我眼中家乡文化的特点-大理The Characteristics of My Hometown Culture in My EyesMy hometown is Dali,The introduction to Dali,Dali is a city which is located northwest of the Yunnan province in the south of China, and 300 kilo-meters northwest of Kunming. Just between the Cangshan mountains to the west and Erhai lake to the east.Dali around 338kilometers away from Yunnans capital city of Kunming .With an average annual temperature of 15 Celsius, Dali enjoys a mild climate thats neither hot in summer noThe weather here is fine.There are four seasons here: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.Spring comes usually between February and March. Its warm here in spring. The beautiful sunshine shines softly. Sometimes it rains, but not heavily. It only drizzles. The West Lake is beautiful both on fine days and on rainy days. I often go there appreciating the beauty of the lake and the hills around it.Summer comes after spring in May or in June. Its hot here in summer. Sometimes the temperature reaches as high as 41 degree. We usually stay at home in summer. Sometimes it rains. The rain is more heavy than that in spring, but it never storms.Autumn is between September and November. The first half of autumn is still very hot, but the second half of it is rather cool. It seldom rains in autumn. Its a harvest season. I like it.Winter comes in November. It is a cold season. Sometimes it snows. When it snows, we children often go out to play in the snow. It often frosts. When it frosts, the roads are very slippery. Its hard to drive or ride a bike.r cold in winte.Dali is an ancient city with a history of over 2000 years. It was established as the capital of the Nanzhao Kingdom in the Tang Dynasty (618AD-907AD). In the Song Dynasty (960-1279AD) it became the capital of the Dali Kingdom. Now Dali is the political, economic, and cultural center of the western part of Yunnan Province.Dali is one of Yunnans most popular tourist destinations, along with Lijiang, for tourists from both within and outside China. And then I ll take you to travel around Dali.When you arrived in Dali, the first thing come into your eyes is cangshan, Cangshan, also names the Diancang, it has 19 peaks. As the protective screen of dali, it located from the north to the south.Then I will take you to the Erhai lake,Erhai is at the foot of cangshan, its in the east of Dali city , we can travel around the lake by boat, and there are a few island located at the center of the lake, we can stop by and you can feel the strong customs of our nationality. Next ,Ill show you around the Three Pagodas temple, they are the ancient landmarks and symbols of Dali.The three pagodas are the only surviving temples through the war, so its make them more special. Then Id like to show you some pictures about the Dali Ancient City, its very mysterious and attractive. At the last, another attractions we have to introduce is the Butterfly Spring. Travel about 27 kilometers south of Dali and here you are at the Butterfly Spring. The pool is about 50 square meters overall and above it is an ancient decumbent tree called“butterfly tree ”, when the spring turns to summer, its fragrant blossom will attracts thousands of butterflies. Its become a very beautiful picture.Then it s comes to the food part, our eating habits is basically the same with Han. But we still have some delicious special local food. Such as milk fan（乳扇 ）、Xizhou baba （喜洲粑粑） and so on. But the most special one is this, we called it “eight big bowl( 八大碗 ) ”,we usually use it to entertain the guests to show our welcome.Now I ll introduce about the local national culture. Dali is a Minority Autonomous Prefecture(自治州 ) ，and Bai Minority making up the majority of Dalis population(65%).The national dress is mainly in white, but now most people don t dress all the time, except the holidays.located northwest of the Yunnan Province, 300 kilo-mete rs (186 miles) northwest of Kunming, Dali City is the e conomic and cultural center of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture. The area is surrounded by mountains on the east, west, and south, and has the Erhai Lake in its ce nter. Here you will find 25 ethnic minorities, which ha ve created a unique cultural heritage amidst the areas picturesque surroundings.The ground spans 9852 10103 in the east longitude, 2441 2642 in the north latitude, east tour erhai sea, west and point cangshan vein, administration Dali city and xiangyun, yidu, binchuan, yongping, yunlong, eryuan, heqing, jianchuan eight counties and yangbi, weishan, nanjian three minority autonomous counties, is one of the early areas of southwest frontier development.Located in the low latitude plateau, the four seasons temperature difference is not big, dry and wet season is clear, to the low latitude plateau monsoon climate, the territory to butterfly spring, cangshan, erhai, Dali ancient city, chongsheng temple three towers and other attractions are the most representative.