Tourist attractions in Shuozhou: Chongfu Temple, Yanmenguan, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Shiyu Paleolithic Site, Ant Han Group, Guangwu Ancient City, Shahukou and Shentouhai Chongfu Temple are national key cultural relics protection units, located on the north side of Neidong Street in Shuoxian County. It was built in the second year of Tang Linde (665) by Wei Chijingde, Duke of Hubei. The main hall of Chongfu Temple is Tomi Temple, which was built in 1 143 and was built by Emperor Xizong of Jin Dynasty. It has a history of more than 800 years and is very precious. There are seven main halls with a width of 40.96 meters, four rafters and a depth of 22.5438+0 meters. The temple rests on the top of the mountain, with a single eaves and a total height of about 2 1 m. The temple is located on a tall platform pedestal, 2.4 meters high, and there is a spacious platform in front of the pedestal, which makes the temple tall and magnificent. There is a vertical plaque under the eaves of the front hall, the Amitabha Buddha Hall, which is an original work in the 24th year of Jin Dading (1 184). The statues of Amitabha Hall are distributed on four large Buddhist altars. The main statue sits down, with Amitabha in the middle, Guanyin Bodhisattva on the left and Megatrend Bodhisattva on the right. Buddhism calls it the Three Sages of the West. Like the four Buddha statues on both sides of the main body, the body is slightly bent; There are two King Kong standing in two corners of the stage, majestic and powerful, with bulging eyes. It seems that they are fulfilling their duty to protect the law. These colored sculptures are all works when the temple was built. Although it was reloaded in the Ming Dynasty, its shape, figures, costumes and face shapes have not changed much, and it is still a treasure in China's Jin Dynasty statues. Yanmenguan Yanmenguanling Great Wall is like a rainbow, reaching Pingxingguan, Zijingguan and Daomaguan to the east, reaching the secluded rock and connecting the vast sea. Go to Xixuangang, Ning Wuguan, Piantouguan and the Yellow River. There are two gates, the East Gate and the West Gate, which are made of huge bricks and fly over the clouds. There is a plaque engraved on the gate. Natural disasters and geographical advantages are respectively. There are towering towers at the east and west gates. There is a statue of Yang Jiajiang in the tower and Li Mu Memorial Hall outside the east gate. Unfortunately, when the Japanese invaders invaded China, these towers and Li Mu Temple were burned down. Yingxian Wooden Pagoda Yingxian Buddhist Temple Sakyamuni Pagoda is located in the northwest Buddhist Temple in Yingxian City, Shanxi Province, commonly known as Yingxian Wooden Pagoda. Yingxian wooden pagoda is located between the gate and the main hall on the north-south axis of the temple, which is divided into front pagoda and back hall. The tower is built on a four-meter-high pedestal, with a height of 67.3 1 m and a base diameter of 30.27 m, and is a planar octagon. The fa? ade on the first floor has double eaves, and the above floors are all single eaves, with five floors and six eaves, and there is a dark layer between each floor, which is actually nine floors. Because there are double eaves and corridors on the ground floor, the appearance of the tower is six eaves. Each floor of Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is supported by two circles of wooden columns inside and outside. There are 24 columns outside each floor and 8 columns inside. There are many diagonal braces, beams, trusses and short columns between wooden columns to form double-beam wooden frames in different directions. Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is the tallest and oldest existing wooden pagoda building in China, and the only wooden pagoda, which is also a national key cultural relic protection unit. Guanggu City Guangwu Garrison Fort is located at the foot of Yanmenguan Great Wall in the south of Shanyin County, Datong, Shanxi Province. It is the main throat inside and outside Yanmenguan, so it is called the key to the North Gate (the name is the same as the Badaling Great Wall in Beijing). Guangwu has two castles. The old one, located in the west of Gouzhu, was built in the Western Han Dynasty and rebuilt during the Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty. Located in the east of Jiaozhou, the new city was built in the early Ming Dynasty and named Guangwu City. Originally used as a residence for stationed soldiers, it later became a residential building. Two castles guarding the east and west gates, the situation is very dangerous. The predecessor of Guangwu Castle is Hook Plug, which was built by Zhao Ling during the Warring States Period. Guangwu in Sui Dynasty was changed to Yanmen County.

There are Tangzi Mountain in the east, Dabaoshan in the west, Leigong Mountain and Miaotou Mountain in the north, and the Great Wall of Wan Li extends from northeast to southwest. It is like a semi-circular wall around the mouth of Husha Lake, with steep cliffs on both sides, and Cangtou River runs through it from south to north, forming a natural pass with a width of more than 200 meters and a length of more than 3000 meters. The best time to travel: Shuozhou City is located in the Loess Plateau, with complex terrain, which basically belongs to the temperate continental monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of only 6.8 degrees. Datong is very cold in winter and even colder in summer. This is a good place to spend the summer. The most striking feature here is the large temperature difference between day and night. You, you'd better take an extra coat to keep out the cold in the morning and evening. Best travel time: Spring and summer are the best travel time every year. Gourmet: Shuozhou is rich in specialties. The most famous is Yingxian purple garlic, which is one of the national famous specialty products. Xiaoshikou is the most famous one. Its characteristics are: the head is fat, the skin is purple and thin, the meat is tender and firm, the taste is spicy and beautiful, and it does not change color for a long time. There are also green onions, which are concentrated in the southern mountainous areas. Among them, the scallion in Wang Jiayao Village is very famous in the whole province, which is characterized by thick and long scallion, unbranched nucleus, sweet and spicy taste, and four or six petals after slicing. In addition, there are oatmeal, astragalus and so on. Shuozhou yellow rice wine, a specialty of Shuozhou, began in the Western Han Dynasty. Raw materials: yellow rice wine, white wine and distiller's yeast. Technology: Shuozhou yellow rice wine is used as the wine base, and local white wine is used as the raw material, and added with koji for saccharification, and then squeezed and filtered to remove residue. Features: the entrance is sweet and soft, the taste is mellow and rich, and the alcohol content is low. Function: Rich in vitamins and amino acids, it has the functions of health care and promoting blood circulation, especially suitable for women and the elderly. Seabuckthorn juice is the most famous seabuckthorn juice of Pinglu and Youyu, and it is produced in large scale in cooperation with the famous brand Huiyuan Juice. Tourism introduction: Shuozhou City is located in the north of Shanxi Province, and it is a new energy industrial city. It is located in the south of Datong Basin, bordering the Inner Mongolia Plateau in the northwest, and bordering the East-West Economic Zone of China and the United States. It is the only way for Shanxi to reach the Inner Mongolia Plateau. The total area of the city is 10639 square kilometers, and the total population is 1.27 million. According to Shuozhou Zhiyu website, people lived here as early as 28,000 years ago. It belonged to Zhao in the Warring States Period and Mayi County and Yanmen County in the Han Dynasty. In the seventh year of Emperor Gaozu (200 BC), Wang Han moved here and became a county in the eleventh year. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Shuozhou General Government was established. Shuozhou belonged to Datong Prefecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), it was located in Shuozhou County and belonged to Yanmen Road. 1949 belongs to Chahar Province, and 1952 belongs to Yanbei District of Shanxi Province. Shuozhou was founded in 1989 65438+ 10.