苍山，又名点苍山，因其山色苍翠，山顶点白而得名。苍山共有19峰，两峰夹一溪，一共十八溪；溪水东流，注入洱海。苍山景色又以雪、云、泉、石而著称。经夏不消的苍山雪，是大理风花雪月四大名景之最。皑皑苍山雪，素裹银装，在阳光照耀下，洁白晶莹。苍山的云更是名传遐迩。云聚云散，有时淡如轻烟，有时浓如泼墨。在变幻多姿的云景中，最神奇的确是“望夫云和玉带云”。所谓望夫云是指每当冬春时节，苍山玉局峰顶常会出现一朵孤单的白云，忽起忽落，上下飘动，若盼若顾。奇特之处还在于它一出现，点苍山便骤起暴风，刮向洱海。所谓玉带云，是指每当夏末秋初，雨后初晴，苍山十九峰半山间往往会出现白云朵朵，云朵聚汇，慢慢拉开，宛若洁白的玉带横束苍翠的山腰。绵延数十里，竟日不消散。奇妙的是，玉带云会预兆农业丰收：它出现次数多，当年就风调雨顺。当地白族有农谚：苍山系玉带，饿狗吃白饭。 
　　苍山的泉也有名。十九峰中海拔在3800米以上的峰顶有不少高山冰碛湖泊，这是第四纪冰川留下来的。苍山的石，驰名中外。郭沫若有《咏大理石》诗：三塔矜高古，回思贞观年。苍山韵风月，奇石吐云烟。相在心胸外，凉生肘腋间。天功人力代，海外竟珍传。苍山孕育了大理石，大理石就是苍山的魂。这种瑰丽的奇石，世界许多地方都有，独大理的最奇美，且开发得早，因此全世界凡此奇石均称为大理石，大理也因石而名扬天下。

• Cangshan, also known as point Cangshan, because Shanse green, white and named after the peak point. Cangshan a total of 19 peaks, two-folder of a river, a total of 18 river, stream east, into Erhai Lake. Cangshan scenery again snow, cloud, chuen, renowned for stone. Needless to the Cangshan the summer snow, is the King of the four major Dali Fenghuaxueyue the most. Ai Ai Cangshan snow, wrapped in snow, the sun shining, white crystal. Cangshan is more of the cloud-Xiaer. Yun Ju-yun, scattered and sometimes Danruqingyan, sometimes as thick Pomo. Changes in the scene in the Cloud View, the most magical indeed "Wang Yun and Fu Yu Dai Yun." Wang Yun-fu is when winter-spring season, the peak-Cangshan often be a lonely white clouds, Huqihula, waves from top to bottom, if hope if LAB. Also unique in that it appeared, would point Cangshan Zhouqi Storm, scraping to the lake. The so-called Yudai cloud, is that whenever Xiamoqiuchu, after the rain early, sunny, Cangshan Shijiu Feng Mid-levels will often arise between Baiyun Duo Duo, the clouds Poly, started slowly, like white horizontal beam Yudai green mountainside . Dozens of stretching, Jingri not dissipated. Wonderful, Yudai clouds will sign agricultural harvest: It appears more often, was on Fengtiaoyushun. Bai is the local Nongyan: Cangshan of Yudai, Egou eat rice.
  The Cangshan-chuen also famous. Shi Jiufeng in the 3,800 meters in altitude over the mountain peak, many ice moraine lakes, it is left to the Quaternary glaciers. Cangshan stone, Chimingzhongwai. Guo Moruo "Yong-marble" Poetry: Ko Ko Jin three towers, to think of Zhenguan years. Cangshan Yun Feng Yue, Kistler spit Yunyan. Phase in our hearts, cold Zhouye of Health. Gong and human days, even overseas, said Chuan. Cangshan Evolved marble, marble is the soul of the Cangshan. This magnificent of Kistler, many parts of the world have, the independence of the Chi Mei Dali, and the development of early, so the world All this Kistler are known as marble, stone and marble because Mingyangtianxia.