Wenying Lake Park locates in the city center of Datong, which was built in 1957. The park was rebuilt on the basis of the original Wenying Lake Reservoir. Wenying Lake Park covers an area of 6.74 million square meters, with the vegetation area of 4 million square meters and the water area of 4.33 m...
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Yunlu Street is one of the famous cultural scenic spots in Datong. Also named as Yunlu Ancient Culture Street, it locates in the Confucian Cultural Tourism Scenic Area, within the city wall. There are one archway at the entrance of each of the north and south streets. Yunlu Street is 200 meters lon...
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Datong Confucian Temple or Confucius Temple locates in the southeast of Datong Old City. It was firstly rebuilt in 489, during the North Wei Dynasty, by Emperor Xiaowen in the capital. It was proved to be the first Confucian Temple in China. After many times of the repairing work, it is now a majes...
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Jinhuagong National Mine Park locates 13 kilometers west of Datong, near the Yungang Grottoes. In 2000, the "Underground Secret Tour" project was established here, which is the first one in China and even in Asia. The park integrates the industrial site protection, environmental renewal, ecological...
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Yunlin Temple is also called Yunlin Zen Temple or West Temple. It locates in Yanggao County, 76 kilometers away from Datong. According to the historical records, Yunlin Temple was built during Ming Dynasty but nobody knows the exact certain year. It was expanded several times in Qing Dynasty. In th...
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Ruins of Pingcheng City is located at the northern area of Datong. In the past, Ruins of Pingcheng City is the capital city of the early Northern Wei Dynasty from 398 to 494. The excavation of Ruins of Pingcheng City has great values in studying the city’s layout of Northern Wei Dynasty and the an...
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Datong Grand Mosque is one of the two well-known ancient mosques in Shanxi Province. Located at Daxi Street in Datong city center, the mosque was originally built in 628 during Tang Dynasty (618-907), and then rebuilt during the reign period of Qing Emperor Qianlong in 1742. With a history of more ...
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Datong Drum Tower locates at the Pingcheng District in Datong. It was built during the reign period of Ming Emperor Tianshun (from 1463 to 1464). The Drum Tower is a typical representative pavilion-style architecture of Ming and Qing dynasties, which fully shows the wisdom and strength of the ancie...
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Datong Museum locates at Taihe Road in Datong, which is a comprehensive museum, and also the landmark in Datong. It is also the second largest historical museum in Shanxi Province. The total investment of Datong Museum is 490 million RMB. As the National Second Class Museum, the museum collects mor...
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Datong Great Wall was firstly built during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 BC). Datong Great Wall is also known as the “Outer Section of the Great Wall”. It snakes 343 kilometers from Datong City along the border between Shanxi Province and Inner Mongolia. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1...
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