What are the interesting tourist attractions to visit Shanxi in May?

Wutai Mountain, located in Taihuai Town, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, China, is a tourist area integrating natural scenery, ancient architecture art, historical relics, Buddhist culture, folk customs and summer vacation. Mount Wutai, Mount Putuo in Zhejiang, Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, Mount Emei in Sichuan and * * * are also called "Four Famous Buddhist Mountains in China". It, together with Lumbini Garden in Nepal, Rokuyan, Bodhgaya and Naga in India, is called the five Buddhist holy places in the world, or the five famous Buddhist mountains in the world.

Yungang Caves

Yungang Grottoes are located at the southern foot of Wuzhou Mountain, which is 16 km west of Datong City, Shanxi Province. Carved on the mountain, it stretches for about one kilometer from east to west. It is magnificent and rich in content. There are 45 main caves, 254 grottoes and 56,5438+0,000 statues. The largest Buddha statue 17 meter, and the smallest is only 2 cm. It represents the outstanding Buddhist grottoes art in China in the 5th and 6th centuries. Among them, the Tan Yao Grottoes with strict and unified layout is the classic masterpiece of China's Buddhist art at its first peak.

Yungang Grottoes is also one of the world-famous treasure houses of stone carving art, the largest cave group in China and one of the largest caves in China. Yungang Grottoes, Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Luoyang Longmen Grottoes and Maijishan Grottoes are also known as the four treasure troves of China.

Ancient City of Pingyao

Pingyao Ancient City, located in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, is a famous cultural city with a history of more than 2,700 years. It is the best preserved ancient county town in China, and it is also an outstanding model of Han cities in China in Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the historical development of China, it shows people an extraordinary picture of cultural, social, economic and religious development.

Pingyao Ancient City, together with Langzhong in Sichuan, Lijiang in Yunnan and Shexian in Anhui, which are the second batch of national historical and cultural cities, is called "the four best preserved ancient cities", and it is a wonderful place where ancient and modern buildings are integrated and complement each other. At present, it is also the only ancient county in China that successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city.

Shanxi Jinci

"If you don't get to Jinci, go to Taiyuan." Some people say, "It's just as regrettable that foreign friends don't go to the Forbidden City in Beijing when they first come to Taiyuan." So when you arrive in Taiyuan, you must go to Jinci.

Jinci Temple is located at the foot of Hangweng Mountain, 25 kilometers southwest of Taiyuan City, the birthplace of Jinshui. It is a famous scenic spot in China. Jinci Temple was built before the Northern Wei Dynasty to commemorate Zhou Wuwang's second son, Yu Shu, and a large-scale Notre Dame was built for Madame Jiang Yi. There are 43 painted sculptures of the Song Dynasty in the temple, and the flying beam of the fish pond in front of the temple is only seen in China. On both sides of the temple, it is difficult for the elderly, and Er Quan is good, from which the main source of golden water flows all the year round. The water temperature is about 17℃, and it is crystal clear. Bao Han Hall in Zhenguan has "Imperial Monument" and "Jinci Inscription" inscribed by Taizong.

Jinci also has famous Bai Zhou and Tang Huai. Bai Zhou is located on the left side of Notre Dame Hall, and Tang Huai is in Guandi Temple. Old branches are vertical and horizontal. Up to now, it is full of vitality, gloomy and horrible, and it is called "Three Musts of Jinci" with the flowing old spring, the exquisite maid statue and the Madonna statue in the Song Dynasty.

Qiao's Family Compound

Qiaojia Courtyard is located in Qiaojiabao Village, Qixian County, Shanxi Province, 54 kilometers north of Taiyuan and only 2 kilometers south of Dongguan Town. Also known as the "Middle Temple", it is the residence of Qiao Zhiyong, a famous commercial and financial capitalist in Qing Dynasty.

Mianshan scenic spot

Mianshan, also known as Mianshang, was burned by Jiezhitui, a famous minister of Jin Wengong in the Spring and Autumn Period, and lived in seclusion with his mother. It is located in the shadow of Fenhe River, 20 kilometers away from Jiexiu urban area, spanning Jiexiu, Lingshi and Qinyuan counties. The highest altitude is 2566.6 meters, and the relative altitude exceeds 1000 meters. It is a branch of Mount Taiyue (Huoshan) extending northward.

Wang's Family Compound

Wang Family Courtyard is located in Jingsheng Town, east of Lingshi County, Shanxi Province 12km. It is a master of residential architecture in Qing Dynasty. Wang Jingsheng family, one of the four families in Lingshi County in history, was founded in the years of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong and Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, with a total area of more than 250,000 square meters. Nowadays, Gaojiaya, Hongmenbao and Chongningbao are all closed castle buildings on the loess high slope, with 23/kloc-0 courtyards and 2,078 houses, covering an area of more than 80,000 square meters.

Yongle Palace

Yongle Palace is the largest and best-preserved Taoist temple in China. Yongle Palace's unique Taoist culture is well-known in China and the world. Together with the relocation of the "Abu Simbel Temple" in Egypt, it is called the two wonders of artificial relocation in the history of world cultural relics.