchant more than 100 years ago) ✅Ancient trees reaching to the sky: Not far from the Justice Gate, there is a 500-year-old banyan tree, still thriving to this day. ✅The ancient tree from 'Go to the Place with Wind', navigate to 'Hetianli Boutique Homestay', a ten-minute walk will get you there. ✅Corner Tower: A must-visit in Xizhou, try to get there early. It's not easy to take photos when it's crowded. ✅Wheat fields: In April, the wheat fields turn into a sea of color. From June to October, it's rice fields: by mid-September, they turn golden, beautiful at any time. ✅Tie-dyeing, you can experience tie-dyeing, and after it's done, you can wear your own tie-dyed skirt to take photos by the Erhai Lake, this requires about 2 hours. ✅Xizhou Baba: Don't be obsessed with eating Xizhou Baba in Xizhou, the ones sold in the small alleys outside are cheap and delicious. 📝Note tips: ⭕Recommended time is before 9:00 am and after 18:00 pm, when the light is soft, and you can try backlit photography at sunset. ⭕Wearing white or light-colored clothes is a good choice, very photogenic ⭕Definitely do not trample on crops such as wheat fields ⭕You can rent balloons as props for photography, which makes for great photos ⭕The ultraviolet rays are strong and can easily cause sunburn; the Erhai Lake corridor is not accessible by car, you can scan a code to rent an electric scooter or bicycle.