The special scenic spots in go on road trip are recommended to start from Taiyuan on the second day of National Day. Where to go in Taiyuan, go on road trip?

1. Jinyang Lake-pretty and charming, full of autumn.

Driving away from the hustle and bustle of the city center, going to Cheng Nanchun to see the scenery and listen to stories, the combination of lakes and mountains, nature and history, you can always find the scenery that suits your mood. The first stop is Jinyang Lake, the largest lake park in North China, adjacent to the old and new Jinci Road, located in Jinsheng Town, the southern tip of Taiyuan City, 3 kilometers away from the urban area. In Taiyuan, an inland city with high loess slope, the scenery with water is absolutely desirable.

2. Mengshan Giant Buddha-the earliest large stone Buddha statue in the world.

The head of the giant Buddha disappeared a long time ago and should be restored now. The body of the giant Buddha is easily weathered sandstone, and some places are severely weathered. According to records, in 55 1 year, a big stone was carved into a giant Buddha in Levin, Wen Xuandi, which lasted more than 20 years after five emperors. When Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian came to worship Buddha, they bowed to show their admiration.

According to the records of the Tang Dynasty, the statue is "200 feet high" and now it is about 63 meters, which is 8 meters lower than the Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan and earlier than Leshan Giant Buddha 162. As far as the exact age is concerned, this giant statue of Jinyang Mengshan, which was carved in the sixth century, is the earliest and heaviest large-scale cliff carved Buddha statue in the world.

3. Three wonders of Jinci-the charm of Sanjin Tangyuan

Jinci Temple is located at the foot of Hanging Wengshan Mountain, 25 kilometers southwest of Taiyuan City. This is an ancient Jinci, built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, in memory of Zhou Wuwang's third son, Yu Ji. Jinci Temple is the earliest existing classical ancestral temple garden complex in China, with 98 buildings over 300 years old, 65,438+065,438+00 statues, 300 inscriptions and 37 cast artworks.

4. Tianlong Mountain-Charming Grottoes are magnificent in autumn.

About 1 1 km west of Jinci is Tianlong Mountain Grottoes, named after Tianlong Temple was built in the first year of Northern Qi Dynasty. Tianlong Mountain, the first grotto art, is a national key cultural relic protection unit. The grottoes are located at the east and west peaks, * * *, with 25 caves, more than 500 carved Buddha statues, 65,438 portraits, reliefs and caissons (1 144), complete stones and sufficient light sources, showing the artistic masterpieces of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties for nearly three centuries.