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Taihe City Ruins and Nanzhao Dehua Stele 太和城遗址与南诏德化碑Tàihé Chéng Yízhǐ yǔ Nánzhào Déhuà Bēi
National heritage site · Dali, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Dali
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Taihe City Ruins and Nanzhao Dehua Stele
The site of Taihe, capital of the Nanzhao kingdom from 739 to 779, on the slope between the Cangshan range and Erhai Lake. Little survives above ground except stretches of its rammed-earth north and south walls, but the Nanzhao Dehua Stele, erected in 766, still stands in Taihe village: its text of some 3,800 characters on Nanzhao's relations with Tang China and Tibet is now mostly worn away, yet it remains a key source for the kingdom's history.
How to get to Taihe City Ruins and Nanzhao Dehua Stele
In Taihe village, about 6 km north of Xiaguan and 7 km south of Dali Old Town; a short taxi ride from either.
Nearby
- Dali Old Town & Erhai Lake 大理古城与洱海 under 10 km
Bai courtyards, old stone gates and lakeside bike rides beneath the Cangshan peaks - Weishan Ancient Town 巍山古城 50 km
An unhurried Ming grid town south of Dali, where the Nanzhao kingdom was born
Also within 20 km: Fotu Pagoda (Snake Bone Pagoda) 佛图寺塔 (under 10 km), Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture Museum 大理白族自治州博物馆 (under 10 km), Hongsheng Temple Pagoda 弘圣寺塔 (under 10 km), Tianlong Babu Film City 天龙八部影视城 (under 10 km), Kublai Khan Stele, Dali 元世祖平云南碑 (under 10 km), Dali Ocean World 大理海洋世界 (10 km).
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