Tourist attractions in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan: Xizhou
When I came to Xizhou, I first saw two big banyan trees at the head of the village. This is a rare tree species in northern China. Its common name is evergreen, and its scientific name is Ficus altissima. Bai people think that Daqingshu is a symbol of the prosperity of a village, so it is also called "Feng Shui Tree". Daqingshu is an ancient Bai village, and everyone has their own Feng Shui tree. This kind of tree usually forms the group activity center of villagers together with the stage. These two trees at the head of Xizhou Village are very old. Legend has it that this is two trees, one is yin and the other is yang, one is budding, and the other is deciduous, alternately flourishing; One tree bears fruit, and another tree never bears fruit. During breaks in work, villagers often take a nap under budding trees; The snake-like team that "recorded three times around" wanted to go around and revel in it; Even if the people in the village die, the mourners will gather around and burn paper banners under the trees to express the attachment of the deceased to the village. Not far from the northeast corner of the village, there is also an old lady green tree in the village. Whenever autumn comes, there are often snow-white cranes, which is a special landscape in Xizhou.
Sifang Street is the repression center of Xizhou, and it is a Little Square surrounded by shops. Here stands a stone square, which is a "civilized square" built in recent years. The original stone square in this place is called "stele square", which was built after several literati left town in Ming Dynasty. At that time, all villagers who achieved fame in the imperial examinations could engrave their own names. Xizhou is now the seat of an administrative division to suppress government expropriation, but it is the size of a city. Long before Nanzhao moved around Erhai Lake, this was the settlement of Heman, the ancestor of Bai nationality. At that time, it was called Dali City, and the residents had learned a lot. According to legend, a general named Shi Wansui tied his horse here, which is also called Shicheng, and the nearby Pingbazi is called "Shichuang" (meaning the same as Dianjiangzhou). I went to Nanzhaomou and built a palace here. From the current place names, we can find the pattern of the city, surrounded by village names such as north, east and south. Archaeologists have also found word tiles, thick cloth tiles and lotus tiles in Nanzhao in the past.