Slideshows

Fishermen set out on Erhai during the short official fishing season.

The wetlands of Erhai are best preserved on the northern end of the lake.

When Xu Xiake, the Ming traveller, was on Chickenfoot Mountain in 1639, he stayed at Xitan Temple. The temple was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and has not been rebuilt.

The "Eco-Corridor" created around Lake Erhai has transformed the lake into a major tourist destination.

Yang Ling 杨铃, a carpenter from Zhoucheng 周城 north of Dali, shows off his skills.

The annual fair at Shaba, called the Fishpond Fair 渔潭会, starts every year on the day of the Midautumn Festival 中秋节, and runs for a week. Attracting a local crowd, it remains a much more rustic fair than the massive Third Month Fair 三月街 and livestock is still traded here.

Changchundong Temple on Weibaoshan is one of the best preserved Daoist temples in Yunnan.

The archery competition is an integral part of the Dali Third Month Fair.

The horse races at the Third Month Fair, made famous in the movie Five Golden Flowers 五朵金花, are getting ever more professional.

A forest fire burning on the eastern side of Erhai during the dry season in 2024.

The old town of Weishan 巍山 at night.

The flowering of rapeseed turns the fields of Weishan 巍山 a splendid yellow in late February and early March.