Datong unveils summer routes for Shanghai residents
The Yungang Grottoes are a World Heritage Site.
The historic city of Datong in north China's Shanxi Province, famous for the treasured Yungang Grottoes, unveiled its summer tourism splendor in Shanghai on Monday.
A plan to attract 10,000 tourists from Shanghai to travel to Datong was launched in Jing'an District with lucky draws.
Datong, a cultural and historic city, was the capital city of the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 386-534).
It is home to many historical sites and boasts some of China's most valued historical treasures in addition to the Yungang Grottoes, one of the top four grottoes in China and a World Heritage Site. Datong is also home to the Hanging Monastery, a temple built into a cliff; Mount Hengshan, one of the five sacred mountains of Taoism; and the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, the oldest and tallest surviving wooden pagoda structure in China.
The Hanging Monastery is regarded as a work of art and a marvel of engineering.
The city is also known as a "foodie's paradise," and chefs from Datong showed off their exquisite skills making daoxiaomian (noodles shaved by knife), a popular flat noodle from Shanxi, in Shanghai.
Datong is full of delicious foods such as mutton and beef dishes and sliced noodles.
Suona (a Chinese double-reed horn) and haozi (labor songs) performances were also staged.
Four popular routes
Culture and History Tour Route 1: Yungang Grottoes – Huayan Temple – Datong Nine-Dragon Screen Wall – Shanhua Temple – Hanging Monastery
Culture and History Tour Route 2: Datong City Wall – Yunlu Street – Confucious' Temple – Huayan Temple – Datong Nine-Dragon Screen Wall – Mingtang Park
Geological Tour Route: Mount Heng – Datong Volcano National Geopark – Datong Clay Forest – Jinhuagong National Mine Park
Education Tour Route: Datong Museum – Datong Volcano National Geopark – Sanggan River Wetland Park – Datong section of Great Wall – Guangling Paper-Cut Museum
A hand-pulled noodles performance.
