Gantong cableway (middle cableway)
Gantong cableway (middle cableway route: Gantong Temple-Qingbi Stream (Cangshan Grand Canyon
Gantong cableway is the most popular route after the big cableway, and it is also one of the routes often chosen by many local tour groups. The lower station of the cableway is located near Gantong Temple in Cangshan Scenic Area, and the upper station is located near Zhenlong Chess Bureau and Qingbi Stream, with a total length of about 2.5 kilometers. After taking the cableway to the last station, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Cangshan Grand Canyon and Qingbi Stream, and it is also the starting point of the southernmost tip of "Dai Yuyun Tour Road".
Ticket price of Gantong cableway: one-way 50 yuan, round trip to 80 yuan.
Cangshan Scenic Spot Tickets (Tickets: 40 yuan.
Opening hours: 8:30- 17:00.
Transportation: Take Dali Bus No.4 and get off at "Dali Town No.2 Middle School" station, and walk about 2 kilometers to get to Gantong Cableway. Or take a taxi from Dali ancient city.
Gantong Temple
Gantong Temple, formerly known as Dangshan Temple, is located in Shengying Peak of Cangshan Mountain. It was founded in the Han Dynasty and rebuilt in the Tang Dynasty. There used to be 36 monasteries and temples in Gantong Temple. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, they were seriously damaged, leaving only Xiasi and one temple (Dayun Temple and Silent Photo Hall).
At present, the temples in the current site of Gantong Temple where Gantong cableway is located are mostly rebuilt and restored in the later period. Gantong Temple is backed by Cangshan Mountain and faces Erhai Lake, surrounded by green tea gardens. While experiencing the charm of the ancient temple, you can also walk into the tea garden and appreciate the sweetness and aftertaste of tea.
Zhenlong chess game
"Rare chess game" is a fictional plot in Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts masterpiece "Eight Dragons". It was founded by Wu Yazi, the head of the bard, who wanted to take advantage of this chess game to recruit a talented disciple.
This kind of chess game that no one can crack in martial arts novels for decades is not recorded in the real world of Go. It is said that the former site of "Indiana Jones" written by Jin Yong is in Qingbi Stream Grand Canyon.
The "Zhenlong Chessboard" located near the upper station of Gantong cableway was built according to the concept in the novel, but it turned Go into a huge China chessboard according to the aesthetic principle. The whole chessboard is 25 meters long and 20 meters wide. Each piece is1.5m in diameter and 0.5m in height. The cable car can overlook the giant chess game surrounded by pine trees from a high altitude, which is very spectacular.
Qingbi Stream
Qingbi Stream is located between El Nino Peak and Malong Peak in Cangshan. Clear spring water pours down from the top of the mountain and cliffs, forming three pools of Qingxi. The colors of the streams in Sanchi are different: "The lower pool is dark blue, the middle pool is crow blue, and the upper pool is parrot green".
Near Qingbi Stream is the southernmost tip of Dai Yuyun's tour road. If you have enough time, you can set foot on this beautiful mountain hiking landscape road and walk to ride the Dragon Girl Pool or Zhonghe Hall. The mountain canyon where Qingbi Stream is located is Cangshan Grand Canyon, which was eroded by east-west faults and flowing water during the ascent of Cangshan Peak thousands of years ago.
Not far from Qingbi Stream, there is a Grand Canyon observation deck. After this observation deck, you can go to Tanshan Road.
Ximatan Cableway (Grand Cableway/Tianlong Cableway)
Ximatan Cableway (Big Cableway/Tianlong Cableway Line: Baihexi-Qilongnvchi-Ximatan
Ximatan Cableway, also known as Grand Cableway and Tianlong Cableway, is the longest distance and the highest altitude among the three ropeways. Baimatan Cableway Baihe West Station is located next to Tianlong Babu Film and Television City. There is a "Seven Dragon Women's Pool Middle Station" in the middle of the whole ropeway, and the upper station is located near Ximatan at an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters. The ropeway of Ximatan is 5,555 meters long, which is divided into two parts: the next stop "Baihexi" to "Dragon Riding Female Pool" and "Ximatan", and three main scenic spots (Tianlong Babu Film and Television City, Dragon Riding Female Pool and Ximatan) are connected in series. From the foot of the mountain, you can see the changes of forest vegetation in the process of slowly rising, and even the wonderful scene of "one mountain has four seasons".
One-way fare of Ximatan cableway:
Baihexi (the next stop is Dragon Girl Pool (one-way ticket to 80 yuan from the middle station).
Riding the Dragon Women's Pool (from Central Station to Ximatan (one-way ticket to 70 yuan)
Baihexi (next stop Ximatan (last stop, one-way ticket 150 yuan, full round-trip ticket to 300 yuan).
Opening hours: 8:30- 17:00.
Riding the Dragon Girl Pool in sightseeing bus: Round-trip fare in 50 yuan, midway fare in 30 yuan.
Transportation: From the south gate of Dali Ancient City or Red Longjing Gate, you can walk about 2 kilometers to Tianlong Babu Film and Television City and Ximatan Cableway Station.
Ximatan
Ximatan has the reputation of "Lake on the Peak", which is located between Cangshan Jade Bureau Peak and Longquan Peak, with an altitude of 3,920 meters. According to legend, when Yuan Shizu Kublai Khan led the army to Dali, he was stationed here to wash horses, hence the name.
According to historical records, there was a mountain reservoir in Ximatan during Nanzhao period, which was used to irrigate farmland under the mountain. The temperature at the top of the mountain is much lower than that at the foot of the mountain. Climb the observation deck at an altitude of 3980 meters and you can see Ximatan at a glance.
The lake is surrounded by charming alpine azaleas, but the scenery is different all year round, only azaleas are different every month. When the weather is fine, the pool water reflects the blue sky, showing an irresistible sapphire blue.
Qilongchi
Riding the dragon female pool is the intermediate station of Ximatan cableway, and it is also the only way on the jade belt tourist road. The spring water flowing out of the middle of Cangshan Black Dragon Creek has formed seven pools. According to legend, this is the place where the seven dragon girls of the Dragon King of Erhai Lake bathe and rest. They take a bath here every summer and at night when the moon is high, and they don't return to the Dragon Palace in Erhai until dawn. Sweet mountain spring water is covered with stone walls like white satin, and falls into the pool to make a pleasant sound, creating a fairyland in the mountains.
Tianlong Babu Movie and Television City
Tianlong Babu Studio at the foot of Cangshan Mountain is one of the shooting bases of TV series Tianlong Babu. The studio consists of Dali, Liao, Xixia Palace and Jurchen tribe. In the antique buildings, you can feel the prosperous social features of Dali at that time.
The gate of Dali Palace is the tower across the cinema, where Duan Yu's uncle Duan Zhengming met with courtiers and handled state affairs. When you come to "King Mi in the south of town", do you remember the scene where Duan Yu took the third of the "Four Evil Men" as his disciples, which was filmed here?
Tickets for Tianlong Babu Studios: 52 yuan
Zhonghe cableway (small cableway/Cangshan cableway)
Zhonghe Cableway, also known as Cangshan Cableway and Small Cableway, is the northernmost of the three ropeways, and the height it can reach is also the lowest, about halfway up the mountain. There are no more scenic spots along the Zhonghe cableway than the other two, only the last stop is Zhonghe Temple.
Friends who like to burn incense and hikers can choose this ropeway. For ordinary tourists, it is more appropriate to recommend the other two. What makes this ropeway unique is that its car body is old-fashioned, that is, it is a purely open-air hanging chair seat without a shell package.
Ticket price of Zhonghe cableway: one-way 50 yuan, round trip 100 yuan.
Opening hours: 8:30- 17:00.
Transportation: Exit Cangshanmen on the west side of Dali Ancient City and walk about 1.2km to Zhonghe Cableway.
Zhonghe Temple
Zhonghe Temple, located on the mountainside of Zhonghe Peak in Cangshan Mountain, is a very famous Taoist temple in Dali. It is precisely because Zhonghe Peak is the central peak of "Cangshan Nineteen Peaks", facing the ancient city of Dali and Erhai Lake at the foot of the mountain, it has become the best place to overlook the ancient city of Dali and Erhai Lake.
Zhonghe Temple consists of Juxian Building, Linggong and Yuhuang Pavilion. Every year, the ninth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor, and a grand "Peach Blossom Party" will be held in Zhonghe Temple, and nearby Bai people come to catch the temple fair in an endless stream.
Zhonghe Hall is also a must-see spot on the jade belt tourist road. Many hikers will walk here from the southernmost Qingbi Stream and take the cable car down the mountain.
Tickets for Zhonghe Temple: No tickets are needed, which are included in Cangshan ticket fee.
Well, that's the guide of Cangshan cableway in Dali. I hope I can help you. Have a nice trip!