Introduction of Tourist Attractions in Datong City, Shanxi Province

Famous tourist attractions in Datong, Shanxi

Datong, a municipality of Shanxi Province, is one of the first 24 national historical and cultural cities in China, one of the first 13 big cities in China and one of the nine ancient capitals in China. The following are the famous tourist attractions I have compiled in Datong, Shanxi. Welcome to reading.

Address: Hengshan South Road, hun yuan, Datong, Shanxi

"Yuheng Zhong Ling is also very beautiful, with mountains and rivers connected." Across the border, it is vast and desolate, with steep cliffs, strange caves, misty clouds, gurgling streams and birds singing. Tianfeng Mountain and Cuiping Mountain compete for strange rocks, and the ancient pagodas are scattered between Yu Songbai. Being at the top of the mountain, looking thousands of miles to the north, you can see all kinds of scenes, and the hero of Beiyue is amazing.

Mount Hengshan, known as Beiyue in ancient times, is also known as Taiheng Mountain, also known as Yuanyue Mountain, Ziyue Mountain and Damao Mountain, with an altitude of 20 17 meters. It is also known as the Five Mountains with Mount Taishan in Dongyue, Mount Huashan in Xiyue, Mount Hengshan in Nanyue and Mount Songshan in Zhongyue. Hengshan is150km long from east to west, spanning Shanxi and Hebei provinces. Yanmenguan in the west, Taihang Mountain in the east, Sanjin in the south and Yunan and Daizhou in the north are magnificent. Tianfengling and Cuiping Peak are the east and west peaks of the main peak of Hengshan Mountain. The two peaks face each other, and the green belt on the cliff is clear and picturesque. Guolaoling, Gusaoyan, Fei Grottoes, Yuanhuan Cave, Hufengkou and Daziwan are colorful. Hanging pine, purple rain and bitter sweet well are miracles in the natural landscape. Bitter and sweet well is halfway up Hengshan Mountain. The two wells are separated by one meter, but the water quality is completely different. A well is sweet and cold, called a sweet well; The other well is bitter and unpalatable. The sweet well is several feet deep, but it can be drunk by ten thousand people. Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, once inscribed the tablet "Longquan View". Hanging Temple at the foot of Mount Hengshan, Sakyamuni Wooden Pagoda of Buddha Palace Temple in Yingxian County, Yuanjue Temple Brick Pagoda in Hunyuan City and Ai 'an Temple all occupy an important position in the history of ancient buildings in China. During Liao and Jin Dynasties, Hengshan was the cultural state at that time. There are many academies, cliff carvings and couplets. In addition, the Hengshan Mountain is windy and the climate changes dramatically. Most buildings are built on cliffs or rocks, forming a unique and steep feature.

Characteristic landscape

Jinlongxia

Jinlong Gorge, located between Tianfengling and Cuiping Peak, is deep, with a cliff standing on its side and a stone clip in the sky, with the narrowest part less than three feet. This is a natural barrier from ancient times to the present, and the traffic is urgent. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Daowu sent tens of thousands of troops to split mountains and dig tunnels here.

As the gateway to the Central Plains. During the Song Dynasty, Yang Ye and his son took risks here to resist foreign invasion. In Jinlong Gorge, there is an ancient plank road winding in the middle of the cliff, which is called "Yun Ge".

Hengshan pine

Hengshan pine has a unique style and unique shape. Among them, there are four Gu Song in the Tang Dynasty, who are called "Four Great Doctors". These four Gu Song plants, with their roots hanging on the rocks and clinging to them, stand proudly, with extraordinary momentum and unique style.

Hengshan temple

Hengshan Temple, headed by Beiyue Temple, sits firmly between Xifeng and Cangsong, either hidden or exposed. Hanging Temple is the first sight of Mount Heng. There is a saying in the folk proverb that "the temple is hanging in the air, half a day high, and three ponytails are hanging in the air".

Hengshan cloud

Hengshan Cloud is ever changing. Izumo Cave is not far from the mountainside of Lady Houtu Temple. It's sunny and clear, the entrance is silent, and when it rains, white clouds swim out of the entrance, which makes people think.

Xiandongwu

According to legend, Taoism has 36 caves and 72 blessed places, all of which are places where immortals live and relax. The world thinks that the land of heaven is auspicious and full of admiration. Taoist hermits like to live in quiet forests, so they choose places with fairy tales to build temples, which can benefit from the fairy wind and Taoist temple. Since ancient times, Taoist couples have stopped living and pilgrims have been in an endless stream. Therefore, this cave has become a scenic spot of Chinese embroidery rivers and mountains.

Beiyue temple

Built in the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty (A.D.1501-KLOC-0/502), it is the most magnificent one in Hengshan Temple. It is located under the stone wall on the south side of Dafeng Mountain, the main peak of Hengshan Mountain. In front of the gate, there are 103 stone steps leading to the lower front and directly to the mountain gate. At the gate of Beiyue Temple, there are four characters of "Zhenyuan Hall". There is a long couplet by the door. The first couplet reads: "Heng Yue is the only person who has been educated by cattle, horses and sheep in the Central Plains for 300 years"; The bottom line is "Wenchang Six-Star Alliance Beidou is really talented and practical, carving dragons and embroidering tigers and shooting at the sky". In Beiyue Temple, there is a statue of Beiyue the Great. Under the front porch of Beiyue Temple, there are more than 20 inscriptions on Hengshan Mountain in Qing Dynasty. As historical evidence, these inscriptions are precious materials for studying Hengshan Mountain.

What are the interesting places in Datong, Shanxi?

This list is mainly based on the classification of scenic spots or the honorary title of scenic spots announced by relevant departments, combined with the word-of-mouth evaluation, ticket sales, public awareness and network attention index of scenic spots. The scenic spots recommended by major travel platform websites (Ctrip, Qunar, Tuniu, Zhu Fei, Tongcheng and Baidu) are recommended with comprehensive reference to relevant Internet rankings/lists. This list is for reference only to help you understand the famous/interesting local attractions. If you have any questions, please feel free to put them at the end.

Ten Famous Tourist Attractions in Datong City

1. 4A Scenic Area of Datong City Wall Scenic Area

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Datong ancient city wall, located in Pingcheng District of Datong City, is a relatively complete ancient city wall building in China. It is a national AAAA scenic spot and a provincial key cultural relics protection unit. The existing city wall was built by Xu Da, a general of Ming Dynasty, on the basis of the old cities of Han, Wei, Tang, Liao, Jin and Yuan. There are mainly four city gates of Yang, Yongtai, Qingyuan and Wuding, as well as a series of military facilities such as moat, suspension bridge, watchtower, watchtower and moon tower.

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2. 4A scenic spot of Shanhua Temple cultural relics protection unit in urban area

Huashi Temple, commonly known as Nansi Temple, is located in Yongtaimennei Street, Datong City, Shanxi Province, and is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The area exceeds 13900 square meters. Along the central axis, the Shanmen, Sanmiao and Daxiong Hall are arranged in turn. There are Guanyin Hall and Dizang Hall on both sides of Daxiong Hall. In the west between the Hall of the Great Hero and the Three Temples, there is a unique Puxian Pavilion, which is a square pavilion with one eaves and nine ridges. Daxiong Hall is the largest hall in Shanhua Temple, with a platform in front and bells and drums on the left and right. There are seven rooms wide and five rooms deep in the hall. There is a statue of Five Dhyani Buddhas in the center of the hall, which is arranged from east to west: Achuan Buddha in the east, Baosheng Buddha in the south, Piluzana Buddha in the middle, Amitabha Buddha in the west and Bukong City Buddha in the north.

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3. Datong Jiulongbi Cultural Relics Protection Unit

Jiulongbi is located in the south of Dongjie Road, Pingcheng District, Datong City, Shanxi Province. Built in the late Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, it is the screen wall in front of Zhu Guifu, the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty. The architecture of this palace is very magnificent. The seats in the palace face south and are rectangular. There is a Kowloon zhaobi in front of the central axis. In the twenty-fourth year of Wu Hong (139 1), Zhu Gui changed his title to king. Wu twenty-five years (1392), to Datong. The architecture of this palace is magnificent. The palace seat faces south and is rectangular, with a Kowloon zhaobi in front of the central axis. The entrance gates are Li Duan Gate, Aircraft Carrier Gate, Aircraft Carrier Gate, Chongxin Gate, Wenxin Gate, Changchun Palace Gate and Guang Zhi Gate in turn.

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4. Cultural relics protection units of Zen Temple Tower

Zen Temple, located at the foot of Zhang Renfeng, 30 kilometers west of Datong, is the sixth batch of national cultural relics protection units. Because of its temples and brick towers, this mountain is also called Zen Temple and Ta 'er Mountain. This temple was built in the Tang Dynasty. According to the Records of Datong Prefecture in Ming Dynasty, the Zen Temple was built in Dabao period of Tang Dynasty, 50 miles southwest of Fucheng. The Buddhist Temple Tower was built in Liao Dynasty. According to Zheng De's Records of Datong Prefecture in Ming Dynasty, there are temple towers 60 miles southwest of Datong Prefecture, all of which originated from Liao Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, only the pagodas of Zen Temple remained. Now it is managed by Datong Ancient Building Cultural Relics Protection Office. Qing Shunzhi's Annals of Yunzhong County: "Shi Chan Town is sixty miles southwest, and there are brick towers on it, all from Liao".

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5, Datong Guandi Temple Hall cultural relics protection units

Datong Guandi Temple is located in Gulou East Street, Datong City. Sitting facing south, it covers an area of 3572 square meters. It was built in an unknown era. According to the Records of Datong Prefecture, it was built repeatedly in the Ming Dynasty, and it was added during the reign of Qing Kang Gan. At present, only the main hall was built in the Yuan Dynasty, and the mansion in front of the main hall was built in the Qing Dynasty. In 2008, Shanmen, Guodian, Chunqiulou, Jieyi Pavilion, East-West Hall, etc. Be rebuilt. The structure and decorative techniques of the main hall of Guandi Temple in Datong have distinct local characteristics, which provide physical specimens for the study of architecture and Guandi culture in Yuan Dynasty.

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6. Cultural relics protection units of Pingcheng site

Pingcheng site mainly refers to Pingcheng site, the capital of Northern Wei Dynasty, and China site in the middle of Northern Wei Dynasty, which is located in Datong and its vicinity. 1987 is listed as a national cultural relics protection unit. It consists of three parts: the city wall and the ruins in the city (palace and hall), the Dengbai Mountain site and the Fangshan Yongguling site. Pingchengmen in Luoyang is the south gate of the palace before Emperor Xiaowen moved to the capital, which is equivalent to Tiananmen Square in Beijing. In Nara, Japan, there is the site of the ancient capital Heisei, which is Japan's world cultural heritage.

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7. China Sculpture Museum

China Sculpture Museum, located in the north wall of Datong, is the first professional theme museum in China. The building area of the museum is 32,000 square meters, the exhibition area is 26,000 square meters, and the exhibition line is 2 100 meters. The first batch of 5 19 works were exhibited, including works by famous sculptors and outstanding works in the annual Ceng Zhushao Sculpture Scholarship Exhibition. At present, China Sculpture Museum is the only specialized sculpture museum in China, which aims at the collection, exhibition, art research, public education, art exchange, social service and other public welfare undertakings of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign sculpture works. The whole museum will aim at exhibitions, collections, research and public art education.

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8. Shaling Mausoleum Cultural Relics Protection Unit

9. Datong Gulou Cultural Relics Protection Unit

Datong Drum Tower was built in Ming Dynasty. It should match the bell tower to tell the time. During the years of Shunzhi, Qianlong and Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, it was repaired. According to the Records of Datong County, there were many pavilions in Datong in Ming Dynasty, including Taiping Tower in Heyang Street in the east, Bell Tower in Qingyuan Street in the west, Kuixing Building in Wuding Street in the north and Drum Tower in Yongtai Street in the south. So far, only the Drum Tower has survived. The drum tower is nearly square in plane, with three rooms in width and depth. It is about 20 meters high, east-west length 18 meters, and north-south width 14 meters. The four corners of the bottom floor are bluestone with a cross doorway in the middle. There is a three-story brick-wood pavilion above, with cornices on each floor, buckets under the cornices, and a cross mountain on the top floor. Each floor is surrounded by doors, cloisters and columns. There is a big drum on the top floor, which used to tell the time at night, but now it doesn't exist.

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Tang Ming Park in Northern Wei Dynasty.

Tang Ming in Peiping is one of the four famous places in the history of China (Chang 'an Tang Ming in the Han Dynasty, Pingcheng Tang Ming in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Weiwei Uterine Hall in Luoyang City in the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Ming, the capital of the Song Dynasty). It was the place where the Northern Wei emperors held ceremonies such as court meetings, sacrifices and celebrations. It is the carrier of ritual culture, the only Mingtang restored in the original site at present, and the city symbol of Pingcheng site. His son Pi Yong is equivalent to today's China Academy of Sciences. Tang Ming in Beiping City is the product of national political power and national integration.

Shanxi Datong tourist attractions

Yungang Grottoes in Datong City 1

Yungang Grottoes is located at the south foot of Wuzhou Mountain, which is17km west of Datong City, Shanxi Province in northern China. Grottoes are dug along the mountain, stretching from east to west 1 km. There are 45 main caves, 252 grottoes and more than 565,438+0,000 stone carvings. It is one of the largest ancient grottoes in China, and it is also known as the four artistic treasures of China, together with Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Luoyang Longmen Grottoes and Tianshui Maijishan Grottoes.

2. Hengshan Scenic Area

Hengshan Scenic Area is located at Hunyuan South 10 km in Datong City, Shanxi Province, 62 km away from Datong City. It was once called Changshan, Hengzong, Yuan Yue and Confucius. Among them, Daomaguan, Zijingguan, Pingxingguan, Yanmenguan and Ning Wuguan Huju are dangerous places, which are the throat of the Great Wall Plateau leading to Jizhong Plain and have been battlegrounds for military strategists since ancient times. Tianfengling, the main peak, is located in the south of Hunyuan, with an altitude of 20 16. 1 m. It is called "the pillar of the northern people's heaven", "the first famous mountain in the world" and "the second mountain in the world".

3. Datong Fangte Happy World

Datong Fangte Happy World Scenic Area, located at No.3666, South Ring Road, Pingcheng District, Datong City, Shanxi Province, has the reputation of "Oriental Dream Paradise" and "Asian Science Fiction Magic". With a total area of about 800 mu, the scenic spot is characterized by sci-fi and interactive experience, and consists of more than 20 theme project areas, such as flying over the limit, the light of life, escaping from dinosaur island, magic castle, Tanggula Snow Mountain, fireball, conch Bay, five thousand years of China, and talk show with bears.

4. Huayan Temple

Huayan Temple, located in the southwest corner of Datong ancient city, is named after the Buddhist classic Huayan Jing. The temple covers an area of 66,000 square meters and sits west to east. More than 30 single buildings, such as Shanmen, Puguang Mingtang, Mahayana Mahayana Hall, Prajna Tibetan Hall and Huayan Pagoda, are arranged on the north-south main axis respectively, with strict layout.

5. Guangling Paper-cut Art Museum

Guangling Paper-cut Art Museum is a national 3A-level scenic spot. China Guangling Paper-cut Art Museum was established in August 2007 and is the largest paper-cut museum in China. With a building area of 3600_, there are 13 exhibition halls and an underground collection hall, and now the collection has reached more than 16000 pieces.