Erhai Lake is named for its momentum like a sea and shape like a human ear.It is a fault lake formed by crustal movement. It is the second largest plateaufreshwater lake in Yunnan Province. It was once known as "yeyuze" and"kunmichuan" in ancient literature. The water surface is about 1972 meters abovesea level. It starts from Jiangwei township of Eryuan County in the north andends at Xiaguan town of Dali City in the south. It is shaped like a crescentmoon. It is 41.5 kilometers long from north to south, 3 to 9 kilometers widefrom east to west. The water depth of Pingge is 105 meters, and the deepestreaches 20.5 meters. ·Erhai Lake has a vast water area with a circumference of116 kilometers and an area of 251 square kilometers. Erhai lake belongs tolancangkou water system, with Miju River in the north; Donghui BOLUO River, XinaCangshan eighteen streams, in addition, submarine faults also continue to havediving gush, thus forming an inexhaustible lake, rich in water, catchment areaof 2565 square kilometers, the average water capacity of 2.82 billion cubicmeters, the lake water from the West Er River, and Yangbi River confluence intoLancang River, and finally into the Pacific Ocean, due to the inflow and outflowof Erhai water, Erhai Lake water flow out The quality of sea water is excellent,which is suitable for the reproduction and growth of all kinds of fish, shrimpand shellfish. At the same time, Erhai Lake is rich in aquatic resources.
Now our cruise ship has been driving in the rippling Erhai Lake.
Known as the "Pearl of the plateau", Erhai Lake is the main scenic resourceof Dali scenic spot and the most important birthplace of Bai ancestors. So far,more than 30 Neolithic sites have been found in Erhai Lake and its surroundinghillside platform. Jinsuo island in Haidong is a famous Neolithic site.Recently, it was discovered that Yuji island in Shuanglang is also an importantsite of Neolithic age and bronze age. In addition to a large number of stonetools and pottery for daily use, there are also mountain shaped sword, ironblade sword with copper handle and pottery models for casting these weapons. Itcan be inferred that it may be the production base for the ancient Bai ancestorsto smelt and cast bronzes until the iron age. There are historical heritages inevery era here. It seems that we can hear the footsteps of Bai's ancestors fromancient times to civilization. Therefore, it can also be said that Erhai Lake isthe cradle of Bai nationality.
Now our boat is passing by Guanyin Pavilion. The name of Guanyin Pavilionin your guide map is Tianjing Pavilion, which was called LUOQUAN temple inancient times. This LUOQUAN temple is closely related to Wangfu cloud, a cloudin Cangshan Mountain. The legend of wangfuyun is a household name in Dali. Hereis a brief introduction to the legend of Wangfu cloud.
It is said that the king of Nanzhao had a smart and beautiful princess. Shemet a young and handsome hunter at the grand meeting of "around the threespirits". They loved each other and secretly made a lifelong commitment. Theprincess confided her true feelings to her father and asked for permission.After hearing this, the king was very angry and put the princess in the deeppalace. The princess was very sad. She was depressed all day and didn't thinkabout food and tea. She was looking forward to the hunter to help her out. Theprincess asked her maid to go to Cangshan to find the hunter and tell hersituation and miss. The hunter was very worried when he heard about it, but theprincess was imprisoned in the deep palace, so he couldn't get close to it. Heran wildly on Cangshan Mountain and called out the name of the princess. Theirpure love moved the mountain god. The mountain god gave the hunter a pair ofwings. With wings, the hunter flew into the palace quietly and took the princessout of the palace wall. Here, Nanzhao King couldn't find his daughter. He wasangry and anxious. He invited master Luo Quan from Haidong. Master Luo Quan usedthe sky mirror to show that the princess was in the cave of Yuju peak, and heused the poison of snow to threaten the princess to return to the palace. Thehunter ventured to fly to LUOQUAN temple and stole master LUOQUAN's eighttreasures cassock to protect the princess from the cold. When he flew over ErhaiLake, the hateful master LUOQUAN knocked him down into Erhai Lake and turned himinto a rock - a stone mule. When the princess heard the news, she died ofsadness. After the death of the princess, her essence turns into a white cloud.Every year in the severe winter, the white cloud rises to the top of Yuju peakand looks out at Erhai Lake. As soon as this white cloud appears, the Erhai seawill be windy and the waves will not stop until the stone mule on the bottom ofthe sea appears. It is said that at this time, the princess wants to blow awaythe sea and have a look at the lover on the bottom of the sea. However, it istrue that once Wangfu cloud appears, even on a fine day, it will suddenly bewindy and stormy, so fishing boats will not be able to travel on the sea.Therefore, local fishermen also call Wangfu cloud "no ferry cloud", which meansno ferry.
In fact, Wangfu cloud is just a meteorological cloud. It usually appears insunny days in winter and spring, and is formed by the high-speed flow of air.This is related to the special geographical location of Erhai Lake in Cangshanand the steep mountain of Yuju peak. Its appearance indicates the coming of dryand strong monsoon in India. It is an alarm for safe navigation of ships inErhai Lake. Stone mule is a reef in Erhai Lake, which is also called Dinghaipile. Now this reef has been exposed to the sea and used as a navigation mark byboatman. But the imaginative Bai people gave it such a moving legend, whichnaturally linked wangfuyun, the reef on the sea and LUOQUAN temple. To turn acloud, a stone and a temple into a vivid, vivid and substantial beauty alsomakes Wangfu cloud more magical and interesting in everyone's mind.
In front of us, the exquisite Island you can see is little Putuo, thesmallest but most famous island in Erhai Lake. In Erhai Lake, little Putuo canbe said to be a "pocket island". Although the island is small, it is well-known,and it is indispensable in the picture books that introduce Dali.
Xiaoputuo is only more than 200 meters in circumference. It is composed oflimestone and covers a total area of about 70 square meters. Why is it calledlittle Putuo? Putuo is the abbreviation of putuoluojia mountain in Sanskrit,which means little white flower mountain or little flower tree mountain. It issaid that it is the place where Guanyin practices in India. Therefore, most ofthe holy places of Guanyin are called Putuo Mountain. For example, PutuoMountain in Zhejiang Province, one of the four famous Buddhist mountains inChina, is named "little Putuo" because its appearance is more like the legendaryTaoist temple of Guanyin, but its scale and terrain are relatively small.
From a distance, little Putuo looks like a natural bonsai in Erhai Lake. Itis said that when Guanyin came to Dali, she saw the beautiful scenery, pleasantclimate, hardworking and kind-hearted Bai people. She loved this land very much.In addition, she also saw that there were many dragons in Erhai Lake, whichoften caused violent waves. So she put a Zhenhai seal in Erhai Lake, hoping thatit would always keep Dali safe. This reef is the seal used by GuanyinBodhisattva to suppress Jiaolong. Therefore, "little Putuo" is also known as"Haiyin", so the nearby fishing village is also named "Haiyin village".
Xiaoputuo is a scenic spot with beautiful scenery in Erhai, and also aplace with rich Buddhist culture. It was probably during the reign of Chongzhenin the Ming Dynasty that fishermen nearby donated money to build this two-storyPavilion on the island. The pavilion below is dedicated to Dadu Maitreya, andthe pavilion above is dedicated to Guanyin. Dali Buddhism has a remarkablefeature, that is, it is close to Bodhisattva rather than Buddha. Therefore, mostof the Bai people in Dali worship Guanyin in temples. There are male and femalefaces in Guanyin, and the female one is offered in little Putuo of Erhai Lake.This is the obvious difference between Dali and Hinayana Buddhism inXishuangbanna and Dehong.
In the eyes of Bai people, little Putuo is the most spiritual island. EverySpring Festival or any happy event, the Bai people in the nearby villages haveto go to little Putuo for sacrifice to celebrate or for peace. Every time thebride and groom get married, the groom will take the bride around the Islandthree times in a boat, hoping that little Putuo can bring them: Happiness andauspiciousness.
Today, all of you come to Dali from afar to feel the history, culture,customs and people's feelings here. We also hope that little Putuo can bring youhappiness and peace.
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