Dali Erhai Tianjing Temple
★★★★
Historical ArchitecturesObservation Decks
Luoquan Peninsula Tourist Area, Huanhai Road, Haidong Town, Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
Description

Tianjing Pavilion is located on Yu'an Mountain east of Erhai Lake in Dali. The mountain suddenly stretches towards Erhai Lake here, facing the water on three sides, with steep cliffs and dangerous terrain. It looks like the mountain engulfs the sea, and the sea is as clear as a mirror. Tianjing Pavilion is a four-story, eight-sided pavilion towering on the top of the mountain. Tianjing Pavilion in Dali and the famous Luoquan Temple complement each other. Luoquan Temple in Dali has the Main Hall and the Pilu Patriarch Hall.

During the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdom periods, this place was a very influential Buddhist holy place. It is said that the story of "Waiting for Husband Cloud" took place here. There are Tianjing Pavilion, Guanyin Pavilion, Prince Pavilion, Eight Immortals Tower, Luoquan Temple, Luoquan Tower Ruins, Eryan Inscriptions, Poet's Poems and Stone Mules in the Attraction, each of which has a long-standing legend. During the Guanyin Festival, Buddha Festival, Haihui, Xinghui Festival and Torch Festival, there are many tourists and pilgrims here, and it is very lively. Inside and outside the Eight Immortals Tower, there are the upper eight immortals and the lower eight immortals, and Luoquan Temple also has the so-called cultural phenomenon of the integration of three religions. The pilgrims who come here to worship are vegetarian on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, and they can eat vegetarian food on other days, which is very affordable. This place reflects the connotation of Bai culture. It is worth visiting and worth seeing when you come to Dali.

In the Attraction, you can also listen to the simple and beautiful "Dabenqu" of the Bai ethnic group sung by folk artists, and taste the Bai ethnic group's "Haiban" which is mainly made by boiling Erhai fish in Erhai water. In the words of tourists, this is to taste "human delicacies" in a "fairyland on earth".