What are the tourist attractions in Xinzhou, Shanxi?

1. Wutai Mountain

Located in Wutai County, Xinzhou City, surrounded by five peaks with beautiful scenery, Wutai Mountain is a famous summer resort. In addition, it is also the Dojo of Manjusri Bodhisattva, with many temples, ranking first among the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. As it is the only Dojo in China where the Yellow Temple (Tibetan) and the Qing Temple (Han Chuan) are kept, you can see not only the monks of Han Chuan, but also Tibetan lamas in Wutai Mountain.

2. Pianguan Laoniuwan Scenic Area

is located at the junction of Shanxi Province and Inner Mongolia, bounded by the Yellow River, with Pianguan County in Shanxi in the south and Qingshuihe County in Inner Mongolia in the north bank. The Yellow River enters Shanxi from here, and the Great Wall inside and outside meets here. The Grand Canyon of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Mongolia starts here and is one of the top ten most beautiful canyons in China. The whole Laoniuwan tourist area consists of Baozi Tawan, Laoniuwan, Sizuo Tawan and Yangjiachuan Canyon.

3. Yuwang Cave

Located at the waist of Zhoushan, 2 kilometers southeast of Xinzhou City, it is the only way for Taiyuan and Wutai Mountain to travel. People call it "the first hole in North China". Formerly known as Xianren Cave, also known as Xiandeng Kiln. According to legend, Dayu used to control water by boat here, and there was a stone statue in the cave, which resembled Yu Wang and was later renamed Yuwang Cave.

It is said that the cave was built in North China 7,5 years ago, and the seabed rose to land, forming the present Taihang Mountains. Later, due to carbonate rock erosion, many caves were formed. It is still a mystery how deep the Yuwang Cave is. At present, the proven hole is about 2 meters deep, and there are four floors, three halls and ten holes that can be visited by tourists.

4. Xinzhou Gate Tower

There were four gates, all of which had towers on the gates. It was built in the 24th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1596). Due to historical reasons, only the North Gate Tower survived today. The tower is 28 meters high, seven rooms wide and four rooms deep, surrounded by verandahs with three drops of water (three floors bright and three floors dark), with a hill-resting roof, no columns in the building, simple beam structure and tight connection, which fully embodies the wisdom of ancient working people. On the third floor of the gate tower, a huge plaque is hung high, on which are written four magnificent Chinese characters: "Lock key in northern Shanxi". The whole tower, with red columns and blue tiles, painted buildings and carved beams, is magnificent and spectacular, and has high cultural relics protection value.

5. Yanmenguan

Located about 3 kilometers northwest of Daixian County, Xinzhou, it is the pass on the Great Wall Line in the Ming Dynasty, and together with Ning Wuguan and Pianguan, it is called the "outer three passes." There is no public transportation from Daixian county to the scenic spot, so we can only charter a car to go there, and to play in the scenic spot is also entirely on foot.

Yanmenguan has been an important pass for the Central Plains Dynasty to resist the invasion of northern nomads since ancient times. The earliest history here can be traced back to the Warring States period when King Wuling of Zhao fought against Xiongnu. Li Guang, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, famous soldiers of the Han Dynasty, once led troops to fight with Xiongnu. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Yanmenguan became the main battlefield of confrontation between Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty. The well-known prototype of Yang Jiajiang's story happened here, and there was a statue of Yang Liulang in the scenic spot.

6. Yangjia Temple

It is located in Lutijian Village, 2 kilometers east of Daixian County, Shanxi Province. The ancient state was the hometown of Yang Ye, a general of the Song Dynasty (called Yang Jiye in the romance). In the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 977), hundreds of soldiers rode through the Liao Dynasty, and the villagers worshipped it here. To the Yuan Dynasty, the 17th Sun of the Yang family built a shrine on the order of the emperor, which was rebuilt in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Most of the existing buildings and statues in the temple are relics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

7. Bianjing Building

is commonly known as Drum Tower. In Daiju City, Shanxi Province. It was founded in the seventh year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1374), and was rebuilt after the fire in the seventh year of Chenghua (1471). The foundation of the building is towering, and the south and north cities are perforated. The foundation is 13 meters high, 43 meters long and 33 meters wide.

The building is 26 meters high, seven rooms wide and five rooms deep, surrounded by corridors, three floors and four drops of water, with a hill-resting roof, a goulan on the second floor, and a flat seat under the goulan on the third floor. The bucket is regular, the beam frame is exquisite and magnificent. Reasonable structure, after hundreds of years of wind and rain and many earthquakes, it has been preserved intact. Upstairs, there are three giant plaques, namely, the four famous tablets, the three passes of Weizhen and the first floor of Yanmen.

8. Jindong Temple

is located in Xihuyan Village, 2km northwest of Xin County. Here, the hills are undulating, the jujube forests are clustered, and the ancient temples are hidden, which is quiet and elegant. The founding date is unknown. According to the architectural characteristics, it has existed in the Song Dynasty. It was rebuilt in the fifth year of Yuan Yanyou (1318) and partially rebuilt in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The existing main hall is built in the Song Dynasty, and the Heavenly King Hall and Guanyin Hall are relics of the Ming Dynasty. The main hall is three rooms wide and three rooms deep, with a single-eave, mountain-resting roof.

The eaves column of the temple body is short, with a panel door in the open room and a window in the second room. The window pivot is very small, and the roof is gently folded. The front appearance is similar to the eaves of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in the Northern Song Dynasty. The eaves are quaint, and the temple is made of gold pillars. The beams are all exposed and cut neatly, just like the Song Dynasty.

9. Yuan Haowen's Tomb

It's on the side of Hanyan Village, 7.5km southeast of Xin County, Shanxi Province. Nearby, the willows are lush, and a house is high, and stones are laid around the tomb, and the stones and beasts in Weng Zhong are separated. After leaning, it is the enjoyment hall with five bays, and there are many steles embedded in it. The east courtyard has a pavilion and a hexagonal structure. All buildings are simple but not crude, simple but not vulgar. Yuan Haowen (119-1257) left the mountain. Young and intelligent, he is good at poetry, and he is a foreign minister in Shangshu Province. Jin Wu was not an official, specializing in works, including YiShan Collection, which was compiled into ten volumes of Zhongzhou Collection and one volume of Yuefu.

1. Yingxian Wooden Pagoda

The full name of Sakya Pagoda is Buddha Temple. Sakya Pagoda is located in the Buddha Temple in the northwest of Yingxian County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, commonly known as Yingxian Wooden Pagoda. Built in the second year of Qing Ning in Liao Dynasty (AD 156 in the third year of Song Zhihe) and completed in the sixth year of Jin Mingchang (AD 1195 in the first year of Qing Yuan in Southern Song Dynasty), it is the tallest and oldest existing wooden tower building in China.

The Sakyamuni Tower is 67.31m high and 3.27m in diameter on the bottom floor, showing a plane octagon. The whole tower supplies 3 cubic meters of Korean pine wood, more than 26 tons, pure wood structure, no nails and no riveting. Two tooth relics of Sakyamuni Buddha are enshrined in the tower.