Tàihé

Taihe lies between the Cang Mountains and Erhai, on the site of an early capital of Nanzhao. In the eighth century the ruler Piluoge moved his court here after uniting the neighboring kingdoms around the lake. A great stone inscription erected in 766 by his successor Geluofeng recounted Nanzhao's early history and its relations with Tang China and Tibet. The old capital was later abandoned, but Taihe remained the name of the county attached to Dali Prefecture under the Ming and Qing.