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Shuozhou 朔州Shuòzhōu
Home of China's oldest fully wooden pagoda, by the Inner Mongolia border
About Shuozhou
Shuozhou is a coal-and-power city on the north-western edge of Shanxi, bordering Inner Mongolia, and its best-known sights are two buildings. Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, 67 m tall and built in 1056 under the Liao dynasty, is the oldest fully wooden pagoda in China. In the city itself, Chongfu Temple, founded in 665, keeps two halls of the Jin dynasty.
What to eat in Shuozhou
- Huairen stir-fried rabbit head (怀仁炒兔头)
- Huairen lamb offal soup (怀仁羊杂)
Featured places in Shuozhou
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Yingxian Wooden Pagoda 应县木塔
A Liao-dynasty timber pagoda of 1056, five storeys outside and nine within
Listed sites in Shuozhou
7 sites in Shuozhou are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Chongfu Temple, Shuozhou 崇福寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A large Buddhist monastery in the middle of Shuozhou, founded in the Tang dynasty and best known for its two Jin-dynasty halls, the Mituo Hall of 1143 and the Guanyin Hall. - Jinshatan Ancient Battlefield 金沙滩古战场 4A scenic area · on the map
A themed park outside Huairen built around the folk story of the Yang family generals' legendary battle against the Liao at Jinshatan, the 'Golden Sand Beach'. - Baoning Temple, Youyu 宝宁寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty temple in Youwei, an old garrison town in north-west Shanxi, founded in 1460 and added to the national list in 2019. - Guangwu Great Wall 广武长城 National heritage site · on the map
A stretch of Ming-dynasty Great Wall on the hills above New Guangwu village in Shanyin County, running east towards Yanmen Pass; this card stands for the Shanxi sections of the Great Wall in the national listing. - Guangwu Han Tombs 广武汉墓群 National heritage site · on the map
A large Han-dynasty cemetery on open ground north of the villages of Old and New Guangwu, where several hundred earth burial mounds still stand above ground. - Jingtu Temple, Yingxian 净土寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple in the north-east corner of Ying County town, known locally as the North Temple and founded in 1124 under the Jin dynasty; only its main hall survives. - Old Guangwu Fortress 广武城 National heritage site
A Ming frontier fortress town in Old Guangwu village, a few kilometres from Yanmen Pass, whose rectangular earth walls, faced with brick in the Ming rebuilding, still enclose the village.
On the map
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