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Erhai festivals: boats, songs and Bai traditions
Explore Erhai’s Bai cultural traditions through fishing-season celebrations, decorated boats, lakeside songs and local legends.
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Shaxi: a town on the Tea Horse Road
Stone bridges, old lanes and Bai culture in a quiet valley between Dali and Lijiang.
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Shuanglang markets: rushan, fruit and Bai crafts
Discover Bai flavours and craft traditions through Shuanglang’s small shops, produce stalls, preserved fruit and rushan cheese.
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Shuanglang: fish dishes and Bai home cooking
Explore the flavours of Erhai: Bai home cooking, sour-and-spicy fish, preserved fish and golden silverfish with eggs.
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Staying in Shuanglang: lakeside guesthouses
Choose a lakeside base in Shuanglang, with individually styled guesthouses and time to enjoy Erhai at a slower pace.
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Yunnan transport: connect the station to the place
Rail for the northwest towns, road time for Lugu Lake and precise meeting points for the last part of each journey.
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Where to stay in Yunnan: choose each base
Compare the old town, vehicle access and the next day’s plans before choosing a room.
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Xizhou and Bai village life
Courtyard streets, a village meal and an optional craft session arranged with a real host.
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A day around Baisha, with time for Naxi history
A separate outing from Dayan for village streets, mural context and a slower meal.
Outdoors
Erhai by bicycle: choose a lakeside stretch
A flexible west-shore ride with the right bicycle, a return plan and time for the lake.