Tour Beijing Journal
Field notes from Beijing and beyond: routes, photos, small cautions, and practical ideas for travelers who like to know the road before they go.
Plan your Datong tour? This is my third-time visit to Datong, which has completely changed my previous image of Datong as a polluted base for coal pro...
Plan yourDatong tour? Taking a taxi going around Datong is a good way to visit the sights in Datong. There are more than 6,000 taxis now running in th...
Plan your Datong Tour? Known as the “City of the Coal”, Datong is one of the 24 famous historical and cultural cities in China due to its ever prosper...
The rammed earth Great Wall at Zhenchuan (镇川口长城)is an important section ofDatong Great Wallbuilt in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Zhenchuankou literally m...
Datong Pingyao Xian Trip Datong, Pingyao and Xian are three important tourist destinations in China. Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Temple in Datong, Pi...
Zhenbianbu Fortress ( 镇边堡)was one of the five most important forts along Datong Outer Great Wall built in Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644). The fort was orig...
Shoukoubu Fortress ( 守口堡) was once one of an essential fort along the Ming-era Datong Great Wall. "Shoukoubu" ( 守口堡)literally means “Defending the Rav...
Deshengbu Fortress (得胜堡) was one of the 52 fortresses built along theDatong Great Wall in Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644). Deshengbu, literally "Victory For...
Datong is an ancient city with a history of more than 2400 years. In history, Datong had a luminous past as the capital of the Northern Wei dynasty (3...
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