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China optional tours: Datong |
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| Datong optional tours |
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2P |
3P |
4P |
5P |
6P |
7P |
| 1. Essential Datong 1 Day |
1560 |
1740 |
2115 |
2370 |
2540 |
2790 |
3030 |
| 2. Classic Datong 1 Day |
1180 |
1395 |
1710 |
1910 |
2175 |
2465 |
2710 |
| 3. Architecture Wonder 1 Day |
1760 |
1920 |
2350 |
2440 |
2650 |
2930 |
3190 |
| 4. Mt.Hengshan 1 Day |
1490 |
1790 |
1960 |
2190 |
2280 |
2640 |
2870 |
| 5. Airport Transfer (One way) |
260 |
290 |
320 |
360 |
390 |
420 |
450 |
| 6. Station Transfer (One way) |
170 |
200 |
230 |
260 |
280 |
300 |
320 |
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HOTEL ACCOMMODATION (In RMB/per room per night incl.abfs)
★★★★ Datong Hotel 490
★★★★★ Datong Hongan International Grand Hotel 590
The rate of an extra bed is accounted as a half room. |
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TRAIN TIMETABLE FOR TRAVEL (in RMB/pp) |
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TRAIN NO. |
DPT.TIME |
ARR.TIME |
HARD SLEEPER |
SOFT SLEEPER |
| BEIJING>DATONG |
2602/2603 |
23:42 |
06:03,NEXT DAY |
105 |
159 |
| 1133/1136 |
23:03 |
05:17,NEXT DAY |
| K615 |
15:40 |
21:48 |
| DATONG>BEIJING |
2604/2601 |
21:40 |
04:00,ND |
| 1134/1135 |
02:35 |
08:35 |
| K712/709 |
16:40 |
21:47 |
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Remark: The time schedule of the train shift is only for reference and subject to change slightly by seasons. |
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Datong, situated at the center of Datong Basin,is in the northern part of Shanxi Province. Through ages Datong had been an important garrison town because of its strategical location on the Yu River and bordering on Inner Mongolia. Datong was once served as the capital city during the North Wei Dynasty (386A.D.-534A.D), The city had officially become the center of provincial government in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the tall city walls were fortified in the early Ming Dynasty.
Datong is not only a Buddhist attraction but also the nearest city to Mt. Hengshan, one of the four holy mountains of Taoism in China. Therefore this city is popular for its harmonious coexistence of religions, together with its strategic importance in geography and unique rugged terrain in scenery.
Coal mining is the dominant industry.
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Yungang Grottoes
The Yungang Grottoes are said to be the best preserved sites in China with 53 caves containing over 51,000 stone carvings of Buddha and bodhisattvas. These status range from the tallest of 17 meters to the shortest of a few centimeters high with some of them still retain their original color. The grottoes were built between 460 A.D. and 494 A.D. in the Northern Wei just before the capital city of that dynasty was moved to Luoyang to build another set of grottoes there afterwards. |
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In 2001, the Yungang Grottoes were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site, considered as a "masterpiece of early Chinese Buddhist cave art... [and] ...represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asia with Chinese cultural traditions, starting in the 5th century CE under Imperial auspices." |
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Huayan Monastery
The complex of Huayan Monastery is located on the southwestern side of Datong City. The Monastery dates back to the early part of the fifth century. It consists of two courts, the upper part with the Grand Hall housing five large Buddhas of Ming Dynasty, and the lower part being renovated and enlarged for several times till its present scale. It is one of the largest Buddhist temples of wood still in existence in China today. The Huayan Monastery was originally served as the ancestral temple of the imperial family in Liao Dynasty (916A.D.-1125A.D) with sacrifices offered here during the annual ceremonies. |
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Nine Dragon Wall
The Nine Dragon Wall in Datong was built during the regime of the first Emperor of Ming Dynasty. It was built with 426 glazed tiles fired specially in five different colors. The exquisite design of green wave at bottom is as sea, blue background as sky and yellow as clouds. The glazed nine dragons on the wall are expressing their varying movements vividly, rising out of the sea and chasing the mythical suns with the supernatural ability to control the forces of nature. Being the oldest and largest glazed screen in China, though it has been standing there over 600 years, yet it is still in |
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perfect condition today owing to its perfect architecture and craftwork. |
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Shan Hua Temple
The Shan Hua Temple is located inside of the southern gate of Datong City and was originally founded in 713 A.D.during the Tang Dynasty. The buildings of the temple were destroyed by war in history, and were rebuilt during the Jin Dynasty (1115 A.D.-1234A.D.). It was one of the best preserved temples during that dynasty, covering an |
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area of nearly 14, 000 square meters, the Shan Hua Temple has three main buildings, the Gate, the Hall of the Three Saints, and Da Xiong Bao Dian which is the most important building in this temple. In addition to its great historic and architectural value, the Shan Hua Temple also holds a significant place in the Buddhist religion. |
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Wooden Pagoda
The Wooden Pagoda is also popular called in China as Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian (Ying County) where the pagoda is located. It is the oldest and tallest wooden structure in China so far. It is regarded as the "First Pagoda in the World" and an architectural wonder. Built during the Liao Dynasty (916A.D.-1125A.D.), this five-floor wooden pagoda has its history of over 1,000 years. There are nine floors actually to the pagoda with visible five floors and four hidden inside. |
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The pagoda was decorated with wind bells on the corner of each eave, housing Buddha statues and vivid murals inside on the wall. This rustic and simple structure was built in its unique and skillful craftsmanship without any single nail or rivet used to the construction. The whole structure was joined together only with brackets, tenors and mortises, which made it strong enough to resist against various kinds of disasters brought by either weather or earthquake. |
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Hanging Temple and Mt.Hengshan
The Hanging Monastery was built in 491A.D.. It has been survived over 1500 years. It was re-constructed and refurbished on a large scale in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The architecture of the whole monastery is a great wonder as the whole structure is supported only by simple buildup with framework and rock. Seeing it from the distance you could find it hanging in the mid air miraculously, hence the name “Hanging Temple”. This is the special monastery in which you could find not only the elements of Buddhism but also Taoism and Confucianism. There are around 40 halls with 80 sculptures which are vividly carved from copper, iron, terracotta and stone in this temple.
Mt.Hengshan,80 km south of Datong, lies one of the Five Sacred Mountains in China. The mountain is also a holy mountain for Taoists. It is said that Zhang Guolao, one of the Eight Immortals in Tao, practiced on the mountain and reached immortality. |
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备注
REMARK |
北京-大同-平遥-太原-北京
BJ-Datong-Pingyao-Taiyuan-BJ |
5-7D 1360KM |
7680 |
11660 |
12920 |
外宾可提供免费英导.司机住宿150/每晚
Guide Free Charge, DA: 150 |
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