The train is crossing the Jindong Taihang Mountains, the snow outside the window over the mountain. This is the third-year, yesterday on the 18:50 train from Shanghai to Taiyuan, Shanxi, 23 hours to go to evening introduced by someone else to live Kin Long 3 (both stay again bath single room can be a total of 30 million).
D1: 6:00 wake up, go to the railway station to buy tickets 7:00 Pingyao climbing (7 million), 9:30 arrival. Pingyao ancient city wall tall, circumference of 6 km, within four eight-lane street, shops everywhere, door-mei hanging plaque pawnshop ticket line more. can imagine the scale of the Ming and Qing financial industry, not to buy ticket in the wandering, in the post office send a post card back home (after we have received any) commercial gas concentration, no Duodai. For Rishengchang are interested in can be Fan exploring to do. back to Taiyuan cars (17 million).
Jinci go straight to find a tour guide (20 million) into the park (tickets 40 yuan), while listening to the arrival of tour tirelessly, watching scenery, music-roaming. Chou Tang Shuyu were fiefdoms into Jin, people remember him after the achievements Lici pictures. buildings or have Ruin: Song clay; Zhou Bo; difficult Oiizumi. There are architectural treasures: Xiandian; Shengmu Dian; fish marsh fly beam. but unfortunately know little of the old buildings is difficult to receive the quintessence. such as the Wang were named Wang visitors to enter the Hall, there are weeks Ling Prince Jin, is a recognized Wang's ancestors came to this Renzuguizong. Cinei Tablets poetry together painting a rich cultural diversity. Jinci hills and the beauty of it is still in the water around, and ancient trees silhouetted against each other pavilions.
22:40 Taiyuan - Datong
D2: 6:00 arrival, Dungan wind rushing toward us, busy with replacement pants, ears still Zuo Tong. For a southerner is really cold Saibei. Taxi (25 million) to the Yungang Grottoes (ticket 50 yuan). Wu Chaoyang weeks under the remarkable group of ancient mountain cave, resonant it can help people divorced from reality. Watched it again and that alone did not understand the subtleties. Station, when a guided tour with in the post to take advantage of, so it caught up with him 23 times to hear the taste. Excavated in the fifth century of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the first 16 to 21 cave cave called "Cave Tanyao 5" tall; big nose, long flat shoulder lobe; skirts discount; a King gas; pattern modification is the barbarian features, 1 km stretch of thousands of respect Buddha spectacular.
Noon Automotive - hunyuan (10 million) to see Xuan Kongsi (tickets 45 yuan). Temple on the cliff is really fantastic, Tsan ancestors wisdom and technology. The Millennium Temple hanging mid-air, there are folk song, "Xuan Kongsi, mid-air lift, air lift 3 Mawei" more surprising Wisdom 3 accounted for a temple to teach. Datong world ah! Beiyue Hengshan, such as line; volatile, mountain scenery of the North Silver Snake Dance, imposing extraordinary. Chartered (150 million) into the sand Changhe Town, the sky late. Live in small shops (10 million) Heating is enough, and the more sleep the more heat.
D3: 03:30 shop owner knocked on the door there is a bus (20 million) to the Wutai Mountain (75 tickets), rush to the car, feeling a trace of cold air. Can not be opened more than an hour and a half away, the former snow road closures, to walk in order to have a snow road vehicle access. Ice and snow, surrounded by dark really need the courage to go - 10 come in the dark before the snow line, and my hands lifted eyes from star-studded ear protection can only see so many high mountain star. . . Rare!
To the town of Huai Taiwan weather micro-light, that is, into the Temple worship after breakfast. First construct a temple, Mount Wutai, Han Yong Ping-year period, the existing teaching Qinghuang two temples 124, multi-sectarian temple in this legislation pass laws; ancient buildings, paintings, couplets, pagoda everything; receives favor from the emperor more than five, Chi Buddhist Care country. More ancient literati love five, leaving behind a large number of Tiyong of cropping; incense heyday. Dependent shops and temples, monks inevitably vulgar, is the so-called large latent in the city.
Date back to Taiyuan (ticket 30 yuan), bought return tickets, drove to the Willow Lane Guangye Shi. Silent night.
D4: the morning went to the Museum, Unfortunately, the new museum under construction, the old building is not a heritage, leaving only some of modern calligraphy and painting, at the side are priced for sale. Shanxi Province where the book is only a taste of history and culture.
On the train, farewell Jin land; Shanxi something to stay in the minds of many ancient and modern, ancient civilization, the first of its kind to open Yaoshun Yu; Sima Guang, Liu Zong-yuan Wets were lai; Kwan Kung pass through the ages; generation of enlightened ruler Li Shimin, "Zhenguan's rule," Empress Wu, Luo Guanzhong, Fu Shan. . . Every Generation there are talented people out to build a unique culture of Shanxi. Shanxi, good luck today!
Author: MEIRONGZHENG
