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Address: Xizhou Ancient Town, Dali City, Yunnan Province Xizhou is the location of a town government in terms of administrative divisions, but historically it had the scale of a city. Long before the Nanzhao kingdom moved to the area around Erhai Lake, this place was the settlement of the Bai people's ancestors, known as 'He Man'. It was called Dali City at that time, and it already had a large population. Legend has it that an officer of Emperor Wen of Sui, named Shi Wansui, stationed his troops here, hence the place was also known as Shi City. The nearby Pingbazai was called 'Shi Dan' (Dan has the same meaning as Dian). By the end of the Nanzhao period, a royal palace was also built here. The layout of the city can be traced from the place names; there are villages named Chengbei (North of the City), Chengdong (East of the City), Chengnan (South of the City), etc. In the past, archaeologists have also excavated Nanzhao-era inscribed tiles, thick patterned tiles, and lotus-patterned tiles in the town.