Chongsheng Temple is located 1.5 kilometers north of Dali Ancient City and was a royal temple during the Dali Kingdom. It has a beautiful view of the Erhai Sea to the east and Yingle Peak on Cangshan Mountain to the west.
The Three Pagodas were originally part of the Chongsheng Temple, and the temple you see today is rebuilt, while the Three Pagodas are relics that have been around for thousands of years, and are a great attraction to come here. The shape of the Three Pagodas is similar to that of the Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, and the best place to take pictures of the Three Pagodas is the “Three Pagodas Gathering Pool” in the Three Pagodas' Reflection Park behind the Three Pagodas, where you can capture the reflections of the Three Pagodas and the pool, and many tourists take pictures of the Three Pagodas here.
Today's Chongsheng Temple was rebuilt in 2005, the scale of the magnificent, can feel when the Nanzhao, Dali period of the royal temple style, the temple a variety of dragons totaling more than 10,000, is the country's most dragons of the temple. In addition, the temple also has a national very large cowhide drum, 3.1 meters in diameter, made of a block of cowhide, worth seeing.
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Address. Southwest corner of the intersection of Three Pagodas Road and Wenpen Road, Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Phone Number: 4009001558
Opening Hours: 05/01-10/31 07:00:00 05/01-10/31 07:10-19:00;11/01-04/30 07:30-18:30