Shanxi Province Tourist Attractions Guide

City Wall in Pingyao

平遥城墙
Last updated: Jan 02, 2013  Posted: Jan 01, 2013
PingyaoShanxi ProvinceChina
Tourist Attractions in Pingyao
Hours: 
9am--5.30pm
Address: 
Pingyao

 The Ancient City Wall, 6.4km around, is square-shaped. On the east, west, and north of the city, the walls are built straight. Only on the south, the meandering wall is built along the Zhongdu River . It’s said that the city was built as a place of interest on the basis of the turtle that was playing with water in front of it and of the mountains and water which face the sun.






 

Zhangbi Ancient Castle

张壁古堡
Last updated: Dec 24, 2012  Posted: Dec 17, 2012
JiexiuShanxi ProvinceChina
Tourist Attractions in Jiexiu
Hours: 
8.00am -- 6.00pm
Address: 
Zhangbi Village in Longfeng Town, Shanxi Province
Price: 
Y60 rmb

This castle ,1040 meters above sea level, covers an area of 12,000 square meters, along the plateau potential construction, North South high low and stayed.Strategic defence base is both ancient and orderly villages.






 

Yingze Park

迎泽公园
Last updated: Feb 25, 2013  Posted: Feb 18, 2013
Shanxi ProvinceTaiyuanChina
Tourist Attractions in Taiyuan
Hours: 
24 Hours
Address: 
No.218 Yingze Street
Price: 
Free

Yingze Park is the largest comprehensive Park in Taiyuan City, located in the middle of yingze Street, the Park has more than 70 hectares, these yingze Lake is about one-third area of park. 

 






 

Yanmen Pass and Ancient Great Wall

Shanxi ProvincexinzhouChina
Last updated: Dec 24, 2012  First posted: Dec 17, 2012Tourist Attractions in xinzhou

Yanmen pass is located in China's historical and cultural city--yanmen mountains Northwest of daixian County.
Yanmen pass is not just a noun sense PASS. With the development of society, human understanding of yanmenguan deepening, our ancestors around the yanmen pass, to build the first  passes, forceful daizhou after yanmen pass great wall,.


Double Pagoda Temple

双塔寺
Last updated: Dec 22, 2012  Posted: Dec 19, 2012
Shanxi ProvinceTaiyuanChina
Tourist Attractions in Taiyuan
Hours: 
8.30am--5.00pm
Address: 
Haozhuang
Price: 
CNY30

Double Pagoda Temple in Taiyuan city is called"Double pagoda of writing style" and regarded as the mark of Taiyuan for the peculiarity of its shape.It was built in AD1608 with the temple and pagodas built at the same time. The two pagodas are 60m apart and ,when you climb up the top of pagoda, you can overlook the scenery of Taiyuan.   

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Chongshan Temple

崇善寺
Last updated: Dec 22, 2012  Posted: Dec 19, 2012
Shanxi ProvinceTaiyuanChina
Tourist Attractions in Taiyuan
Hours: 
9.00am--5.00pm
Address: 
No 9 Chongshan Temple Street
Price: 
CNY20

Nobody knows when it was built at the beginning, but it had been expanded by Zhu Feng , Zhu Yuan zhang's third son, in memory of his mother , Empress  Ma , including more than 1000 rooms of buildings , towers and halls ,raled as No1 magnificent temple in Jin State.






 

Yungang Grottoes

云冈石窟
Last updated: Nov 01, 2012  Posted: Aug 13, 2012
DatongShanxi ProvinceChina
Tourist Attractions in Datong
Hours: 
8.30am--5.20pm 15th Apr-27th Oct, 8.30am--5.00pm 28th Oct-14th Apr.
Address: 
Yungang Zhen
Price: 
Y150 rmb

​Yungang Grottoes ,carved in A.D.460 ,1500 years ago,are a treasure house of art as famous as the

Ajanta Grottoes of India and the mammoth Buddha sculptures at Bamyan in Afghanistan.The Yungang

Grottoes were carved on the face of a low ridge ,stretching one kilometer from east to west;they






 

Shanxi Museum

山西博物馆
Last updated: Aug 01, 2012  Posted: Mar 27, 2010
Shanxi ProvinceTaiyuanChina
Tourist Attractions in Taiyuan
Hours: 
8:00-18:00(Mondays off)
Address: 
Near Qifeng Street
Price: 
Free


 



 

Mengshan Mountain Buddha

蒙山大佛
Last updated: Nov 12, 2012  Posted: Apr 01, 2010
Shanxi ProvinceTaiyuanChina
Tourist Attractions in Taiyuan

Mengshan Mountains is located in southwest of Taiyuan city,the main mountain is 1325 metres high.

 


     



 

Huayan Temple

华严寺
Last updated: Aug 07, 2012  Posted: Aug 01, 2012
DatongShanxi ProvinceChina
Tourist Attractions in Datong
Hours: 
8.00am-6.00pm
Address: 
Fanggu Street
Price: 
Y80 rmb