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	Kingdom of Dali - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Established by Duan Siping in 937, it was ruled by a succession of 22 kings until the year 1253, when it was destroyed by an invasion of the Mongol Empire.
		The Kingdom of Dali was preceded by the Nanzhao Dynasty, which was overthrown in 902.
		It is claimed that despite their military prowess and superior numbers, the Mongols could not breach the defences of the Erhai valley, which was so suited to defense that even just a few defenders could hold out for years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kingdom_of_Dali (275 words)

	Dali travel guide - Wikitravel
		In 738 the kingdom of Nanzhao was established with Dali as its capital and covered a large area of Yunnan and northern Burma and parts of Sichuan and Guizhou.
		The Kingdom of Dali controlled by the DUANs survived until conquered by the Mongols in the 12th century.
		The rulers of the original Nanzhao kingdom were actually precursors to the modern Yi people's, while the Kingdom of Dali rulers were precursors to the modern Bai minority.
	wikitravel.org /en/Dali (2090 words)

	Dali Bai Nationality Autonomous Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture is located in the west of Yunnan Province.
		Dali is among the first group of 24 historical and culturally renowned cities containing 44 interesting tourist spots and a natural reserve.
		The Three Pagoda (Dali Santa) - landmarks of the region: As these pagodas are once part of a vast temple complex built during the Tang Dynasty, they serve as a storehouse for scriptures and precious objects of the ancient Dali culture.
	www.paulnoll.com /China/Excursions/Dali-panorama.html (805 words)

	Dali Painting -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		DALI loudspeakers have traditionally been sold primarily within Scandinavia, but the company has ambitious plans to get among the largest loudspeaker manufacturers in the world.
		One of the best known DALI products is the MegaLine series of high-end loudspeakers, which are widely regarded as some of the best of their class in the world.
		Daly was a great book-lover, and his valuable library was dispersed by auction after his death, which occurred in Paris.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/38/dali-painting.html (1361 words)

	ComingAnarchy.com: Curzon's Journey Across the Far East
		Dali is famous for its marble, and the written character "marble" in both Chinese and Japanese literally means "Dali Rock." The climate was amazing -- trees were flowering in the town, yet the nearby mountains were white with snow.
		It was first the ancient capital of the Bai Kingdom in the 8th and 9th centuries (the Bai people (or "White Ethnicity") are the main recognized minority people of Dali).
		Later, it was the royal seat of the Kingdom of Dali from the 10th to 13th centuries, after it became a quasi-ally of the Mongols and converted to Islam.
	www.cominganarchy.com /saigon/yunan-audio.htm (388 words)

	Attractions in Yunnan - Old town of Dali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dali is situated in the southwest of Yunnan and at the intersection of the Yunnan-Burma Highway and Yunnan-Tibetan Highway.
		Dali City stands against Cangshan Mountain in the west and adjoins Erhai Lake in the east, and is embraced by undulating hills around.
		Dali is a highland city in low latitudes and its climate is of subtropical highland monsoon type.
	www.chinadiscover.net /kunming/attractions_dali.htm (1333 words)

	China Mint Set Landscapes in Dali Set of 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dali of Yunnan Province is one of China's famous cities with historical and cultural value.
		In history, Dali was the capital of Nanzhao Kingdom during the Tang Dynasty and Dali Kingdom during the Song Dynasty.
		In Dali, where the weather is spring year-round, mountains and waters merge into one color, and the air is saturated with bird's chirping and flowers' fragrance.
	www.unicover.com /EA8RGY5A.htm (333 words)

	Issue 32 - Saving Lives in Southwest China
		It was the capital of the Nanzhao Kingdom which, in its heyday around 750 to 900 AD, twice repelled the armies of the Tang, captured Chengdu and Hanoi and ruled the whole of Yunnan.
		After 900, the Kingdom of Dali was ruled by the Duan dynasty until it was betrayed into the hands of Kubla Khan in the thirteenth century, and it remained under Chinese control – with occasional rebellions – ever since.
		By the time Peggy left Dali, she had imparted sufficient skills, especially to Dr Zhang Jianbo of Dali, for the work to be continued in Chinese hands – both Han and Bai.
	www.gbcc.org.uk /32article2.htm (1851 words)

	The NuJiang River Project: People of the Nujiang Region
		Dali has long been known to tourists as the "little Switzerland" of China, with its clear cold lake and snow capped peak, and in China as the "scented wonderland" because of its many monasteries and temples.
		Their Kingdom of Nanzhao lasted 250 years, a regime of slaveholders, which was overthrown, and followed by the Kingdom of Dali.
		Dali controlled the area as a tributary of the Song Dynasty, until the Mongolians conquered Dali.
	www.river.com /nujiang/nupeople.html (2479 words)

	Dali Guide
		Dali lies in north-western Yunnan, 420 km from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province.
		Dali's climate is mild, with an average temperature of 24 C in the summer and 11 C in the winter.
		The pagodas were built in the 10th century at the hight of the Nanzhao Kingdom in Dali, and are among the oldest standing structures in south-east Asia.
	www.dalichina.org (996 words)

	Kingdoms of South East Asia
		In the 10th century the Vietnamese kingdom of Dai Viet, based in Hanoi, began to exert pressure on Champa, forcing it to relinquish Amaravati in 1000 and Vijaya in 1069.
		Their early kingdoms, Dvaravati and Haripunjaya, had ties with the ancient Cambodian kingdom of Funan and with China and were also strongly influenced by Khmer civilization.
		It was later known as the smaller Dali kingdom (still under Bai control), until it was defeated by the Mongols under the leadership of Kublai Khan in 1253.
	berclo.net /page00/00en-sea-history.html (5896 words)

	Kingdom of Dali - China History Forum, chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He is surrounded by civil officials (in their high-hats, unique to Dali), at least one military official (the man in the tiger-print robe), servants, and soldiers in their rhino-hide armor.
		The Dali citizens were unhappy with their king and dethroned Suxing, giving the throne to Prince Duan Silian.
		Duan Xingzhi was the last monarch of the Dali Kingdom, but his descendants remained governers of Yunnan during the Yuan dynasty.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=6626 (1867 words)

	Dali, Yunnan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dali (Chinese: 大理; pinyin: Dàlĭ; Bai: Darl•lit; Hani: Dafli) is a city in Yunnan province in the south of China, located on a fertile plateau between the Cangshan mountains to the west and Erhai lake to the east.
		Dali was also the center of the Panthay Rebellion from 1856-1863.
		Dali is one of Yunnan's most popular tourist destinations, both for its historic sites and the "Foreigners' Street" that features western-style food, music, and English-speaking business owners, making it popular among both western and Chinese tourists, who come to gawk at the foreigners.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dali,_Yunnan_province (312 words)

	Travel,Tour and Tourism in Yunnan,China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Its prefectural capital is Dali City (including Xiaguan city and Dali ancient city).
		Dali City), Jizu Mountain (in Bingchuan County), Shibao Mountain (in Jianchuan County) and Weibao Mountain (in Weishan County).
		Dali Ancient City is widely acknowledged as "Backpackers' Paradise" in China.
	www.yunnantourism.com /dali.html (327 words)

	China in 2000 (9 Dali)
		Dali was one of the six small Dai kingdoms that merged to form of the powerful Nanzhao kingdom that enjoyed hegemony over northern Yunnan and Myanmar and controled the east-west trade route to India from the 8th to the 13th centuries.
		A short distance north of the South Gate on Fuxing Lu is this imposing structure that probably served as a bell or a drum tower in the past.
		Here are the three famous Dali pagodas, the big one with 16 tiers is 70 meters high and was built in the middle of the 9th century and the two smaller ones were built two centuries later.
	berclo.net /page00/00en-china-9.html (573 words)

	Lahu history: From the women's kingdoms to the continuous uprising (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Both kingdoms were conquered by Tubo dynasty of the Tibetans in the 7th century.
		Later differences with this kingdom drove to the war, and to a new migration of the Lahu.
		The conquest of the Kingdom of Dali for the Kublai Khan's Mongolian in the year 1253 supposed a stir for all the peoples of the area.
	www.chinaviva.com /eng/Lahu/lahuhist.htm (563 words)

	Yunnan Good Travel Tour Service-China Travel, China Tours, Tibet Tour-dali-lijiang-zhongdian£Yunnan travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dali Prefecture is one of the birth places of Yunnan's ancient culture.
		Dali was at that time the centre of politics, economy and culture in Yunnan.
		The Three Pagodas of Dali, the Dehua Tablet, the Shibaoshan Grottoes of Jiangchuan County, the architectural complex of the Temples on Jizushan Mountain in Binchuan County are all well-known tourist attractions at home and abroad.
	www.yunnangood.com /minority.ASP (9364 words)

	CalendarHome.com - 1250s - Calendar Encyclopedia
		The decade was perhaps most dominated by the Mongols, who under the leadership of Möngke Khan continued their rapid expansion throughout Asia both to the east and west of their home territories.
		The Mongols destroyed the Kingdom of Dali in Laos, and captured the Goryeo kingdom in Korea, eastern Galicia in Europe, Anatolia in Turkey, and the Islamic center of Baghdad, where tens or hundreds of thousands were killed as the city was burned to the ground.
		In Japan, a new sect of Buddhism was formed, while in Korea the carving of Buddhist scriptures on 81,000 wooden blocks was completed.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /1250s.htm (1511 words)

	Chongsheng Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It was built during the period of Fengyou of Nanzhao Kingdom (823 AD - 859 AD), and there were 11,400 bronze statures of Buddha for worship in this pagoda at that time according to historical records.
		During the period of Dali Kingdom (938 AD - 1254 AD) two 10 storied hollow brick pagodas with close octagonal eaves were built, one to the north of the main pagoda, the other to the south.
		With the combination of the Three Pagodas, the Chongsheng Temple, the ancient city of Dali, the huge beautiful Er Hai lake, and the magnificent Cang Shan mountains surrounding all of it, the whole area is just magnificently stunning.
	www.russbo.com /china/chongsheng_temple.htm (642 words)

	Dali Travel Guide - China
		Dali is also celebrated for its scenic beauties of Cangshan Mountain and Erhai.
		Two kilometers east of Dali, it is a fresh water lake, and in the middle of it, there are islets and sandbars.
		The spring, in a shady grove on the lower slopes of the Cangshan, was justifiable famous for centuries because of a breathtaking convergence every springtime of tens of thousands of butterflies at this spot.
	www.cnhomestay.com /city/cityguides/dali.htm (1705 words)

	Haiwei Trails - Timeline of SW China
		Nanzhao Kingdom, and later Kingdom of Dali, serve as buffer states between mighty expansionist Tibetan Tubo dynasty to W, and Tang Chinese empire to E. *the Lolo are classified as sub-group of Yi, but there doesn't seem to be much to support such a classification.
		During this period, Kingdom of Dali is tributary of Song dynasty, and there's much economic and cultural trade between the two.
		Kubilai Khan and his army, en route to conquer Dali Kingdom, pass through Mosuo area near Lugu, and then Naxi area near Lijiang, where no resistance is met.
	www.haiweitrails.com /timeline_sw_china.htm (2770 words)

	Dali Travel Guide, Map, Weather, Attractions
		Located at the foot of the Cangshan Mountain and the west side of the Erhai Lake, Dali old town was set up in 1382 A.D during the Ming Dynasty as the capital of the Dali kingdom.
		Erhai (literally, Ear Lake), two kilometers east of Dali, is a fresh water lake, and in the middle of it, there are islets and sandbars.
		Xizhou Village locates 18 kilometers north of Dali, faces Erhai on the east.It grew and flourished in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) along with the fortunes of Dali renowned tea merchants that traded to Tibet.
	www.discoverchinatours.com /cityguide/cityguide_dali.htm (549 words)

	Dali - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dali, a city in Yunnan province in the People's Republic of China, which was the capital of the Kingdom of Dali (937-1253), and the 'sultanate' established by Muslims during the Panthay rebellion.
		DALI is an abbreviation for Digital Addressable Lighting Interface, a control system for indoor lighting.
		DALI is an abbreviation for Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries a manufacturer of HIFI speakers.
	www.medbib.com /Dali (112 words)

	Travel China - Dali Ancient Town travel
		The Dali Old Town is different from Lijiang, and personally I prefer Lijiang more.
		Dali Old Town was set up in the 15 th year of Emperor Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty (in 1382 AD) as the capital of the Dali Kingdom.
		Situated at the foot of Yunlong Peak of the Cangshan Mountain, 27 km south of the Dali Old Town, the Butterfly Fountain covers an area of 50 square pond.
	www.shanghaifinance.com /attractions/yunnan/dali/dali.php (636 words)

	Bin Yang \| Horses, Silver, and Cowries: Yunnan in Global Perspective \| Journal of World History, 15.3 \| The History ...
		At the end of the ninth century and in the early tenth century, Yunnan was in chaos until the Duan family allied with local chieftains, unified Yunnan, and established the Dali kingdom.
		The Dali kingdom desired trade with Song China, as trade was a major basis of its economy.
		The Sena kingdom, which succeeded the Palas as the most powerful ruling house in early medieval Bengal and Bihar, also highly valued horses as reflected by the title asvapati (lord of horses) the ruler assumed, along with gajapati (lord of elephants) and marapati (lord of men).
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/jwh/15.3/yang.html (13737 words)

	Surrealism and Magical Realism
		Kingdom chronicles the cultural clash that takes place between French colonials and their African slaves on the island of Haiti (49-53).
		The most visible example in Kingdom is the execution of the rebel slave/shaman Macandal, who had wreaked havoc on the colonists with the use of poison.
		Dali is clearly tapping into the strange, irrational, sexually charged world of the subconscious (Ades 152), but his creation is distinct from the miraculous events of a magical realist text.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /courses/engl3322/bawhitak/magical_realism_page_1.htm (613 words)

	Full Day Dali Private Tours A, CPDL01, www.discoverchinatours.com
		Situated at the foot of Yunlong Peak of the Cangshan Mountain, 27 km south of the Dali Old Town, Butterfly Spring is surrounded by ancient camphor trees.
		These outstanding landmarks of the region were once part of the greatest temple complex on the Dali plain.
		Finally be transferred back to the Dali Old Town, which was set up in 1382 A.D during the Ming Dynasty as the capital of the Dali kingdom.
	www.discoverchinatours.com /printer/cpdl01.htm (543 words)

	eBay - Dali
		Born as the son of a middle-class lawyer, Dali wanted to be the center of attention throughout his childhood.
		Dali and his fellow Surrealists became renowned throughout the world for their artwork, which featured dreamlike images, depictions of unconscious moments, and weird ironic juxtapositions.
		One of Dali's pieces from this time, "The Persistence of Memory," is perhaps the most recognizable icon of the entire Surrealist movement.
	popular.ebay.com /ns/Art/Dali.html (425 words)

	Bai Minority - Chinese Nationalities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Initially allying its power with the Chinese against the Tibetans, this kingdom extended its power until, in the middle of the 8th century, it was able to challenge and defeat the Tang armies.
		The Nanzhao kingdom fell in the 10th century and was replaced by the kingdom of Dali, an independent state that lasted until the Mongols overran it in the mid-13th century.
		After 25-centuries of resistance to northern rule, this part of the southwest was finally integrated into the empire as the province of Yunnan.
	www.paulnoll.com /China/Minorities/min-Bai.html (204 words)

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