Where to go on a day trip to Datong?

It is better to visit scenic spots such as Huayan Temple, Xuankong Temple, Hengshan Mountain, Datong Ancient City, and Yungang Grottoes on a day trip to Datong.

1. Huayan Temple

Huayan Temple is located in the southwest corner of the ancient city of Datong. It was built in the seventh year of Chongxi in the Liao Dynasty and named according to the Buddhist classic "Huayan Sutra". It has the nature of an ancestral temple of the Liao royal family and has a prominent status. It was later destroyed in the war and rebuilt by Jin Tianjuan in three years.

Huayan Temple faces west to east, with more than 30 individual buildings including the Mountain Gate, Puguangming Hall, Mahavira Hall, Bojiajiao Hall, and Huayan Pagoda arranged on the two main axes of the north and south, with a rigorous layout.

2. Xuankong Temple

Xuankong Temple, a national AAAA tourist area, is located between the cliffs of Cuiping Peak on the west side of Jinlong Gorge in Hengshan County, Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi Province. It was originally called Xuankong Pavilion, Xuan is derived from Chinese Taoist teachings, and Kong is derived from Buddhist teachings. It was later renamed Xuankong Temple because the whole temple looks like hanging on a cliff. In Chinese, Xuan and Xuan have the same pronunciation, hence the name.

3. Hengshan Mountain

Hengshan Mountain lies between the plateau in the north of Shanxi and the central Hebei Plain. Because of its steep natural mountains and geographical location, it has become a battleground for military strategists.

Taomaguan, Zijingguan, Pingxingguan, Yanmenguan and Ningwuguan in the mountain valleys are dangerous and are the choke points from the plateau outside the Great Wall to the Taiyuan Basin and the central Hebei Plain. Many emperors and famous generals fought here, and many ancient battlefield relics such as ancient passes, castles, and beacon towers have been preserved.

4. Datong Ancient City

Datong Ancient City has a long history. As early as when it was the capital of the Tuoba clan in the Northern Wei Dynasty, a large-scale city had been built. In the early Ming Dynasty, because it was the Ping Fan in Gyeonggi Province, its military position was very dangerous.

Xu Da, the general in the fifth year of Hongwu, built additional buildings on the basis of the old cities of the Northern Wei, Tang, Liao and Jin Dynasties. It is slightly square in shape, 1 kilometer long from east to west, 1 kilometer long from north to south, and 7 kilometers in circumference. , covering an area of ??3 square kilometers. The city walls are all based on regular and well-organized stone strips, slabs, and stone slabs. They are rammed with Sanhe soil on the basis of the original city wall and covered with green bricks. The city wall is 14 meters high, 12 meters wide at the top and 18 meters wide at the bottom.

5. Yungang Grottoes

Yungang Grottoes, formerly known as Lingyan Temple and Shifo Temple. It is located at the southern foot of Wuzhou Mountain in the western suburbs of Datong City, Shanxi Province, and on the north bank of Wuzhou Sichuan River. The highest point of Wuzhou Mountain is called Yungang, hence the name Yungang Grottoes. The rulers of the Northern Wei Dynasty advocated Buddhism and built temples and caves extensively. The main parts of this grotto group were completed before the Northern Wei Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, from about the first year of Heping to the eighteenth year of Taihe.

The grottoes are dug into the mountains and stretch for 1 kilometer from east to west. The cave area is divided into three areas: east, middle and west according to the natural mountain topography from east to west. There are 45 main caves and 209 subsidiary caves, with a carving area of ??more than 18,000 square meters. The highest statue is 17 meters and the smallest is 2 centimeters. There are more than 1,100 Buddhist niches and more than 59,000 large and small statues.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Huayan Temple