Shanxi Province is located in the middle of the Yellow River valley. The name of Shanxi has its own means "west of the mountain", which refers to the province's location west of the Taihang Mountains. Shanxi has also become the favorite tourist destination which has main cities including Pingyao and Datong. Here we make a list of 3 Shanxi World Heritage Sites that could you see below.

Ancient City of Pingyao
Best Ancient Walled City in China-Pingyao

Pingyao is a well preserved ancient wall city with almost all the building design in Ming and Qing dynasties style. It has listed by UNESCO as one of the World Heritage Sites in China because it considered as the best ancient walled city in China or even among amount of wall cities over the world.
Ancient City of Pingyao is a cultural city which was originally established some 2700 years ago. The old walled city covering an area of 2.6 square kilometers and it consist city walls, streets, shops, temples and residential houses. Come and explore the major attractions of this ancient city really will show you an outstanding example of ancient old city of China.

Yungang Grottoes
Traditional Chinese Art Forms

Located 16 km west of Datong City, Shanxi Province, Yungang Grottoes were built against the mountain and represent 1 km Buddhist cave art from east to west. They consists 252 caves of various sizes and housing in total more than 51,000 statues. Its ancient and authentic Buddhist cave art combines the traditional Chinese art forms with foreign influence, especially Greek and Indian.
Big Buddha Caves it the tallest Buddha which located surrounded by many small Buddhas in the complex. The walls inside the caves are covered by long rolls of paintings divided into different layers and columns. All these reflect the layouts and traditional arrangements of halls in vogue in China during the Han dynasty.

Mount Wutai
Famous Scared Buddhist Mountains in China

Wutai Mountain is one of the four Sacred Buddhist mountains in China and listed as one of UNESCO World Heritage Site which located in Shanxi Province, China. The cultural landscape is housing 53 monasteries including the East Main Hall of Foguang Temple. It also features the Ming Dynasty Shuxiang Temple with a huge complex of 500 statues representing Buddhist stories.
Mount Wutai which also known as the five terrace mountain because its five flat peak and has known as the highest mountain in northern China. Mount Wutai offers the charm natural landscape and Buddhist culture, with its monasteries, Buddhist architecture, statues and pagodas reflects. It became a sacred Buddhist place which also reflects the perfect nature landscapes.

Offer its sacred Buddhist culture and art as well as an ancient wall city with its long history and outstanding design, Shanxi will show you their charm in every way that you should discover on your holiday.