Activity Datong, China

Datong Classic Day Tour

4.9 (13 reviews) 7–8 hours Free cancellation Private tour

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Hanging Temple — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Cave 20 of Yungang Grottoes — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

This full-day tour will take you to some of the most famous attractions in Datong - Yungang Grottos and Hanging Temple. Yungang Grottos as the UNESCO World Culture Heritage have 254 grottos and 51,000 stone sculptures representing the highest level of world carving art in the fifth century. The Hanging Temple was first built 1400 years ago and is unique for its architecture as well as integrating Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism.

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At a glance

Duration: 7–8 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: Chinese, English
Operated by: Local Tour

Ages: Children (0–2 years) · Youth (3–17 years) · Adults (18–90 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Yungang Grottoes Entry Ticket
Included: Hanging Temple Entry Ticket (no climbing ticket)
Included: Want to climb the Hanging Temple? Contact me—I know how to successfully book the climbing ticket.
Included: Gas, toll & parking lot fees
Included: Hotel or Railway Station pickup and drop-off in Datong
Included: Local English speaking tour guide service
Included: Air-conditioned and clean vehicle

Not included

Not included: Meals
Not included: Tips to the tour guide and driver
Not included: Accommodation
Not included: Climbing Ticket of Hanging Temple

Itinerary

Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)

2 h 30 min Admission included

Hanging Temple is build halfway up the side of a precipitous cliff of Cuiping Peak of Hengshan Mountain. Historical records trace the construction of the origin of the Hanging Temple back 1,400 years to the later period of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), although much was reconstructed in the later Dynasties. Hanging Temple is constructed almost entirely of wood. There are more than 40 halls from big to small housing more than 80 sculptures. Hanging Temple has established its unique position as China’s unique and remarkable feats of architectural engineering with its characteristics of gravity-defying location, unique construction, evenly distributed and well-balanced structure.
Yungang Grottoes

2 h 30 min Admission included

The 45 caves in Yungang Grottoes include some 254 niches with about 51,000 statues. Yugang Grottoes constitute a classical masterpiece of the first peak of Chinese Buddhist art. In December 2001, Yungang Grottoes was included as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The expansion project in 2010 made Yungang Grottoes a world famous tourist sightseeing destination with its combination of a royal ancient Buddhist cave temple, royal garden and the complex of ancient architecture. Yungang Grottoes, with their complexity, their rich variety and vigorous features constitute a classical masterpiece as one of the three most famous Buddhist cave temples in China. The Yungang cave art represents the successful fusion of Buddhist religions symbolic art from the Buddhist Art of Gandhara (a style of Buddhist visual art that developed in what is now northwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan between 1st century BC and the 7th century CE.)