Situated on the top of Baoding Mountain outside the west gate of Dayao County town, the White Tower of Dayao, the only Tibetan lama monastery in Yunnan, is a treasure of the architecture of the Tang Dynasty and religious arts.

大姚白塔 White Tower of Dayao

Attention: Traveling in Dayao, you may taste some local specialties such as walnut, honey, vermicelli made from bean starch,etc. Dayao is 85 kilometers from Chuxiong City. Nanyong second-class highway has put through,it takes only one hour to drive from Chuxiong to Dayao.

Images of the White Tower of Dayao

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