大同英语介绍.ppt

Travel attractions of DaTong;Content;parte one;Brief introduction of DaTong;Datong is an ancient city with a history of more than 2400 years. In history, Datong had a luminous past as the capital of the Northern Wei dynasty (383-534 AD). The city is endowed with rich cultural relics left from different periods like Yungang Grottos(云冈石窟), Huayan Temple(华严寺) Nine Dragon Wall(九龙壁),HangingTemple (悬空寺)and Great Wall ; parte two;Main Travel Attractions;The night scenery;The development model;YunGang Grottoes ; Yunggang Grottoes is located in the north cliff of Wuzhoushan Mountain in west suburb of Datong city. The grotto was excavated by depending on the mountain and stretches for 1000m from east to west. Now remain 45 grottoes and in the whole grotto group are more than 1100 big and small statues of Buddha, 252 big and small cavity niches and more than 51000 stone carved statues. The biggest statue of Buddha is up to 17m high and the smallest statue is only 2millimeters high ;It is one of ancient grotto groups of largest scale and one of the 3 main grotto groups in our country. The whole grotto group is divided into 3 parts, i.e. east part, middle part and west part. In the grottoes of the east part are mainly Buddha pagodas, also called pagoda cave. The Tanyao five grottoes are the grotto group excavated earliest and of largest grandeur among Yunggang grottoes and was excavated in the period of Northern wei.; The age of grotto group of west part was slightly later and most of the grottoes were the work after the capital of Northern wei was moved to Luoyang. Yunggang Grottoes are well—known all over the world for their grand momentum, rich contents and exquisite carving. The fifth and sixth grottoes and wuhua cave are colorful in contents, majestic and magnificent. It is the essence of Yunggang art and also the artistic treasury well-known in the world . In the year of 2001, yunggang grotto was listed in the world culture heritage by UNESCO.;T