Introduction to Datong’s tourist attractions. What are the recommended tourist attractions in Datong?

What are the tourist attractions in Datong? What are the recommended places to visit when traveling to Datong?

1. Datong Yungang Grottoes 5A Scenic Area: one of the three largest grottoes in China, the carvings combine Chinese and Western artistic styles. , feel the charm of the fine art of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

2. Huayan Temple (Datong City, Shanxi Province) is a 4A scenic spot. The temple preserves the precious Liao and Jin Buddhist halls, exquisite Liao and Ming statues, and the "Tiangong Pavilion" praised as a national treasure by Mr. Liang Sicheng.

3. Shanhua Temple 4A Scenic Area in the urban area. There are buildings from the Liao Dynasty, statues from the Jin Dynasty, and murals from the Qing Dynasty in the temple. All of them are exquisite!

4. Jinhuagong National Mining Park 4A Scenic Area, a new leisure and sightseeing park, including Asia’s only and China’s first “Underground Exploration Tour” and a large-scale address mining and coal museum.

5. Datong City Wall Scenic Area in the urban area. The ancient city wall of Datong was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. The city wall is tall and majestic, solid and precipitous, with tight defenses and complete facilities. It is a unique important town in the history of ancient military architecture in my country.

6. Hengshan Scenic Area 4A Scenic Area, Beiyue among the "Five Mountains", climb to the main peak Tianfengling and overlook the mountains, and you will suddenly feel enlightened. Use your hands and feet to climb the 103 steep steps in front of Hengzong Hall to experience the humanistic charm of Hengshan Mountain.

7. Datong Fantawild Adventure. Datong Fantawild Adventure is located in Yudong New District, Datong City, Shanxi Province. It features science fiction and interactive experience and is carefully built using world-class concepts and technology.

Tourist Attractions in Datong, Shanxi

Everyone knows the strategy and cost of a two-day trip to Mount Tai. In fact, you can climb the mountain in two days, and the cost of visiting many scenic spots is around 1,000 yuan. Under normal circumstances, it costs 500 yuan per person and takes about 2 days, including climbing Mount Tai and Dai Temple. If you want to watch the sunrise, you can only rent a coat, but you cannot stay one night on Mount Tai. If you don’t know anything about Mount Tai, you can go to Mount Tai and read the guide. If you don't know something, you can ask. If you walk, the ticket is 125 yuan per person, the ropeway is 100 yuan, and the minibus is 30 yuan.

What are the fun places in Datong?

This list is mainly based on the classification of scenic spots or the honorary titles of scenic spots announced by relevant departments, combined with the scenic spots’ reputation evaluation, ticket sales, public Popularity, network attention index, etc. Recommended attractions from major travel platform websites (Ctrip, Qunar, Tuniu, Fliggy, Tongcheng, Baidu), and comprehensively refer to relevant Internet rankings/lists for recommendations. This list is for reference only to help you understand the famous/interesting local attractions. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave them for last.

Top Ten Famous Tourist Attractions in Datong City

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

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Datong Ancient City Wall, located in Pingcheng District, Datong City, is a relatively complete ancient city wall building in my country. It is a national AAAA scenic spot and a provincial key cultural relics protection unit. The existing city wall was built by Ming Dynasty general Xu Da during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty on the basis of the old cities of Han, Wei, Tang, Liao, Jin and Yuan. There are mainly four city gates, Yang, Yongtai, Qingyuan, and Wuding, as well as a series of military facilities such as moats, suspension bridges, watchtowers, lookout towers, and Yuelou Military Platform.

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2. Urban Shanhua Temple Cultural Relics Protection Unit 4A Scenic Area

Huashi Temple, commonly known as Nan Temple, is located on Yongtaimennei Street, Datong City, Shanxi Province , is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The area is over 13,900 square meters. Along the central axis, the mountain gate, three temples, and main hall are arranged in sequence. On both sides of the Main Hall are the Guanyin Hall and the Ksitigarbha Hall. To the west between the Main Hall and the Three Temples, there is a unique Puxian Pavilion, which is a square pavilion with a single eave and nine ridges. The Main Hall is the largest hall of Shanhua Temple, with a platform in front and bells and drums on the left and right. The main hall is seven wide and five deep. In the middle of the main hall, there is a five-sided Buddha statue, arranged in order from east to west: the Agawa Buddha in the east, the Baosheng Buddha in the south, the Vairuzana Buddha in the middle, the Amitabha Buddha in the west, and the Bukongcheng Buddha in the north.

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3. Datong Nine Dragon Wall Cultural Relics Protection Unit

The Nine Dragon Wall is located in the south of Dongjie Road, Pingcheng District, Datong City, Shanxi Province. It was built in the late Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty and was the screen wall in front of the mansion of Zhu Gui, the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. The architecture of this palace is magnificent. The palace seats face south and are rectangular in shape. There is a Kowloon screen wall in front of the central axis. In the twenty-fourth year of Wu Hong's reign (1391), Zhu Gui changed his title to king. In the twenty-fifth year of Wu Dynasty (1392), he ascended to Datong. The architecture of this palace is grand and magnificent. The palace faces south and is rectangular in shape. There is a nine-dragon screen wall in front of the central axis. The entrance gates are Li Duan Gate, Kaili Gate, Kaili Gate, Chongxin Gate, Wenxin Gate, Changchun Palace Gate and Guangzhi Gate.

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4. Zen Temple Tower Cultural Relics Protection Unit

The Zen Temple is located at the foot of Zhang Renfeng, 30 kilometers west of Datong City. It is one of the sixth batch of national Cultural relic protection unit. Because of its temple and its brick pagoda, the mountain is also called Zen Temple and Ta'er Mountain. The Zen temple was built in the Tang Dynasty. According to the "History of Ming Dynasty·Datong Prefecture", the Zen temple is located fifty miles southwest of Fucheng and was built during the Dabao period of the Tang Dynasty. The Buddhist temple tower was built in the Liao Dynasty. According to the Records of Datong Prefecture written by Zheng De of the Ming Dynasty, there are temples and towers 60 miles southwest of Datong Prefecture, all originating from the Liao Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, only the Zen temple pagoda remained.

It is now managed by the Datong Ancient Architecture and Cultural Relics Preservation Institute. "Yunzhong County Chronicles" written by Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty: "Sixty miles southwest of Zenshishan Town, there are brick towers on them, all from Liao Dynasty."

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5. Datong Guandi Temple Main Hall Cultural Relics Protection Unit

Datong Guandi Temple is located on Gulou East Street, Datong City. It faces south and covers an area of ??3572 square meters. It was built in an unknown era. According to the records of "Datong Prefecture", it was built many times in the Ming Dynasty and was added during the Kangxi and Qianlong years of the Qing Dynasty. 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, Chunqiu Tower, Jieyi Pavilion, East and West Hall, etc. was rebuilt. The structure and decoration techniques of the main hall of Datong Guandi Temple have distinctive local characteristics, providing physical specimens for the study of Yuan Dynasty architecture and Guandi culture.

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6. Pingcheng Site Cultural Relics Protection Unit

Pingcheng Site, mainly refers to the Pingcheng Site, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Chinese capital site in the mid-Northern Wei Dynasty, located in Shanxi Province Datong City and its vicinity. In 1987, it was listed as a national cultural relic protection unit. It consists of three parts: the city wall and inner city ruins (palace, Mingtang), Dengbaishan ruins and Fangshan Yongguling ruins. Luoyang Pingcheng Gate is the south gate facing the imperial palace before Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital, equivalent to Beijing's Tiananmen Square. In Nara, Japan, there is the ruins of the ancient capital of Heisei, which is a World Cultural Heritage of Japan.

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7. Chinese Sculpture Museum

The Chinese Sculpture Museum is located in the North Wall Urn City of Datong. It is the first professional theme museum in China. The museum has a building area of ??32,000 square meters, an exhibition area of ??26,000 square meters, and an exhibition line of 2,100 meters. The first batch of 519 works were exhibited, including works by famous sculptors and outstanding works of the annual "Zeng Zhushao Sculpture Art Scholarship Graduate Exhibition". The China Sculpture Museum is currently the only specialized sculpture museum in China whose purpose is to carry out public welfare undertakings such as collection, exhibition, art research, public education, art exchange and social services of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign sculptures. The entire museum will aim at exhibitions, collections, research and public art education.

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8. Shaling Tombs Cultural Relics Protection Unit

9. Datong Drum Tower Cultural Relics Protection Unit

Datong Drum Tower Construction In the Ming Dynasty. It should match the bell tower and be used to tell the time. During the Shunzhi, Qianlong and Xianfeng years of the Qing Dynasty, repairs were carried out. According to the "Datong County Chronicle", there were many pavilions and pavilions in Datong during the Ming Dynasty, including the Taiping Tower on Heyang Street in the east, the Bell Tower on Qingyuan Street in the west, the Kuixing Tower on Wuding Street in the north, and the Drum Tower on Yongtai Street in the south. So far only the Drum Tower has survived. The drum tower is nearly square in plan, three rooms wide and deep. It is about 20 meters high, 18 meters long from east to west, and 14 meters wide from north to south. The four corners of the ground floor are made of bluestone, with a cross-shaped doorway in the middle. There is a three-story brick and wood pavilion on the top. Each floor has an eaves, a bucket under the eaves, and a cross resting mountain on the top. Each level is surrounded by doors, cloisters and columns. There was a big drum on the top floor, which was used to tell the time at night. It no longer exists.

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10. Tangming Park in the Northern Wei Dynasty

Beiping Tangming Park is one of the four famous parks in Chinese history (Chang'an Tangming Park in the Han Dynasty) , Pingcheng in the Northern Wei Dynasty and Tang Ming Dynasty, Wei Zigongtang in Luoyang City in the Tang Dynasty, and Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty (Tang and Ming Dynasty). It was the place where the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty held court meetings, sacrifices, celebrations and other ceremonies. It is the carrier of ritual culture. It is currently the only Mingtang restored on its original site, and it is also the city symbol of the Pingcheng ruins. Its subsidiary Piyon is equivalent to today's Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Tang and Ming Dynasties in Beiping City were the product of the integration of ethnic minority regimes and ethnic groups.