Datong Travel Guide
ÂKnown as the "City of the Coal", Datong has developed into the second largest industrial city in Shanxi due to its advantage in energy. Its large reserves of coal make it a very important energy base for China.
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Under the influence of continental monsoon climate of temperate zone, Datongð€™s climate is dry and windy, and the temperature varies greatly between day and night. The city has a frost-free period of only 125 days a year. It has an average annual temperature of 6.4 C (38F), and an average annual rainfall of 400-500 millimeters.
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With a history of over 2,400 years, Datong was originally constructed as a military stronghold, holding out the hordes that frequently pushed south from Mongolia. Itð€™s become the capital in Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534AD) for 96 years, and the "support capital" of Liao (916-1125AD) and Jin Dynasty (1115-1234AD). The fact of being the political, economic and military center of ancient Northern China has left Datong with a series of splendid historic and cultural relics like the Yungang Grottoes, Huayan Monastery and Nine Dragon Screen, etc. The Yungang Grottoes was listed as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2001.  Datong tour operator offers the travelers the diversified Datong tours, including ready-made Datong tour package, custom Datong tours