Day 3: Dali / Shaxi

The Bai Homes of Xizhou – The Three Phases of Tea Tasting – Batik Village, Zhoucheng – Shibaoshan Caves – Village of Shaxi

Have breakfast at the hotel.

Visit Xizhou village and see the traditional Bai minority homes.

Learn about the Bai people’s traditional tea culture, participating in the “Three Phases of Tea Tasting”: bitter first, then sweet, then fragrant.

Visit a batik workshop in Zhoucheng village.

Afterwards, head to Shibaoshan Mountain, unique for its caves and collection of pagan and Buddhist sculptures from the 9th to 13th centuries.

Continue to Shaxi village, an important stop on the ancient tea and silk trading routes.

Overnight stay in Shaxi.