The ''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' film city (天龍八部影視城) is an artificial Chinese ancient city built in

Dali City Dali City () is the county-level seat of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Yunnan. Dali City is administered through 12 township-level districts, two of which are also commonly referred to as Dali. Xiaguan () formerly ...

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

, China.

History

The city was originally built to accommodate the shooting of the television series ''

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils ''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised concurrently from 3 September 1963 to 27 May 1966 in the newspapers ''Ming Pao'' in Hong Kong and ''Nanyang Siang Pau'' in Singapore. It has been ...

'' (天龍八部). The city cost 110 million RMB to construct. The park covers an area size of 700 '' mu'' (畝).YNtrip.net.
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" ''天龍八部影視城.'' Retrieved on 2009-01-07. The park was opened in 2002 with different stages of constructions.Chinesetoday.com.
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" ''天龍八部影視城成為大理旅遊熱點.'' Retrieved on 2009-01-05.

Attractions

The city has sections demonstrating different dynasties such as

Song A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetit ...

Western Xia The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (), officially the Great Xia (), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as ''Mi-nyak''Stein (1972), pp. 70–71. to the Tanguts and Tibetans, was a Tangut-led Buddhist imperial dynasty of China tha ...

or Liao. Tourists can pick up replica weapons for closer examination. Visitors to the imperial palace can also pay a fee to don the emperor's robes and sit on the throne.斑馬在線 : 2008-01-02

References

{{Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Tourist attractions in Yunnan Tourist attractions in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture