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View Plans & PricingArea: 14,176 km² (prefecture-level city)
Population: Approximately 3.1 million (2020 census)
Datong means "great unity" in Chinese. It was the capital of the Northern Wei dynasty and later a strategic northern garrison city on the Great Wall. It is famous for its Buddhist cave art.
7.0/10 — Residents enjoy a balanced lifestyle with modern amenities and cultural richness.
Datong Yungang Airport (DAT) offers domestic flights. Datong Railway Station and Datong South Station are on the Beijing–Baotou and Datong–Xi'an railways. City buses and taxis are available.
Shanxi Datong University is the main local higher-education institution.
Datong lies in the Loess Plateau and Inner Mongolian plateau transition zone. It is a major coal-producing city with a dry continental climate.
Visit the Yungang Grottoes (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Huayan Temple, Hanging Monastery (Xuankong Si), Nine-Dragon Wall, and the Datong city wall.
Day 1: Visit Yungang Grottoes and Huayan Temple.
Day 2: Day trip to the Hanging Monastery and Yingxian Wooden Pagoda.
Try Datong noodles (Daoxiao mian), sheep offal soup, yellow millet, Shanxi vinegar dishes, and roasted lamb. The city is famous for wheat noodles and lamb.
Shanxi aged vinegar, Datong copperware, coal-themed souvenirs, Buddhist crafts from Yungang, and local noodles are popular buys.
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