The Wuwei Temple

The Wuwei Temple, which is located at the Yangxiang Village in the city of Dali, Yunnan Province and is 25kms from the Lan Peak of the Cangshan Mountains, was built up in the Yuan Dynasty and was rebuilt late in the Qing Dynasty. From east to west, the Wuwei Temple has a great hall, passage hall, big palace and 5 wings up the north and the south each. There kept a bronze bell, which was built with the silver money that was collected by the Host of the temple Wu Ai and his apprentice Fa Hai in the 10th year of Ming's Zhengtong (1445). This Bronze Bell is 12 meters high and with a diameter of 1 meter. The sound it gives out when hit is loud and thick and it can spread out far away to the distant mountains and fields, together with sound of the wave of pine trees. Taking a broad view of the Er Sea, you shall get what the colors of the water and the light of the sky combine into one space of blue and white. It is very outstanding and imposing.

The Bodhisattva Nunnery

The Bodhisattva Nunnery, or Dashi Nunnery, is to the north of Qiliqiao Township. It is nine kilometers from Xiaguan. It was built during the Ming Dynasty as a grand Buddhist temple. The buildings in the temple are of different heights and are interspersed with luxuriant trees. The imposing halls are filled with the scent of incense and the sounds of wooden prayer clappers. This placid spot attracts numerous tourists and devout Buddhists.

The Luosha Pavilion

The Luosha Pavilion is 15 kilometers south of the ancient city of Dali, and two kilometers west of Lianhua Peak in the Cangshan Mountains. On a sacred platform inside the pavilion, there is a seated statue of Avalokitesvara. The pavilion was built on a huge rock on a mountain slope of the south bank of the Yangxi Stream. The rock is 16 meters wide and 6 meters high. There is a crack in the middle, which is said to have been made by a divine being with an axe.

(Source: cits.net)

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