Weekend Travel Guide
Weekend Travel Guide🍂 Head to Taiyuan, Shanxi to enjoy the autumn scenery🍁|||✈️ Guangzhou workers rush to the airport right after work on Friday! Arriving in Taiyuan late at night~ Breathing the super cool cold air haha, who knows how refreshing it is to drop from the sultry heat in Guangzhou to a chilly nine degrees🤣
🏠Accommodation: It is recommended to stay near Wuyi Square, which is a central area and more convenient.
🗺️Itinerary: (The route map is on the last two pages)
1️⃣DAY1: 📍Mengshan Giant Buddha➡️Jinci Museum➡️Bell Tower Street➡️Drum Tower Street➡️Liu Alley
The first day's destinations are all major scenic spots. In the morning, head to 📍Mengshan Giant Buddha first, where there are so few people in the morning! Enter the scenic area, buy a sightseeing car ticket to go up the mountain, and then walk 30min to the top of the mountain to see the giant Buddha statue. The path is easy and not tiring at all~
🏃🏻♀️After seeing the giant Buddha, head to Jinci, which is very large! 📍Jinci Museum is a section within Jinci Park that requires an entrance ticket of 80💰. The outer ring area that doesn't require a ticket is also very large and just as beautiful~ But you must visit the museum, it's well worth seeing! There's no need for a guide, you can watch 'A Thousand Years One Garden Jinci' before going.
🏃🏻♀️In the evening, stroll around Bell Tower Street & Drum Tower Street & Liu Alley, which are all close to each other, and it's very lively at night. I also had dinner at 'Old Taiyuan Restaurant' on Bell Tower Street, which was quite delicious~
2️⃣DAY2:
📍Shanxi Museum➡️Jin Merchant Museum➡️Chongshen Temple➡️Di Lianggong Street➡️Confucian Temple➡️Wuyi Square➡️Chunyang Palace➡️Wenyin Park➡️Ancient Mosque➡️Return to the hotel to pick up luggage and head to the airport
The second day is mainly about citywalk, wandering through the old Taiyuan city area, experiencing the culture and the lively atmosphere.
🌟In the morning, visit Shanxi Museum, which is free but requires advance reservation, and is absolutely fascinating! The 'River of Gold' special exhibition on the first floor, 'The Hegemony of Jin State' and 'Traces of Xia and Shang Dynasties' on the second floor, 'Melting Pot of Ethnicities' and 'Buddhist Charm' on the third floor, and 'Porcelain Garden' on the fourth floor are all my favorites!
🌟After that, head to Jin Merchant Museum, which is also free with reservation, and is a combination of indoor and outdoor spaces. The architecture and courtyard are very beautiful~ After visiting, I had lunch at 'Apricot Flower Hall' nearby, which also had very exquisite dishes, delicious😋
🌟In the afternoon, start walking vigorously🚶🏻! Chongshen Temple is being renovated, but the outer wall is very beautiful and I took some photos. Walking to Di Lianggong Street, the red walls and tree shadows are really beautiful, and then I arrived at the Confucian Temple. There is also a Shanxi Archaeological Museum here, which costs 30 for a ticket😂. It's also nice to look at from the outside. Chunyang Palace is also under renovation, just took a casual look while passing by. Wenyin Park is said to be the childhood park of old Taiyuan people, with a long history...
🧳After the tour, return to the hotel to pick up luggage and head straight to the airport~ The weekend trip of a worker is always in a hurry, but I have a very good impression of Taiyuan. The autumn streets are golden and beautiful🥰
This is the best attraction to experience Taiyuan this time. I took a taxi early. It is not too far from the city. It is more than ten kilometers. I bought the ticket in advance. I bought the child ticket on the spot. I took the tour bus and arrived in three or four minutes. Then I started to walk in, a lot of slopes, So it is not laborious to walk, there are mountains, water and trees, the environment is particularly good, about 2 hours, it is almost the same, come out and call the car at the drop-off point, and quickly take orders.
Mengshan Giant Buddha, known as the most mysterious Buddha, opened more than 160 years earlier than Leshan Giant Buddha, Buddha head has not been found, the remnants of Buddha body have been found and put together, the environment in the mountain is beautiful, the bridge is flowing, the spring water is ding, like a paradise. The ticket price of the scenic spot is not high, 35 yuan per person, very close to the people, the minibus is 6 yuan per person, but the distance is very short, about five minutes drive.
There are not many people outdoors, it is very good to visit, but after entering the gate, you have to take a bus to get to the scenic spot. It takes less than five minutes to get to the scenic spot. The charge is ten yuan per person, but you can't climb three or four kilometers by yourself.
Very convenient, there will be staff guidance when you go in, Mengshan Giant Buddha has been going to go, this time I will finally see it, the Giant Buddha is solemn, and I have seen a lot of monuments on the road. It is recommended to visit Kaihua Temple first, and then keep walking along the trail to see the museum, and slowly arrive at the Big Buddha's front.
The attractions very close to Taiyuan, the scenic spots are not big, there are mountains and water along the way, it is very suitable for hiking and leisure, parking outside the scenic spot is also very convenient, the whole process is slow for two hours, it is recommended to arrange with Jinci in one day, the two attractions are very close
The mountain is a Buddha, the Buddha is a mountain, the mountain is seen, the Buddha is seen in the foothills.