Datong (Chinese: 大同; pinyin: Dàtóng) is a city in the northern Shanxi Province in China, and is located a few hundred kilometres west by rail from Beijing with an elevation of 1090 meters. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use ( Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the People's Republic of China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National It has a population of approximately 3. 11 million.
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History
The town was founded as Píngchéng (平城) in 200 BC during the Han Dynasty. Loess is a homogeneous typically non stratified porous Friable,slightly coherent often calcareous fine-grained Silty pale yellow or buff windblown ( aeolian Events By place Seleucid Empire Antiochus III's forces continue their invasion of Coele Syria and Palestine. The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. Located near the Great Wall Pass to Inner Mongolia it blossomed during the following period and became a stop-off point for Camel Caravans moving from China into Mongolia and beyond. It was sacked at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty ( 206 BC–220 AD followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. Pingcheng became the capital of Northern Wei from 398 AD until 494 AD. The Northern Wei Dynasty (北魏 Pinyin: běi wèi 386 - 534) also known as the Tuoba Wei (拓拔魏 Later Wei (後魏 or Events By Place Western Roman Empire An imperial Edict obliges Roman landowners to yield 1/3 of their fields to the barbarians who have Events By Place Byzantine Empire An earthquake devastates Latakia. The famous Yungang Grottoes (云岗石窟 Yúngǎng Shíkù) were constructed during the later part of this period (460 – 494 AD). The Yungang Grottoes ( are ancient Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Datong in the Chinese province of Shanxi. Events By Place Western Roman Empire Emperor Majorian is defeated by the Visigoths. Events By Place Byzantine Empire An earthquake devastates Latakia.
The city was renamed Datong in 1048 AD and sacked again at the end of the Ming Dynasty (1649 AD), but promptly rebuilt in 1652 AD. The Ming Dynasty ( or Empire of the Great Ming ( was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol -led
Tourism
The Yungang Grottoes, or Cloud Ridge Caves (云岗石窟 yún gǎng shí kù）are a collection of shallow caves located 16 km west of Datong. The Yungang Grottoes ( are ancient Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Datong in the Chinese province of Shanxi. There are over 50,000 carved images and statues of Buddhas and Boddhisatvas within these grootes, ranging from 4 centimeters to 7 meters tall. Most of these icons are around 1000 years old.
Within the city itself, there are a few surviving sites of historical interest such as the Nine Dragon Screen (九龙壁 jiǔ lóng bì）, the Huayan Monastery（华严寺 huá yán sì）, and the Shanhua Monastery（善化寺 shàn huà sì). Further afield is the Hanging Temple (悬空寺 xuán kong sì) built into a cliff face near Mount Heng. The Hanging Temple ( is a temple built into a cliff near Mount Heng in the province of Shanxi. Heng Shan (Traditional 恆山 Simplified 恒山 PinyinHéng Shān in Shanxi province is one of the Five Sacred Mountains of Taoism. Most of the historical sites in this region date to the Tang and Ming dynasties, but the Hanging Temple dates to the Northern Wei dynasty (386-534).
The railway locomotive works (see below) began to attract increasing numbers of railway enthusiasts from the 1970s. When construction of steam locomotives was phased out, the authorities did not want to lose this valuable tourism market, and pondered the possibility of developing a steam railway operating centre as an attraction. A number of study visits were undertaken to the East Lancashire Railway at Bury, and a twinning arrangement was concluded with that town. This article is about the present East Lancashire Railway for the previous incarnation see East Lancashire Railway 1844-1859 Overview Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, north-northwest of the city of Manchester, west-southwest of
Economy
The GDP per capita was ¥10550 (ca. US$1270) per annum in 2003, ranked no. This list hopes to rank cities of the People's Republic of China by GDP Per capita in Renminbi ( 人[[wikt 民|民]] 币) aka yuan 242 among 659 Chinese cities. Coal mining is the dominant industry.
Datong has a large railway locomotive works, where the 'Aiming Higher' class of steam locomotive was built as late as the 1970s, possibly the last place still constructing steam engines.
Colleges and universities
- Datong University (大同大学)
Twin towns
See also
External links
- The Datong Report Main Page — Virtual walks, photographs and backgrounds on Datong City and Yungang Grottoes, Northern Shanxi by China Report. Datong University (山西大同大学 is a university in Shanxi, China located at Datong Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, north-northwest of the city of Manchester, west-southwest of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Jumenbu ( is a Fortress of the Ming Great Wall Shanxi Section located in Datong city in Shanxi province China. com.
- atmosphere in the downtown of Datong — video
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