天上风花雪月，人间逍遥江湖 

     大理白族自治州有悠久的历史，灿烂的文化，素有“文献名邦”之称。唐、宋时期，南诏、大理国均在此立国。山川雄奇，风光秀丽，气候宜人，民风淳朴。大理是国务院首批公布的全国24个历史文化名城和国家级44个风景名胜区之一，苍山洱海被国务院批准为国家级自然保护区。“三顶桂冠”使大理声名远播，享誉中外。
      大理白族自治州辖1市11县，即：大理市、漾濞彝族自治县、祥云县、宾川县、弥渡县、南涧彝族自治县、巍山彝族回族自治县、永平县、云龙县、洱源县、剑川县、鹤庆县。大理州地处云贵高源与横断山脉结合部位，地势西北高，东南低。地貌复杂多样，点苍山以西为高山峡谷区。主要河流属金沙江、澜沧江、怒江、红河(元江)四大水系，州境内分布有洱海、天池、茈碧湖、西湖、东湖、剑湖、海西海、青海湖8个湖泊。洱海是云南省第二大内陆淡水湖泊，风光明媚，素有“高原明珠”之称，为国家级重点风景名胜区。
      大理旅游行程中，常见的景点有：洱海游船，三塔寺，蝴蝶泉，大理古城。

     
      Dali City, situated in the west of Yunnan Province, has an area of 28,500 square kilometers with a population of 3 million. The Erhai Lake in Dali City is one of the country's seven freshwater Lake. There are big embankments along the banks of the lake.

      It belongs to the subtropical monsoon climatic zone with conspicuous dimensional climatic character, the annual average temperature of which is 15.1°C and the yearly precipitation of 1100 mm. It has the rich resource such as platinum and marble and also gold, lead, brown coal (lignite), copper and rock salt (halite), etc. It is also rich in such resources as hydraulic power, forestry and mountainous grassland.

      Dali City is a famous historic cultural city of China, once the capital city of Nanzhao regime and Dali Regime in the ancient China, a city of picturesque scenery. With the verdant greenery Erhai Lake as its center, the scenic spot and place of historic site of Dali constitute one of the major places of historic interest and scenic beauty of China. Besides, there are also such scenic spots and historic sites as the three Dali Pagodas, Butterfly spring and others.