The azalea is a popular flower worldwide, and Yunnan is home to the most varieties in the world. The Cangshan Mountains are known as a natural garden of azaleas among botanists. The azalea flowers on the Cangshan Mountains are exuberant, the biggest being dozens of meters high, and the smallest only several centimeters high. The beautiful flowers, purple and red, blossom from February in early spring to October in late summer. The scene is beautiful here, as described in the lines, "spring is here, the flowers along the mountain roads are beautiful. Red flowers blossom everywhere, and the red-flower-covered mountains are reflected in the limpid lake water." The azaleas in Huadianba, forming a veritable "sea of azalea blossoms", are more beautiful than those in other areas of the mountains. The azaleas of Dali are famous for their richness, brilliance and unique shapes, no wonder that Dali chose azalea as its Municipal Flower.