Datong
Datong is a city in northern Shanxi Province, China. A former frontier town and Northern Wei capital, it is best known for the Yungang Grottoes and the Hanging Monastery, as well as numerous religious sites in its redeveloped Ancient City center. Wikivoyage
Population 3,105,591 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in China
Visas and entry What your passport needs for China
Daylight 9 h 21 in Dec, dark by 17:02 · 15 h in Jun
- January: 9 h 37 of daylight
- February: 10 h 41 of daylight
- March: 11 h 53 of daylight
- April: 13 h 14 of daylight
- May: 14 h 23 of daylight
- June: 15 h of daylight
- July: 14 h 46 of daylight
- August: 13 h 48 of daylight
- September: 12 h 30 of daylight
- October: 11 h 12 of daylight
- November: 10 h of daylight
- December: 9 h 21 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Huayan Temple Attraction · 90 m
- Drum Tower Attraction · 550 m
- Shanhua Temple Attraction · 650 m
- 四牌楼 Monument · 570 m
- 开化寺 Museum · 250 m
- 圆通寺 Attraction · 260 m
- 钟楼 Attraction · 350 m
- 大同规划展览馆 Museum · 640 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
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