Shanxi is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. It is called Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, so it is called Jin for short. The long history has left many cultural heritages. Coupled with the complex terrain and natural landscape formed by rivers and mountains, the tourism resources are very rich.
As one of the five Buddhist holy places in China, there is one in Shanxi-Wutai Mountain, with thousands of temples; There is also Jinci Temple in Taiyuan, which is a tourist attraction with various forms of ancient buildings. Pingyao Ancient City is one of the three existing ancient cities in China, and it is listed in the World Cultural Heritage List.
In addition, Yungang Grottoes is one of the three major Buddhist grottoes in China, with a magnificent momentum. Carefully carved; The Qiao Family Courtyard, the representative of Shanxi merchant culture, is a model of Shanxi folk culture. And so on, all these constitute the thick history and culture of Shanxi.
Xi, the capital of Shaanxi Province, is the ancient capital of the 13th dynasty. Many emperors were buried in Shaanxi, including the 18th Mausoleum of the Tang Dynasty, and many civilian military commanders were buried in Shaanxi, the land of Sanqin.
As far as folklore is concerned, there are the most tombs in Shaanxi, such as "Look at the underground of Shaanxi", "There are many ancient tombs in the Qincun Village of 800 Li", and the Qinling Mountains are in Shaanxi, so there are the most tombs in Shaanxi. "Eight hundred Li Qinchuan, 100,000 ancient tombs" is the land of Shaanxi Sanqin.
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Pingyao is known as one of the "four best preserved ancient cities", and it is also one of the only two ancient cities in China that have successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city.
Shanxi, as one of the main birthplaces of the Chinese nation, has thousands of years of civilization and left many precious cultural relics. Jinci Temple in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, has a history of 3,000 years. Located in Jinci Town, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. It was built in memory of Tang Shuyu, the founding emperor of Jin State, and his mother Jiang Yi. It is the earliest existing royal garden in China and the ancestral temple of the State of Jin.
There are dozens of ancient buildings in the temple, such as South Lao Quan, painted girl statues in the Song Dynasty, Bai Zhou, etc., and it is known as the "Three Musts of Jinci". People say, "If you don't get to Jinci, you will go to Taiyuan for nothing." .
Shaanxi is called "the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties". There are many cultural layers in Shaanxi, which determines that there are only a handful of underground tombs in Shaanxi, with high laws and regulations and rich funerary objects.
There is a joke in Shaanxi: outsiders should not walk in the fields, they are easy to disappear. Why? Because it will fall into the thief's hole. Although exaggerated, it well reflects the richness of underground cultural relics in Shaanxi, so there is a saying that underground cultural relics look at Shaanxi.