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Taihe City's ruins are located on a mountain slope
in the west of Taihe Village about 7 km., south of the county seat
of Dali. The City of Taihe was once the capital of Nanzhao
Kingdom. The city proper was already reduced to ruins, but the
southern and northern walls still remain today. The southern city
wall stretches to Erhai Lake from the northern slope of Ma'er Peak
of Cangshan Mountain while the northern wall runs eastwards from
Foding Peak. The walls were tamped with earth and rocks. The west
part of the northern wall is 6 "chi" in height and 12 "chi" in
thickness. The influence of the architecture of Chang An, the
national capital of the Tang Dvnasty, was obvious.
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