main cities of shanxi: taiyuan , datong , pingyao , changzhi , yuci , yangquan , linfen , houma , jiexiu.
among the unsung wonders of china's history-soaked heritage are the 1,500-year-old buddhist grottoes of datong ---an eight-hour train journey from beijing---in shanxi province.
in a valley at yungang, some 10 miles west of datong and easily reached by taxi or public bus, more than 50 recesses have been dug into the hills and filled with buddhist statues of various sizes and shapes, 51,000 altogether.
from the 56-foot seated buddha to tiny figures just a few centimeters tall, every wall and archway is crammed with carvings, including serial-type representations of scenes from buddhist mythology and the lives of famous monks.
datong has several other tourist attractions – such as the 600-year-old nine-dragon screen made of glazed tiles, the huayan monastery with the largest wooden shrine hall in china, and the shanhua monastery, intact since 713.
location: 1,200 metres high in the north, northern part of shanxi province, the center of datong basin
neighboring areas: hebei, henan, and shaanxi provinces; inner mongolia autonomous region
physical features: surround by mountains, yu river running across from south to north, and its central and south part are occupied by plains, topography slopes down from northwest to southeast
population: 926,000
area: 2,071 sq km
nationalities: han
history: once served as capital during the north wei dynasty, named heng'an county in north qin dynasty, renamed yunzhong in sui dynasty, became datong government office in ming and qing dynasties. after the founding of p.r.c., belongs to shanxi province
climatic features: dry and windy, big temperature difference between day and night, annual rainfall 400-500mm, and frost-free 125 day
average temperature: 6.4c
rainfall: an annual precipitation of 400-500mm
rivers: yu river, shili river, kouquan river
products: grain, corn, potato, wheat, hulless oat, vegetable
local highlights: copper pot, ceramic
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