Taiyuan - Mu Ta - Xuan Kong Si - Datong

With "Mu Ta" you will visit one of the largest wooden structures in the world. Apparently built without a single nail, this wooden tower is very impressive. From Mu Ta we head to the Xuankong Si, the famous "Hanging Monastery". Built into a sheer cliff some 700 years ago, it's one of the rare monasteries where the Buddhist, Taoist and the Confucian religions are represented in one single hall. After the Hanging Monastery we head to Datong with the possibility of seeing a few local villages on the way.