Ten must-see scenic spots in Shanxi.

Shanxi, named after the west of Taihang Mountain, is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation and is known as the "cradle of Chinese culture". The recorded history can be traced back to 3000 years ago, and it is called "China Ancient Culture Museum". Today, Great White Shark introduces ten scenic spots that must be visited when traveling to Shanxi. The top ten scenic spots introduced today are Wutai Mountain, Pingyao Ancient City, Yungang Grottoes, Imperial City Xiangfu, Hukou Waterfall, Qiu Yun Scenic Area, Mianshan Scenic Area in Jiexiu, Jinci, Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon and Hengshan Mountain.

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The following table introduces the popularity, types, prices and suitable seasons of these scenic spots. Want to know more, just look at the following detailed introduction, including recommended attractions, projects, tourist routes and so on.

Top ten scenic spots

Wutai mountain 1

Shanxi, Shanxi, of course, the most important is the "Mountain"-Wutai Mountain, which is the Dojo of Manjusri Bodhisattva and the head of the four famous Buddhist mountains (Emei Mountain in Sichuan, Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang and Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui), majestic and beautiful. It is also one of the top ten summer resorts in China, a national 5A-level tourist attraction, and the only Buddhist Dojo in China where green temples and yellow temples coexist. There are many temples on the mountain, and emperors of many dynasties come to worship. Every year, tourists from home and abroad come to visit, burn incense and worship Buddha.

Mount Wutai

Admission: peak season (April 1 to1October 3 1): 135 yuan; Low season (1October 1 1 to March 31):1/8 yuan.

Opening hours: open all day throughout the year.

Address: Wutai County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province

Recommended route (three days): Droding → Yuanzhao Temple → Bodhisattva → Xiantong Temple → Tayuan Temple (Great White Pagoda) → Shuxiang Temple → Jifu Temple.

2. Pingyao Ancient City

Pingyao Ancient City, which was founded in Zhou Xuanwang period, is the most complete existing ancient city in China Han area, and it is also one of the only two ancient cities in China that successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city. It was rated as the most complete ancient county in China by world record association. The ancient city of Pingyao shows people an unusual panorama of China's cultural, social, economic and religious development. This ancient city is not very big. You can walk around it. If you don't want to go, there are electric cars for tourists to use. Here you can feel the rich cultural atmosphere of Shanxi merchants.

Ancient City of Pingyao

Tickets: (1) Ancient City Pass: 130 yuan; (2) Zhenguo Temple: 25 yuan; (3) Shuanglin Temple: 35 yuan

Business hours: 8: 00-18: 00.

Address: Kangning Road, Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

Recommended attractions: Xie Tongqing Ticket Office, Baichuantong, China Guard Museum, Confucian Temple, Chenghuang Temple and Qingxuguan.

Recommended route (two days):

Day 1: South Gate of Ancient City → Ancient City Wall → Confucian Temple Museum → Chenghuang Temple, God of Wealth Temple → Qingxuguan → Rishengchang Ticket Office → Dining, watching the performance of "Local Voice of Shanxi Merchants" → South Street → Xie Tongqing Ticket Office Museum, Escort Museum and other attractions → Qing Dynasty County Government → Watch Pingyao again for large-scale sitcom;

The next day: Shuanglin Temple Painted Plastic Art Museum → Zhenguo Temple

3. Yungang grottoes

Yungang Grottoes is one of the largest ancient grottoes in China and the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in China. Together with Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Luoyang Longmen Grottoes, it is also called the three largest grottoes in China, and also the three largest stone carving art treasures in the world with Ajanta Grottoes in India and Bamiyan Grottoes in Afghanistan. In 200 1 year, it was listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO. The statues here are magnificent and colorful, and different styles of grotto statues can be seen in different periods. There are 45 main caves and 209 auxiliary caves, and the carving area is1.8000 square meters. Maximum number of statues 17m, minimum 2cm. There are more than 1 100 shrines and more than 59,000 statues of different sizes.

Yungang Caves

Admission: peak season 120 yuan (April-65438+1October); Low season (11-March) 100 yuan

Business hours: 9: 00-17: 00.

Address: Yungang Town, Yungang District, Datong City, Shanxi Province

Recommended route: Square-Foguang Avenue-Sculpture Buddha Wall-Lingyan Temple (Mountain Hall and Water Hall)-Classic Writing Academy-Cave Group-Premier Zhou Memorial Hall-Yungang Northern Wei Shadow Play, Puppet House-Yungang Exhibition Hall-Performing Arts Center-Food Street.

4. Imperial City Xiangfu

The Imperial City Xiangfu is the former residence of Chen Tingjing, a great scholar in Wenyuange in Qing Dynasty, a senior official in the official department, the master reader of Kangxi Dictionary and a famous figure who assisted Kangxi for half a century. Emperor Kangxi stayed here twice. Therefore, people call this old castle with a long history "the Prime Minister's Office of the Imperial City". The Imperial City Xiangfu is a national 5A-level scenic spot, a rare official fort-style building complex in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and is praised by experts as "the first cultural giant in northern China". The most distinctive building in the core scenic spot of the scenic spot is the mountain building with "mountains and rivers as shackles", which is said to be built to resist the invasion of bandits. The whole building is a masonry structure with no square timber, which can accommodate 1000 people for refuge. This amazing military and civilian defense fortress is unimaginable even today, which perfectly interprets the wisdom of the ancient people in China.

Huang cheng cheng Xiang fu

Tickets: 120 yuan

Business hours: 8: 00-18: 00.

Address: Huangcheng Village, Beiliu Town, Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province

Recommended attractions: Yushu Building, University Campus, Stone Arch, Douzhu House, Heshan Building and Chen Shi Ancestral Temple.

5.hukou Waterfall

Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River is a national 5A-level scenic spot, a national key scenic spot, a "Top 40 Tourist Attractions in China" and a national geological park. It is the second largest waterfall in China and the largest yellow waterfall in the world. Hukou Waterfall has two best viewing periods. The scenic spot centered on Hukou Waterfall integrates Yellow River Canyon, Loess Plateau and Guyuan Village, showing the magnificent natural landscape and colorful historical and cultural accumulation of the Yellow River Basin. Hukou Waterfall in Hukou Waterfall Scenic Area of the Yellow River is known as "the wonders of the Yellow River". It is a golden waterfall, a hidden waterfall, a movable waterfall, a waterfall with different seasons and changeable scenery, and a waterfall with rich cultural connotations.

Hukou Waterfall

Admission: 90 yuan.

Business hours: 8: 00-18: 00.

Address: 45 kilometers west of Jixian County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province.

Eight wonders: underwater smoking, land navigation, playing with neon lights, flying mountains and standing on the sea, clear skies and rain, thunder in dry days, ice peaks hanging upside down, and ten-mile dragon troughs.

6. Qiu Yun Scenic Area

Qiu Yun, located in Xiangning County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province, is a comprehensive tourist and holiday scenic spot integrating tourism, leisure and entertainment, holiday health, folk experience, cultural exchange and other functions. Known as "the most beautiful mountain peak in ancient photography" and "the first scene of Hefen". The total area of Qiu Yun scenic spots is 2 10 square kilometers, of which 35 square kilometers are mainly developed scenic spots; The scenic spot is rich in natural resources, cultural landscape and cultural heritage, among which 1 1 Millennium ancient village is well preserved, which is a rare cave architecture ancient village community in southern Shanxi.

Qiu Yun scenic spot

Tickets: 80 yuan.

Business hours: 8: 00-18: 30.

Address: Xiangning County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province

Recommended activities: Yuanyang Bridge (glass bridge), bungee jumping, hang gliding and zip line.

7. Mianshan Scenic Area in Jiexiu

Mianshan, Jiexiu, originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and was burned when he lived in seclusion with his mother in the State of Jin. It belongs to Taiyue Mountain Range, with an altitude of 2072 meters. It is a national five-year scenic spot with beautiful scenery, cultural relics, Buddhist temples and revolutionary sites. Mianshan Scenic Area is famous for its wonderful natural scenery and the secluded meson tui and the burning of his mother in the Spring and Autumn Period. Among these buildings are temples and palaces. Garden buildings include pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, pavilions, corridors, pavilions and archways; There are ancient gates, city walls and camps. , it can be an ancient building museum (garden).

Mianshan scenic spot

Admission: 1 10 yuan

Business hours: 9: 00 -265438+ 0.

Address: Mianshan Town, Jiexiu, Jinzhong, Shanxi

Recommended attractions: Longtou Temple, Liguyan, Honeycomb Spring, Luoda Palace Tourist Area, Tianqiao and Yidou Spring.

8.Jinci Temple

Jinci museum, located in Jinci Town, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, 25 kilometers away from the city center, is a famous scenic spot at home and abroad. Jinci Temple, formerly known as Tang Shuyu Temple, was built to commemorate Tang Shuyu, the founding emperor of Jin State, and his mother Jiang Hou. The difficult old spring, the girl statue and the virgin statue in the scenic area are known as the "Three Musts of Jinci". Jinci museum is a historical and cultural heritage integrating ancient sacrificial architecture, gardens, sculptures, murals and inscriptions in China. It is also a magnificent chapter in world architecture, gardens and sculptures.

Jinci

Tickets: 80 yuan.

Business hours are 8: 30-17: 30.

Address: Jinci Town, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province

It is recommended to visit cultural relics and historic sites: ancient buildings (Shuijingtai, Zhibo Canal and Jinrentai), stone inscriptions (Dongyue Temple murals, statue of Wang Lingguan), ancient and famous trees (Magnolia, Bai Zhou).

9. Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon

The Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon in Huguan has many natural landscapes, such as forests, mountains, canyons, caves, springs, waterfalls, pools and rivers. It is 4A scenic spot, National Forest Park, National Geological Park, the top ten most beautiful canyons in China and the scenic spots in Shaanxi Province. Huguan Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon Scenic Area covers an area of 225 square kilometers, with a forest and grass coverage rate of 74.9%. The main attractions are Baquan Gorge, Hongdu Gorge, Qinglong Gorge, Black Dragon Pool and Zituan Mountain. Kechun is a good place to travel. There are flowers in the mountains, scenery in summer, red leaves in autumn and snow in winter.

Taihang grand canyon

Tickets: 140 yuan

Opening hours: 7: 00-19: 00.

Address: Qiaoshang Township, Grand Canyon Town, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province

Recommended attractions: Hongdu Gorge, Shuanglong Lake, Qinglong Gorge, Black Dragon Pool and Zituan Mountain.

Recommended play: Grand Canyon rafting

Hengshan 10

Hengshan Mountain, the northern mountain among the five mountains, is a holy place of Taoism. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times and is famous for its rich landscape characteristics. Scenic spots are mainly divided into Tianfengling and Cuiping Peak, with the two peaks as the center, including Tianfengling Scenic Spot, Cuiping Peak Scenic Spot, Qianfo Mountain Scenic Spot, Hot Spring Scenic Spot and Hunyuan City Scenic Spot Group. Hengshan Temple Group and mountains, rocks, trees and caves set off each other and blend with each other to form eighteen wonders. There are more than 30 ancient buildings, pavilions and pavilions, and the "Hanging Temple" is the most famous.

Hengshan-Hangkong Temple

Tickets: (1) entrance ticket, temple group ticket to 47 yuan; (2) Hanging Temple: peak season: 130 yuan; Low season: 125 yuan; (3) Hengshan Temple Group: 55.00 yuan

Business hours: 8: 00-18: 00.

Address: Da magnetic kiln town, hun yuan, Datong, Shanxi