Tourism In Taiyuan

    Backdating to history, Taiyuan was so called as 'Town of Beautiful Landscape'. Scattering over the place are plentiful zoology tourism resources; sceneries of human anecdotes and cultural relics.

     Situated 25 km in the southwest, is the 'Holy Mother Temple' built in 'Beiwei' dynasty for the mother of 'Emperor Tang Shuyu' , the founder of 'State Jin' The temple rates as the biggest royal one nationally and can be regarded as dazzling pearl symbolizing Chinese culture. Inside the temple, stand densely halls of magnificence with bundlefull of relics, to name, they are the 'Holy Mother Hall', 'Fish Pond with Plying Beam' , colred sculptures ofmaidens of Song dynasty, stale with calligraphy by emporer of Tang dynasty, ' cypress planted in Zhou dynasty' , pagodatree planted in Tang dynasty, 'Everlasting Spring' , 'Tangshu Temple' , 'Xiandian Hall' , 'Golden Figure Platform' 'Luxian Ge Cabin' 'Chaoyang Cave' all identically characterized telling many a beautiful story. Besides, there are the 'Jinxi College' and the 'Wang's Temple'.

     In the east of Taiyuan, there stands the 'Twin Pagoda' the 'Yongzuo' Temple built in Ming dynasty which is a symbol of Taiyuan.

     Situated 36 km in the southwest, is the ' Tian Longshan Grotto' built in 'Dong Wei Five. States' dynasty and fined in Yuan dynasty, in the existing 25 caves from 'Bei Chao' period carved with 'Arc Carving' is known as ' Tianlong Style' Over 500 sculptures of Buddhism characters there later were taken as models for the making of the kind in China. Frescos kept there are 1144 pieces with vivid appearances with delicacy appreciated as the prime of the world by professionals.

     Situated 20 km in the southwest, is the '' Longshan Grotto' ' built in Tang dynasty and fined in Yuan dynasty, in the existing 8 caves, curved figures are the saints and the '7 Pupils of the Taoism Ancestor Wang Chongyang' so that it rates as the biggest Taoism grottos nationally. The design of fencing walls are dragon and Phoenix reflecting art and taste of the people then. for the mother of 'Emperor Tang Shuyu' , the founder of 'State Jin' The temple rates as the 'Chongshan Temple' built in 'Tang' dynasty is the most capacity of scriptures of China' s Buddhism, totaling to 20 thousand volumes. 137 pieces of 'Baoshi Hua' paintings' of Ming dynasty's frescos are also stored there. Furthermore, there is the most typical wooden architecture of Ming dynasty, the 'Da Beidian' hall as well as the precious Ming dynasty' s sculptures 'Sanda Shi' , Similar is another temple, the 'Chun Yanggong' Taoism temple, which was built exclusively for the saint 'Lu Dongbin' Arrangement of galleries and pavilions represent very much the architecture and gardening art of the time. Stored there are also bronze sculpture of marshal ' Guan Yu' s horse. It is also used as Shanxi Museum to display potteries, porcelains, bronzes wares, coins, sculptures, lacquers, enamel, colored glaze, calligraphy works and paintings of times.

     Ruins of the ancient 'Jinyang' city that lies at the 'Gu Chngying' village, 'Jinyuan' district in the southwest of the present city of Taiyuan lingers a broken wall of 1 km with ' terrace of Palace' surrounded by villages called ' Cheng Dongjiao' , Jin Yangbao' 'Nan Chengjiao 'Chengbei' and Luocheng' , all telling the faded glory of the ancient 'Jinyang'.
'Shengfu' - Provincial Government Houses situated at 'Fuxi Street' is the site of the present 'People' s Government of Shanxi' In the ancient time, it was the site of the ' Tang Ming' town ,site of 'Jin Wengong Temple' for the emperor of 'Jin State' . At 'Song' dynasty when ' War on Jinyang by Song, Marshal 'Pan Mei' set his headquarter in the temple. After rebuilding of 'Jinyang' , the place changed to the status of a province. Thereafter, despite alteration of dynasties and time, the place has remained center of power, for that ,it was so prized 'No. 1 Government Houses'.

     ' Juewei Shan' mountain, Duo Fuci' ' Memorium Hall' for ' Mr. Sun Yasung , ' Residence of 'Go Junyu' , "Site of State Teacher' s Colllege' , 'Da Xuetang - Shanxi University' , Warlord Offical Building' as well as ' No. 1 Provincial Middle School' which is used now as a display and museum for education of patriotism an tradition.