Understated to stunning! This ancient historical capital, you should get to know again!
🌟 When it comes to ancient capitals, you might think of Xi'an or Luoyang, but there is also Taiyuan, which is as famous as Luoyang and Xi'an, known as the 'Three Capitals'. This low-key and restrained provincial capital city is full of endless years and stories.
🏰 Taiyuan is so understated that it seems non-existent, but it actually has a history of over 4700 years, a city-building history of 2500 years, and 19 emperors, no wonder it is called the 'Dragon City', a truly fitting name for the land where the dragon thrives!
🏭 It is also one of China's earliest industrial cities and has now transformed into the 'Number One Park City of the North'. Mountains, hot springs, rivers, forests, beautiful scenery is everywhere!
🌟Must-visit attractions in Taiyuan
1⃣ Ancient Taiyuan City 🏯
In the ancient Taiyuan City, many historical buildings are preserved, and historical traces can be seen everywhere. Many tourists dressed in ancient costumes give an instant feeling of time travel. It is also the filming location for the movie 'Man Jiang Hong'.
2⃣ Jinci 🏞
A royal sacrificial garden, even older than the Forbidden City! The architectural style ranges from the Song Dynasty to the Republic of China. Walking through it, you can feel the profound historical vicissitudes.
3⃣ Yongzuo Temple 🏯
This is Taiyuan's iconic building, with two opposing towers that let you know this is Taiyuan at a glance. Standing on the top of the tower, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of the whole city!
4⃣ Bujisi 🌿
A representative of Jin Dynasty architecture, although it has been renovated many times, you can still experience the architectural style of the Jin Dynasty!
5⃣ Mengshan Giant Buddha 🙏
The Mengshan Giant Buddha has been watching over this land for more than 1500 years and is the largest cliff Buddha of China's Northern Dynasties!
6⃣ Tianlongshan Grottoes 🗿
Once an imperial summer palace, the grottoes have been crafted through several dynasties, with a large number of statues, reliefs, and other cultural relics. However, they were sadly stolen by Japan, and the existing grottoes, although damaged, still witness the historical vicissitudes.
7⃣ Bell Tower Street 🏘
A blend of retro and modern, with green-gray Western buildings, old photo studios, cultural and creative shops... full of old Taiyuan memories!
8⃣ Donghu Vinegar Garden 🍶
Explore the brewing process of Shanxi old vinegar and even taste vinegar-flavored ice cream!
9⃣ Yingze Park 🌳
Taiyuan's 'Little Jiangnan', with rippling blue waves, green willows, and blooming flowers, a great place for leisure!
🔟 Shanxi Museum 🏛
One of the three major museums in the country, national treasures are all here, waiting for you to discover!
🍜 Taiyuan cuisine, a paradise for foodies
🍲 Meatball Soup: A must-have breakfast for Taiyuan people, beef soup + meatballs + baked pancake, a perfect combination!
🥣 Brain: A unique medicinal cuisine, you might not be used to it the first time, but it's definitely worth a try!
🥩 Sliced Meat in Hot Oil: The foremost of the top ten famous Jin dishes, slices of meat stir-fried with wood ear mushrooms, magnolia petals, etc., topped with old vinegar, delicious!
🍲 Raw Charcoal Copper Pot: Mutton, mutton offal, mutton soup, paired with Fenjiu, full of Shanxi people's jianghu spirit!
There are also oat noodles, fried oil cakes, stir-fried sausages, meat-hooked chicken, sauce meat, and many other local specialty foods that are worth tasting!
💖 Taiyuan, this low-key historical treasure city, check it out before it becomes a hot spot! Feel the 5000 years of historical heritage, taste the authentic cuisine, and you will surely linger and forget to return! 💖
If there is really no place to go, you can go in and stroll around. 20 yuan is really not particularly recommended. It takes about half an hour to go shopping. It is mainly two towers. You can also see it outside. There are many locals dancing at the door.
One of the iconic attractions in the center of Taiyuan, a large park is built around the tower. The main part needs to collect tickets, but it is still rare to have the opportunity to climb the ancient tower. There are also historical peony in the park, so the scenery is better in the season.
It is an iconic building in Taiyuan. I came here when I was very young. I came to visit this time. I think it is still worth seeing, especially standing on one of the towers and watching the other. It has a wonderful feeling.
The twin towers make people feel very old atmosphere. There is a tower to climb. It feels really good. It is a very interesting trip.
The attraction is near Taiyuan Railway Station. Outside the temple, there is no ticket for the square park. It is worth visiting to enter the temple to collect tickets.
Happy Commune Farming Culture Ecological Park, let you experience the strong local atmosphere
Taiyuan's famous Shuangta Temple is in the Twin Towers Park. I went to Taiyuan last summer. I didn't go because of the epidemic. This year, I brushed Taiyuan on May 1st Labor Day, making up for the previous regrets. It happened to catch up with the Peony Festival. I climbed the tower and admired the peony. It was perfect! Although there was really nothing to see and stay in the tower, not even a observation deck, it was very small, and I couldn't even stand up straight, but I went to climb down and satisfied my curiosity! The following points, according to my personal experience, if you want to climb the tower or go to the twin tower park for the purpose of climbing the tower, it is recommended to go to the tower first after arriving at the park, because the tower is very narrow, there is no space to stand, and the tower is very high, 13 floors, very wasteful physical strength, We went up and down, and when we came down, our legs and stomachs were squatting. The nearest door to Yonghe Temple and the twin towers is the north gate of the park. A few steps from the north gate is the entrance of Yonghe Temple. Besides, there is a cultural popsicle. There are cultural popsicles in the canteen opposite the visitor center in the north gate. Interested tourists should not miss it! The Twin Towers Park opened at 6 am, and Yongxu Temple opened at 8:30. The door scanned the QR code to buy tickets. The original price was 30 yuan per person. Now there is a half price discount. The discount seems to be until June. We arrived at 8 o'clock. During May 1st, the weather in Taiyuan City was particularly strong. The big sun was quite sunny, so it is recommended to go early, not so sun. I feel that the peony flowers are still the best peony in Yongxu Temple. There are many varieties, just in bloom. Because there are buildings that are blocked by the sun, they are very beautiful. There are also many colors and many varieties. Another tower can't go up, can only turn around outside, and then we walked along the west road in Twin Towers Park to the south gate and ended the attraction. The only thing I feel is that there are fewer toilets in the park, four directions from east to west to north, and there seems to be only one bathroom in each direction. If you miss one, the next one will go far.