Erhai festivals: boats, songs and Bai traditions
Explore Erhai’s Bai cultural traditions through fishing-season celebrations, decorated boats, lakeside songs and local legends.
Discover local life through food, tea, neighbourhoods, culture and the people behind each experience.

Start with a neighbourhood, a table or a teahouse. Choose the experiences that fit your interests and pace.
Explore the details ↓Explore Erhai’s Bai cultural traditions through fishing-season celebrations, decorated boats, lakeside songs and local legends.
Stone bridges, old lanes and Bai culture in a quiet valley between Dali and Lijiang.
Discover Bai flavours and craft traditions through Shuanglang’s small shops, produce stalls, preserved fruit and rushan cheese.
Explore the flavours of Erhai: Bai home cooking, sour-and-spicy fish, preserved fish and golden silverfish with eggs.
Courtyard streets, a village meal and an optional craft session arranged with a real host.
A separate outing from Dayan for village streets, mural context and a slower meal.