Datong: Chinese ancient capital · World Datong

Datong is a historical and cultural city

Also known as Yunzhong, Pingcheng

Datong Zengwei

"Three Generations of Jinghua" (the ancient capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the capital of Liao and Jin)

"Two Dynasties Town" (Ming and Qing Town)

There are many cultural relics and historic sites in the domestic

Cultural and historical heritage

It is one of the first 24 historical and cultural cities announced by the State Council

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Millennium One Cave to see Yungang

Yungang Grottoes, formerly known as Lingyan Temple, Shifo Temple

Located on the cliff surface on the north bank of Wuzhou, Datong, Shanxi

East and west is about 1 kilometer

Most of the grottoes are excavated in the middle and late Northern Wei Dynasty

Later, there were construction from the end of the Sui Dynasty

▲ The rulers of the Northern Wei Dynasty advocate Buddhism, Guangjian Temple, and Grass Caves

Yungang Grottoes can be described as a 1600 -year -old stone history book

With more than 51,000 stones of stone carvings

The largest in China

One of the oldest grottoes in the longest age

▲ The head of the stone carved Buddha statue in the cave in the cave in the Yungang Grottoes Scenic Area

▲ The center of the center of the 6th Cave Cave in Yungang Grottoes

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Ling Emperor River Ghost Ax Magic Work

Hangong Temple, also known as Xuankong Temple

Located in Hunyuan County, Shanxi

Hengshan Xuankong Temple is existing in China

The unique temples of the only Buddhist, Tao, and Confucianism

It is built between cliffs

Founded in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

There is a history of more than 1,500 years to date

▲ The "spectacular" in Li Bai's mouth, the "wonders of the world" in Xu Xiake's heart

Xuankong Temple uses the principle of mechanics and semi -inserted flying beams as the base

Illness borrowed rock dare

Buluzhu upper and lower one

Connected from the corridor

Twists and turns are surprisingly false

▲ The suspended Temple is laid out as "one courtyard, two floors", about 32 meters long, and 40 rooms of the palace hall

The whole temple is a wooden frame structure

Cut the suspended beams on the steep cliff as the base

The pavilion is connected with the boardwalk

Leaning the steep wall

Down

The temple is not big but clever

It's also spectacular

▲ Xuankong Temple is located between such landscapes

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People in the north pillar are unsatisfactory, famous mountains

Beiyue Hengshan is located in Hunyuan County, Datong City

With Dongyue Taishan, Xiyue Huashan,

Nanyue Hengshan and Zhongyue Songshan are also known as the Five Yue of China

It is an outstanding representative of China Jinxiu Mountain

▲ The East and West of the Hengshan Mountains stretch for five hundred miles, and the 108 peaks of the splendid 108 are moving in the northeast.

Hengshan is a lifting of ground shell lifting campaign

A fault mountain formed

The rock formation is the ancient Cambrian Olympic pottery limestone

500 million years ago

Big rock area is exposed

Weathered severe crushing

The peaks and mountains are sharp

Diger cutting is deep

Relative height difference is more than 1000 meters or more

▲ The arrangement and morphological interrupt layer control of Hengshan Mountain

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Millennium ancient temple dream back to Liao Jin

Huayan Temple is located in the southwest of the ancient city of Datong

Founded in the seventh year of Liao Chongxi (AD 1038)

Named according to the Buddhist classics "Huayan Scriptures"

▲ Huayan Temple covers an area of ​​66,000 square meters, which also has the nature of the Royal Temple of Liao State

The temple is earlier in China

Save a more complete Liao Jin Temple building complex

It was announced by the State Council in 1961 as

The first batch of national key cultural relics protection units

▲ More than 30 single buildings are arranged on the two main axes of North and South, respectively. The layout is rigorous.

Tour route:

Yungang Grottoes → Jinhua Palace National Mining Park → Huayan Temple → Shanhua Temple

→ Datong Ancient City Wall → Datong Museum → Hengshan → Hangong Temple

Kind tips

Affected by the epidemic

Please visit tourists and friends before traveling

Learn about local epidemic prevention policies in advance

Open with the scenic area

Do a good job of making an appointment to avoid tiesting

Do a good job of self -protection while traveling

Enter the scenic area to scan the code to measure the temperature

Scientific norms wearing masks

Keep one -meter -line civilization tour

Huaxia ancient civilization Shanxi good scenery

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