Datong Trip Overview
Explore the most famous highlights in Datong – Yungang Grottos and Hanging Temple within one day from Beijing. Yungang Grottos as impressive UNESCO World Culture Heritage have more than 230 grottoes and 50,000 stone sculptures showing the highest level of world carving art in ancient China.The Hanging Temple was first built over 1200 years ago and is special for its architecture and relating Buddhism and Daoism.
Additional Info
Duration: 17 to 18 hours
Starts: Datong, China
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Explore the most famous highlights in Datong – Yungang Grottos and Hanging Temple within one day from Beijing. Yungang Grottos as impressive UNESCO World Culture Heritage have more than 230 grottoes and 50,000 stone sculptures showing the highest level of world carving art in ancient China.The Hanging Temple was first built over 1200 years ago and is special for its architecture and relating Buddhism and Daoism.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Yungang Grottoes, Wuzhou Mountain, Urban Area, Datong 37000 China
The Beijing driver will hold client’s name logo and pick up them at Beijing’s hotel lobby on 4:30am in the morning , then go to domestic departure exit of terminal 3 of Beijing international airport, then fly to Datong directly, then the Datong tour guide will hold client’s name logo and wait for clients on 8:00am at domestic exit of Datong airport, then start the morning trip to Yungang Grottoes, which have more than 40 major caves of the size of Kukan 252 and more than 51,000 stone status. There are 53 grottoes remained at the site.and the site was listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site on 2001.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Nine Dragon Screen, Yanghe Street, Cheng District, Datong 037000 China
Then have lunch at a local restaurant, then go for Nine Dragon Screen, the glaze-tiled screen was built in 1770 during the administration of Emperor Qianlong.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Xuankong Si, Pingcheng, Datong, China, 037048
It is around 12 feet (3.5 meters) tall and 98 feet (30 meters) wide. It consists over 260 pieces of glazed tiles featuring 9 dragons over there. Then go to Hanging Temple at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, The Temple is the only one that enshrines Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism within one temple. The architecture is just wonderful and it hangs on the mountain cliff about 150 feet (40 meters) above the ground. After that, you will be transferred back to domestic departure exit of Datong airport, then the Beijing driver will hold client’s name logo and wait for them at domestic arrival exit of Beijing Nanyuan airport on 9:40pm at night time of Beijing, then transfer back to Beijing’s hotel.
NOTE: Departure domestic flight number: CA1119; 6:35am – 7:45am; Return domestic flight: KN2252; 20:40pm – 21:40pm; please provide all of people’s passport full names, passport numbers and date of birth, and please make sure that the passport information clients provided must be 100% match with client’s passport, otherwise clients are not able to board the plane, which is very strict in China.
Duration: 1 hour
