Dehua Stele

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Also known as

南诏德化碑

City

Dali

Coordinates

25.6349931, 100.1977541

About Dehua Stele

Nanzhao Dehua Monument, also known as "Yunnan's largest monument", is located in the Nanzhao Taihe City ruins on the west side of Taihe Village, Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. In 1961, it was listed as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units as part of the Taihe City ruins. The stele is 3.97 meters high, 2.27 meters wide, 0.58 meters thick, and weighs more than 30 tons. The existing text is 220 words, and the inscription on the back of the stele is 556 words. The original inscription is about 3,800 words. This stele was erected in the first year of Dali of the Tang Dynasty (766), and was inscribed by Luo Feng of Nanzhao Wangge outside the gate of Taihe City Palace. It records Nanzhao's unification of the Erhai area, the beginning and end of the Tianbao War, and the official system.

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