Datong
In addition to Yungang Grottoes, there are also Nine Dragon Walls, Huayan Temple, Shanhua Temple, Fahua Temple, etc. that you can play. The “Buddha City” is truly well-deserved.
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📍【Nine Dragon Wall】
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🌟The earliest, largest and most magnificent Nine Dragon Wall in existence in my country.
🌟Represents the highest level of glaze manufacturing in the Ming Dynasty. Hundreds of glazed bricks are used to form nine giant dragons, rocks, clouds, etc. When splicing, the blocks must be connected and the layers must be consistent.
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👁️The nine dragons on the front🐉 are majestic and majestic, rushing between the waves and clouds, separated by rocks and water plants, with rich elements and bright colors.
👁️Two layers of mythical beasts at the girdle position at the bottom of the wall. The first layer has lions, elephants, deers, unicorns, etc.; the second layer has 41 groups of patterns of two dragons playing with beads. It is not eye-catching as a whole, but it adds a lot of interest.
👁️The “rising sun” and “bright moon in the sky” on both sides of the wall. The sun and moon shine together, and heaven and earth coexist.
👁️Reflecting pool. There is a pool in front of the wall, where you can see the reflection of the dragon wall, which complements each other and makes it even more powerful. (But there was no water this time😭)
👁️The stone hook railing beside the reflecting pool. The stigmas have different shapes, including fairy, pomegranate, longevity peach, etc., which are very ancient.
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📸Details. I took random pictures of the entire wall, whether it was small patterns or different parts of different dragons, everything was exquisite.
📸Whole wall. You can go earlier in the morning, when there are fewer people and the light is softer, just stand on the side and look for an angle; dusk is better, the colors will be brighter, but there will be more people, and the right angle may not avoid people.
📍【Huayan Temple】
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🌟4A, a rare Liao and Jin temple. It is an older and relatively well-preserved Liao and Jin temple complex.
🌟Huayan Pagoda and Underground Palace. Under the tower is the second largest square wooden tower with a pure wooden mortise and tenon structure in the country. There is a copper underground palace built under the tower.
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👁️Huayan Tower. ◎Look at the building. Huayan Pagoda was rebuilt according to the records in “History of Liao Dynasty and Geography”. It is a three-story, four-eaves pure wood mortise and tenon structure. It is a Liao and Jin construction technique. It is the second largest pure wood mortise and tenon structure in the country after the wooden pagoda in Ying County. Structure of square wooden tower. ◎Climb the tower for a distant view. Enjoy the panoramic view of the ancient city.
👁️Underground palace. The underground palace under the Huayan Pagoda is made of 100 tons of pure copper. There are four main Buddhas and 448 small supporting Buddhas. The central relic pagoda houses the relics of eminent monks.
👁️Daxiong Hall. ◎The glazed owl kiss on the main ridge is tall and exquisite. The northern kiss is an original from the Jin Dynasty; the southern kiss is from the Ming Dynasty. ◎There are five Buddhas in the center of the hall. The three in the middle were carved in Beijing in the second year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty and placed here after they returned. ◎The murals on the four walls were repainted during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. ◎There are four stone steles embedded in the wall outside the palace, which are steles of the “Book of Changes” written by Zhu Xi, a famous Neo-Confucian scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty.
👁️The Tibetan Temple of Bojiajiao. Located in Xia Huayan Temple, the pavilion is the only wooden architectural model of the Liao Dynasty in China. It is of great architectural scientific research value and was even called “the only one in the country” by Liang Sicheng.
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📷Architecture. The architectural characteristics of the Liao and Jin Dynasties are that most of the palaces stand on the street foundations, the roofs are stretched and flat, and the doors and windows are simple and grand. Huayan Pagoda is even more ingenious. Both its appearance and the underground palace at the bottom of the tower are very distinctive.
📷Flowers and plants. In May, spring flowers are still in bloom, including many crabapples; in summer, there is a lotus pond under the Huayan Pagoda.
📍【Shanhua Temple】
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🌟The largest and most complete architectural complex of the Liao and Jin Dynasties existing in China.
🌟It has the largest existing mountain gate in China during the Golden Age.
🌟Four original buildings from the Liao and Jin Dynasties exist in one temple: the Main Hall and the Three Holy Temples in the Liao Dynasty, and the Tianwang Hall and Puxian Pavilion in the Jin Dynasty.
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👁️Tianwang Hall: It also functions as a mountain gate. It is the largest existing mountain gate of the Jin Dynasty, but it has the style of the Tang Dynasty. A square plaque of “Gushanhua Temple” hangs under the eaves.
👁️Three Holy Temples: The vertical plaque of “Three Holy Temples” hangs under the eaves, which is in the style of the Tang Dynasty and is different from the horizontal plaques of later generations. The hall enshrines the “Three Saints of Huayan” Sakyamuni Buddha, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Manjusri Bodhisattva. There is also a stele “Record of the Reconstruction of the Main Hall of Dapuen Temple in Xijing, Jin Dynasty” engraved in the 16th year of Dading in Jin Dynasty (1176).
👁️Puxian Pavilion: According to current archaeological research, this may be the second existing Early Tang Dynasty building after the main hall of Nanchan Temple in Mount Wutai (782). The opposite Wenshu Pavilion was built as a supplement.
👁️Mahatma Hall: ◎Twenty-four statues of heavenly kings with outstanding personalities and different looks. The disciples and Bodhisattvas under the five-direction Buddha lotus seat are also original works of Liao and Jin Dynasties. ◎There are murals on the west and south walls of the Main Hall. The cleaning lady told us that we need to make a telescope shape with our hands over our eyes so that we can see the murals clearly in the hall with insufficient light. It is very effective.
👁️Five Dragon Wall: There is a glazed Five Dragon Wall in Qianmen Square. Although smaller in scale than the Nine Dragon Wall, it is equally beautiful and gorgeous.
👁️West side garden: There is a world hidden on the west side of the temple, with long corridors, small lakes, and pavilions. It actually has a sense of Jiangnan, adding a lot of softness to the rough architecture in the north.
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📷Hierarchical architecture: From the angle of the Bell and Drum Tower, the confusion of heights and heights is the best.
📷West side garden: Temples are generally not suitable for photographing people, but the small garden is not only a beautiful scenery, but also great for photographing people.
📍【Fahua Temple】
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🌟Cultural relic Fahua Pagoda. have
Datong
The only existing bowl-covered glazed Lama Pagoda in the city is the Fahua Pagoda.
🌟The architectural layout is exquisite. This temple is completely modeled after Shanxi
Tianzhen
The layout and architectural style of Ciyun Temple in the county were reconstructed. Ciyun Temple was named Fahua Temple when it was first built in the Tang Dynasty. It was renamed Ciyun Temple during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. The complete architectural complex from the Xuande period is still preserved today.
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👁️Fahua Pagoda. It got its name because it contains the Lotus Sutra. It is composed of three parts: the tower base, the tower body and the tower brake. It is an Aquarius-style tower. There is a small window on each of the four sides of the tower. There are brick-carved glazed Vajras on both sides of the upper part, and the surroundings are decorated with “cloud scrolls”. The upper part of the tower is yellow and green. Purple and three-color round glazed eaves. The whole tower is holy and bright, and the details are worthy of attention.
👁️Featured glazed mountain door. Red, yellow and green are the main colors, bright and exquisite.
👁️Mongolian yurt-shaped bell and drum tower.
👁️Enter the courtyard four times. In addition to the main hall, every time you enter, the landscape is also very unique, with a small flower forest, a backyard with a wide view, etc.
【Summarize】

These attractions are all in the city and not far away. You can experience them if you have time.

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