Taihe City's ruins are located on a mountain slope in the west of Taihe Village, about 7 kilometers south of the county seat of Dali. The City of Taihe was once the capital of the ancient Nanzhao Kingdom. The city proper is already reduced to ruins, but the southe and northe walls still remain today. The southe city wall stretches to Erhai Lake from the northe slope of Ma'er Peak of Cangshan Mountain while the northe wall runs eastwards from Foding Peak. The weste part of the northe wall is 6 "chi" in height and 12 "chi" in thickness, which is an indication of the influence of the architecture style of Chang An, the national capital of the Tang Dynasty.
