Dali March street, also known as the March Dali, we today also known as the March Street Festival, is a long history of the grand festival, we have a few days each year, there will be a holiday. I in the book to understand the origin of the march street: originally, far away in the Tang Dynasty of Nanzhao period of the Republic of China, the ancient city of Dali is not only at that time the political, economic and cultural center of Yunnan, the ancient is Nanzhao country and Southeast Asia, is an important place for cultural exchange and trade. At this time Buddhism has been introduced into the country of Nanzhao. Nanzhao Bai people worshiped Buddhism Guanyin Bodhisattva, then set up a Kwun Yam Festival, "every year on March 15, all is focused, plant-based food offering, offering fine sounding name Guanyin at. Later generations in this transaction, as the offering to the goddess of mercy street."
当然关于三月街也有一个传说:古时候,有个名妖怪叫罗刹,他是个统治了大理。罗刹是鸟头人身,长一双翅膀,每天要吃几十双人眼,还在洱海中兴风作浪暴君,他使大理变成一片沼泽。观音不忍