Tianlong Babu Film City
天龙八部影视城
A purpose-built ancient-style film set for *Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils*, with sets for Dali's palace and the Western Xia royal palace, right beside the Cang Mountain cable car.
Tianlong Babu Film City lies at the foot of Cang Mountain. It was built in 2002 for the TV series *Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils*. It is divided into zones including Dali Street, the Dali Palace, the Liao Kingdom City and the Western Xia Royal Palace. Its city gates are built into the mountainside, and you can look over Dali Old Town and Erhai from them. There are martial arts performances in the grounds. Admission is about 50 yuan. The lower station of the Ximatan Cable Car is next to the film city, so you can easily visit before or after riding the cable car. It is about 2 km from the Old Town's north gate.
Opening hours
About 08:30–18:00
Nearby sights
- Dali Old Town
- Renmin Road (Dali Old Town)
- Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple
- Jizhao Nunnery
- Gantong Temple
- Guanyin Pond Temple
- Wuwei Temple
- Cangshan Mountain