Datong Attractions

Hanging Temple was built into a cliff (75 meter or 246 feet above the ground) of Mt. Hengshan in Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi province, China. It is also the most famous scenic spot in Mt. Hengshan area. Originally constructed in Northern Wei Dynasty (386-557) by only one man, a monk named Liao Ran, Hanging Temple has been standing...

Yungang Grottoes located in the south of Wuzhou mountain north bank of Ten-Mile River. It is about 16 kilometers to the southwest of Datong in Shanxi Province, China. Being one of UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yungang Grottoes is said to be the best preserved Buddhist cave art in China with 53 caves containing over 51,000 stone carvings of...

Nine-dragon Screen Wall is a famous attraction within the downtown of Datong in Shanxi, which was built in Ming Dynasty in by the price of Zhu Gui

As must-see attraction in Datong, the complex of Huayan Monastery is one of the largest wooden Buddhist temples still in existence in China.

Yingxian Wooden Pagoda or Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple is located in Yingxian around Datong, built in 1056 in Liao Dynasty

Mount Hengshan, or known as Northern Hengshan in Datong of Shanxi is one of the Five Sacred Mountains in China. It is a mountain for Taoism