Datong Attraction
Datong is the second largest city in Shanxi, and it situated in the northern part of Shanxi Province, at the eastern edge of the loess plateau, consisting of 11 counties with a population of 3 millions (1.21 millions in urban district) and covering an area of 14,152 sq km (3,497,032 acres).
Datong is 236 miles west of Beijing and 219 miles north of Taiyuan, and it is an important traffic jun...
Yungang Caves
Type:Relics and Sites
The Yungang Buddhist Caves, located at Wuzhou Mountain, which is 16 square kilometers west of Datong, stretch for one kilometer from the east to the west. It is...
Yingxian Wooden Pagoda
Type:Relics and Sites
The Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, also known as the Sakyamuni Pagoda, is located in the Fogong Temple, which is situated in the southwest of Datong.
The pagoda tha...
Huayan Monastery
Type:Relics and Sites
The Huayan Monastery, located in the Daxi Street, in the middle of Datong in Shanxi province, is one of the only preserved monasteries from the Liao period. And...
Hanging Temple
Type:Relics and Sites
The Hanging Temple, the most famous spot of Hengshan, was located at the foot of Hengshan in Datong, close to the Yungang Grottos. The temple has a history of m...
Datong Nine Dragon Wall
Type:Relics and Sites
The Nine Dragon wall, located in the Yang He Street of Datong, was built in 1771 of the Ming Dynasty. It was the glass screen wall facing the gate of a house th...