Datong — Travel Guide
Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, located in a basin at an elevation of 1,040 metres and bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. Known as the 'City of the Coal', Datong has developed into the second largest industrial city in Shanxi due to its advantage in energy. Its large reserves of coal make it a very important energy base for China. It was the political, economic and military center of ancient North China, which attracted many people from various nations for trade or business. These prosperous days left the city with a series of splendid historic and cultural relics like the Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery. Most of them are the integration of minorities' cultural and Han culture.
The best time to visit October to March.
By Air
Datong Yungang Airport is situated 17 kilometers to the north of the urban area.
Datong is the important material distribution center of Shanxi, Hebei and mongolia. Its main shopping districts are in Daxi street and the Sipailou street. There are bustling and large shopping malls and markets here. A silk doll is a kind of traditional Chinese handicraft with a history of over one thousand years. Most figures of the dolls come from the traditional Chinese stories, like beauties in A Dream of Red Mansions (one of the four famous classical literature works in China) and the f
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