Our driver will pick you up from your Beijing city hotel, then you will be transferred to the train station. Enjoy a 2 hour bullet train ride on your own, once arrive at Datong. Your local tour guide will greet you upon arrival at the train station, then go over the day’s itinerary on your way to the first stop of the day - Yungang Grottoes.

As an UNESCO World Cultual Heritage Site, Yungang Grottoes is deemed as the Three Largest and Most Famous Grottoes Clusters together with Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, and Longmen Grottoes of Henan. With their 252 caves and 51,000 status, the Yungang Grottoes art represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asian with Chinese cultural traditions, starting in the 5th century CE under Imperial auspices. The power and endurance of Buddhist belief in China are vividly illustrated by the Yungang gottoes. Spend some quality time with your experienced tour guide to admire the site, get to know the histories and stories behind it.

Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, afterwards visit the Nine-Dragon Screen which was built for the Prince Hongwu. It is presently the oldest and largest glazed screen in China.  Built over 600 years ago, Datong Nine Dragon Screen is made up of 426 specially-fired colorful glazed bricks, with 8 meters high, 2.02 meters thick and 45.5 meters long. It is covered with 41 sets of “two dragons playing with a pearl”. Then, you will be transferred to your accommodation in Datong (please book your own accommodation in Datong in advance)