Fun places in Datong

Let's take a look at the must-see attractions in Datong!

1 Yungang Grottoes in Datong

Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang and Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui are called the four major grottoes in China. There are 53 main caves and more than 51, stone sculptures, the smallest of which is only two centimeters, and the largest is more than 17 meters high. It is one of the largest ancient cave groups in China, also known as "the great miracle of the East". According to the time of excavation, 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 the Northern Wei Dynasty at that time, highlighting the characteristics of being tall, magnificent, upright and kind. The "Five Caves of Tanyao" was excavated at the earliest time, with great momentum and rich and simple western atmosphere.

Yungang Grottoes, which combines sculpture and painting, are magnificent and beautiful. 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 in go on road trip to park.

coordinates: Yungang District, Datong City Ticket price: 12

2 Hengshan Mountain

As the "Northern Mountain" in the "Five Mountains", it is also a holy place of Taoism. It is said that Zhang Guolao, one of the Eight Immortals, practiced Taoism in Hengshan Mountain. It stretches over 2 kilometers from east to west, and the main peak Tianfengling is 216 meters above sea level. Scenic spots include Tianfengling, Cuipingfeng and Qianfo Ridge.

There are two entrances to the scenic spot, one is the cableway 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-Miao Youting-Tianfengling (the main peak). Compared with other mountains, the natural scenery of Hengshan Mountain is average, but I heard from a donkey friend that the scenery of Houshan Mountain is beautiful, just like a fairyland, but I didn't go there because of time.

coordinates: hun yuan Hengshan South Road, Datong City Ticket price: entrance fee: 3, mountain entrance fee: 17;

3 Hanging Temple

Hanging on the cliff of Cuiping Peak in Jinlong Gorge of Hengshan Mountain, the Hanging Temple is the only temple in China where Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism are integrated. Hanging Temple is about 9 meters from the ground, and the highest point is about 9 meters from the ground. After years of river bed silt product, there are only 58 meters left. It was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It uses cliffs skillfully and adapts to local conditions. It has 4 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 doesn't use a nail. It relies on the tenon structure and is embedded in the cliff without falling down. In 21, it was rated as a strange and dangerous building by Time magazine. 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, hun yuan, Datong City

4 Huayan Temple

Huayan Temple is located in the southwest corner of the ancient city of Datong. It was founded in the seventh year of Chongxi in Liao Dynasty (AD 138) and was named after the Buddhist classic Huayan Jing. At the same time, it has the nature of the royal ancestral temple in Liao country and has a prominent position. The temple sits west to east and is divided into upper and lower temples. Shanghuayan Temple is mainly composed of the Great Hall of the Jin Dynasty (the largest Buddhist hall in Liao and Jin Dynasties in China), which is divided into two houses with strict layout. Xiahuayan Temple, centered on the Tibetan Hall of Boccaccio in Liao Dynasty, has a lively architectural style and many statues of Liao Dynasty, among which "crossing one's hands and bared one's teeth" is the most famous and praised by Guo Moruo as "Venus of the East". The statues and murals of the Liao Dynasty here are rare art treasures, and they are a relatively well-preserved Liao-Jin temple complex in China.

The pagoda in Huayan Temple is the second largest square wooden pagoda with pure wood tenon and mortise structure in China after Yingxian wooden pagoda. The pure copper underground palace and relics under the wooden pagoda are worth seeing.

coordinates: No.Xiasipo Street, Pingcheng District, Datong City Ticket price: 8 yuan

5 Shanhua Temple

Shanhua Temple, commonly known as Nansi Temple, was founded in the Tang Dynasty. The overall structure is relatively intact, and the temple buildings are strewn at random, with clear priorities and symmetrical left and right. It is the most complete and largest temple building in China during the Liao and Jin Dynasties. The mountain gate is the largest temple in China, and the three temples are dedicated to the three saints of Hua Yan. There are five Buddha statues with golden bodies and 24 clay sculptures of heavenly kings in Daxiong Hall, which are beautiful in shape and worthy of being a national treasure.

Coordinates: No.6 Nansi Street, Datong Temple City Ticket Price: Free

6 Datong Mosque

It is one of the two famous ancient Muslim temples in Shanxi Province. The temple has simple architecture and rigorous structure, with a main entrance, a cross-shaped pavilion, a stone bridge and a worship hall on the central axis. The main building is connected by four groups of halls, and there are bathing rooms on both sides of the central line, forming a downhill from the temple gate to the worship temple. The whole building not only has the characteristics of traditional wooden buildings in ancient China, but also has Arabic style. Most of the existing buildings are relics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The riverside pool, the back arch bridge, the meteorite platform, the archway and the stele building were built by Ma Chongqi, the general town of Datong in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The square minaret inside is quite Islamic. Its area is small, but it has national characteristics and profound historical and cultural heritage. The meteorite inscription in the temple is the only one carved on meteorites in the country.

coordinates: No.5, 9th Floor Lane, Daxie Street, Datong City Ticket price: 1 yuan

7 Jiulongbi

Built in the last years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, it is a glazed wall in front of Zhu Guidai's palace, the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 6 years. It is 45 meters long and the wall is 8 meters high. The wall is made of 426 pieces of specially-made multicolored glazed components. Nine flying dragons are magnificent, and the momentum of flying leaps from the wall. The dragon in the middle is magnificent and majestic. It embodies the superb carving techniques in ancient China and is worth seeing. It is one of the walls of four great dragons in China.

Coordinates: No.118 Dadong Street, Datong City Tickets: Free

8 Datong Ancient City Belt Park-Ancient City Wall

It is a famous ancient city wall in China. Datong City Wall was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1372) on the old earthen city wall of Yuan Dynasty, with a total circumference of 727.7 meters and a square city. There are four gates in the city, namely, East Heyang Gate, South Yongtai Gate, West Qingyuan Gate and North Wuding Gate. There are towers above the four gates, with the moon tower, the arrow tower, the watchtower and the turret standing at intervals. Outside the four gates, there are a urn city, a moon city and a moat. The city wall is tall and majestic, firm and steep, well-guarded, and all kinds of defense facilities are complete and self-contained. It is a famous town with characteristics in the history of ancient Chinese military architecture. 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, there is a strip park with beautiful scenery and green shade, which is a good place for people to walk and relax.

coordinates: tickets for heyangnei street in Datong city: free (just register your ID card at the city wall)

There are three famous scenic spots, which ones 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?

complimentary travel tips:

1. The best travel time in Datong: all the time except winter is ok. (April ~ October)

2. Datong cuisine: Daoxiao Noodles (Shanxi special cuisine), braised bean noodles (one of the local people's breakfasts), yellow cake, Datong hemp leaves (Datong's unique fried noodles), braised rabbit head, oily meat, mutton offal, etc.

3. Accommodation: There are all kinds of high, middle and low-grade hotels in Datong to meet different needs.

what are the delicious and interesting recommendations in Datong, Shanxi?

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Guangling Dried Bean Curd: Guangling Dried Bean Curd has the characteristics of complete gluten, toughness, fragrance and five spices, and is an excellent side dish to mix cold dishes and stir-fry hot dishes at banquets. It can be divided into salty and smoked. Salty is divided into dried tofu and tofu tendons. Recommended place of purchase: supermarkets or small shops in Datong.

oat noodle: oat noodle is a common pasta in northern Shanxi province. It is made by grinding fried naked oats into flour, then kneading the flour with boiling water, then cutting the mixed flour into noodles and steaming in a pan. When you eat it, you can mix it cold or heat the topping, which is delicious. The varieties are pushing the nest, rubbing the fish, pressing and branding, etc.

Recommended restaurant: Yonghe Hongqi Food City, Address: No.8 Yingbin East Road, Datong City.

Yingzhou sirloin: This is a local snack in Yingzhou County.

yellow cake: this is a common household food in Datong area. It has four characteristics of "yellow, soft, strong and fragrant", and it tastes soft and delicious.

Recommended restaurant: Hongqi Food City, Address: Yingbin East Road, Datong City.

buckwheat getuo: there are many ways to eat buckwheat noodles, including rolling noodles, pressing _ flipping, pancakes and kneading getuo. Among them, pinching Getuo (also known as pinching cat ears) is the most particular. After cooking, pour it with the plain marinade of eggs, bean curd skin, golden needle and fungus, or pour it with the marinade 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 in China for its four characteristics: delicious taste, tender meat, fresh quality and beautiful appearance.

Recommended restaurant: Tonglelou Hot Pot, Address: Xiaonanmen, Datong (diagonally opposite to Aviation Plaza)

Pea noodles: Mix pea noodles with white noodles or oat noodles, then roll them or press them or cut them. The varieties include fish-pulling, noodle-sipping, pressure-branding, etc. After cooking in the pot, pour them with eggs, bean curd skin, golden needle and fungus. The fragrance is rich and very palatable.

recommended restaurant: Datong food city. Address: No.3 Xinkai South Road.

Hunyuan crisp soybean: Hunyuan crisp soybean has five characteristics: fragrant, crisp, big, blooming and beautiful skin.

Datong-style bean jelly: Datong bean jelly is available all year round. It is mainly seasoned with salt soup, soy sauce, Chili oil, vinegar, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, mustard and chopped green onion, accompanied by shredded cucumber, shredded radish, coriander and dried bean curd. It tastes cool and delicious, and its taste is good.

Mutton Miscellaneous Powder Soup: Datong Mutton Miscellaneous Soup is also mixed with yam vermicelli, which is good in meat, oily but not greasy, mellow and delicious, steaming when taken out of the pot, fragrant and delicious, and has obvious functions of dispelling cold, warming stomach and relaxing body. It is a good dietetic health food.

Recommended restaurant: Huairen Mutton Handmade Noodles, opposite Dongguan Maternity Hospital.

What are the four famous cuisines in Datong City, Shanxi Province?

Datong, formerly known as Pingcheng, belongs to Shanxi Province and has the title of "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 special cuisines here. Here are some special cuisines of Datong. I hope you like them.

Datong roast lamb chop is a famous dish for entertaining guests, which evolved from roast whole sheep. In the past, hunting and nomadic people living in the north often baked the whole prey and the whole sheep by the bonfire, and gradually discovered the delicacy of lamb chops. It is delicious, convenient to eat, with a variety of ingredients and condiments, with the characteristics of beautiful color, fragrant meat, tender outside coke, dry crisp but not greasy, rotten meat and fragrant taste, which is very delicious.

The mutton in Datong is clean in meat, bright in color, red and white, and beautiful in appearance. The mutton in sour soup is made of Datong's finest mutton and sauerkraut. It is not only delicious, but also easy to digest, and it also has good nourishing effects such as invigorating the middle energizer, invigorating qi, appetizing and strengthening the body, warming the middle energizer and tonifying deficiency.

Lingqiu yellow sesame seed cake is a specialty of Lingqiu, which has a history of more than 3 years. Its main ingredients are white flour, sugar, sesame seeds, etc., which are made through multiple processes. It is beautiful in shape, golden in color, sweet and crisp to eat, delicious, oily and not greasy, and can be stored for a long time without changing taste and deterioration. It was also rated as a provincial famous special product.

Bitter buckwheat bean jelly is a Lingqiu-style snack, which is made of buckwheat flour as the main ingredient. The finished product is yellow-green, which tastes smooth, refreshing, strong and slightly bitter, and has a unique flavor; In addition to being edible, it has high nutritional and medicinal value, and has the effects of strengthening the stomach, benefiting qi, and sustaining the spirit.

What are the scenic spots in Datong, Shanxi?

1. Yungang Grottoes (national 5A-level scenic spot) Recommended reason: For the first time, a Buddhist art treasure house with royal style carved by a nation with a dynasty was approved by UNESCO to be included in the "World Cultural Heritage" list. Food recommendation: Daoxiao Noodles. Accommodation recommendation: Qingyin Inn and Fulin Hotel. Self-driving route: Datong Municipal Government-Yingbin Street-Weidu Avenue-Beidu Street-Zhenhua Road-Yongning Street-Yungang Road -S339- Terminal.

2. Datong Fangte Happy World Recommended reason: This is a magical dream paradise, which is 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 Yunzhong, is a treasure of history, the essence of cultural relics and the crystallization of Chinese culture. Gourmet recommendation: You Noodles. Accommodation recommendation: Datong Youth Hostel and Gucheng Jincheng Inn. Public transportation: Railway station: Take No.15, No.2 and No.3 to Qingyuan Street, and walk 5 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 titles of scenic spots announced by relevant departments, combined with the word-of-mouth evaluation, ticket sales, public awareness, network attention index and so on. The scenic spots recommended by major travel platform websites (Ctrip, Qunar, Tuniu, Feizhu, Tongcheng, 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 Yang, Yongtai and Qingyuan.