Datong, an ancient city that I thought of.

It's only a short three-hour train from Hohhot to Datong, and the train will arrive at 5: 3 on Friday and near 9: at night. On Saturday morning, Datong Museum, Jiulongbi, passed by Hokkeji. In the afternoon, visit Huayan Temple and pass by the Great Muslim Temple, Chunyang Palace, Fenglinge, Shanhua Temple and the city wall. On Sunday morning, I visited Fuwen Temple and passed Guandi Temple, Dijun Temple, Ancient City Folk Museum and Ancient City Geological Museum. The train will arrive in Hohhot at two o'clock in the afternoon and five o'clock.

Datong's history: it was a lake river one million years ago, but it became a mulberry field after drying up. A volcano erupted 1, years ago, and after cooling, people (Xujiayao people) gradually came into being. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, this place has been called Daidi, where Zhao Wuling, Wang Hu Fu, rode and shot. Liu Bang was surrounded by Xiongnu in Pingcheng, and Chen Ping also described this place as a rescue. Later, the Northern Wei Dynasty established its capital in Pingcheng (Datong). During the Liao and Jin Dynasties, it was occupied by the Liao and Jin Dynasties and was called Xijing. Zhu Gui, the 13th son of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, was the acting king here. Qing dynasty was an important town. Because of its special position, it wanders between the two civilizations, and it is also Hu Yihan, which cannot be separated, so the society of Datong has another charm.

Huayan Temple: It is the most worth seeing in Datong. A careful tour will take at least three hours. Tickets for 65 yuan can be booked online in 5 yuan at least 2 hours in advance.

Huayan Temple is located in the southwest corner of Datong ancient city. It was built in the seventh year of Liaozhongxi (AD 138) and named after the Buddhist classic Huayan Jing. At the same time, it has the nature of the royal ancestral temple in Liao country and has a prominent position. After being destroyed by the war, Jin Tianju was rebuilt in 114.

the temple sits west to east, and more than 3 single buildings, such as the mountain gate, the Puguang Hall, the Ursa Mahayana Hall, the Bhagata Tibetan Hall, and the Huayan Pagoda, are arranged on the north and south main axes respectively, with strict layout.

Huayan Temple, covering an area of 66, square meters, is an ancient and well-preserved temple complex in China. In 1961, it was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 214, it was approved as a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

The glazed kiss on the main ridge is very large, 4.5 meters high, and consists of eight glazed components. The northern kiss is the original of the Jin Dynasty. South Kiss was made in Ming Dynasty, and it is also the largest glazed kissing beast in ancient buildings in China.

Every day, monks recite scriptures here, and they are not allowed to take photos, but only take photos of the environment. At first, a monk knocks with a wooden hammer with different rhythms, and then chanting begins.

Huayan Pagoda: It was restored and built according to the records in Liao History and Geography. The wooden tower is square in plane, with a total height of 43.5 meters. It is a three-story and four-eaves pure wood tenon-mortise structure, all built according to the architectural techniques of Liao and Jin Dynasties. The tower is layered with the Buddha Sakyamuni, Guanyin Bodhisattva and Jiaojiao Bodhisattva carved in sandalwood.

The tower bottom covers an area of nearly 5 square meters, and it is made of 1 tons of pure copper. In the underground palace, algae wells, towers, murals, floors, escalators, etc. are carved, forged, branded, line carved and other copper techniques. When completed, it is the largest and pure copper underground palace in China. Four main buddhas and 448 small sacrificial buddhas are enshrined on the four walls of the Thousand-Buddha Underground Palace, and there are more than 1, embossed Buddha statues on the walls and towers. In the crystal relic pagoda in the center of the underground palace, the Buddhist monk relic is greeted. The relief recorded the life experience of Sakyamuni with patterns.

Huayan Pagoda is the second largest square wooden pagoda with pure wood tenon and mortise structure in China after Yingxian Wooden Pagoda. It is 43 meters high, with a golden plate on the top and a lotus pond on the bottom, especially the underground palace of a thousand buddhas with an area of nearly 5 square meters under the pagoda. It is made of 1 tons of pure copper, and it is resplendent and magnificent, and it is the only one in China. It is a model of the perfect combination of tradition and reality.

around the interior of the Tibetan Hall of the Bhagavad Sect, there are two storeys of pavilion-style Tibetan scriptures cabinets, with 38 rooms. At the rear window, there are five wooden palaces and pavilions connected by arch bridges, and the two sides are connected with the upper part of the left and right wall by arch bridges. The wall is divided into upper and lower floors, and the lower floor is provided with doors, and the cabinet is placed on the stacked base. Its upper part is a flat seat with waist eaves, on which a Buddhist shrine is placed. Inside the niche, the top flat chess and the painted pattern of the waist-eave visor were painted in Liao Dynasty, and there were hooks outside. The niche is covered with a wooden roof, with rafters, tiles, ridges, ridges and kisses, which are almost the same as large buildings. There are 17 kinds of bucket arches used. Stigma bucket arch is the most complicated type of bucket arch in Liao Dynasty. There are 37 kinds of geometric patterns carved and hollowed out on the waist fence of Goulan. Pavilion carvers are extremely fine and varied. They are the only wooden building model of Liao Dynasty in China, which has important scientific research value. They were called "an orphan in the sea" by the late architect Liang Sicheng. In the Tibetan Classics Pavilion, * * * has more than 1,7 letters and more than 18, volumes of Tibetan Classics of Ming and Qing Dynasties, including more than 1,7 volumes of Buddhist Scriptures engraved during Yongle and Wanli periods of Ming Dynasty. The Buddhist Scriptures are covered with silk cotton, which is the top grade of Buddhist Scriptures. There is also a complete set of "Long Zang" in the Qing Dynasty.

among the bodhisattva statues on the Buddhist altar, a smiling "crossing one's hands and bared one's teeth" is the most vivid one, which can be called a "miracle". The statue is about two meters high, standing barefoot on the lotus platform, with a plump figure, thin upper body, fitting clothes, hanging ribbons on elbows, high hair, slightly sideways posture, slightly inclined neck, eyes half open, lips slightly open, hands folded, raised to the chest and grinning, and was given the nickname "Venus of the East".

Confucian Temple, also known as Confucius Temple. A place where teachers are respected and teaching is valued. Datong Confucian Temple was built in Ming Dynasty.

A lecture hall on Chinese studies is being held here. Listening to Chinese studies in such a temple and in such an environment has made me feel different.

Jiulong wall was originally the shadow wall of Zhu Gui (the 13th son of Zhu Yuanzhang).

located in the inner city, facing north, it was built in the 25th year of Hongwu (1392). The wall is 45.5 meters long from east to west, 8 meters high, 2.2 meters thick and 45.5 meters long. It is the largest existing dragon wall in China, with the earliest building age, and it is the first of the Nine Dragons Wall in China. Nine dragons are evenly and harmoniously distributed on the wall. Both sides are sun and moon patterns. The wall is made of 426 pieces of specially-made multicolored glazed components. Nine flying dragons are magnificent, and the momentum of flying leaps from the wall. The gap between dragons is filled with patterns of rocks and water plants, which reflect and contrast each other. The top of the wall is covered with glazed tiles, and the top is supported by glazed bucket arches. At the bottom of the wall is Sumitomo, with a height of 2.9 meters, which is solid and rich, and 41 groups of two dragons playing with beads are carved on it. The waist is made up of 75 glazed bricks in relief, with many animal images such as cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, deer and rabbits, which are lively and colorful. Jiulongbi is a provincial cultural relics protection unit. On June 25th, 21, as an ancient building in Ming Dynasty, Datong Jiulong Wall was approved by the State Council to be included in the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Datong's diet is similar to ours, but the taste is not as salty as ours. It is moderate, the food is good in color and flavor, and the environment is good and the price is too close to the people. The places I have been to in two days are delicious, regardless of size.