Erhai Lake is the largest highland lake next to Dianchi and It means，’sea shaped like an ear’， in Chinese．Implying that the lake is ear shaped and as large as a sea，hence it was so named．The lake covers an area of 250 square kilometers and is located about two kilometers east of Dali．It is like a crescent lying between Cangshan and Dali city as seen from Cangshan Mount．In a sunny day，the crystal waters of Erhai Lake and the snow mantled Cangshan Mount radiate with each other．Thus the scene was commonly described as ’Silver Cangshan and Jade Erhai’．
