View of Lake Erhai from Cangshan, above Dali. The Tea Horse Road passed along this shore on the way north.

North from Dali, the road, easily visible from the Cangshan mountains to the west, skirts the western shores of Erhai (Er Lake), and continues towards Shaxi and Lijiang. A kilometre north of the city, it passes the three pagodas of the Tang dynasty Chongsheng Temple, visible at the lower right.