Shanxi, named after the west of Taihang Mountain, is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation and is known as the "cradle of Chinese culture". The recorded history can be traced back to 3000 years ago, and it is called "China Ancient Culture Museum". Today, Great White Shark introduces ten scenic spots that must be visited when traveling to Shanxi. The top ten scenic spots introduced today are Wutai Mountain, Pingyao Ancient City, Yungang Grottoes, Imperial City Xiangfu, Hukou Waterfall, Qiu Yun Scenic Area, Mianshan Scenic Area in Jiexiu, Jinci, Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon and Hengshan Mountain.

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The following table introduces the popularity, types, prices and suitable seasons of these scenic spots. Want to know more, just look at the following detailed introduction, including recommended attractions, projects, tourist routes and so on.

Top ten scenic spots

Wutai mountain 1

Shanxi, Shanxi, of course, the most important is the "Mountain"-Wutai Mountain, which is the Dojo of Manjusri Bodhisattva and the head of the four famous Buddhist mountains (Emei Mountain in Sichuan, Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang and Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui), majestic and beautiful. It is also one of the top ten summer resorts in China, a national 5A-level tourist attraction, and the only Buddhist Dojo in China where green temples and yellow temples coexist. There are many temples on the mountain, and emperors of many dynasties come to worship. Every year, tourists from home and abroad come to visit, burn incense and worship Buddha.

Mount Wutai

Admission: peak season (April 1 to1October 3 1): 135 yuan; Low season (1October 1 1 to March 31):1/8 yuan.

Opening hours: open all day throughout the year.

Address: Wutai County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province

Recommended route (three days): Droding → Yuanzhao Temple → Bodhisattva → Xiantong Temple → Tayuan Temple (Great White Pagoda) → Shuxiang Temple → Jifu Temple.

2. Pingyao Ancient City

Pingyao Ancient City, which was founded in Zhou Xuanwang period, is the most complete existing ancient city in China Han area, and it is also one of the only two ancient cities in China that successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city. It was rated as the most complete ancient county in China by world record association. The ancient city of Pingyao shows people an unusual panorama of China's cultural, social, economic and religious development. This ancient city is not very big. You can walk around it. If you don't want to go, there are electric cars for tourists to use. Here you can feel the rich cultural atmosphere of Shanxi merchants.

Ancient City of Pingyao

Tickets: (1) Ancient City Pass: 130 yuan; (2) Zhenguo Temple: 25 yuan; (3) Shuanglin Temple: 35 yuan

Business hours: 8: 00-18: 00.

Address: Kangning Road, Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

Recommended attractions: Xie Tongqing Ticket Office, Baichuantong, China Guard Museum, Confucian Temple, Chenghuang Temple and Qingxuguan.

Recommended route (two days):

Day 1: South Gate of Ancient City → Ancient City Wall → Confucian Temple Museum → Chenghuang Temple, God of Wealth Temple → Qingxuguan → Rishengchang Ticket Office → Dining, watching the performance of "Local Voice of Shanxi Merchants" → South Street → Xie Tongqing Ticket Office Museum, Escort Museum and other attractions → Qing Dynasty County Government → Watch Pingyao again for large-scale sitcom;

The next day: Shuanglin Temple Painted Plastic Art Museum → Zhenguo Temple

3. Yungang grottoes

Yungang Grottoes is one of the largest ancient grottoes in China and the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in China. Together with Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Luoyang Longmen Grottoes, it is also called the three largest grottoes in China, and also the three largest stone carving art treasures in the world with Ajanta Grottoes in India and Bamiyan Grottoes in Afghanistan. In 200 1 year, it was listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO. The statues here are magnificent and colorful, and different styles of grotto statues can be seen in different periods. There are 45 main caves and 209 auxiliary caves, and the carving area is1.8000 square meters. Maximum number of statues 17m, minimum 2cm. There are more than 1 100 shrines and more than 59,000 statues of different sizes.

Yungang Caves

Admission: peak season 120 yuan (April-65438+1October); Low season (11-March) 100 yuan

Business hours: 9: 00-17: 00.

Address: Yungang Town, Yungang District, Datong City, Shanxi Province

Recommended route: Square-Foguang Avenue-Sculpture Buddha Wall-Lingyan Temple (Mountain Hall and Water Hall)-Classic Writing Academy-Cave Group-Premier Zhou Memorial Hall-Yungang Northern Wei Shadow Play, Puppet House-Yungang Exhibition Hall-Performing Arts Center-Food Street.

4. Imperial City Xiangfu

The Imperial City Xiangfu is the former residence of Chen Tingjing, a great scholar in Wenyuange in Qing Dynasty, a senior official in the official department, the master reader of Kangxi Dictionary and a famous figure who assisted Kangxi for half a century. Emperor Kangxi stayed here twice. Therefore, people call this old castle with a long history "the Prime Minister's Office of the Imperial City". The Imperial City Xiangfu is a national 5A-level scenic spot, a rare official fort-style building complex in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and is praised by experts as "the first cultural giant in northern China". The most distinctive building in the core scenic spot of the scenic spot is the mountain building with "mountains and rivers as shackles", which is said to be built to resist the invasion of bandits. The whole building is a masonry structure with no square timber, which can accommodate 1000 people for refuge. This amazing military and civilian defense fortress is unimaginable even today, which perfectly interprets the wisdom of the ancient people in China.

Huang cheng cheng Xiang fu

Tickets: 120 yuan

Business hours: 8: 00-18: 00.

Address: Huangcheng Village, Beiliu Town, Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province

Recommended attractions: Yushu Building, University Campus, Stone Arch, Douzhu House, Heshan Building and Chen Shi Ancestral Temple.

5.hukou Waterfall

Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River is a national 5A-level scenic spot, a national key scenic spot, a "Top 40 Tourist Attractions in China" and a national geological park. It is the second largest waterfall in China and the largest yellow waterfall in the world. Hukou Waterfall has two best viewing periods. The scenic spot centered on Hukou Waterfall integrates Yellow River Canyon, Loess Plateau and Guyuan Village, showing the magnificent natural landscape and colorful historical and cultural accumulation of the Yellow River Basin. Hukou Waterfall in Hukou Waterfall Scenic Area of the Yellow River is known as "the wonders of the Yellow River". It is a golden waterfall, a hidden waterfall, a movable waterfall, a waterfall with different seasons and changeable scenery, and a waterfall with rich cultural connotations.

Hukou Waterfall

Tickets: 90 yuan

Business hours: 8: 00-18: 00.

Address: 45 kilometers west of Jixian County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province.

Eight wonders: underwater smoking, land navigation, playing with neon lights, flying mountains and standing on the sea, clear skies and rain, thunder in dry days, ice peaks hanging upside down, and ten-mile dragon troughs.

6. Qiu Yun Scenic Area

Qiu Yun, located in Xiangning County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province, is a comprehensive tourist and holiday scenic spot integrating tourism, leisure and entertainment, holiday health, folk experience, cultural exchange and other functions. Known as "the most beautiful mountain peak in ancient photography" and "the first scene of Hefen". The total area of Qiu Yun scenic spots is 2 10 square kilometers, of which 35 square kilometers are mainly developed scenic spots; The scenic spot is rich in natural resources, cultural landscape and cultural heritage, among which 1 1 Millennium ancient village is well preserved, which is a rare cave architecture ancient village community in southern Shanxi.

Qiu Yun scenic spot

Admission: 80 yuan.

Business hours: 8: 00-18: 30.

Address: Xiangning County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province

Recommended activities: Yuanyang Bridge (glass bridge), bungee jumping, hang gliding and zip line.

7. Mianshan Scenic Area in Jiexiu

Mianshan, Jiexiu, originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and was burned when he lived in seclusion with his mother in the State of Jin. It belongs to Taiyue Mountain Range, with an altitude of 2072 meters. It is a national five-year scenic spot with beautiful scenery, cultural relics, Buddhist temples and revolutionary sites. Mianshan Scenic Area is famous for its wonderful natural scenery and the secluded meson tui and the burning of his mother in the Spring and Autumn Period. Among the architectural groups, there are temples and palaces Garden buildings include pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, pavilions, corridors, pavilions and archways; There are ancient gates, city walls and camps. , it can be an ancient building museum (garden).

Mianshan scenic spot

Admission: 1 10 yuan

Business hours: 9: 00 -265438+ 0.

Address: Mianshan Town, Jiexiu, Jinzhong, Shanxi

Recommended attractions: Longtou Temple, Liguyan, Honeycomb Spring, Luoda Palace Tourist Area, Tianqiao and Yidou Spring.

8.Jinci Temple

Jinci museum, located in Jinci Town, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, 25 kilometers away from the city center, is a famous scenic spot at home and abroad. Jinci Temple, formerly known as Tang Shuyu Temple, was built to commemorate Tang Shuyu, the founding emperor of Jin State, and his mother Jiang Hou. The difficult old spring, the girl statue and the virgin statue in the scenic area are known as the "Three Musts of Jinci". Jinci museum is a historical and cultural heritage integrating ancient sacrificial architecture, gardens, sculptures, murals and inscriptions in China. It is also a magnificent chapter in world architecture, gardens and sculptures.

Jinci

Admission: 80 yuan.

Business hours: 8: 30-17: 30.

Address: Jinci Town, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province

It is recommended to visit cultural relics and historic sites: ancient buildings (Shuijingtai, Zhibo Canal and Jinrentai), stone inscriptions (Dongyue Temple murals, statue of Wang Lingguan), ancient and famous trees (Magnolia, Bai Zhou).

9. Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon

The Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon in Huguan has many natural landscapes, such as forests, mountains, canyons, caves, springs, waterfalls, pools and rivers. It is 4A scenic spot, National Forest Park, National Geological Park, the top ten most beautiful canyons in China and the scenic spots in Shaanxi Province. Huguan Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon Scenic Area covers an area of 225 square kilometers, with a forest and grass coverage rate of 74.9%. The main attractions are Baquan Gorge, Hongdu Gorge, Qinglong Gorge, Black Dragon Pool and Zituan Mountain. Kechun is a good place to travel. There are flowers in the mountains, scenery in summer, red leaves in autumn and snow in winter.

Taihang grand canyon

Tickets: 140 yuan

Opening hours: 7: 00-19: 00.

Address: Qiaoshang Township, Grand Canyon Town, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province

Recommended attractions: Hongdu Gorge, Shuanglong Lake, Qinglong Gorge, Black Dragon Pool and Zituan Mountain.

Recommended play: Grand Canyon rafting

Hengshan 10

Hengshan Mountain, the northern mountain among the five mountains, is a holy place of Taoism. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times and is famous for its rich landscape characteristics. Scenic spots are mainly divided into Tianfengling and Cuiping Peak, with the two peaks as the center, including Tianfengling Scenic Spot, Cuiping Peak Scenic Spot, Qianfo Mountain Scenic Spot, Hot Spring Scenic Spot and Hunyuan City Scenic Spot Group. Hengshan Temple Group and mountains, rocks, trees and caves set off each other and blend with each other to form eighteen wonders. There are more than 30 ancient buildings, pavilions and pavilions, and the "Hanging Temple" is the most famous.

Hengshan-Hangkong Temple

Tickets: (1) entrance ticket, temple group ticket to 47 yuan; (2) Hanging Temple: peak season: 130 yuan; Low season: 125 yuan; (3) Hengshan Temple Group: 55.00 yuan

Business hours: 8: 00-18: 00.

Address: Da magnetic kiln town, hun yuan, Datong, Shanxi

What are the tourist attractions in Shanxi?

As follows:

1, Pingyao ancient city is known as one of the "four best preserved ancient cities", and it is also one of the only two ancient cities in China that successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city.

2. Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province 196 1 was announced by the State Council as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in China, 12 was listed in the World Heritage List by UNESCO, and was named as the first batch of national 5A-level tourist attractions by the National Tourism Administration on May 8, 2007.

3. Mianshan, Jiexiu, Shanxi (also known as Jieshan) is located in Mianshan Town, Jiexiu City, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. It is a national 5A-level tourist attraction, the birthplace of China Tomb-Sweeping Day (Cold Food Festival), China Cold Food Qingming Culture Research Center, China Cold Food Qingming Culture Museum, and a key scenic spot in Shanxi Province.

Wutai Mountain is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. In 2004, Wutai Mountain was rated as one of the top ten famous mountains in China. In June 2009, Wutai Mountain was listed as a world cultural heritage. In 2007, it was rated as a national 5A-level tourist attraction.

There are many tourist attractions in Shanxi, which can be roughly divided into five categories.

First, the traditional trump card attractions. These scenic spots have a long-standing reputation and have a great influence throughout the country. They are the trump cards of Shanxi tourism, including Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Temple, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Wutai Mountain and Jinci Temple.

Second, emerging ace attractions. Although these scenic spots are famous all over the country, in fact, most of them began to be developed and moved to the whole country after the mid-1980s, mainly including Hukou Waterfall, Pingyao Ancient City, Shuanglin Temple, Wang Jia Courtyard and Qiao Family Courtyard.

Third, traditional excellent scenic spots. These scenic spots have long been tourist attractions, which are not inferior to the first two types of scenic spots in many aspects. However, due to various reasons, their influence in the whole country is not great, mainly including Guangsheng Temple, Yao Temple, Dahuaishu, Susan Prison, Guandi Temple, Pujiu Temple, Yellow River Tieniu, Yongle Palace, Hengshan, Niangziguan and Pangquangou.

Fourth, emerging excellent scenic spots. After vigorous development and publicity in recent years, these scenic spots have become tourist hotspots in the province, mainly Mianshan, Luya Mountain, Yuwangdong, Xinzhou Hot Spring, Huangcheng Xiangfu and Taihang Grand Canyon.

5. Scenic spots under development or to be developed. These scenic spots have beautiful scenery, but they are under development or undeveloped due to economic reasons, mainly including Lishan, Liu's former residence, Wulaofeng, Manghe, Motan, Xiaolangdi, Lingkong Mountain, Ling, Xiyagou and Wujiawan.

What are the tourist attractions in Jiexiu?

Jiexiu Museum 1

Jiexiu Museum is located on the north side outside the east gate of Shuncheng Street in the old city of Jiexiu, covering an area of nearly 20,000 square meters. It is a platform-style palace-style building, surrounded by a square city surrounded by city walls, and its four corners protrude like the podium of a turret. The museum has three floors and a small yard on three sides.

2. Jiexiu Fenhe National Wetland Park

The park is located in the south of Fenhe Bridge, Sanxian Avenue, Jiexiu City, north of National Highway 108, with a length of 2.4 kilometers on both sides. With the theme of landscape, vegetation and architecture, the park forms the main entrance, lake island, Qingming Garden, Fushou Mountain, wooden plank road and wetland plants, and plants trees, shrubs and aquatic plants 160 species.

3. Chenghuang Temple

Chenghuang Temple is located in Jiexiu East Street. It was restored in the eighth year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty, and was extensively restored in the forty-fifth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty to the fourth year of Qin Long. Covers an area of 34 15 square meters, facing south. The existing main hall is a relic of Ming Dynasty, and the rest are restored buildings in Qing Dynasty and recent years.

4. Zhang Lan Village, Jiexiu City

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period (about 2500 years), Zhang Lan Town was established as Wuxian County. As an ancient town with a thousand years' history, Zhang Lan is the distribution center of national antiques. Every year from September 17 to 19 of the lunar calendar, a national collection exchange meeting will be held in the folk arts and crafts trading market in Zhang Lan, among which porcelain is the majority.

5. Wenfeng Tower

Wenfeng Tower is located on Tianjun Peak, about 3 kilometers northwest of Yibuya Natural Village, Zhaojiazhuang Village, Lianfu Town, Jiexiu City. Built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, it is located at the top of Tianjun Mountain, the northern peak of Mianshan Mountain, with an altitude of 2009 meters. It has cliffs to the west, north and east, and slopes to the south. This is a solid cylindrical stone tower made of bluestone.

What's interesting about Jiexiu in Shanxi? Thank you.

Jiexiu is a famous tourist resort with beautiful scenery and pleasant scenery. Mianshan is like a screen and Fenhe is like a belt. Mianshan scenic spot is one of the six low mountain scenic spots. It is famous in the world for its "strange, dangerous and beautiful" natural landscape and "ancient, strange and unique" humanistic landscape. Most temples and Taoist temples are built between cliffs. The top of the boulder is belly-shaped, and the cave can accommodate ten thousand people, which is really rare. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Mianshan Mountain has been a place of sacrifice and tourism. According to historical records, in 1926, the king of Sweden took his family to worship Buddha on the mountain. Starting from 1996, it was invested and developed by private enterprise Sanjia Company. Up to now, the investment of 560 million yuan has been completed, forming the scale of the top ten scenic spots with more than 120 scenic spots. Since 2000, ticket revenue and the number of tourists have ranked first in five consecutive golden weeks. The main scenic spots in the province are among the best. Zhangbi Castle is known as "a twin city on the ground, a temple and a museum village", comparable to a Roman fortress, and its anti-geomantic architectural style is a miracle building in the history of the East. The Taoist buildings in Houtu Temple are magnificent and exquisite in structure. There is also the Xuanshen Building, one of the three famous buildings in China, namely the first cypress, the Qin cypress and the Sanjin, which has a unique charm and is amazing in the whole province and even the whole country. Pottery-making technology is a traditional technology in Hongshan Village, Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province. Hongshan Village was called "Tao Village" in ancient times. The spring source and Hongshan clay in Hongshan Village provide unique material conditions for Anyi Hongshan ceramics. According to historical records, Hongshan porcelain kiln is a typical northern folk kiln. Founded in the 13th year of Tang Zhenyuan (797), it has a history of 1200 years. In 2006, it was designated as "Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit" by the State Council.

What are the tourist attractions in Jiexiu?

Hongshanyuan Shenchi, Xuanshen Building, Zhangbi Castle, Qinbailing Scenic Area, etc.

1. There is a Hongshanyuan Shenchi in Jiexiu, which has not only flowed for thousands of years, but also irrigated more than 100,000 mu of cultivated land on this hot land and nurtured generations of hardworking people in Jiexiu. Moreover, because of its unique water culture and beautiful historical legends, it once became a famous model of water resources management in national history and the location of the first water conservancy museum in China.

2. Xuanshen Building is located in Shuncheng Street, Beiguan, Jiexiu City. It is a music building in front of Sanjieyi Temple, and also a street crossing building decorated in the center of the street. It was rebuilt in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty and Kanggan period of Qing Dynasty, with a small scale. In addition, there are a main hall and a pavilion. Four columns directly support the upper beam frame, the stage of the mountain gate is stacked up and down, and the roof crosses and rests. It has a unique structure, is vigorous and steady, and is magnificent. It is a masterpiece in the architectural history of China.

3. Qin Bailing is located in Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province, and is known as the hometown of three sages. Because of this, Qin Bailing is also the birthplace of Tomb-Sweeping Day, the main traditional solar term cold food in China. Qinbailing Eco-tourism Zone consists of Wengong Temple, Wengong Temple, Economic Forest Zone, Buddhist Temple and Fitness and Entertainment Zone.

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