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Dali City is located in western Yunnan, approximately 250 km (160 mi) northwest of the provincial capital of Kunming.. Dali is situated in the transition area between the dramatic valleys of the Hengduan ranges on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and the distinctive mountains of the western Yungui Plateau.
Dali Town ( Chinese: 大理镇; pinyin: Dàlǐ Zhèn) is a township-level division in Dali City, in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. The town contains the historic centre of the county-level city of Dali and is also commonly known as Dali Old Town ( Chinese: 大理古城; pinyin: Dàlǐ Gǔchéng ). The modern centre of Dali City ...
The Dali Kingdom, also known as the Dali State ( simplified Chinese: 大理国; traditional Chinese: 大理國; pinyin: Dàlǐ Guó; Bai: Dablit Guaif), was a dynastic state situated in modern Yunnan province, China from 937 until 1253.
The Three Pagodas of the Chongsheng Temple (Chinese: 崇圣寺三塔; pinyin: Chóngshèng Sì Sāntǎ) are an ensemble of three independent pagodas arranged on the corners of an equilateral triangle, near the old town of Dali, Yunnan province, China, dating from the time of the Kingdom of Nanzhao and Kingdom of Dali in the 9th and 10th centuries.
Xiaguan, Dali City. Xiaguan ( Chinese: 下关; pinyin: Xiàguān ), formerly romanized as Hsiakwan, is a subdistrict at the southern end of Erhai Lake in Dali Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Xiaguan has a population of 146,517 (2020) [1] and is the modern centre of the county-level city of Dali . Xiaguan has been the principal point of entry for the ...
Discovered by. Liu Shuntang. Dali man ( Chinese: 大荔人) is the remains of a late Homo erectus or archaic Homo sapiens who lived in the late-mid Pleistocene epoch. The remains comprise a complete fossilized skull, which was discovered by Liu Shuntang in 1978 in Dali County, Shaanxi Province, China . Dating the skull is a matter of debate.
In March 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama escaped from China, together with members of his family and his government. They fled the Chinese authorities, who were suspected of wanting to detain him. From Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, the Dalai Lama and his entourage travelled southwards to Tawang in India, where he was welcomed by the Indian authorities.
2021 Dali earthquake. / 25.761; 100.008. On May 21, 2021, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Dali City, Yunnan, China, at a depth of 10.0 km. [9] Three people died during the quake, while another 32 were injured. [7] [8] The earthquake was referred by the Chinese media as the 5.21 earthquake or 2021 Yangbi earthquake .