Lingqiu County Tourist Attractions
◆Pingxingguan Battle Ruins
The national key cultural relics protection unit, 30 kilometers away from the county, the main scenic spot with a planning area of 48,000 acres, including the Pingxingguan Pass, Battle Memorial Hall, the main battlefield of Qiaogou, the Old Master's Temple, and Dengfeng Temple, the five main attractions. Pingxingguan is an important pass on the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, since ancient times for the soldiers to fight. 1937 September 25, Lin Biao, Nie Rongzhen rate of the Eighth Route Army 115 divisions in this annihilated more than 1,000 Japanese invaders, dealt a heavy blow to the aggressor's arrogance, and greatly inspired the confidence of the whole country's resistance to the war. Now the Pingxingguan scenic area is characterized by verdant pines and cypresses, tall willows, and majestic mountains. Every time you visit the area, you will feel as if you are in the battlefield filled with smoke and witness the heroic scenes of the Eighth Route Army in the year when they fought bravely to kill the enemy.
◆Tomb of King Wuling of Zhao
The provincial key cultural relics protection unit, located in the center of the county, covers an area of 6,000 square meters. King Wuling of Zhao, the sixth king of Zhao during the Warring States period, was buried here. Tomb mound circumference of 220 meters, 10 meters high. After remodeling the pagoda and the mound, Wuling's Tomb looks more magnificent and lofty.
◆Northern Wei Jueshan Temple
Provincial key cultural relics protection units, located in the county 15 kilometers south of the 108 line next to the area of 8100 square meters, was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty Taihe seven years, after the Qing Dynasty repeatedly rebuilt. The main attractions include: Tower Wells Mountain Qi, 13 layers of Liao Dynasty dense eaves type brick tower, Cuiyun Cave, the smallest brick tower in Shanxi and more than 30 temple buildings. The scenic spot is surrounded by peaks, Tang water, morning bells and evening drums, and picturesque scenery. It is a Buddhist holy place known far and near, and is crowded with tourists all year round.
◆Peach Blossom Mountain Natural Series of Caves
It is located in Shahumen Village of Hongshi Elevated Banks Township. Main attractions: Peach Blossom Mountain, steep and peculiar mountains, lush grass and trees; waterfalls, each with its own characteristics, magnificent; caves, 1.7 million years of history is still in the growth period (the only one in the north), stalactites inside the cave, such as white jade curtains, such as brocade mantle, such as clumps of mushrooms, such as the peach blossom fairies, a thousand shapes and sizes, spectacular; Bat Cave, the main cave depth of more than 70 meters, there are six exits, high and wide, tens of thousands of people, and the cave has been opened in all directions, and there is a large number of caves, and there are a lot of people who can see them. There are tens of thousands of bats hanging upside down on the roof of the cave, day and night, very interesting, the natural murals on the roof and walls of the cave are vivid, attracting tourists from all directions.
◆Tang Dynasty Stone Buddha Mound Group of Qu Hui Temple
Provincial key cultural relics protection units, was built in the twenty-first year of the Kaiyuan era, for the Wutai Mountain Buddhist Temple of the lower house, ten years after the construction of the temple carving a large number of granite Buddha statues, construction of 360 pagodas, in accordance with the order of the Qu Hui Temple is buried in the underground of the dozens of miles in the circumference of the temple. The high artistic level and large scale of its stone Buddha statues are rare in the country, providing valuable and rich physical information for the study of stone carving art and history of development of Buddhism in Tang Dynasty.
◆Dianziliang Aerial Prairie
One of the seven green areas in the province is located at the border of Jin and Hebei, with an altitude of 2,151 meters and a scenic area of 60 square kilometers. The top area of 30,000 acres, flat and vast, boundless sky like a dome, covering the four fields, grass and trees, frank as the main road. In summer, the climate is cool, the pheasants are flocked, the cows and sheep are full of mountains, a typical grassland scenery, has opened the yurt, horseback riding and other service projects, and has become a recreation, excursion, summer resort.
◆Nanshan Natural Scenic Area
Including 6 townships, the total area is more than 1000 square kilometers. In the scenic area, there is no mountain without wonder, no water without show, fresh air and charming scenery, and many mountain villages still retain the ancient charm of small bridges and flowing water. Main attractions: Ming Dynasty Inner Great Wall, built in the Ming Dynasty Wanli years, stretching 100 kilometers, most of the old fortresses are still well-preserved, the remains of the ancient battlefield still exists; the Northern Wei Dynasty ancient palisades, built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, chiseled and repaired on the east bank of the Tang River cliffs on top of the cliffs, the Tang Dynasty, known as the "Flying Fox Road"; huatahuatan Nature Reserve, covering a total area of 25,400 acres, with a green sandalwood woodland area of 0.5 million mu. The green sandalwood forest area of 0.9 million acres, is the lowest elevation in Datong City (558 meters), surrounded by mountains, beautiful scenery, "Jiangnan outside the plug"; Dengfeng Temple, "pine and cypress do not mess", "sunset mountain red ", a spectacle, for the Lingqiu "nine scenes" one; Tang River coastal scenery, Tang River in Lingqiu territory is 58 kilometers long, where, the formation of flowing water, green trees, grassy beaches, wildflowers, the blue sky as one of the quiet natural scenery, the world-famous eye far away, the earth as a weave, Tang as a band, picturesque.