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Dali City is located in western Yunnan, approximately 250 km (160 mi) northwest of the provincial capital of Kunming.. Dali is situated in the transition area between the dramatic valleys of the Hengduan ranges on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and the distinctive mountains of the western Yungui Plateau.
Another common theory is that the name means "south of Yun Range" (云岭之南) However, this has been disproven because the name "Yunling Mountains" first appeared in Tang dynasty (618–907) literature, but the name "Yunnan" first appeared during the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD). [16] Modern research gives more conjectures.
Bronze cowrie container, Western Han dynasty (202 BC – 9 AD), Yunnan Provincial Museum, Kunming; cowrie shells were used as an early form of money in this region of China and were kept in elaborately decorated bronze containers such as this one, surmounted by a freestanding gilded horseman who is encircled by four oxen, that are approached in turn by two tigers climbing up on opposite sides ...
In 1927, Long Yun seized control of the clique; Tang died shortly after. Long then re-aligned Yunnan under the Nationalist government in Nanjing but stringently guarded the province's autonomy. [1] In Second Sino-Japanese War, Yunnan served as, among other things, a home base for the Flying Tigers.
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Dali Town is located in a depression at the southern end of the Yun Mountains, part of the greater Hengduan Mountains at the southeast edge of the Tibetan Plateau.This depression, an extension of the Red River Fault, is filled by Erhai, a lake that is part of the Mekong River basin.
The name has changed six times in the past 80 years, but the present name dates from 1934. It is known locally as "Yunda". Following typical abbreviations for Chinese universities, "Yun" is an abbreviation of "Yunnan" and "da" is an abbreviation of daxue, the Chinese word for "university". Yunnan University became famous during World War II.
Kunming [a] is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. [4] The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government.