[2025 Dali Stay] Travel Guide for The Linden Centre (Updated Apr)

1. Xizhou Ancient Town Wheat Fields 📍Location: Around Xizhou Ancient Town, near the Xilin Yuan Homestay 📸Highlights: The wheat fields complement the Bai ethnic houses in the ancient town. The tender green wheat fields with red walls and gray tiles create a super atmospheric vibe! ✨Best Time to Shoot: Morning or evening, the light is super soft, and you can easily take great photos! 💡Tips: The architecture of the ancient town is very distinctive, so you can take more photos of the cultural landscape. ---- 2. Langqiao Youfeng Rice Fields 📍Location: Near Langqiao Bridge 📸Highlights: The wheat field area is super large with a super wide view, making it suitable for shooting panoramic views of the wheat waves. It feels great to stand on the ridges! ✨Best Time to Shoot: Around 5:30 pm, the sunlight is stunning! 💡Tips: You can pair it with some retro props, such as a straw hat and a camera, and pretend to be strolling in the fields. ---- 3. Xizhou Wheat Field Train 📍Location: Xizhou Wheat Field Train boarding point, near Xiangli Coffee 📸Highlights: The little train travels through the wheat fields, and the golden wheat waves roll, as if you are in a Miyazaki animation! ✨Best Time to Shoot: The afternoon sun is gentle, and the photo output rate is super high! 💡Tips: You can choose to take photos on the small train, or take photos of the moment when the small train passes by the track, which feels great! ---- 4. Fu Shi Field Coffee Western Restaurant 📍Location: By the rice fields of Xizhou Ancient Town 📸Highlights: You can directly photograph the wheat fields from the outdoor area on the first floor. The view from the second floor is even better, and you can also photograph cherry blossoms, which is super romantic! ✨Best Time to Shoot: The afternoon sun is sufficient, making it suitable for taking pictures. 💡Tips: You can order a cup of coffee, enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea time, and take pictures by the way. ---- 5. Roadside Picnic - Coffee Gallery 📍Location: Next to Dali Line, about 3 km from "Langqiao Youfeng Rice Field" 📸Highlights: There are few people and beautiful scenery, making it suitable for shooting the combination of wheat fields and natural scenery, which is full of artistic sense! ✨Best Time to Shoot: Morning or afternoon, the light is super great! 💡Tips: You can match it with coffee and picnic props, and pretend to have a picnic in the field, which is super atmospheric. ---- 6. Xizhou Wheat Field Coffee Wall 📍Location: In Xizhou Ancient Town 📸Highlights: The coffee wall complements the wheat fields, making it super suitable for taking refreshing photos! ✨Best Time to Shoot: Morning or afternoon, the light is soft, and you can easily take great photos! 💡Tips: You can match it with some retro props, such as a retro camera and a straw hat. ---- 7. Xizhou Wheat Field and Bai Ethnic Houses 📍Location: Around Xizhou Ancient Town 📸Highlights: The combination of wheat fields and Bai ethnic houses is super ethnic, and the contrast between the architecture and the wheat fields is super beautiful! ✨Best Time to Shoot: Morning or evening, the light is super soft, making it suitable for taking photos of cultural landscapes. 💡Tips: You can take more photos of architectural details to show the charm of Bai culture. ---- 8. Xizhou Wheat Field and "Wheat Field Quick Police" Police Station 📍Location: Near the Xizhou Wheat Field Train boarding point 📸Highlights: The unique "Wheat Field Quick Police" police station has become an internet-famous spot, which is super interesting! ✨Best Time to Shoot: The afternoon sun is sufficient, making it super suitable for taking pictures. 💡Tips: You can take a photo with the police station to create a super creative photo. ---- 📸Shooting Tips: • 🌾Pay attention to protecting crops, try to avoid trampling on wheat fields, and choose ridges or designated areas for shooting. • 🎨You can bring props such as coffee, picnic mats, and hats to increase the richness of the picture. • 🚗When shooting scenes on highways or tracks, pay attention to safety and be careful of passing vehicles. ---- Hurry up and check out these super beautiful wheat field spots! 🌸Spring in Dali is really amazing!

Dali's morning light The rice fields are endless, surrounding The Linden Centre The view is wide, and the silence is broken by the chirping of birds A cool breeze sweeps through, refreshing the mind On the terrace of Yang Pinxiang's house, gaze at the big green tree in the morning light · Stroll through the morning market The energy of the day begins with an invitation from Xizhou's morning market The stalls are colorful, and the seasonal fruits and vegetables are in full bloom Enjoy the scenery of the market rooted in the land · Enjoy the sunset In the evening, the crowds gradually disperse A sunny day will brew a beautiful romance Under the mountains, the sunset flows over the fields Stroll along the village paths, feeling emotional and relaxed

Xizhou Ancient Town is not large, and you can explore it thoroughly in just half a day. Suggested travel route: Enter the ancient town through Xizhou Justice Gate - Ancient Banyan Tree - Yan Family Courtyard - Corner Tower - Wheat Field - Haixie Park What to see in Xizhou Ancient Town? Bai ethnic ancient architectural complex: Xizhou is an important town where the Bai ethnic group resides, so there are many preserved Bai residential buildings here: the unique house structures of 'three rooms and one screen wall' and 'four courtyards and five wells', with painted decorations such as carved beams, painted rafters, overlapping brackets, and flying eaves, allowing you to enjoy them all at once. ★ Must-see attractions include: ⊙ Yan Family Courtyard Museum (a mansion of a wealthy local merchant from over 100 years ago) Ticket: 18 yuan Opening hours: 8:30-18:00 ⊙ Towering ancient trees: Not far from the Justice Gate, there is a 50-year-old ancient banyan tree, still thriving today. ⊙ Corner Tower: A must-visit spot in Xizhou. If you want to take undisturbed photos, try to arrive before 8:30. Otherwise, you'll have to take photos amidst carriages, cars, and crowds, making it difficult to get good shots. ⊙ Large swaying wheat fields: From March to May, it's wheat fields: rapeseed flowers in early March, green fields in April. From June to October, it's rice fields: turning golden by mid-September. ⊙ Fragrant and hot Xizhou Baba. Actually, you don't have to insist on eating Xizhou Baba in Xizhou. The freshly made ones sold in small alleys outside are cheap and delicious. Personally, I think the sweet ones (with brown sugar filling) are tastier than the savory ones. Freshly baked ones with a crispy crust are the most delicious, with flowing brown sugar filling, but be careful not to burn yourself. ⊙ From Xizhou to Haixie Park: It is about 3km from the wheat fields of Xizhou Ancient Town to Haixie Park. You can take a taxi or a small yellow tricycle.

The Americans Linden and his wife managed to express their love for Chinese culture. There are only 15 rooms in the courtyard, and the public areas are very large. The flowers and trees, the bonsai and the ancient buildings and courtyards are carefully reflected and echoed. During the activities, there are many landscapes and flowers and trees from the courtyard. The combination of the aesthetics of the western geometry and the combination of Chinas heavy-spirited spirit and virtual reality, and the combination of the ancient courtyard architecture, which gives a different view, gives a different visual aesthetic. Xilin Court formed a harmonious unity. Even more is the open-air observation deck of the back garden, which can be seen from afar: the sunrise and sunset on the horizon; the green fields in the vicinity, or nothing to do, sitting in the garden in a daze, letting the thoughts wander around the clouds in the sky. Time flies, time seems to stop, as if coming to the paradise.