.Yungang Grottoes
The Yungang Buddhist caves are located on the southern cliffs of WuzhouMountain, 16 kilometres west of Datong Hewn out of cliffsides in a honeycomb pattern, they stretch for approximately one kilometre from east to west. Forty-five of the most important caves at Yungang still survive today, containing 252 niches. Two natural ravines cut into the face of the cliff and divide the caves into three groups. The eastern group includes Caves 1-4, the central group, Caves 5-13, and the western group, Caves 14-45. Of the existing 51.000 statues at Yungang,

Huayan temple
The Huayan Monastery in Daxi Street of DatongCity established in Liao is typical. The statues, frescos and some of the buildings in HuayanTemple betray the typical artistic and architecture style of the Liao Dynasty. Inside the south gate of DatongCity, the Shanhua Temple is a majestic well-preserved building group of Liao and Jin which is famous for the well-spaced layout as well as the vivid statues of Buddha and Buddhism frescos.

,Nine dragon screen
The Nine-dragon Screen in the East Street of DatongCity is also worth a visit. It is the largest and earliest one of the three famous Nine-dragon Screens in China (Note: the other two are respectively in Forbidden City and Beihai Park.

Suspending Temple
Xuankong, or SuspendedTemple, lies 5 kilometers east of the city of Yang- yuan, between the two peaks of the Beiyue-Mountains. The temple has a history of more than 1,400 years. About 40 buildings survived are scattered halfway up the mountain on the cliff face or slopes, from 26 to 50 meters above the foot of the mountain. The temple buildings which seem to be hanging in midair on the cliffs are unique in structure. Within the temple are numerous pictures and 78 color statues made of copper, iron or stone.