Xizhou Ancient Town is located 18 kilometers north of Dali Ancient City, bordering Erhai Lake in the east and Cangshan Mountain in the west. Xizhou is an important town inhabited by the Bai people. It has the most preserved and best residential buildings of the Bai people. From the layout point of view, it is a typical Bai courtyard pattern of "three squares and one screen wall" and "four-in-one five patios". These dwellings are decorated with carved beams and painted buildings, overlapping bucket arches, angled eaves, gate towers, screen walls and gable walls, which fully reflect the architectural talent and artistic creativity of the Bai people.

As soon as you arrive in Xizhou, the first thing you see are the two big green trees with branches and leaves covering the head of the village. This is a rare tree in northern my country. Its common name is Evergreen, and its scientific name is alpine banyan tree. The Bai people believe that the big green tree is a symbol of the prosperity of a village, so they also call it "feng shui tree". Daqingshu is an ancient Bai village that has its own feng shui tree. This kind of tree usually forms the group activity center of the villagers together with the stage. The two trees at the head of Xizhou Village are very old. Legend has it that these are two trees, one yin and one yang, one germinates and the other loses leaves, going round and round, prospering alternately; one bears fruit and the other never bears fruit. During labor breaks, the villagers often take a nap under the shade of the trees; the snake-like team of "Three Spirits" circles around it for carnival; Insert the paper streamer under the tree and burn it, so as to entrust the deceased's attachment to the village. There is also an old lady green tree in the village in the northeast corner not far away. Whenever autumn comes, it is often filled with snow-white egrets, which is a unique landscape in Xizhou.
Sifang Street, the center of Xizhou Town, is a small square surrounded by shops. There is a stone square here, which is the "civilization square" built in recent years. The original stone square in this place was called "Timing Square", which was built after a few Jinshi came out of the town in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, all villagers who had achieved honors in the imperial examination could have their names engraved on them.

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00:34 Xizhou on the streets
11:41 Yan Family Courtyard
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31:25 Xizhou Lower Street
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46:28 Featured alley
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55:06 Xizhou Vendor Street
59:10 Leaving Xizhou
1:07:43 local market

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