What are the tourist attractions in Shanxi?

Yungang Grottoes are located at the foot of Wuzhou Mountain, which is 16 km west of Datong City. Dig by the mountain, stretching from east to west 1 km. The national key cultural relics protection unit is one of the three major cave groups in China, and it is also a world-renowned art treasure house. Because the grottoes were built in the foothills of Wuzhou, their highest name was Yungang, hence the name Yungang Grottoes. There are 53 existing caves and 5 1000 stone carvings. The highest Buddha statue is 17 meters, and the smallest is only a few centimeters. The south cliff of Wuzhou Mountain stretches for one kilometer from east to west. The niches in Yungang Grottoes are as dense as honeycombs, and large, medium and small caves are densely embedded in Yungang. Stone Buddha, stone statue, stone horse, stone carving and relief are gathered here, which is one of the largest stone carving groups in China. Yungang Grottoes have a history of 1500 years. It was founded in 453 AD (the second year of Xing 'an in Northern Wei Dynasty) and was excavated by Yao Tan, a monk at that time. Most of them were completed in 495 AD, which lasted more than 40 years. Together with the rest of the caves, it took nearly 50 years. More than 40,000 people participated in the excavation, and even Buddhists in the Lion Country (Sri Lanka) participated in this world-famous artistic creation.

Wutai Mountain is located in the northeast of Shanxi Province and belongs to the northern end of Taihang Mountain System. It spans more than 500 miles across Wuzhou, covering Wutai County, Fan Shi County, Daixian County, Yuanping County and Dingxiang County. Taihuai Town in the central area is 90 kilometers away from Wutai County, 0/60 kilometers away from Xinzhou City and 240 kilometers away from Taiyuan City, the capital of Shanxi Province.

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Qiaojia Courtyard is located in the beautiful and rich Jinzhong Basin, Qiaojiabao Village,12km northeast of Qixian County, 50km away from Taiyuan, the provincial capital, and forms a one-day tour pattern with the famous scenic spots of China Zhouyi Palace, yanshou temple, Jiugou Scenic Area, Qujia Courtyard, Mingqing Street and Changyuchuan in Qixian County.

Jinci, one of the national key cultural relics protection units, is located at the foot of Hanging Wengshan Mountain, 25 kilometers southwest of Taiyuan City. Jinci was originally built to commemorate the second son of King Wu and the establishment of the State of Jin in the early Western Zhou Dynasty (BC 1 1 century). The founding date is no longer available. There are records about Jinci Temple in Li Daoyuan's Notes on Water Classics in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which shows that it was quite famous at that time.

Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River is located in the bed of the Yellow River in the Shanxi-Shaanxi Gorge, 45km west of Jixian County and165km away from Linfen City. It is the largest yellow waterfall in the world and is famous for its majestic momentum at home and abroad. There are mountains on both sides of this place, and a huge ditch is washed out on the rocks at the bottom of the river, which is 30 meters wide and about 50 meters deep. The rolling yellow water flows here and flows backwards. If the horse goes straight into the river ditch, the waves will roll and roar, and the shock will be audible for miles. Its shape is like a boiling giant pot, hence the name. The waves of the Yellow River stirred up clouds of fog and smoke. With the increase of water mist, the smoke turns from yellow to gray and from gray to blue, and the scenery is beautiful, which is called "underwater smoke". Hukou Waterfall not only has the wonders of "smoking underwater" and "colorful bridges reaching the sky", but also has the saying of "sailing on dry land". When the upstream ships arrive here, they must go ashore and get out of the water, and they can only enter the water after being carried by people or transported by car around the hukou (so-called "dry land navigation"). For thousands of years, nothing has changed.

Pujiu Temple is located on the Emei Plateau in Yongji County, southwest Shanxi Province. Gupuzhou city site in the south and Xixiang village in the east. The temple site is towering, full of pines and cypresses, with the Yellow River Bay in the west and the water surging; In the east, Zhongtiao Mountain stands like a barrier, with a wide field of vision, which is refreshing. Under the tableland, there is a wide long street at the bottom of the slope, which is the ancient post road leading to Chang 'an. This is the location of China's famous historical drama The West Chamber. There is a square brick tower in the temple, formerly known as stupa, commonly known as Yingying Tower. This tower, together with Beijing Tiantan Echo Wall, Henan Baolun Temple Tower and Sichuan Tongnan Giant Buddha Temple "Qin Shi", is called the four existing echo wall buildings in China. It is also known as the six wonders of the world with the Shaking Tower in Shan State, Szolnok Music Tower, Burj Dubai in Marquez, the Bell Tower in Paris, and the Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy.

Imperial City Xiangfu Imperial City Xiangfu is the former residence of Chen Tingjing, a teacher of Emperor Kangxi of China in Qing Dynasty, the director of Kangxi Dictionary and a university student of Wenyuange. Located in Huangcheng Village, Beiliu Town, Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province. The pillow mountain is close to the water, the city wall is magnificent, and the building is simple and elegant. It is a unique castle-style building complex.

Lingshi Wang Jia Courtyard is located in Jingsheng Town, about 0/2km east of Lingshi County, Shaanxi Province. It is 35 kilometers away from Pingyao ancient city, 4 kilometers away from Mianshan in Jiexiu, and 2 kilometers away from Zishou Temple, where the 18th Luohan returned overseas Chinese. It is a boutique tourist route launched by Shanxi Province in recent years with the advantages of "famous city, famous mountain, famous courtyard and famous temple". Tongpu Railway and National Highway 108 run through the county. The Lingshi exit of the newly opened Dayun Expressway is 2 kilometers away from Wang Jia Courtyard, and the traffic is very convenient.

Mianshan, a scenic spot in Jiexiu City, also known as Jieshan, is located 20 kilometers southeast of Jiexiu City and belongs to Taiyue Mountain Range. It stretches for more than 50 kilometers at the junction of Jiexiu, Lingshi and Qinyuan counties, with an altitude of 2O72 meters. Mianshan is a provincial-level scenic spot, with high mountains and steep cliffs, dense forests of pines and cypresses and beautiful natural scenery.

Hengshan Mountain, also known as Changshan Mountain, is located at Hunyuan South 10 km and 62 km away from Datong City. It is also known as the Five Mountains with Mount Taishan in Dongyue, Huashan in Xiyue, Hengshan in Nanyue and Songshan in Zhongyue, and is famous at home and abroad.

Pingyao Shuanglin Temple Painted Sculpture Art Museum Pingyao Shuanglin Temple Painted Sculpture Art Museum is a Buddhist art museum. Shuanglin Temple is located in the north of Qiaotou Village, southwest of Pingyao County, Shanxi Province. Shuanglin Temple is a national cultural relic protection unit. 1988, a colored plastic art museum was established here.

The tourist area of Guandi Temple in Xiezhou, called Liang Jie in ancient times, is the hometown of Guan Yu, a famous Shu-Han scholar in the Three Kingdoms period. Jiezhou Town, located at the southwest of Yuncheng City15km away. Zhenxi has the largest existing Guandi Temple in China, commonly known as Jiezhou Guandi Temple, which is a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Pingyao elegant museum is located in the southwest of Pingyao ancient city, facing south, covering an area of about 26,000 square meters. The county government is divided into left, middle and right roads. From south to north on the central axis, there are yamen, Yimen, archway, lobby, zhaimen, Ertang and Neizhai in turn. , and extend outward to Nanheng Street. At present, the county hall is being restored, and only the hall 2, the inner hall and the wing on the right side of the hall 2 can be seen. These quadrangles basically retain the characteristics of the Ming and Qing governments and have a solemn momentum.

Hongtong pagoda tree roots-seeking ancestral home scenic spot Hongtong County, north of Jia Cun, there is Guangji Temple in Ming Dynasty on the west side, and there is a pagoda tree planted in Han Dynasty on the left side of the temple, which is flourishing and leafy, with several feet high and several acres of shade. Dayun Road runs through its east, and the traffic is very convenient. The Ming government moved Shanxi people to other places many times, and Hongdong, which pursues a large population, and immigrants from nearby areas are concentrated here. Reluctant to leave, the relocated immigrants often look back, and the ancient pagoda has become the most unforgettable symbol when the immigrants leave. Today, in Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places, there are still two common sayings: "Ask me where my hometown is, the locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi." The ancient Sophora japonica in Han dynasty has long since disappeared, and the second generation of Sophora japonica has dried up. The third generation of Sophora japonica is thriving and flourishing, as tall and straight as the ancient Sophora japonica in Han Dynasty. In order to commemorate the ancient Huai, in 19 1 1 year, an exquisite and unique pavilion with carved beams and painted buildings, cornices and arches was built in the ancient Huai of Han Dynasty.

China Bank Museum Rishengchang, the first bank in China, is located in the bustling area of Pingyao Gucheng West Street, the first financial street in Daqing. The whole site covers an area of 2324 square meters, with compact land and distinctive functions. It took more than 100 years from the establishment to the bankruptcy of the draft bank in the early years of Qing Daoguang, which was once the "bull's ear" of China finance. Semicolons are distributed in 35 large and medium-sized cities all over the country, and their business is as far away as Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other countries. It is famous for "connecting the world" and is praised by Yu Xiansheng as the "country grandfather" of banks in China. (Yu's Shame on Shanxi) It is such a small courtyard, which pioneered the national bank in China and once manipulated the economic lifeline of the whole Qing Dynasty in the19th century.

Yongle Palace Tourist Area in Ruicheng County The Yongle Palace in Ruicheng, Shanxi Province is a Taoist temple, formerly known as Da Chunyang Wanshou Palace. The ruins of the palace were originally located in Yongle town, 20 kilometers west of Ruicheng. According to relevant books and inscriptions in the palace, it is the birthplace of Lv Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals of Taoism. After Lu's death, the villagers changed his former residence into a "shrine". At the end of Jin Dynasty, the story of Lv Dongbin spread further and further, and the number of believers gradually increased, and the ancestral temple was expanded into a Taoist temple, which was later burned in the third year of Emperor Taizong (123 1). The present Yongle Palace was built in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, Qiu Chuji, the leader of Quanzhen religion, was very popular in the imperial court. This sect was founded by Lv Dongbin, so the emperor ordered the view to be upgraded to a palace. He also sent Pan Dechong, a Taoist priest in the north and south of Hedong, to preside over the construction of the palace. In fifteen years, Zhongtong completed the main building in three years (1262), and Zheng Zheng completed the mural painting in eighteen years (1358). The construction period before and after is more than 1 10 years, which is almost the same as that in Yuan Dynasty. Although it was slightly repaired in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it basically retained the original appearance of the Yuan Dynasty. After liberation, the former site of Yongle Palace was in the flooded area of Sanmenxia Water Conservancy Project, which lasted for 7 years. From 65438 to 0959, all buildings and murals were moved to the new site for restoration and preservation.

Pingyao Confucian Temple Gong Xue Museum Pingyao Confucian Temple is the sixth largest Confucian Temple in China. The earliest existing Confucius Temple in China; The most complete preserved Confucius Temple complex in China; The largest statue group of Confucius and Confucian sages in China; The largest existing exhibition of the history of China Imperial Examination in China; The only professional photography museum in China.

Those below 3A are not included. If you can turn around all the scenic spots above, you will know Shanxi. Have a nice trip!