Taiyuan top ten tourist attractions list, feel the unique charm of the land of Sanjin!

Taiyuan is also known as Bingzhou, Jinyang in ancient times, and Longcheng. It is an excellent tourist city in China, a national historical and cultural city, a national garden city, an important central city in the central region, and the core city of Taiyuan metropolitan area. Shanxi Province's political, economic, cultural, and transportation And the international exchange center is an ancient historical capital with a history of more than 4700 years and a history of 2500 years. Next, I will give you a summary of the list of Taiyuan's top ten tourist attractions and feel the unique charm of the land of Sanjin!

1. Jinci

Jinci, located at the foothills of the Hangeng Mountain and the source of Jinshui, 25 kilometers southwest of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, is a precious historical and cultural heritage integrating ancient Chinese shrine architecture, gardens, sculptures, murals, and stele art. It is also a world architecture., Gardens and sculptures are extremely brilliant and splendid chapters from the 7th century to the 12th century. Jinci is an ancestral hall dedicated to Ji Yu, the first vassal of Jin in the early Western Zhou Dynasty.

2. Mengshan Giant Buddha

Mengshan Giant Buddha is located in the northwest of Sedi Village, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, and is located on the north peak of Mengshan Mountain. It was built in the second year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty (551 AD) and has a history of more than 1400 years. Since the advent of the Great Buddha, it has been favored by the royal family and has a large number of monks. During the more than 400 years from the Northern Qi Dynasty to the Northern Han Dynasty, emperors such as Li Yuan, Li Zhi, Wu Zetian, Liu Zhiyuan and Liu Jiyuan came here to worship the Buddha.

3. Tianlong Mountain

Tianlong Mountain is a scenic spot in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, formerly known as Fangshan, with an altitude of 1370 meters. It is located 11 kilometers west of Jinci. Tianlong Temple was built in 560 (the first year of the Imperial Construction of the Northern Qi Dynasty). The mountain is named after the temple. Tianlong Mountain, the first grotto art, is a key cultural relic protection unit in Shanxi Province. The main peak of Tianlong Mountain is 441 meters above sea level. It integrates the oddities of Huangshan, Huashan and Guilin. It has the characteristics of one risk, two oddities and three shows.

4. Twin Pagoda Temple

Yongzuo Temple, commonly known as the Double Pagoda Temple, is located in the southeast of Taiyuan City. It is the only temple in the country that is composed of brick-like wood and beamless buildings. The main hall, Zen hall, guest hall, and Sansheng Pavilion in the temple are all in the Ming Dynasty. Representative of beam-free brick structure buildings. The twin towers built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty are the most complete, largest and highest group of brick towers in the country.

5. Shanxi Museum

Shanxi Museum, located at No. 13, North Section of Binhe West Road, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, is the first batch of national first-class museums and national museums jointly built by the central and local governments. It is the largest cultural relics collection, collection, protection, research and exhibition center in Shanxi. With its rich cultural relics and exquisite exhibitions, Shanxi Museum has become an important window to understand Shanxi's history and culture.

6. Taiyuan Zoo

Taiyuan Zoo, a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, was built in December 1957 and is located on Crouching Tiger Mountain in the northeast corner of Taiyuan. Taiyuan Zoo is a special park for the daily management of wild animal breeding, remote protection, introduction and domestication, exhibition and safety management, animal exchange at home and abroad, park abundance and greening management, environmental cleaning, facility maintenance, sightseeing order, tourist safety and so on.

7. Taiyuan Botanical Garden

Taiyuan Botanical Garden Project is located 800 meters south of Luocheng Expressway in Jinyuan District, 100 meters north of Fengyu Shahe River in the north, Taikoo Highway in the south, Fengyugou in the west and Jinyang Avenue in the east, with a total area of about 2730 mu. Taiyuan Botanical Garden is the only comprehensive botanical garden in Shanxi Province that integrates scientific research, popular science education, gardening and cultural tourism.

8. Taiyuan Ancient County

As the ancient city of Taiyuan, the ancient county town of Taiyuan was built in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period. It has gone through the Qin, Han, and Three Kingdoms, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties. It has been more than a thousand years from completion to burning. It is unique among the capital sites across the country. The capital cities of Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang, Northern Song and even Yuan, Ming, Qing and other dynasties are all located around Shanxi, while Jinyang, the capital county of Shanxi, has always been in the central position. In history, 15 emperors have been here for martial arts, and this is a veritable place of Longxing.

9. Fenhe Park

Taiyuan Fenhe Park, a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, was built in October 1998. It starts from Shanglan Fenhe Manshui Bridge in the north and 2 kilometers south of Yingbin Bridge in the south. It runs through the entire Taiyuan City with a length of 43 kilometers and a width of 220 meters. The total area is about 20 square kilometers. A large number of trees are planted in the park, and pieces of green grass are surrounded by stones, forming a green ecological corridor along the Fen River.

10. East Lake Vinegar Garden

Donghu Vinegar Garden is a shining pearl of Chinese vinegar culture. It brings together various brands and flavors of vinegar, so that you can not only taste delicious food, but also understand the production process and historical evolution of vinegar. Donghu Vinegar Garden is not only a selling place for Shanxi aged vinegar, but also a factory-style museum showing its production technology, history and culture. Visitors can learn more about the various vinegar-brewing and farming instruments from the Western Han Dynasty to the present, as well as more than 700 vinegar prescriptions.