Da Tong/History

Best History in Da Tong

• Yungang Grottoes

  252 caves and roughly 51,000 Buddhist statues carved into a sandstone cliff face during the 5th and 6th centuries.

• Hanging Temple

  A temple complex built directly into a cliff face roughly 75 metres above Jinxia Gorge, supported by just 27 wooden beams.

• Nine Dragon Screen

  A 45.5-metre glazed-tile screen wall built in 1392, the oldest and largest of its kind surviving in China.