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Datong is an ecological health resort with great charm. Entering Datong, every
step with a change of scene in the city. Datong was awarded ‘National Garden
City’, ‘China’s Top Competitive City for Ecological Excellence’, ‘Top 10 Sports
and Leisure City of China’ and ‘Charm city with Chinese characteristics’. The city
is located at a latitude of 40 degrees of north latitude with average sea level of 1,000
meters and sunshine duration of 3,000 hours. It experiences moderate in summer
with an average temperature of 20℃ and a relative humidity of 50%. Thus, Datong
enjoys the reputation of being a summer resort and a health resort. In recent years,
the air quality of the city is listed as top one in Shanxi Province. The quality of
water environment has reached stable standards and continued to improve. Soil
pollution control has achieved remarkable results. ‘Datong Blue’, ‘Datong Green’
and ‘Datong Clean’ have become new city calling cards.
Datong is a cultural and tourist city with great partiality. The city experienced its
golden age in the ancient period as the capital city of the Northern Wei Dynasty
(386-534), as the western capital of the Liao (916-1125) and Jin (1115-1234)
Dynasties, and as a city of strategic importance in the Ming (1368-1644) and
Qin (1644-1911) Dynasties. Located between the inner Great Wall and the outer
Great Wall, Datong has been the frontier line between Han Chinse and northern
nomadic nationalities. From time immemorial, it has been the place of integration
of different nationalities which creates unique multi-culture characteristics. As
‘Historic and Ancient Cities of China’, Datong boasts abundant tourism resources.
Its long city history, glamourous ancient capital history and multi-national
integration created a profound ancient culture and magnificent historic and cultural
relics. The unique geological resources within the region provides advantage to
develop new cultural and tourism formats such as ice and snow industry, hot spring
industry and sports industry. Datong is striving to development a new pattern of
high-quality tourism development of all-for-one tourism, all-season tourism and
all formats tourism with the aim of building Datong as an international tourist
destination city.
Datong is a city with long history and profound culture. The city also boasts for
its magnificent mountains and waters with outstanding geological features. Its
unique regional culture has cultivated the spirit of Datong people charactered with
openness and hospitality. Datong is a paradise for tourists, academic researchers,
natural enthusiasts, food lovers and leisure travelers. Whether you are up for some
tourist activities or you just want a momentary escape and solitude from all the
city chaos, there’s always something that suits your preferences in Datong.