Taiyuan Trip Overview
Yingxian Wooden Pagoda and Hengshan Hanging Monastery are two historical and impressive attractions in Shanxi Province in China. This private one-day tour offers you an opportunity to explore both sites from Taiyuan with a local guide by private vehicle. Pickup time from your centrally located Taiyuan hotel is at 7:30am. Please note this is a long day tour.
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Duration: 10 to 12 hours
Starts: Taiyuan, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
Yingxian Wooden Pagoda and Hengshan Hanging Monastery are two historical and impressive attractions in Shanxi Province in China. This private one-day tour offers you an opportunity to explore both sites from Taiyuan with a local guide by private vehicle. Pickup time from your centrally located Taiyuan hotel is at 7:30am. Please note this is a long day tour.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Pagoda of Fogong Temple, China, Shanxi Sheng, Shuozhou Shi, Yingxian, Bei Jie, 佛宫寺内
At 7:30am, your guide will pick you up from your Taiyuan hotel, then take 3-hour car ride to Yingxian County to visit the impressive wooden pagoda. It was built about 1000 years ago in Liao Dynasty. The 67.31-meter pagoda is the oldeset woonden pagoda in the world. Though it is not allowed to climb up, but it is worthing viewing the historical building standing here for 1000 years.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si), Hengshan, Datong China
Then you will take another one-hour car ride to Hanging Monastery. It was built by the cliff and supported by the huge and long wooden pillars. The entire temple is impressive to view from below and above. Though it was built in 491AD, it is quite well-preserved. Moreover, it is interesting to see three religions in one temple, which are Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
Later, you will be transferred back to your Taiyuan hotel where the tour concludes.
Duration: 2 hours
