What to eat during the Winter Solstice in Dali

Dali eats pig-killing rice during the winter solstice. Dali is located at the junction of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the Hengduan Mountains. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The landform is complex and diverse. To the west of Diancang Mountain is the high mountain canyon area.

To the east of Diancang Mountain and to the west of Xiangyun is the steep slope terrain of Zhongshan Mountain. The mountains within the territory mainly belong to the Yunling Mountains and Nushan Mountains. Diancang Mountain is located in the middle of Dali, towering like an arch like a screen.

Xueban Mountain at the junction of Jianchuan and Lanping in Lijiang area in the north is the highest peak of the mountains in Dali, with an altitude of 4295 meters. The lowest point is Hongqiba on the Nujiang River in Yunlong County, with an altitude of 730 meters.

There are many lake basins in the state, and there are 18 basins with an area of ??more than 1.5 square kilometers, covering an area of ??1871.49 square kilometers. It accounts for 6.6% of the total area of ??the state.

The basins are mostly linear basins, distributed in a belt shape, and arranged into 6 belts from west to east. Quaternary mountain glacier sites are distributed in the high mountainous areas west of Erhai Lake and north of Yongping.