A tour of the Chongsheng Temple

The beautiful view of the temple is from the driveway. The local plateau at an altitude of two thousand meters above sea level is crossed by the Cangshan ridge by another two kilometers.

Count on more expensive entry (121Y), but they have free internet here at least.

Through pretty gardens you can reach pagodas from the 9th century. The highest is 73 meters and sixteen degrees. It is quite a miracle that they are still standing here, because they have survived 30 earthquakes.

The most beautiful view of the pagodas is of course from the lakes. Unfortunately, it is not possible to climb the pagodas themselves.

From the pagodas, you still go straight to the mountains through one temple building to another. In front of us, temple no.2

View back to the first building of the complex (excluding pagodas)

You are not even halfway through the tour and you are already amazed by the number of buildings that are located here.

The local courtyard is dominated by a giant stone in the lake

At temple 4 there are beautiful gazebos

At Temple 5 are gigantic Tibetan prayer mills several meters high

The higher you are, the more monumental the individual buildings are

If you are fascinated by the sixth temple, then only number 7, which is the largest of all

Temple Seven is completely full of huge golden statues as the eyes cross

The pond with a small Buddha is picturesque. This is where most visitors turn, but it pays to continue even further to the view of the whole complex.

From the vantage point, there is a distant view across the entire temple to Lake Erhai on the horizon. You climbed the stairs the whole 150 meters from the entrance and you are 1.7 km away, so it's a real walk

Directly behind you is a view of the mountains, which makes Dali a nice backdrop. In addition, there is a cable car to the mountains in these places, so it will be possible to extend this trip in an interesting way