Nanzhao Ancient Town, the original place of Nanzhao Kingdom, is not far from Dali City. Formerly, to know Nanzhao just came from the reading of Jinyong's novels and history books, nowadays, we can visit many cultural landscapes with our own eyes, such as well-preserved Menghua's Residence, Menghua City, Gongchen Building, Emperor Guang's Temple, Cultural College, Sun Temple, and Lenquan Nunnery, etc, which are all typically chess-board architecture layouts in the Ming and Qing Dynasty.
Rambling on the smoothly stone-paved way of Ancient City, sightseeing the exquisite folk architectures of Bai People called "San Fang Yi Zhao Bi, i.e. A courtyard with three bedrooms, one kinematics and five farmhouses, having a drink to Foreigners' Street, and tasting some local special snacks, you will feel the charming of Dali not only comes from its graceful natural landscapes and centuries-old histories but also for the native people's compatible and broads minds.
