Datong, China

Travel Blogs from Datong (150)

Cloud Ridge Caves, Datong, China travel blog
Cloud Ridge Caves
May 2, 2005

... can! WE end up taking a taxi to the Yungang Caves, Cloud Ridge Caves in English, which was about 10 miles out of Datong. The caves are pretty cool, there are 53 in total and there are over 51,000 stone sculptures carved from the mountain rock. The ...

A travel blog entry by trent
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the familiar and the friendly, Datong, China travel blog
the familiar and the friendly
Oct 2, 2007

... km west of beijing in the hills of northern shanxi province. i thought that beijing's air was pretty bad...datong's is putrid. that 70% of all the coal in china is mined here might have something to do with it. but i didn't really come for the city itself ...

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Travels in Shanxi, Datong, China travel blog
Travels in Shanxi
May 1, 2005

... get so excited when passing a cake shop! Anyway, after sleeping a bit, we take off to explore Datong, which was once the ancient imperial capital of China around 500AD. First we walked to Jiulong Bi (9 Dragon screen), which is a massive tiled wall ...

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Great Wall and Great Datong, Datong, China travel blog
Great Wall and Great Datong
Feb 13, 2009

... an american and a turkish girl who had been to the caves earlier in the day and said they were well worth the trip to Datong. They were hanging around the station as theyd met someone who said he could get them on a train to Beijing.   This morning ...

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Attractions in Datong (8)

Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes

16 km west of Datong, Datong, Shanxi, China

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There are over 50 caves with over 50,000 well-preserved Buddhist statues from the 5th century.
Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)
Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)

Hengshan, Datong, Shanxi, China

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The monastery was built on the cliffs of Mt. Hengshan, one of the five most sacred mountains in China. The caves and halls are connected by winding corridors and bridges.
Huayan Si
Huayan Si

Datong, Shanxi, China

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Nine Dragon Screen
Nine Dragon Screen

Datong, Shanxi, China

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Forum Discussions on Datong (4)

Help planning Itineraries to China
Posted on Sep 24, 2009, 11:34:31
I am going to go to China on my RTW trip. My list of cities included: Shanghai -> Beijing -> Datong -> Xi'an -> Chongqing and Yichang river cruise -> Guangzhou -> Hong Kong/Macao -> Guilin -> Yangshuo Any comments on those ...
Greetings from Kunming!
Posted on Oct 18, 2009, 11:09:43
... lived for 1-2 months in Harbin, Xinjiang (Urumqi and Turpan), Chongqing, Xi'an, Kunming, Lijiang, Dali, Pingyao, Datong, Anyang (Henan), Qinhuangdao, Tibet, Guilin, Yangshuo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macau, Chengdu, Kangding, Jiuzhaigou ... the list goes ...
From: Help planning Itineraries to China
Posted on Sep 25, 2009, 00:37:51
I am going to go to China on my RTW trip. My list of cities included: Shanghai -> Beijing -> Datong -> Xi'an -> Chongqing and Yichang river cruise -> Guangzhou -> Hong Kong/Macao -> Guilin -> Yangshuo Any comments on ...
What are the basic clothes to take?
Posted on Sep 11, 2005, 22:01:03
... you really need to air the place out. Just unlock it yourself. (just don't do it when you're coming in or out of Datong, China by train as you'll get a face full of black soot from the coal mines!) -When the carriage attendant locks the ...