Dali has a long history. As early as the Neolithic Age, there were ancestors of Bai and Yi nationalities in Dali. In the second year of Yuanfeng in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 109), Yuye County was established, belonging to Yizhou County. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Dali successively established Nanzhao and Dali local governments. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Dali successively set up the government, Taoism, Taihe County and Zhaozhou. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Dali County, Fengyi County and Shimonoseki City were successively established. 1958 In September, three counties (cities) and Yangbi County were merged into Dali City. /kloc-at the end of 0/960, Dali City was revoked, Dali County, Xiaguan City and Yangbi County were restored, and Fengyi County was placed under Dali County. 1September 1983, Dali County and Xiaguan City were revoked and merged into Dali City. June 5438 +2004 10, Jiangwei Town and Shuanglang Town of Eryuan County were merged into Dali City, and Jiangwei Town was renamed Shangguan Town.
This city is located in the west of Yunnan Province, on the Erhai Plain of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and on the shore of Erhai Lake. This is a city surrounded by mountains and rivers. It used to be the capital of Nanzhao and Dali in ancient times, and it has always been a transportation hub connecting eight states in western Yunnan and leading to Southeast Asia by land.
Diancang Mountain in central China is a national scenic spot, nature reserve and geological park, which is in harmony with Erhai Lake. The Jinsha River basin in the east is gentle and fertile. The Lancang River and Nujiang River basins in the west have overlapping mountains and magnificent scenery. Erhai Lake, like a pearl jade mirror, is embedded in high mountain basins, with rippling blue waves. Throughout the year, it has formed a natural scenery of green mountains and green waters, lakes and mountains, and exotic flowers and grasses. Dali has a low latitude plateau monsoon climate, with an average annual precipitation of about 65,438 0.000 mm, an average annual sunshine hours of 2,345 hours and an average annual temperature of 65,438 0.5 degrees Celsius. There is no cold in winter, no heat in summer, four seasons like spring and a pleasant climate. Xu Xiake, a great traveler in Ming Dynasty, once described Dali's climate environment as "the weather is often like February and March, and flowers are always in spring".