2-Day Datong Classic Tour with the Great Wall (Zhenchuankou section)

Tour Description:

Guide and driver will meet you in your hotel lobby in the morning around 8:30am.

We will then travel via private vehicle (car or van), around 40 minutes drive to Yungang Grottoes. In the morning to visit one of the largest stone caving art treasury - Yungang Grottoes, after the local lunch, go to explore one local Great Wall - Deshengbao Great Wall. The tour will finish at around 16:30pm-17:00pm, we will drop you off at your hotel in the end.

Attraction Description:

Yungang Grottoes - one of the largest stone caving art treasury famous both home and abroad, which was listed as a world heritage site in 2011. It is located at the southern foot of Wuzhou Mountain, the grotto area was excavated along the mountain, imposingly stretching 1 kilometer with rich contents. Covering over 18,000 square meters engraving area, there are existing 45 main caves, 209 subsidiary caves, more than 1,100 niches, and more than 51,000 stone statues, among which the largest statue measures 17 meters and the smallest only 2 centimeters.

Zhenchuankou Great Wall - it's located to the north of Zhenchuanbao village that is an important fortress in Datong town of the great wall of the Ming Dynasty.  At that time, due to the flat terrain along the Great Wall under the jurisdiction of this castle, there was no risk of mountains and rivers to rely on, so it was vulnerable to invasion. Hence the wall were built.

The Zhenchuankou section Great Wall, which is about 3000 meters long, is the essence of Datong Great Wall. The fortress is covered with a large pile of steamed abutments and stands in the plains. The piers and abutments of the enemy buildings here are huge, and the piers and abutments inside and outside the walls are staggered. Most of the piers and abutments are surrounded by square walls, forming a small square city. In the years of Jiajing and Longqing, the Mongol soldiers destroyed the walls twice.

This day go ahead to first visit the China Architecture Wonder - Hanging Temple and then, afternoon to visit Yingxian Wooden Tower that is the highest and oldest wooden tower building in China.

Hanging Temple - it is a 5th-century temple built into the side of a cliff, then move on to the Wooden Pagoda. Hanging Temple is not only the oldest and largest wooden Buddhist pagoda in existence in the world, but also as the only surviving temple combining all three Chinese traditional religions/philosophies: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Seeing it from the distance, you could find it hanging in the mid air miraculously, hence the name "Hanging Temple”.

Yingxian Wooden Tower - located from 85 kilometers south of Datong City in western Yingxian County. It is a masterpiece of carpentry and the oldest surviving wooden pagoda in the world without any Having been built without a single nail or rivet. The tower was originally built in 1056 by Emperor Daozong of the Liao Dynasty (907–1125), so far around 1000 year old history. If you are a "enthusiast of ancient architecture", Yingxian Wooden Tower is the place you must see.

The tour will finish at around 16:30pm-17:00pm, we will drop you off at your hotel in the end.