What are the material and cultural heritages of Datong?

Yungang Grottoes are located at the foot of Wuzhou Mountain, which is 0/6 km west of Datong City, on the north bank of Wuzhou River. Grottoes are dug along the mountain, stretching for one kilometer from east to west. There are 45 main caves, with more than 1 100 niches and more than 5 1000 statues. It is one of the largest caves in China and a world-famous art treasure house. 196 1 year, the State Council was announced as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Second, Huayan Temple in Datong

Huayan Temple, located in Daxi Street in the center of Datong, was built according to Huayan Jing, one of the seven masterpieces of Buddhism, hence the name Huayan Temple. The main buildings in the temple are Daxiong Hall (Upper Temple) and the hall of Tibetan Buddhism (Lower Temple). Their buildings, statues, murals, walls and caissons are all examples of Liao Dynasty art in China.

Three. Datong ancient city wall

Datong City Wall is located in the downtown area of Datong, with an area of 3.45 square kilometers and a square outline. The existing city wall was built by Xu Da, a general of Ming Dynasty, on the basis of the old cities of Han, Wei, Tang, Liao, Jin and Yuan in the fifth year of Hongwu (AD 1372).

The wall is 14m high, 12m wide at the top, 18m wide at the bottom and 7.2km in circumference. There are four main city gates, namely, the East Gate Heyang Gate, the South Gate Yongtai Gate, the West Gate Qingyuan Gate and the North Gate Wuding Gate. At the same time, there are moats, suspension bridges, towers, watchtowers and watchtowers. The ancient city walls, moats and parks around the city have now become a beautiful landscape of Datong, the ancient capital of the Millennium.

Fourth, Shanhua Temple.

Shanhua Temple (the first batch of national protection) is the most complete and largest temple building in Liao and Jin Dynasties.

According to the records in the 16th year of Jin Dading in the temple (1 176), the temple was built in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, and was originally named Kaiyuan Temple, and was renamed Dafu Temple after the beginning of Wudian. Most of them were destroyed by the fire in the second year of Liao Dynasty (1 122), and the Jintianhui was rebuilt in the sixth year (1 128). In the 10th year of Ming Dynasty (1445), it was renamed today.