Located in Wutai County, Xinzhou City, surrounded by five peaks and with a platform, it is a famous summer resort with beautiful scenery. In addition, it is also the Dojo of Manjusri Bodhisattva, with many temples, ranking first among the four famous Buddhist mountains in China. As it is the only Dojo in China where the Yellow Temple (Tibetan) and the Qing Temple (Hanchuan) coexist, you can see not only the monks in Hanchuan, but also the Tibetan lamas in Wutai Mountain.

2. Pianguan Laoniuwan Scenic Area

Located at the junction of Shanxi Province and Inner Mongolia, bounded by the Yellow River, it is connected to Pianguan County of Shanxi Province in the south and Qingshuihe County of Inner Mongolia in the north bank. The Yellow River enters Shanxi from here, and the Great Wall meets here. Shanxi-Shaanxi-Inner Mongolia Grand Canyon starts here and is one of the top ten most beautiful canyons in China. The whole Laoniuwan tourist area consists of Baozita Bay, Laoniuwan, Zuosita Bay and Yangjiachuan Canyon.

3. Yuwangdong

Zhoushan Waist is located 20 kilometers southeast of Xinzhou City, which is the only way between Taiyuan and Wutai Mountain. People call it "the first hole in North China". Formerly known as Xianren Cave, also known as Deng Xian Kiln. According to legend, Dayu used to take a boat here to control water. There is a stone statue in the cave, which looks like Yu Wang and was later renamed Wang Yudong.

It is said that the cave was built in North China 7500 years ago, and the seabed rose to land, forming the present Taihang Mountain. Later, due to carbonate erosion, many caves were formed. How deep the caves in Wang Yu are is still a mystery. At present, the proven hole is about 2000 meters deep, and there are four floors, three halls and ten holes for tourists to visit.

4. Xinzhou Building

The original four doors, with buildings on the city gate, were built in the 24th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1596). Due to historical reasons, only the North Gate Building is left today. The tower is 28 meters high, seven rooms wide and four rooms deep, surrounded by a veranda with three drops of water (three floors bright and three floors dark), leaning against the roof of the mountain, without columns in the building, and the beam structure is simple and closely connected, which fully embodies the wisdom of the ancient working people. On the third floor of the gatehouse, there is a huge plaque hanging high, on which are written four magnificent characters: "Lock and key in northern Shaanxi". The whole tower, with red columns and blue tiles, painted buildings, carved beams and painted buildings, is magnificent and has high cultural relics protection value.

5. Yanmenguan

Located 30 kilometers northwest of Daixian County, Xinzhou, it is a pass on the Great Wall Line in Ming Dynasty. It is also called "Waisanguan" with Ning Wuguan and Pianguan. Daixian County has no public transportation to the scenic spot, so it can only be taken by chartered bus, and it is entirely on foot to play in the scenic spot.

Yanmenguan has been an important gateway for the Central Plains Dynasty to resist the invasion of northern nomads since ancient times. The earliest history here can be traced back to the Warring States period, when King Wuling of Zhao fought against Xiongnu. Li Guang, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, famous soldiers of the Han Dynasty, led troops to fight against Xiongnu. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Yanmenguan became the main battlefield of the confrontation between Song and Liao. The prototype of the famous Yang Jiajiang story happened here, and there is also a statue of Yang Liulang in the scenic spot.

6. Yangjiamiao

It is located in Ludijian Village, 20 kilometers east of Daixian County, Shanxi Province. Guzhou is the hometown of Yang Ye (the legendary Yang Jiye), a general of the Song Dynasty. In the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 977), hundreds of soldiers rode through the Liao Dynasty, where villagers worshipped. By the Yuan Dynasty, the 17th Sun of the Yang family was ordered by the emperor to build a shrine, which was rebuilt in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Most of the existing buildings and statues in the temple are relics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

7. Bianjing Building

Commonly known as the Drum Tower. In Daizhou City, Shanxi Province. It was built in the seventh year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1374) and rebuilt after the fire in the seventh year of Chenghua (147 1). The building foundation is towering, and the north and south cities are connected. The foundation is13m high, 43m long and 33m wide.

The building is 26 meters high, seven rooms wide and five rooms deep, surrounded by cloisters, with four drops of water on the third floor, hooks on the second floor and flat seats under the hooks on the third floor. The bucket body is regular, the beam frame is exquisite and magnificent. Reasonable structure, after hundreds of years of wind and rain and many earthquakes, it has been well preserved. There are three giant plaques upstairs, which are the four famous monuments, the three passes of Weizhen and the first floor of Yanmen.

8. Jin Dong Temple

Xihuyan Village, 20 kilometers northwest of Xinxian County, Shanxi Province. Here, the mountains are undulating, the jujube forests are clustered, and the ancient temples are hidden, quiet and elegant. Date of creation is unknown. According to the architectural features, it existed in the Song Dynasty. It was rebuilt in the fifth year of Yuanyou (13 18) and partially rebuilt in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The existing main hall was built in the Song Dynasty, and the Heavenly King Hall and Guanyin Hall are relics of the Ming Dynasty. Daxiong Hall is three rooms wide and three rooms deep, with a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain.

The eaves and columns of the temple are short, with board doors in the bay and windows in the two rooms. The window pivot is small and the roof folds gently. The facade is similar to the eaves of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in the Northern Song Dynasty. The eaves are antique, and the palace is decorated with gold pillars. The beams are all exposed and neatly cut, just like in the Song Dynasty.

9. Yuan Haowen Tomb

It is located on the side of Hanyan Village, 7.5 kilometers southeast of Xinxian County, Shaanxi Province. There are lush willows nearby, a house is very tall, and there are stones around the grave. The stones in Weng Zhong are separated from the wild animals. Inclined back is the five-bay enjoyment hall, which is embedded with many stone tablets. The East Courtyard has a pavilion with a hexagonal structure. All buildings are simple but not crude, simple but not vulgar. Yuan Haowen (1190-1257) stayed in the mountains. Young and smart, good at poetry, he is the foreign minister of Shangshu Province. Jin Wu is not an official, but specializes in books, including "Collection of Hills", which is compiled into "Zhongzhou Collection" in ten volumes and "Yuefu" in one volume.

Yingxian Wooden Pagoda 10

Sagata is located in the Buddhist temple in the northwest of Yingxian County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, commonly known as Yingxian Wooden Pagoda. It was built in the second year of Qing Ning in Liao Dynasty (A.D. 1056, Song San year) and completed the sixth year of Chang in Yu Jinming (A.D. 1 195, the first year of Qing Yuan in Southern Song Dynasty). It is the tallest and oldest wooden tower building in China.

The height of Sakyamuni Tower is 67.3 1 m, and the diameter of the bottom floor is 30.27 m, showing a plane octagon. The whole tower supplies 3000 cubic meters of Korean pine wood, more than 2600 tons, pure wood structure, no nails and no riveting. Two tooth relics of Sakyamuni Buddha are enshrined in the tower.