Day 1: [Xi’an airport pick-up/station, free activities]: Departure place (National) - Xi’an (24-hour private car pick-up/station, direct hotel, free activities) - Su Xi’an

Day 2: Huaqing Palace (including headset + Lishan Cableway) - Terracotta Warriors (including headset + independent commentary + scenic car) - recommended to watch "Legend of Camel Bells" / "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" / "Resurrection of the Underground Army" 1 out of 3 - Overnight Xi'an

Time: 08:30: Activity time: about 2 hours Huaqing Palace presents scenic headsets + scenic transportation + Lishan round-trip cableway.
🎈"Guide Perspective | 3 Ways to Open the Gate of Huaqing Palace"——

1️⃣ "There are palaces on Gaogao Lishan Mountain, and three or four layers of purple palaces in Zhulou"·Bai Juyi, the architectural aesthetics of Huaqing Palace, and the historical deeds behind it,Movie viewing upgrade: optional "1212 Xi'an Incident"
2️⃣ "Lixiu Flying Springs are warm and fragrant, Kowloon caresses the Yulian Room" · Li Shangyin interprets the admirable royal love story with the introduction of the imperial concubine coming out of the bath;Movie viewing upgrade: optional "Song of Everlasting Sorrow";
3️⃣"Looking back at Chang'an, there are piles of embroidery, and thousands of gates on the top of the mountain are opened for the first time." Du Mu, as the imperial palace in Chang'an, puts Huaqing Palace in a broader historical background to see the context of the times and gain a historical perspective.

Time: 12:00: Meal time: about 40 minutes The tour guide will take you to a suitable dining place according to the actual situation and your wishes. The following are recommendations for reference. If you need, we can provide you with reservation service——
📍[Recommended Restaurant 1] True Love Lishan Daqin Banquet
【Location】:

No. 9, Fenghuang Avenue, Lintong District, Shaanxi Province (near the Lintong Exit of Xi'an-Lintong Expressway)


[Recommendation reason]:

The style of Qin bricks and Han tiles is inherited. The menu consists of four chapters: "Jiang, Xiang, He, and Qin".


[Recommended dishes]:

Gourd chicken, green tofu, broiled Wang Jian fish, crispy pork knuckle, jujube cake, Daqin steak, Hu spicy soup, Liuhe stewed sesame food, yam glutinous rice cake, Lu's beef...



📍【Recommended restaurant 2】Huaqing Palace Imperial Restaurant
【Location】:

No. 038, Huaqing Road (near Lishan Cableway, on the left side of Wangjing Gate)


[Recommendation reason]:

The geographical location is superior, and the flavor of Shaanxi cuisine is served.


[Recommended dishes]:

Laoshan Gourd Chicken, Concubine Xiao, Stone Pot Jelly, Chicken Feather Vegetables, Beef and Leek Pot Stickers, Dried Spicy Qinchuan Beef, Laoshan Stewed Three Delicacy, Imperial Concubine Phoenix Wing...

Time: 13:00: Activity time: about 3 hours 【Tour guide guide】

: Visit the Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang (Halls 1, 2, 3 and the Bronze Chariots and Horses Exhibition Hall), including headset + independent explanation service + scenic battery car;


📔 "Tour Guide's Perspective 1": The historical aspect of diachronic and synchronic, interpreting historical events;

Xi'an Terracotta Army, she is a cultural symbol and geographical business card;


She activates the sense of identity of the descendants of Yan and Huang, who are of the same origin;



📔 "Tour Guide Perspective 2": Nobody has created a miracle - pottery craftsmen and Qin soldiers;

Why do people fall into the "pit" of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses again because of "National Treasure"?


When the photographer suddenly discovered the "fingerprints of ancestors" on the pottery figurines,


In an instant, it seems to be looking at the same channel as people thousands of years ago,


It turns out that history is a grand miracle formed by the indomitable creativity of countless "people".


The emotional stimulation at this moment is one of the reasons why countless people are amazed by the terracotta warriors~

Time: 17:30: Meal time: About 40 minutes After returning to the urban area, it is recommended that you dine in the urban area, and you must punch in the food street. Recommended: Bell and Drum Tower Huimin Street or Xiaozhai or Big Wild Goose Pagoda Night City Street, recommend a few restaurantsTaste + service, popular restaurant

, Youyou can provide reservation and waiting services~


📍Recommendation 1: [Thirteen Dynasty Restaurant (SKP store)]


[Recommended dishes]: Signature Gourd Chicken, Silk Road Chang'an Camel Bell Legend, Hu Spicy Soup, Guanzhong Steamed Four Bowls, First-Class Durian Crisp, Eye-opening Cabbage, Lianpeng Fish Maw Soup, Raw Sauce Roujiamo, Northwest Roasted Lamb Leg;


📍Recommendation 2: [Chang'an Food Stall (Shangyuan Lantern Festival·Bell Tower Store or Chang'an Bazaar·Seg Flagship Store or Journey to the West·Joy City Store)]


[Recommended dishes]: oily spicy fish, beef tripe pot with bean curd, brush crisp, mahjong thirteen, handmade noodles with beef, fried bean curd, golden soup chrysanthemum pot, peach blossom chanting, fermented glutinous rice ice cream, folk kaozao bun, Chang'an Gourd chicken, the concubine laughs;


📍Recommendation 3: [Tangmao Courtyard Millennium Shaanxi Cuisine (Datang Everbright City Store or SEG Flagship Store)]


[Recommended dishes]: Hongfo lobster, barbecue/barbecue tendons, jade flute sour sliced ​​fish, lion bun, oolong tea shrimp balls, gourd chicken wings, Yuedai milk soup pot fish, pipa roast chicken, roast pig tail;


📍Recommendation 4: [Jiushi Barbecue (Bell Tower View Store)]


[Recommended dishes]: Signature pork belly, sirloin steak with bone, springy shrimp slippery, signature spicy beef, Wagyu tender pork belly, raw beef cubes, rattan pepper tender beef, thin sausages, grilled pork neck.


📍Recommendation 5: [Huaiyang Mansion · Dreaming in the Garden (SKP store)]


[Recommended dishes]: Roasted yellow croaker with rice cake, shredded eel with eel oil, signature pan-fried bun, ancient fairy chicken, three flavors of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, boiled dried shredded chicken soup, fish head in casserole, Buddha jumping over the wall, Taihu fish, signature roasted radish, knife Pan-flavored steamed hairy crab;

Time: All day: Tour time: about 1 hour 📔"Youyou Notes | 3 Recommended Performances in Xi'an"
📽️[Performance recommendation]:

(In view of the viewing time, Youyou recommends, if you have needs, the following activities

choose 1

That's it~ Order is optional)


1️⃣

"The Legend of the Camel Bell"

: 1 hour, No. 1518, Huawen Road, Chanba Ecological District, about 40 minutes' drive from downtown Xi'an, usually arranged on the way back to the hotel after the tour during the day;


2️⃣

"The Legion of Resurrection"

: 1 hour, near the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Scenic Area, usually before and after the Terracotta Warriors and Horses tour;


3️⃣

"Song of Everlasting Regret"

: 1.5 hours, in the Huaqing Palace Scenic Area, the first show starts at 19:40 in the evening, a total of 3 shows (there may be temporary adjustments), and there are only three seasons a year, spring, summer and autumn.

Day 3: Shaanxi History Museum (including Shaanxi Calendar Expo VIP channel + headset + explanation) - [including Xi'an North - Pingyao Ancient City Station · EMU second-class seat] - Pingyao special car pick-up station, check-in in Pingyao Ancient City, free night tour [including Pingyao Special Welcome Dinner】—Su Pingyao Ancient City

Time: 12:00: Meal time: About 1 hour Free to shop and eat. You are about to leave Xi’an. If you want to take away some Shaanxi special food souvenirs, you can refer to the following recommendations——"Shaanxi Flavor Souvenir Recommendation: Pastry/Special Snacks", selection criteria:Brand + Features + Taste + Health and Hygiene + Easy to Carry~

📍Recommendation 1: [De Mao Gong]
🌸Xi'an dim sum signature brand, founded in 1872, the dim sum tastes good, high quality, crystal cake is the representative.
[Must order]: four-color crystal cake, traditional crystal cake, paper crisp, freshly baked walnut crisp, mung bean cake, wife cake, chestnut cake;
[Address] Main store: Guangji Street, West Street (Duchenghuang Temple);

📍Recommendation 2: [Shaanshisan (Yanta Westin Store)]
🌸The only dessert shop in Xi'an, pastries, ice cream, are worth recommending, shopping / souvenir artifacts;
[must order]:
🍃Zongzi:

Crystal Purple Potato Rice Dumpling with Bird’s Nest, Crystal Matcha Bird’s Nest Rice Dumpling, Zhenwei Abalone Rice Dumpling, Pu’er Egg Yolk Beef Rice Dumpling, Quinoa Babao Rice Dumpling, Traditional Bean Paste Rice Dumpling;


🍰

pastry:

Tiger skin mochi meat floss rolls, Portuguese egg tarts, light milk rolls (chocolate), fermented fermented glutinous rice;


🍨

iced drink:

Spicy Spicy Ice Cream, Lintong Pomegranate Ice Cream, Osmanthus Fermented Glutinous Rice + Ice Cream


[Address]: No. 66, Ci'en Road (west of the main entrance of Westin Hotel)



📍Recommendation 3: [Quanshengzhai·Xiyangshi Branch]


🌸Halal pastry shop, rich in variety, snacks are individually packaged and easy to carry, and the overall will not be too sweet~


[Must order]: Coconut Crisp, Jujube Paste, Pretzel Crisp, Mung Bean Sorbet, Red Classic Crystal Cake;


【address】:


· Guangming Lane Store: In the courtyard of No. 39 Guangming Lane (west side of Xiyangshi Cross, Guangji Street)


· Xiyangshi Store: No. 52, Xiyangshi (near Huimin Street)



📍Recommendation 4: [Fei Hao Mung Bean Crisp]


🌸The taste is crisp and waxy, the filling is dense, there are 7 flavors + fruit roast + iced mung bean cake to choose from;


【Must order】: purple sweet potato, hawthorn, red bean, mung bean, fresh flowers, salt and pepper, black sesame, durian, pineapple, blueberry, bean paste;


【Address】: No. 195, North Guangji Street;



📍Recommendation 5: [Zhao Ji Study Mung Bean Pie]


🌸As the name of the store, mung bean cakes are fresh, but sweet and greasy, different from others;


[Must order]: Original Mung Bean Cake, Hawthorn Flavored Mung Bean Cake;


[Address]: Inside the west gate of Zhonglou Community;



📍Recommendation 6: [Mi Wenjun Red Bean Cake]


🌸The boss said that it has been sold at the gate of his yard for many years. The square is just like a small brick. The filling is solid, healthy and dense, and the taste is sweet. It is especially suitable for the elderly, and friends who don’t like sweets will not I feel sweet~


[must order]: sand cake, red bean cake, red bean persimmon cake


[Address]: No. 268, North Guangji Street



📍Recommendation 7: [Huifang Liu Ming Persimmon Paste Pagoda Liu Ming Lantern Festival]


🌸It is sold every autumn until April-May of the following year. Freshly made and sold every day, crispy and sweet, Huanggui Persimmon Cake is also one of the representative snacks in Xi’an~


[Must order]: Persimmon paste, Lantern Festival, sesame balls, purple rice cake


[Address]: No. 144, Laoguan Temple (near Ancient Capital Hotel)

Time: Afternoon: According to your departure time, we will send you to the station in Xi'an by special car at the right time, take the high-speed rail to Pingyao Ancient City Station, pick up the station by special car, check into the hotel, and free to shop and eat.
Including [Xi'an North] - [Pingyao Ancient City] one-way train second-class seat (children included), duration 3H, time and train number are random, the tour guide will inform you of the ticketing information one day in advance.
There are about 10 bus times per day, and the specific number of trains is not specified this time.
🎗️ "Warm Reminder"
1. Free activities throughout the day without a tour guide. If your return time is late, you can store your luggage at the front desk of the hotel. Please pay attention to safety during free activities;
2. The check-out time of the hotel is 12:00 noon on the same day, please pay attention to the time during free activities, so as not to charge your room fee due to late check-out;
3. The sender will arrange the time and place with you in advance, and usually send you to the airport/station 1-2 hours in advance.

Time: 19:00:
[You will taste] a special welcome dinner in Pingyao
📍【Recommended Hotel】Tianyuankui Hotel
✔️Signature dishes: Copper Beef Hot Pot, Changlong Eggplant, Traditional Oily Pork, Imperial Concubine Vinegar Stewed Chicken, Pingyao Yellow Rice Cake, Crispy Sesame Lamb, Braised Beef with Balsamic Vinegar, Furong Bridge Fish Fillet, Braised Fish Head with Homemade Mature Vinegar , Haggis in Brown Sugar Copper Pot, Pingyao Beef, Balsamic Vinegar Egg, Beef Castanopsis
🎗️【Reminder】
1. The reference hotel is "Tianyuankui Hotel". We provide reserved waiting + ordering service. In case of special circumstances such as the restaurant is full, in order to avoid you queuing up for too long, we will negotiate and arrange for you other hotels of the same level in the ancient city. visit~~
2. We will arrange according to the per capita meal standard of 100 yuan/person. The tour guide will confirm the menu with you in advance. You can add dishes on the spot according to your needs.

Day 4: Ancient City of Pingyao [Includes Food Guide] - Qiao Family Courtyard - Jinci Museum - Su Taiyuan

Time: 08:30: Activity time: about 3 hours and 30 minutes ⛩️There are 22 scenic spots in the ancient city, all of which are included in the pass.

The distribution is as follows:


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📍South Street Route:


✔️City Wall→Chinese Rare Newspaper Exhibition Hall→Baichuantong→Tongxing Public Escort Bureau→Chinese Escort Bureau Museum→Synergical Celebration→Tianjixiang Museum→Wei Shengchang

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📍West Street Route:


✔️Ancient Dwellings Expo Garden → Huiwulin Martial Arts Exhibition Hall → Rishengchang → Weitaihou → Wentaofang Ancient Weapons Museum

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📍East Street Route:


✔️China Chamber of Commerce Museum→North China No. 1 Escort Bureau→Qingxu Temple

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📍North Street Route:


✔️Erlang Temple

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📍The rest are as follows:


✔️County government office, Town God's Temple, Confucian Temple, Ma's Courtyard, Lei Lutai's former residence

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⛩️

Recommendations outside the ancient city: 🔸Shuanglin Temple, 🔸Zhenguo Temple

, the distribution of temples outside the city:


✔️Shuanglin Temple: "The yth Wei Tuo Bodhisattva in the world", "drunk" cute "Smiling Arhat", "drunk" beautiful Avalokitesvara.


✔️Zhenguo Temple: The Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas of the Five Dynasties Hall, the only remaining colored sculpture of the Five Dynasties in China.


✔️Qingliang Temple: a large Ming sculpture with a high artistic level.


✔️Cixiang Temple: Three-body Buddha and murals in the Jin Dynasty, art treasures.


✔️South Temple: There are only two temples dedicated to Mrs. Sakyamuni in the world, and there are glazed dragon and phoenix walls in the Ming Dynasty.


✔️Puming Temple: One of the well-preserved "drunk" Ming Dynasty temples in Jinzhong area, with halls, murals, etc.


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🎗️[Reminder]: The ancient city is very large. If you visit every scenic spot, it may take 2-3 days. Youyou recommends that you choose the place you want to go according to the tour guide's explanation~


🔖"You You Notes":

"On this 400-meter-long [China Wall Street], there are 78 ancient shops closely connected, including banknotes, banks, pawnshops, drugstores, butcher shops, tobacco shops, grocery stores, silk and satin shops, etc., almost all of which are More than a hundred years old, the unique Ming and Qing style "front store and back bedroom" style traditional shop and ancient residential buildings, there are regular performances every day, restoring the scene of ancient cases, the plot and character performances are quite interesting."

Time: 11:31: Meal time: about 30 minutes
[Pingyao Ancient City Food Recommendation]
📍【Recommendation 1️⃣】 Fuxinggong Hotel
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: stewed beef with old vinegar, rubbed fish with small noodles in Pingyao, eggs with balsamic vinegar, Shanxi fried pork, long yam with fungus, overlord eggplant, beef with kale and kale, yellow fried spicy beef, dry-stir-fried long yam, Pingyao yellow cabbage tofu balls ,Braised beef noodles

📍【Recommendation 2️⃣】Hong Wu Kee Restaurant
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Qinzhou Yellow Rice Cold Cake, Braised Beef with Mature Vinegar, Stewed Noodles with Vinegar, Pingyao Beef, Fish and Fish with Noodles in Vinegar Soup, Babao Castanopsis, Balsamic Vinegar Egg, Stewed Beef with Mature Vinegar

📍[Recommendation 3️⃣] Liang Xiansen Yogurt Shop-Old Vinegar Yogurt
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: special seabuckthorn yogurt, aged vinegar yogurt (be careful if you can’t eat sour), rose yogurt, red bean yogurt,

📍【Recommendation 4️⃣】Pingyao Huji Bowl
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: bowl bald, 栲栳栳, camellia dim sum, Pingyao beef, yogurt, rice wine, Pingyao beggar's chicken, old-fashioned dim sum

📍[Recommended 5️⃣] People in the North Restaurant
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: braised beef with vinegar from my mother’s family, beef copper hot pot, braised eggs with vinegar from my mother’s family, crispy eggplant, braised pork with hawthorn, five-grain health-preserving tofu, potato and beef strips, traditional oily meat, seasoned with gravy, stomach-nourishing oil tea, Pingyao beef

📍【Recommended 6️⃣】Niangjia Vinegar Shop (Nandajie Branch)
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Mature vinegar souvenir recommendation: Jinzhu vinegar, old apple vinegar from my mother’s family, old red date vinegar from my mother’s family, imperial concubine vinegar, hawthorn vinegar

Time: 13:00: Activity time: About 2 hours "A Pearl of Northern Residential Architecture" - "The Royal Palace has the Forbidden City, and the residential houses look at Qiao's",
The whole courtyard isdouble "hi" font

,

The 6 courtyards are divided into north and south

2 parts (arranged according to "left respected and right humble", the elders live in the north and the younger live in the south),

There are 20 small courtyards and 313 houses inside.

Facing the street on three sides, it is surrounded by fully enclosed green brick walls more than 10 meters high.



What to see in the Qiao Family Courtyard:


✔️

"Look at the Three Sculptures":

[Wood carvings]: There are also various wood carvings on the stigmas in the courtyard, such as eight horses, pine bamboos, and grapes, which represent vines with many seeds, tall and straight, and strong;


[Stone Carving]: Stone carving archway craftsmanship can be seen everywhere, with a wide range of themes, four lions (times) spewing clouds, "Hehe Erxian" If you are careful, you must look carefully when you come to Qiao's house.


[Brick Carving]: Based on characters and allusions, flowers, birds and animals, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, it represents: ① A picture of a hundred lives, which means "a hundred lives without bounds". ②Fude Temple, which means "Fu, Lu, Shou" three-star auspiciousness.



✔️

"Rewarding Three Treasures":

Rhino Moonwatch, Ten Thousand Ball, Kowloon Lantern



✔️

"Listen to the story":

More than 300 years ago, Qiao Guifa, the founder of Qiaojia Commercial, "walked to the west exit";


More than 200 years ago, his grandson Qiao Zhiyong developed the Qiao family into a well-known financial and commercial household throughout the country.


The heroic deeds of the Qiao family's sons and daughters in the war of resistance and national salvation...

Time: 15:15: Activity time: About 1 hour and 30 minutes An isolated example of ancient architectural art, with a complete time series:Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic of China

, art types cover:

Painted sculptures, murals, stele boutiques.

What to see at Jinci Temple?


✔️

The three wonders of Jinci Temple:

1️⃣

Song painted statue of a maid

: There are 43 painted sculptures in the hall, the main statue is the Virgin Yi Jiang, the daughter of Jiang Ziya, the queen of King Wu of Zhou. The ladies are separated, and their ages, shapes, and costumes are different, which shows that they have different positions and positions in the court.


2️⃣

Zhou Bai Tang Huai

: A cypress tree planted more than 2,800 years ago on the north side of the Notre Dame Temple.


3️⃣

Fountain of old age

: There are three springs in Jinshui, Nanlaoquan, Shanliquan, and Yumaoquan. Nanlaoquan is the main spring, and the water temperature is kept at 17-18℃ all year round.



✔️

Three unique ancient buildings:

1️⃣

Notre Dame

: The wooden structure of the Song Dynasty, sitting west and facing east, the main hall on the top of the mountain with double eaves, seven rooms wide and six rooms deep (eight rafters), approximately square, the hall is about 19 meters high, and eight wooden dragons carved on the porch columns An isolated example of ancient Chinese architecture.


2️⃣

Uonuma Flybeam

: Uonuma is one of the three springs of Jinshui (the ancients used a square as a marsh and a round as a pool), and a "ten"-shaped bridge was erected on the pool, "a virtual bridge is like a fly", so it is called Uonuma Fei beam.


3️⃣

dedication

: The place for offering sacrifices was built in gold with a mortise and tenon structure. There is a pair of iron lions on the hall, which are the earliest "drunken" iron cast lions in my country.



✔️

Three plaques:

Water Mirror Platform, Facing Vietnam, Difficult to Aging

Day 5: Hanging Temple - Yungang Grottoes - [including Datong Food Guide] - Su Datong

Time: 11:00: Activity time: about 1 hour ❤️【Your experience】: You willClimb the 90M high cliff and climb the cliff temple

, on a steep corridor that is less than a foot wide, experience

"Half grotto, half attic"

The magical craftsmanship, accompanied by the tour guide to explain the amazing construction technology of the ancients❗❗Cherish the present, visit as early as possible❗❗


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❓Why do we have to punch in "Xuankong Temple"?

💢Historical value: Founded in

Northern Wei Dynasty,

With a history of 1,500 years, the only remaining

Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in one

("Xuan" stands for Taoism, "Kong" stands for Buddhism),

Sakyamuni, Laozi, Confucius

The statue of him is in a great hall.


💢Architectural Art: "Hanging" in

90m high cliff

The building leans against Cuiping Peak and faces the Tangyu River. The bottom can prevent floods and is embedded in the natural "groove" of the stone wall. The daily direct sunlight is ≤3H.

Windproof, sunscreen and rainproof

.


💢A miracle of ancient Chinese crafts ❤️ Tour guide highlights ❤️:

Excavating the mountain, ingeniously erecting beams, "hook" technology, mortise and tenon structure, super static structure, complete structure, shelter from rain, wind and sun

.



❓What to see in "Hanging Temple"?

✔️Structure distribution:

Temples, meditation rooms, Buddhist halls, drum towers, bell towers

There are 40 halls, large and small, arranged in a random arrangement from north to south.


✔️Must-see highlights:

Leiyin Hall, Three Palaces, Guanyin Hall, Three Religions Hall, Chunyang Palace

.



🔖Youyou Small Classroom: "The Great Construction Steps":


Step 1️⃣: Cut out a platform in the mid-air cliff groove;


Step 2️⃣: Dig a huge stone hole on the platform and drive it into the wood

"expansion screw"

[What is an "expansion screw", the on-site tour guide will answer it for you~]


Step 3️⃣: Put more than 2/3 of the length of these "expansion screws" into the mountain, and each piece of wood can bear several tons;


Step 4️⃣: Suspend and transport building materials up the mountain wall


Step 5️⃣: Set up columns on the beams, and then build beams and squares on the columns, and lay roofs, doors, windows, and railings in succession to form layers of palaces.


🎗️[Reminder] The internal stairs of the Hanging Temple are relatively narrow, please be careful~

Time: 14:30: Activity time: about 2 hours and 30 minutes ❤️【Your tour route】: Enter from the south gate of Tanyao Square → pass through Tanyao Square, Lifo Avenue → go south on the Empress Lifo relief wall → take Yungang Tourist battery car (included in the fee), tour guide and accompanying tour guide.
【You will see】:
"Tanyao Square ➡️Foguang Avenue ➡️Yungang Art Museum ➡️Yungang Academy History Museum ➡️Ritual Buddha Relief Wall ➡️Lingyan Temple (Shantang Water Hall) ➡️Cave Group ➡️Yungang Museum ➡️Yungang Northern Wei Dynasty Shadow Puppet and Puppet Hall ➡️Zong Zong Li Memorial Room ➡️ Shibing Art Museum ➡️ Shihuo Street ➡️ Dongshan Bodhi District.
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❓Why do you have to punch in "Yungang Grottoes"?
✔️"The Crown of Chinese Stone Carving Art in the 5th Century AD", "The Treasure House of Ancient Chinese Sculpture Art"
✔️ Existing main45 caves

, attached cave

209

, the engraving area is up to

More than 18,000 square meters

,


✔️Portrait

2 cm to 17 meters high

, Approx.

More than 1100

, the size of the image

More than 59000 statues

,


✔️Excavated in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it took 64 years (the 460th year of Emperor Wencheng Hepingchu - the fifth year of Emperor Xiaoming Zhengguang 524th year),


✔️ Reflect

Indian and Central Asian Buddhist Art

Towards

Development of Chinese Buddhist Art

historical track.



🎗️

[Other amusements]: If you have time to visit, there are also the following activities to choose from, tickets/fees can be purchased in real time on the spot~

✔️Northern Wei Music and Dance in Yungang——West Heaven Sanskrit,


✔️Yungang Shadow Puppet Show,


✔️Northern Wei Dynasty shooting field,


✔️Yungang Cruise,


✔️ shoot


✔️Cultural and creative: Customer Service Center Yungang Cultural Square, Xitang Cultural and Creative, Yungang Cultural and Creative Store, Xiaonantang


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🔖 "You You Raiders · If you are interested in the grottoes, it is worth collecting❗❗" The important grottoes are:


Cave 1️⃣: Shigu Cave (it is a double cave with Cave 2, look at the exquisite statues on the four walls of the central tower pillar), known as "Shigu Hanquan" in Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is one of the eight scenic spots in the cloud


Cave 2: Hanquan Cave, the lower layer of the east wall embosses the story of the prince "shooting the iron drum with arrows"


Cave 3: Lingyan Temple Cave ("drunk" big Amitabha Buddha, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Mahasthama Bodhisattva), precious physical materials to understand the excavation methods of ancient grottoes


Cave 5️⃣: Big Buddha Cave (a 17-meter-high Sakyamuni Buddha statue), "Yungang Moyun" in the Eight Scenes of Clouds in Ming Dynasty


Cave 6️⃣: Sakyamuni Buddha Cave (35 reliefs describing the story of Sakyamuni from birth to enlightenment), and Cave 5 as a group of double caves


Cave 7: The first Buddha Cave in the West (see the characteristic statues and the Six Beauties of Yungang), a masterpiece of western statues integrated with oriental elements


Cave 8️⃣: Folai Cave (see Indian sculptures, statues of smiling Bodhisattvas), reflecting the compatibility of early Buddhism


Cave 9️⃣: Ayu Buddha Cave (together with Cave 10, look at the plant decorations, trident weapons, and Ionian pillars from the West), and the themes of the statues are mostly from the "Lotus Sutra"


Cave No. 1️⃣0️⃣: Pilu Buddha Cave, showing the karmic story of Sakyamuni who gave good teachings and surrendered heretics


Cave No. 1️⃣1️⃣ (unopened): Connected to the Buddha Cave, the Northern Wei Dynasty raised funds to continue digging


Cave 1️⃣2️⃣ (unopened): Music cave, the embodiment of the style of the Northern Wei court band and the social music system


Cave 1️⃣3️⃣ (unopened): Manjusri Bodhisattva Cave, the main statue is Maitreya Bodhisattva crossed feet


Cave 1️⃣4️⃣: The content of the story in the Vimalakirti Sutra


Cave No. 1️⃣5️⃣: Ten Thousand Buddhas Cave, mainly expressing the theme of Thousand Buddhas


Cave 1️⃣6️⃣: Lifo Cave (“Tanyao Five Caves”), symbolizing the five emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty


Cave No. 1️⃣7️⃣: Maitreya Sanzun Cave (starting to wear Hanfu), an important ruler for periodization


Cave No. 1️⃣8️⃣: Three Buddha Caves (different Buddha III, with Maitreya in the middle and Sakyamuni on the side), the excavation time was "drunk" early


Cave 1️⃣9️⃣: Baosheng Buddha Cave, a new creation of the grottoes in the Northern Dynasties (the past Buddha and future Buddha are not in the same space as the main Buddha, they are in the caves on both sides outside the cave)


Cave 2️⃣0️⃣: Baifoye Cave (Sitting Sakyamuni Statue 13.7 meters, has become a masterpiece of sculpture art in Yungang Grottoes, and is also a representative of Yungang, Datong and even Shanxi), a powerful performance of the Xianbei nomads


Cave 3️⃣9️⃣: Pagoda Cave Dwelling, an important material for studying early Chinese Buddhist pagodas

Time: Evening:
[Recommend you the food near Datong Best 5 Diamond (Datong Yungang Jianguo Hotel)]——
📍【Recommendation 1️⃣】 Tianyuan Northern Wei Family Banquet (Datong Yingbin East Road Branch)
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Golden Rice Cold Cake, Smoked Elbow with Shaobing, Sandpaper Machine, Pingcheng Roast Chicken, Hunyuan Jelly, Spiced Rabbit Head, Assorted Copper Pot, Braised Fatty Intestine and Pork Belly, Oily Pork, Tomato Sauce Noodles

📍【Recommendation 2️⃣】 Zini 369 Coarse Grain Season (Gulou Branch)/(South Ring Branch)
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: yellow rice cold cake, Hunyuan jelly, scallion noodles with scallion oil, kebabs, sea buckthorn juice, oat eggplant box, rabbit head, signature eggplant, ancient sweet and sour pork tenderloin, yellow flower in cold sauce

📍【Recommendation 3️⃣】 Kai Ge Restaurant (Zhenxing Street Branch)
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Kaige Sand Chicken, Siu Mai, Red Bean Porridge, Kaige Sauce Meat, Sour Soup Lamb, Lao Datong Oily Meat, Dry Fried Balls, Squirrel Mandarin Fish, Skillfully Mixed Tofu

📍[Recommendation 4️⃣] Laoye Temple Food House
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Hunyuan jelly, stir-fried noodles, special beef ribs, vegetable haggis, fried pork, leg of lamb, oil cake with rose bean paste filling, lucky champion chicken

📍【Recommendation 5️⃣】Yunjinhui · Datong Restaurant (West Ring Store)/(Drum Tower Store)
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Yellow Rice Cold Cake, Beef Assorted Pot, Lao Da Tong Guo Oily Pork, Yanggao Rice Balls, Beef Shaomai, Yuguo Pickled Fish, Hunyuan Jelly, Potatoes, Rhubarb Rice Cake

📍[Recommended 6️⃣] Dahongpao Twelve Flavor Pot (Zhongbei Store)
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Spicy pork ribs in fragrant pot, squid and shrimp in fragrant pot, duck head in fragrant pot, Dahongpao fragrant pot shrimp, Yangzhou fried rice, sweet potato potato cake

📍[Recommended 7️⃣] Cliff Shepherd (Mingtang Ximen)
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: small platter of secret bacon, pork belly, Yangchun noodles, charcoal-grilled lamb chops, secret bacon platter, charcoal-grilled lamb chops

📍【Recommendation 8️⃣】Little daughter-in-law jelly
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Little daughter-in-law jelly, meat sandwich, handmade vermicelli, special pie, tartary buckwheat jelly, sea buckthorn juice, special noodle

📍【Recommendation 9️⃣】White Peacock·Daiwangfu Coarse Grain Banquet
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Sesame Oil Cucumber, Brown Sugar Steamed Bun, Secret Boiled Meat, High-quality Ox-eye Meat, Fried Dumplings with Noodles, Organic Cauliflower in Sauce Sauce, Long Yam and Fungus, Casserole Balls, Jelly

Day 6: Ying County Wooden Pagoda - Shanxi Museum - [including Taiyuan Food Guide] - Su Taiyuan

Time: 09:30: Activity time: about 40 minutes
❤️[You will visit]: After purchasing tickets for Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, you can enjoy it up close, but you cannot enter the tower to visit~

"If you don't see this tower, you don't know how possible the wooden structure is. I admire it very much." ——Liang Sicheng
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🔖"Youyou Notes·Wonders of the World, Unique Boutiques of Chinese Architecture"
According to legend, the Empress Xiao of the Liao Xingzong period wanted to build a wooden pagoda, but a meteorite fell from the sky. Since then, this has become the place where the pagoda was built in Ying County.
Experienced 4 thunderstorms and1000 years of storm and thunder

the attack,


The plaque reads "Sakyamuni Pagoda", whose real name is

"Buddha Temple Sakyamuni Pagoda"

wooden tower

67.31 meters high

, bottom layer

30.27 meters in diameter,

The tower has

3000 cubic meters of red pine

built, gross weight

More than 2600 tons, pure wood structure,

Outside the wooden tower

24 pillars,

It adjusts its force every day according to the change of the earth's crust,


The whole body has a mortise and tenon structure, "made of fork columns"

The linking method is a flat octagon.


He is the "Dougong Museum" - there is

59 kinds of brackets

.

Time: 14:00: Activity time: about 1 hour and 30 minutes 🎗️Reminder: Shanxi Museum is closed every Monday. In case of closure, we will adjust the tour order for you~
🔖"Youyou Notes":
The theme of Shanxi Museum is"Jin Soul"

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There are 7 historical and cultural themes and 5 art themed exhibition halls.

📍Second floor:


✔️Cradle of Civilization—Shanxi Representative Prehistoric Cultural Relics


✔️Traces of Xia Shang——Shanxi Xia Shang style


✔️Hegemony of the Jin Kingdom——The 600-year-old great achievement of the Jin Kingdom, from Tongye Fengdi → three divisions into the Jin Dynasty, 800 years of changes, the exhibits have two weeks of bronze



📍Third floor:


✔️National melting pot - the process of national cultural integration for more than 800 years from Han to Sui;


✔️Buddhist charm - the development of Buddhist art in China from the Northern Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 1,500 years;


✔️The Hometown of Opera——The development process of opera art from the Warring States Period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties (the main exhibits are opera and artistic brick carvings);


✔️Shanxi merchants in Ming and Qing Dynasties—the process of Shanxi merchants from prosperity to prosperity to decline.



📍Fourth floor: 5⃣️ art topics


Hanmo Danqing, Porcelain Garden Artwork, Fangyuan World, Mountain and River Elites, and Civil and Civil Engineering are presented respectively.

Calligraphy and painting, ceramics, currency, jade and ancient architectural boutiques.

Time: 18:00:
[Recommend you the best food near Taiyuan City 5 Diamond (Xiaodian District/Xinghualing District)]——
📍【Recommendation 1️⃣】 Xinghuatang
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Caojia Braised Tongtianxia, ​​Qiaofu Vinegar Fish, Youyu Lamb, Master Wang’s Inherited Oily Meat, Inherited Sweet and Sour Balls, Six-degree Mature Vinegar Simmered Beef, Handmade Yellow Rice Cake, Qinzhou Yellow Millet Potato Shredded, Fenjiu Flaming Potatoes, Juewei Sesame Sauce Crispy Belly, Xiao Noodles with Castanopsis

📍【Recommendation 2️⃣】Lin Xiangzhai
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Jinyu Mantang Guoyou Pork, Sweet and Sour Crispy Meatballs, Sweet and Sour Crispy Yellow River Big Carp, Garlic-fried Yellow River Big Carp, Jinj Brand Sauce Plum Meat, Braised Beef with 6 Degree Mature Vinegar, Yanfu Yangshengtang, Lin Xiangzhai Bone crispy chicken, Xiaxian small crispy pork, steamed yellow rice with Guantan jujube, Lin Xiangzhai soup dumpling

📍【Recommendation 3️⃣】Shanxi Guild Hall
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Yanfu Yellow River Carp, Old Taiyuan Copper Hot Pot, Datong Ecological Grilled Lamb Chop, Nongjia Dafengshou, Qiaojia Beef Small Wotou, Yanfu Sweet and Sour Yellow River Big Carp, Yanfu Sanwei Beef Rib, Fenjiu Braised Pork, Organic Cauliflower, Shanxi Fried Pork, Fengshengshuiqilao Noodles, Pingyao Beef, Copper Hot Pot, Sweet and Sour Balls, Coarse Grain Breaded Chicken, Taiwan Mushroom Fried Pork

📍[Recommendation 4️⃣] Riverside Taste
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Shark's fin in hot and sour mullet egg soup, crispy Haizhe, Chubby chicken chops, grilled Youyu lamb chops with shallots, boneless pork knuckle in sauce, crispy smoked fish, crispy meat, Jiqing champion chicken, Signature five-flavored fish head, crispy five-spice beef, cold noodle chicken, Binhe eight-treasure roast duck, sweet and sour meatballs, fried thumb buns

📍【Recommendation 5️⃣】Old Taiyuan Restaurant
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: old Taiyuan sweet and sour meatballs, signature cold noodle chicken, yellow rice cold cake, old Taiyuan Juner meat, baked potato noodles, old Taiyuan fried pork, pan-fried stuffed sausage, old Taiyuan crispy chicken, stir-fried millet Potato tendons, flavored eggplant, Liulin bowl tray, tomato noodles with fish and fish, mutton siu mai, Baihuashaomei

📍[Recommended 6️⃣] Difu Family Banquet
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: braised Qiandao Lake big fish head, non-heritage oil pancakes, Difu sauce noodles, old Shanxi oily pork, Difu copper hot pot, Difu special grilled lamb chops, pumpkin rice with eight treasures, chopped pepper fish head, Scallion Pancake, Sesame Oil Big Flower Roll, Shredded Chicken Cold Noodles

📍[Recommended 7️⃣] Dao Fulin
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: three meals of pig's trotters, spicy hip-hop pig's trotters, cheese trotters, tender veal, sauce-flavored Chinese yam pig's trotters, dancing eggplant, bread lover show, Kung Pao chicken and pig's trotters, Chinese cabbage

📍[Recommended 8️⃣] Liangheyuan
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: catfish soaked cake, kiln roasted pumpkin, Shouyang red silk rice, sweet and sour meatballs, brown sugar cake, Zhaojia braised chicken, glutinous rice balls with fermented glutinous rice soup, mountain mushroom stewed tofu, golden jade mantang

📍[Recommended 9️⃣] Minmin Fishing Village
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Roasted Duck with Fruit Wood, Noodles with Sauce, Premium Maoxuewang, Xiaodian Crispy Chicken, Steamed Chicken Feet with Sauce, Crispy Lotus Root with Rattan Pepper, Spicy Twist Shrimp, Spicy Shredded Chicken Noodles, Hawthorn Braised Pork, Common People King Shrimp Dumplings, Homemade Stuffed Pork

📍【Recommended🔟】 Pingyang Courtyard
Recommended index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️Signature dishes: Assorted Copper Hot Pot, Small Yard Pork, Loufan Tofu, Personalized Beef Tripe, Millet Potato Shredded, Yellow Rice Steamed Cake, Tomato and Shrimp Stewed Tofu, Sweet and Sour Crispy Meatballs, Spicy Pepper Pork Stir-fried Fried Fried Beef Stew with Baby Potatoes

Day 7: [Includes chartered car service] Free activities in Taiyuan, today includes tour guide service, tickets are optional on-site, includes 24H pick-up/station service [including Taiyuan food guide recommendation]

Time: 11:30: 🍲"Taiyuan Willow Lane - Snacks/Special Foods":
✔️Qinghe Garden:

Brain (a kind of medicinal y food paste, it is recommended to eat with hat box or siu mai);


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Acknowledgement:

Steamed dumplings (strongly recommend mutton stuffing, thin skin and big stuffing, dipped in aged vinegar + chili);


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Hao Gang Haggis:

Pastry pancake + soup (Shanxi version of paomo);


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Mouse Hole State Hotel:

Lantern Festival, Ma Tuan;


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Snow Mountain Cold Drink Hall:

Seabuckthorn ice cream, aged vinegar ice cream;


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Yangji enema:

Intestinal enema (made with small noodles, not meat);


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Curry Hong:

Wide noodles, Chuan Chuan Xiang, sesame sauce;


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Quanwazi's house:

Dan dan noodles



🎁

"Taiyuan Willow Lane - Souvenirs/Specialties":

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Ninghua Prefecture (Headquarters):

Aged vinegar;


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Liuweizhai:

Sauce meat (strongly recommended!);


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Double synthesis:

Taigu cake, peach cake, trough cake, wife cake;