Detailed introduction to Shanxi travel guide, real experience
It has to be said that Shanxi in the off-season is too fragrant!
I went to Datong once in the summer, there were too many people and the attractions were crowded. So I took advantage of the less crowded winter to go again, and played deeply for a week. I went to Datong, Ying County, Xinzhou Wutai, Taiyuan, and the experience was really good!
1️⃣ Going to Shanxi is mainly to see ancient buildings. There is a lot of history, Buddhism, and ancient architectural knowledge here, so you must do your homework in advance. You can read related books or find documentaries to watch, otherwise you won't understand many things at that time.
2️⃣ Yungang Grottoes are worth spending a day to see, one of the four major grottoes, to feel the exquisite art of the ancients. There are few people in the off-season, and each grotto can be carefully appreciated. In addition to the iconic smiling Buddha, there are many colorful grotto carvings that are lifelike, Wuhua Cave, Music Cave, the first time the local dog saw the colorful grotto was really shocking!
3️⃣ Datong temples Huayan Temple and Shanhua Temple must go. Huayan Temple is a royal temple of the Liao Dynasty. Look at the Daxiong Hall, Baojiao Hall, and the smiling Buddha with teeth. Climb the Huayan Pagoda to overlook the ancient city of Datong. There is also a pure copper underground palace worth seeing. Shanhua Temple to see the dougong, see the statue, both temples are one of the eight major Liao structures, the first batch of national treasure-level cultural relics.
4️⃣ There are many plaques worth seeing in Ying County Wooden Pagoda, inscriptions from celebrities at different times, just like bullet screens. When the wind blows, the bells on the tower vibrate with the wind, and from time to time there are swallows flying by, it has been like this for a thousand years. After watching the wooden tower, go to Jingtusi to see the Tian Gong algae well, very close.
5️⃣ I chartered a car to Fuguang Temple and Nanchan Temple in Wutai County. I knew about the story of Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin discovering Fuguang Temple before, the earliest discovered wooden structure building, the light of ancient architecture. Follow the footsteps of the predecessors and feel the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
6️⃣ Taiyuan went to Jinci and Shanxi Museum. There are historical buildings from the Song Dynasty to the Republic of China in Jinci, the earliest overpass of Yuzhao Feiliang, the statues of the Holy Mother Hall, and the plaques and couplets are all worth seeing. The bronzes, Buddhist statues and Jin merchants exhibitions in the Shanxi Museum are very powerful.
🚄Transportation: You can take the high-speed rail in major cities in Shanxi, and there are also buses between cities and counties, which are quite convenient. You can buy tickets at the bus station or online.
🍜Eat: Over-oil meat, knife-cut noodles, assorted hot pot, and shao mai are all recommended.
🧣Weather: Shanxi in winter is still very cold, I came from Beijing, I feel it is 10 degrees colder than Beijing, you must wear more clothes and stick to the warm baby well.
Deep mountain Tibetan ancient temple. There are three half-Tang structures in existence, and Wutai Mountain occupies two. The East Hall of Foguang Temple was built in the late Tang Dynasty and is the largest Tang structure in existence. Liang Sicheng evaluates it as "dougong majestic, far-reaching." Although Nanchan Temple is a rural temple, the scale is not as good as Buddha light, but the age is earlier, it is the earliest wooden structure building in China's construction year. The statues in the two great halls are original objects of the Tang Dynasty.
Foguang Temple is located on a hillside surrounded by small mountains on three sides of the east, south and north, and open to the west. The main axis of the temple is east-west, and it is treated into three platforms according to the terrain. There are more than 120 temples, halls, buildings and pavilions in the temple. Seven of its Middle East halls are Tang Dynasty buildings. Seven of Wenshu Temple, for the Jin Dynasty buildings, the rest are Ming and Qing period buildings.
Located 55 kilometers east of Taihuai Town, the Foguang Mountain is founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty Xiaowen Emperor period (471 499). The Tang and Tang reached a great height, famous at home and abroad, and known as "Asian Buddha Light". Tang Wuzong died and the monastery was destroyed. Tang Xuanzong Dazhong 11 years (857) rebuilt the Daxiong Pavilion. Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing generations have been repaired. The temple of Buddha Guang is grand and the layout is comfortable. The whole temple is composed of three courtyards. In addition to Tang Jian Daxiong Palace, there are Wenshu Palace, Temple of Heavenly Kings, Temple of Kalan Palace, Wanshan Hall, Xiangfeng Huayu Building, Ancestor Pagoda, Shijing Building, etc., all masterpieces in ancient Chinese architecture. The Buddha stage in the Daxiong Palace is full of 35 statues of the Tang Dynasty. The center is the Sakya, Maitreya, Mitada Buddha and Wenshu, Puxian Bodhisattva, standing on both sides of the guarding King Kong. The back of the central Buddha seat and other places have Buddhist-themed murals in the Tang Dynasty, the only early murals in China's existing wooden buildings. Although the temple was built 75 years later than the temple of Nanchan Temple, the value of architectural art is higher than the latter.
One of the only surviving Tang Dynasty buildings in China, a national treasure!
World first, domestic peak, go see, go see