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1、Content Brief introduction of DaTong Main Travel Attractions New DaTong YunGang Grottoes Huayan Temple Nine Dragon Wall HangingTemple 第1页/共36页parte one第2页/共36页Brief introduction of DaTong Datong is situated in the north of Shanxi Province，There are also abundant mineral resource of which the coal mi

2、ne is the most famous which gives Datong the title Capital of Coal.第3页/共36页 Datong is an ancient city with a history of more than 2400 years. In history, Datong had a luminous past as the capital of the Northern Wei dynasty (383-534 AD). The city is endowed with rich cultural relics left from differ

3、ent periods like Yungang Grottos(云冈石窟), Huayan Temple(华严寺) Nine Dragon Wall(九龙壁),HangingTemple (悬空寺)and Great Wall第4页/共36页 parte two第5页/共36页Main Travel AttractionsNew DaTong第6页/共36页The night scenery第7页/共36页The development model DaTong has adopted the double-city model to establish the city,that is,t

4、he city is divided by the great wall,the inner is an ancient city and the outer is a modern city.In the inside,there are various of magnificent ancient constructions including HuaYan Temple,ShanHua Temple, QingZhen Temple,Nine Dragon Screen and Five Dragon Screen,and The drum tower(鼓楼)第8页/共36页YunGan

5、g Grottoes 第9页/共36页 Yunggang Grottoes is located in the north cliff of Wuzhoushan Mountain in west suburb of Datong city. The grotto was excavated by depending on the mountain and stretches for 1000m from east to west. Now remain 45 grottoes and in the whole grotto group are more than 1100 big and s

6、mall statues of Buddha, 252 big and small cavity niches and more than 51000 stone carved statues. The biggest statue of Buddha is up to 17m high and the smallest statue is only 2millimeters high第10页/共36页 It is one of ancient grotto groups of largest scale and one of the 3 main grotto groups in our c

7、ountry. The whole grotto group is divided into 3 parts, i.e. east part, middle part and west part. In the grottoes of the east part are mainly Buddha pagodas, also called pagoda cave. The Tanyao five grottoes are the grotto group excavated earliest and of largest grandeur among Yunggang grottoes and

8、 was excavated in the period of Northern wei.第11页/共36页 The age of grotto group of west part was slightly later and most of the grottoes were the work after the capital of Northern wei was moved to Luoyang. Yunggang Grottoes are wellknown all over the world for their grand momentum, rich contents and

9、 exquisite carving. The fifth and sixth grottoes and wuhua cave are colorful in contents, majestic and magnificent. It is the essence of Yunggang art and also the artistic treasury well-known in the world . In the year of 2001, yunggang grotto was listed in the world culture heritage by UNESCO.第12页/

10、共36页TanYao Five grottoes第13页/共36页第14页/共36页The other grottoes第三窟第九窟第15页/共36页第十一窟第九和第十窟第16页/共36页 Huanyan Temple, located in the southwest of Datong City, is one of the biggest temples in China built in Liao Dynasty. It got its name because it was and remains a major temple of the Huayan sect, a sub-ca

11、tegory of the Buddhism popular in north China. The Huayan Temple is divided into two parts: the Upper Huayan Temple and Lower Huayan Temple which have their own gate and architecture respectively. In 1963, the two separated temple combined a whole temple.HuaYan Temple第17页/共36页 The Upper Huayan Templ

12、e features with a rang of gorgeously decorated buildings, the biggest and most illustrious of which is the Grand Hall (Da Xiong Bao Dian), the main hall of the temple. Five Buddha sit up on the frontal of the hall, which are named Five-Direction Buddha civilized the five directions, east, west, sout

13、h, north and mid in the world. The wall was draw large frescos, whose large scale are fare of it kinds in China. The ceiling of the hall, intricately decorated with a variety of color-murals of dragons and phoenix, floras, Sanskrit Buddhist symbols and other geometric patterns, creates a rich visual

14、 feast for the eye第18页/共36页 The Lower temple is in the southeast of the Upper temple. It is the main hall for preserving the Sutra where more than 18,000 Buddhist Sutra volumes and scripts are preserved. Compared to the splendid Upper Huayan, the Lower one is of a far more solemn appearance. Three B

15、uddha sit on the Lotus Seat, two sides of them standing comely disciples. five finely carved wood-structured pavilions in the latter part of the hall are connected by arched bridges. These exquisite wood carved structures are the only remaining examples of their kind in China.第19页/共36页The entire app

16、earance第20页/共36页The Five buddha第21页/共36页The Nine Dragon screen Located in the southern side of Dong Street, is the Nine-Dragon Screen built for the Prince Hongwu, the 13th son of the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD). It is presently the oldest and largest glazed screen in China and e

17、ven before 350 years. It is three times larger than the one in Beihai Park, Beijing City.第22页/共36页The whole scenery第23页/共36页some dragons第24页/共36页第25页/共36页The Hanging Temple Suspension temple is located at the foot of Hengshan mountain on Xiyan cliff in Jinlong gorge, 5 km south of Hunyuan County Tow

18、n. Since ancient time, here is always ranked as the first wonder of Hengshan Mountain which is one of the five lofty Mountains of China. It was built in late Northern wei period , The now remaining buildings were the relics of Ming and Qing Dynasties. The front of suspension Temple faces east just like a giant screen第26页/共36页The Hanging Temple is a temple built into a sheer cliff aboveJinlong C