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 of 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.