Datong Major attractions: Yungang Grottoes, Mount hengshan ( Northern Holy Mountain ), Xuankong (Overhanging) Monastery, and Wooden Pagoda in Yinxian County . Huayan and Shanhua monasteries of the Liao and Nine-Dragon Wall of the Ming are in Datong , the provincial capital. On the outskirts: a section of the Great Wall which served as the boundary between two states in ancient times, watch towers, volcanoes, and the ruins of an ancient battlefield at Jinshatan.
Yungang Grottoes
With some 51,000 sculptures of varying sizes in 53 rock caves, the 1, 500-uear-old Yungang Grottoes in west Datong is the largest cluster of grottoes in China and a world-famous treasure house of art.
Overhanging Monastery
The precipitous and picturesque Mount Hengshan is one of the five holy mountains in China . Midway up its slope is the Xuankong (Overhanging) Monastery, a rare alpine complex built in the late Northern Wei, with 40 or so halls and chambers hanging on the rock face of a sheer cliff.
Datong Major attractions: Yungang Grottoes, Mount hengshan ( Northern Holy Mountain ), Xuankong (Overhanging) Monastery, and Wooden Pagoda in Yinxian County . Huayan and Shanhua monasteries of the Liao and Nine-Dragon Wall of the Ming are in Datong , the provincial capital. On the outskirts: a section of the Great Wall which served as the boundary between two states in ancient times, watch towers, volcanoes, and the ruins of an ancient battlefield at Jinshatan. 
