Let's take a look at the must-see attractions in Datong!
0 1 Yungang Grottoes in Datong
Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang and Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui are also called the four major grottoes in China. There are 53 main caves, with more than 5 1000 stone carvings, the smallest of which is only two centimeters, and the largest is over 17 meters high. It is one of the largest ancient caves in China, also known as "the great miracle of the East". According to the excavation time, it can be divided into three periods: early, middle and late, and the grotto sculpture styles in different periods also have their own characteristics. The Buddha statue combines the characteristics of Indian Buddhism and Northern Wei Dynasty at that time, highlighting the characteristics of being tall, majestic, upright and kind. The "Five Cave of Tan Yao" was excavated at the earliest time, with a magnificent momentum and a rich and quaint western atmosphere.
Yungang Grottoes are magnificent and beautiful, integrating sculpture and painting. The development and management of the scenic spot is relatively perfect, the grottoes and surrounding buildings are reasonably laid out, which is convenient for tourists, and there is a large parking lot in the scenic spot, which is convenient for people who travel abroad to park.
Coordinates: Yungang District, Datong City Ticket Price: 120
02 Hengshan
As the "Northern Mountain" among the "Five Mountains", it is also the holy land of Taoism. According to legend, Zhang studied Taoism in Hengshan Mountain. It stretches for more than 200 kilometers from east to west, and the main peak Tianfengling is 20 16 meters above sea level. Scenic spots include Tianfengling, Cuipingfeng and Qianfo Ridge.
There are two entrances to the scenic spot, one is the ropeway entrance at the foot of the mountain, and the other is the mountaineering entrance halfway up the mountain. There is only one route to climb the mountain: Zhenwu Temple-Hufengkou-Guolaoling-Jiutian Palace-Hengzong Hall-Huixianfu-Miaoyou Pavilion-Tianfengling (the main peak). The natural scenery of Hengshan Mountain is average compared with other mountains, but I heard a donkey friend say that the scenery of Houshan Mountain is beautiful, just like a fairyland, but I didn't go because of time.
Coordinates: Ticket price of Hengshan South Road, Hunyuan, Datong City: 30 tickets, entrance fee17;
03 Aviation Temple
Hanging from the cliff of Cuiping Peak in Jinlong Gorge, Hengshan Mountain, Hangkong Temple is the only temple in China that integrates Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Hanging Temple is about 90 meters from the ground, and the highest point is about 90 meters from the ground. After years of silt accumulation in the river bed, there is only 58 meters left. It was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It skillfully uses cliffs and adapts to local conditions. It has 40 halls and pavilions, consisting of the East Courtyard and the North and South floors. The Jade Emperor, Sakyamuni and Kong Old Master Q stand side by side in the temple, forming a scene of the integration of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
The whole building didn't use a nail. It relies on the tenon structure and is embedded in the cliff without falling down. 20 10 was rated as a strange building by Time magazine in the United States, and it is the earliest and best-preserved high-altitude wooden cliff building in China. Hengshan Mountain and Hangkong Temple are not a scenic spot, but they can be arranged to play together.
Coordinates: At the foot of Hengshan Mountain, Hengshan South Road, Hunyuan, Datong
04 Huayan Temple
Huayan Temple is located in the southwest corner of Datong ancient city. Founded in the seventh year of Liao Dynasty (AD 1038), it was named after the Buddhist classic Huayan Jing. At the same time, it has the nature of the royal ancestral temple of Liao country and has a prominent position. The temple sits west to east and is divided into two temples. Shanghuayan Temple is mainly composed of Jin Dynasty Auditorium (the largest Buddhist hall in Liao and Jin Dynasties in China), which is divided into two houses with strict layout. Xiahuayan Temple, centered on Boccaccio in Liao Dynasty, has a lively architectural style and many statues in Liao Dynasty, among which "hands crossed, teeth bared" is the most famous, and Guo Moruo praised it as "Venus of the East". The statues and murals of the Liao Dynasty here are rare artistic treasures, and they are well-preserved temple buildings in Liao and Jin Dynasties in China.
The pagoda of Huayan Temple is the second largest square wooden pagoda with tenon-mortise structure in China after Yingxian wooden pagoda. The pure copper underground palace and relics under the wooden tower are worth seeing.
Coordinates: Xiasipo Street 10, Pingcheng District, Datong City Ticket price: 80 yuan.
05 Hua Shan Temple
Shanhua Temple, commonly known as Nansi Temple, was founded in the Tang Dynasty. The overall structure is relatively complete, and the temple buildings are patchwork, with clear priorities and symmetry. It is the most complete and largest temple building in Liao and Jin Dynasties in China. Shanmen is the largest temple in China, and the three temples are dedicated to the Three Sages of Hua Yan. There are 5 golden Buddha statues and 24 clay sculptures of heavenly kings in the Hall of Ursa Major, which are exquisite in shape and worthy of being a national treasure.
Coordinates: No.6, Chengnan Fourth Street, Datong Temple Ticket price: free.
06 Datong Mosque
It is one of the two famous ancient Muslim temples in Shanxi. This temple is simple in construction and rigorous in structure. The central axis has a main entrance, a cross-shaped pavilion, a stone bridge and a worship hall. The main building is connected by four groups of halls, with bathrooms on both sides of the middle line, forming a downhill from the temple gate to the worship hall. The whole building not only has the characteristics of ancient traditional wooden buildings in China, but also has Arabic style. Most of the existing buildings are relics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Riverside pool, back arch bridge, meteorite platform, memorial archway and stele building were built by Ma Chongqi, a general of Datong in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. The square steeple inside is quite Islamic. Its area is not large, but it has national characteristics and profound historical and cultural heritage. The meteorite inscription in the temple is the only one carved on a meteorite in China.
Coordinates: No.5, Lane 9, Daxie Street, the same city. Ticket price: 10 yuan.
07 Jiulong wall
Built at the end of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, it is the glazed wall in front of Zhu Guidai Palace, the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 600 years. It is 45 meters long and the wall is 8 meters high. This wall is composed of 426 pieces of specially-made colorful glazed components. The nine dragons are magnificent, and the momentum of flying leaps from the wall. The dragon in the middle is magnificent, magnificent. It embodies the superb carving techniques in ancient China and is worth seeing. It is one of the four great dragons in China.
Coordinates:No. 1 18, Dadong Street, Datong City. Admission: free.
08 Datong Ancient City Belt Park-Ancient City Wall
It is a famous ancient city wall in China. Datong City Wall was built on the wall of the old earthen city in Yuan Dynasty in the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1372), with a total circumference of 7270.7 meters and a square city shape. There are four gates in the city, namely Donghe Yangmen, Nanyongtai Gate, Xiqingyuan Gate and Beiwuding Gate. There are towers above the four gates, and the moon tower, arrow tower, watchtower and turret stand at intervals. Outside the four gates, there are the urn city, the moon city and the moat. The city wall is tall and majestic, solid and steep, well guarded, and all kinds of defense facilities are complete. It is a famous town with distinctive features in the history of ancient military architecture in China. Because it occupies a very important position in the northern border defense, it has played an important role in many battles. Therefore, it has always enjoyed the reputation of "a prominent town" and "the key to the north".
Surrounded by the ancient city wall is a strip park with beautiful scenery and green shade everywhere, which is a good place for people to take a walk and relax.
Coordinates: Tickets for Heyangnei Street in Datong City: free (just register your ID card at the city wall).
Three of the above scenic spots are famous. What are they? Everyone must have guessed, hehe! (Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Temple, Hengshan Mountain), after reading Dong Er's introduction, do you want to come to Datong?
Free travel tips:
1, the best travel time in Datong: except winter, the rest of the time is ok. (April ~ 10)
2. Datong cuisine: Daoxiao Noodles (Shanxi specialty cuisine), Mindou noodles (one of the local breakfasts), yellow cakes, Datong hemp leaves (Datong's unique fried noodles), braised rabbit heads and oily mutton offal.
3. Accommodation: High, medium and low-grade hotels in Datong have everything to meet different needs.
What are the delicious and interesting recommendations of Datong, Shanxi?
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Hengshan Mountain in Beiyue, Shanxi
Datong Yungang Grottoes
Datong Lingqiu air grassland
Datong Hunyuan Hangkong Temple
Taohua Mountain in Lingqiu, Datong
Datong Yungang National Forest Park
Datong tangtou hot spring
Datong volcano group
Shanxi pingxingguan battle site
Five castle walls
Cailiangshan
Deshengma market
Fangshan mausoleum
Peak throat extension
Shanxi Guangwu Tunbing Ancient Castle
Rokuyaon Grottoes
Sanlong screen
Shahuguan
Wulongping of Shanhua Temple
Shuozhou cemetery in Han dynasty
Miaowen County Brick Carving Wulongbi
Xueranlang village
Angie
Underground adventure tourism scenic spot
Lubanyao cave
Pingxingguan
Ruins of Xu Jiayao
Datong Jiulongbi
Datong Longshan
Datong shuishentang
Datong Wentong Lake
Datong Yu He ecological garden
Datong Jinhuagong Coal Mine
Datong Zhao Haoqi Wu Mausoleum
Datong coal gallery
Datong Guangling Xiaoxuankong Temple
Datong Ce Tian Reservoir
Datong Qingtan Nature Reserve
Datong Great Wall beyond the Great Wall
Datong Museum
Ten must-eat foods
Guangling dried bean curd: Guangling dried bean curd has the characteristics of strength, toughness, fragrance and spicy, and is an excellent seasoning for cold dishes and fried hot dishes in banquets. Divided into salty and smoked. Salty tofu is divided into dried tofu and tofu tendons. Recommended place to buy: supermarket or small shop in Datong.
Oil noodles: Oil noodles are a common pasta in northern Shanxi. It is made by grinding fried naked oats into flour, kneading the flour with boiling water, cutting the mixed flour into noodles and steaming in a pot. You can eat it cold or heat the topping. It's delicious. The varieties include pushing nest, rubbing fish, pressing and branding.
Recommended restaurant: Yonghe Hongqi Food City, Address: No.8 Yingbin East Road, Datong City.
Yingzhou beef brisket: This is local snacks in Yingzhou County.
Yellow cake: This is a common family food in Datong area. It has four characteristics of "yellow, soft, thick and fragrant" and tastes soft and delicious.
Recommended restaurant: Hongqi Food City, Address: Yingbin East Road, Datong City.
Getuo buckwheat noodles: There are many ways to eat buckwheat noodles, such as rolling noodles, pressing _ flipping, pancakes, kneading noodles and so on. Among them, pinching Getuo (also known as pinching cat ears) is the most particular. After cooking, pour it with the original gravy of eggs, bean curd skin, golden needle and fungus, or pour it with the gravy of mutton and pork, which is delicious and unique.
Recommended restaurant: Yonghe Hongqi Food City, Address: No.8 Yingbin East Road, Datong City.
Instant-boiled mutton: Datong instant-boiled mutton is famous for its delicious taste, tender meat, fresh meat and beautiful appearance.
Recommended restaurant: Tonglelou Hot Pot, Address: Xiaonanmen, Datong (diagonally opposite to Aviation Plaza)
Pea flour: Mix pea flour with white flour or oat flour, and then roll, press or cut. The varieties are fish pulling, noodles sipping, noodles pressing and so on. After cooking in the pot, pour in the marinade or minced meat marinade mixed with eggs, bean curd skin, golden needle and fungus, and serve. It is rich in flavor and very delicious.
Recommended restaurant: Datong flavor food city. Address: No.3 Xinkai South Road.
Hunyuan crisp soybean: Hunyuan crisp soybean has five characteristics: fragrant, crisp, big, flowering and beautiful skin.
Datong flavor bean jelly: Datong bean jelly is available all year round. Mainly seasoned with salt soup, soy sauce, Chili oil, vinegar, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, mustard and chopped green onion, with shredded cucumber, shredded radish, coriander and dried bean curd. It tastes cool and delicious, and tastes good.
Mutton offal soup noodles: Datong mutton offal soup is also mixed with yam vermicelli, which is good in meat quality, oily but not greasy, mellow and delicious. It's steaming when it comes out of the pot, and it's fragrant and delicious. It has obvious functions of dispelling cold, warming stomach and relaxing body, and is a good dietetic health food.
Recommended restaurant: Huairen mutton handmade noodles, opposite Dongguan Maternity Hospital.
How much do you know about the four special cuisines in Datong City, Shanxi Province?
Datong, called Pingcheng in ancient times, belongs to Shanxi Province and is known as "China Coal Capital". Datong, located in the northernmost part of Shanxi Province, has a temperate continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and famous scenic spots such as Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Temple. In addition, there are many specialties here. Here are some special dishes of Datong. I hope you like them.
Datong roast lamb chop is a famous dish for entertaining guests, which evolved from roast whole sheep. Hunting and nomadic people who used to live in the north often roasted whole prey and whole sheep by bonfires, and gradually discovered the delicacy of lamb chops. Delicious, convenient to eat, with a variety of ingredients and condiments, it has the characteristics of beautiful color, fragrant meat, tender outside, simply not greasy, rotten meat and fragrant taste, and is very delicious.
The mutton in Datong is clean, bright in color, red and white, and beautiful in appearance. Mutton in sour soup is made of the best mutton and sauerkraut in Datong. Not only is it delicious and easy to digest, but it also has good nourishing effects such as invigorating the middle energizer, invigorating qi, stimulating appetite and strengthening the body, warming the middle energizer and tonifying deficiency.
Lingqiu yellow sesame seed cake is a specialty of Lingqiu, with a history of more than 300 years. Its main ingredients are white flour, sugar, sesame and so on. And is made through multiple processes. Beautiful appearance, golden color, sweet, crisp and delicious, oily but not greasy, and will not change taste or deteriorate after long-term storage. It was also rated as a provincial famous product.
Bitter buckwheat bean jelly is a snack with Lingqiu flavor, which is made of bitter buckwheat powder as the main raw material. The finished product is yellow-green, smooth, refreshing, rich, slightly bitter and unique in flavor; Besides being edible, it also has high nutritional and medicinal value, and has the effects of invigorating the stomach, benefiting qi and nourishing the mind.
What are the scenic spots in Datong, Shanxi?
1. Yungang Grottoes (national 5A scenic spot) Recommended reason: For the first time, the royal Buddhist art treasure house carved by a dynasty was approved by UNESCO to be included in the "World Cultural Heritage" list. Food recommendation: Daoxiao Noodles. Accommodation recommendation: Yin Qing Inn and Fulin Hotel. Self-driving route: Datong Municipal Government-Yingbin Street-Dewey Avenue-Beidu Street-Zhenhua Road-Yongning Street-Yungang Road -S339- Terminal.
2. Datong Fangte Happy World Recommended reason: This is a magical dream paradise and a shocking play experience. Food recommendation: yellow cake. Accommodation recommendation: Fangte Friendship Hotel and Fangte Family Hotel. Bus route: Take bus No.42 in the city and get off at Fante Happy World Station.
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Huayan Temple (national 4A scenic spot) Recommended reason: Huayan Temple, an ancient temple in the clouds, is a treasure of history, the essence of cultural relics and the crystallization of Chinese culture. Food recommendation: excellent noodles. Accommodation recommendation: Datong Youth Hostel and Gucheng Jincheng Inn. Public transportation: Railway station: Take bus 15, 2 and 30 to Qingyuan Street and walk 500 meters to the west. Take bus No.4 to Qingyuan Street.
What are the interesting places in Datong?
This list is mainly based on the classification of scenic spots or the honorary title of scenic spots announced by relevant departments, combined with the word-of-mouth evaluation, ticket sales, public awareness and network attention index of scenic spots. The scenic spots recommended by major travel platform websites (Ctrip, Qunar, Tuniu, Zhu Fei, Tongcheng and Baidu) are recommended with comprehensive reference to relevant Internet rankings/lists. This list is for reference only to help you understand the famous/interesting local attractions. If you have any questions, please feel free to put them at the end.
Ten Famous Tourist Attractions in Datong City
1. 4A Scenic Area of Datong City Wall Scenic Area
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Datong ancient city wall, located in Pingcheng District of Datong City, is a relatively complete ancient city wall building in China. It is a national AAAA scenic spot and a provincial key cultural relics protection unit. The existing city wall was built by Xu Da, a general of Ming Dynasty, on the basis of the old cities of Han, Wei, Tang, Liao, Jin and Yuan. There are mainly four city gates of Yang, Yongtai, Qingyuan and Wuding, as well as a series of military facilities such as moat, suspension bridge, watchtower, watchtower and moon tower.
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2. 4A scenic spot of Shanhua Temple cultural relics protection unit in urban area
Huashi Temple, commonly known as Nansi Temple, is located in Yongtaimennei Street, Datong City, Shanxi Province, and is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The area exceeds 13900 square meters. Along the central axis, the Shanmen, Sanmiao and Daxiong Hall are arranged in turn. There are Guanyin Hall and Dizang Hall on both sides of Daxiong Hall. In the west between the Hall of the Great Hero and the Three Temples, there is a unique Puxian Pavilion, which is a square pavilion with one eaves and nine ridges. Daxiong Hall is the largest hall in Shanhua Temple, with a platform in front and bells and drums on the left and right. There are seven rooms wide and five rooms deep in the hall. There is a statue of Five Dhyani Buddhas in the center of the hall, which is arranged from east to west: Achuan Buddha in the east, Baosheng Buddha in the south, Piluzana Buddha in the middle, Amitabha Buddha in the west and Bukong City Buddha in the north.
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3. Datong Jiulongbi Cultural Relics Protection Unit
Jiulongbi is located in the south of Dongjie Road, Pingcheng District, Datong City, Shanxi Province. Built in the late Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, it is the screen wall in front of Zhu Guifu, the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty. The architecture of this palace is very magnificent. The seats in the palace face south and are rectangular. There is a Kowloon zhaobi in front of the central axis. In the twenty-fourth year of Wu Hong (139 1), Zhu Gui changed his title to king. Wu twenty-five years (1392), to Datong. The architecture of this palace is magnificent. The palace seat faces south and is rectangular, with a Kowloon zhaobi in front of the central axis. The entrance gates are Li Duan Gate, Aircraft Carrier Gate, Aircraft Carrier Gate, Chongxin Gate, Wenxin Gate, Changchun Palace Gate and Guang Zhi Gate in turn.
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4. Cultural relics protection units of Zen Temple Tower
Zen Temple, located at the foot of Zhang Renfeng, 30 kilometers west of Datong, is the sixth batch of national cultural relics protection units. Because of its temples and brick towers, this mountain is also called Zen Temple and Ta 'er Mountain. This temple was built in the Tang Dynasty. According to the Records of Datong Prefecture in Ming Dynasty, the Zen Temple was built in Dabao period of Tang Dynasty, 50 miles southwest of Fucheng. The Buddhist Temple Tower was built in Liao Dynasty. According to Zheng De's Records of Datong Prefecture in Ming Dynasty, there are temple towers 60 miles southwest of Datong Prefecture, all of which originated from Liao Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, only the pagodas of Zen Temple remained. Now it is managed by Datong Ancient Building Cultural Relics Protection Office. Qing Shunzhi's Annals of Yunzhong County: "Shi Chan Town is sixty miles southwest, and there are brick towers on it, all from Liao".
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5, Datong Guandi Temple Hall cultural relics protection units
Datong Guandi Temple is located in Gulou East Street, Datong City. Sitting facing south, it covers an area of 3572 square meters. It was built in an unknown era. According to the Records of Datong Prefecture, it was built repeatedly in the Ming Dynasty, and it was added during the reign of Qing Kang Gan. 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, Chunqiulou, Jieyi Pavilion, East-West Hall, etc. Be rebuilt. The structure and decorative techniques of the main hall of Guandi Temple in Datong have distinct local characteristics, which provide physical specimens for the study of architecture and Guandi culture in Yuan Dynasty.
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6. Cultural relics protection units of Pingcheng site
Pingcheng site mainly refers to Pingcheng site, the capital of Northern Wei Dynasty, and China site in the middle of Northern Wei Dynasty, which is located in Datong and its vicinity. 1987 is listed as a national cultural relics protection unit. It consists of three parts: the city wall and the ruins in the city (palace and hall), the Dengbai Mountain site and the Fangshan Yongguling site. Pingchengmen in Luoyang is the south gate of the palace before Emperor Xiaowen moved to the capital, which is equivalent to Tiananmen Square in Beijing. In Nara, Japan, there is the site of the ancient capital Heisei, which is Japan's world cultural heritage.
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7. China Sculpture Museum
China Sculpture Museum, located in the north wall of Datong, is the first professional theme museum in China. The building area of the museum is 32,000 square meters, the exhibition area is 26,000 square meters, and the exhibition line is 2 100 meters. The first batch of 5 19 works were exhibited, including works by famous sculptors and outstanding works in the annual Ceng Zhushao Sculpture Scholarship Exhibition. At present, China Sculpture Museum is the only specialized sculpture museum in China, which aims at the collection, exhibition, art research, public education, art exchange, social service and other public welfare undertakings of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign sculpture works. The whole museum will aim at exhibitions, collections, research and public art education.
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8. Shaling Mausoleum Cultural Relics Protection Unit
9. Datong Gulou Cultural Relics Protection Unit
Datong Drum Tower was built in Ming Dynasty. It should match the bell tower to tell the time. During the years of Shunzhi, Qianlong and Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, it was repaired. According to the Records of Datong County, there were many pavilions in Datong in Ming Dynasty, including Taiping Tower in Heyang Street in the east, Bell Tower in Qingyuan Street in the west, Kuixing Building in Wuding Street in the north and Drum Tower in Yongtai Street in the south. So far, only the Drum Tower has survived. The drum tower is nearly square in plane, with three rooms in width and depth. It is about 20 meters high, east-west length 18 meters, and north-south width 14 meters. The four corners of the bottom floor are bluestone with a cross doorway in the middle. There is a three-story brick-wood pavilion above, with cornices on each floor, buckets under the cornices, and a cross mountain on the top floor. Each floor is surrounded by doors, cloisters and columns. There is a big drum on the top floor, which used to tell the time at night, but now it doesn't exist.
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Tang Ming Park in Northern Wei Dynasty.
Tang Ming in Peiping is one of the four famous places in the history of China (Chang 'an Tang Ming in the Han Dynasty, Pingcheng Tang Ming in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Weiwei Uterine Hall in Luoyang City in the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Ming, the capital of the Song Dynasty). It was the place where the Northern Wei emperors held ceremonies such as court meetings, sacrifices and celebrations. It is the carrier of ritual culture, the only Mingtang restored in the original site at present, and the city symbol of Pingcheng site. His son Pi Yong is equivalent to today's China Academy of Sciences. Tang Ming in Beiping City is the product of national political power and national integration.