{"id":8900,"date":"2013-05-15T08:58:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T12:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=8900"},"modified":"2013-05-16T18:56:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:56:16","slug":"a-day-in-datong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in Datong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the old city of Datong in China&#8217;s Shanxi province in this short video. An overnight train from Beijing will get you there in just over 5 hours. Check out the old neighborhood and the newly rebuilt City Wall, in addition to some other places of interest such as the Drum Tower, Grand Mosque, and Nine Dragon Wall. Feast on some spicy chicken and fish, and then get rowdy in a pool hall\/KTV bar at night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B9wseeCx-dg\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B9wseeCx-dg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u5317\u4eac\u7ad9 &#8211; b\u011bi j\u012bng zh\u00e0n<br \/>\nBeijing Railway Station<\/p>\n<p>\u4eba\u592a\u591a\u4e86 &#8211; r\u00e9n t\u00e0i du\u014d le<br \/>\ntoo many people<\/p>\n<p>\u6211\u4eec\u4e70\u4e86\u786c\u5367\u7968 &#8211; w\u01d2 men m\u01cei le y\u00ecng w\u00f2 pi\u00e0o<br \/>\nWe bought hard sleeper tickets.<\/p>\n<p>\u5927\u540c &#8211; d\u00e0 t\u00f3ng<br \/>\nDatong<\/p>\n<p>\u5c71\u897f\u7701 &#8211; sh\u0101n x\u012b sh\u011bng<br \/>\nShanxi province<\/p>\n<p>\u57ce\u5899 &#8211; ch\u00e9ng qi\u00e1ng<br \/>\nCity Wall<\/p>\n<p>\u9752\u5e74\u65c5\u820d &#8211; q\u012bng ni\u00e1n l\u01da sh\u011b<br \/>\nyouth hostel<\/p>\n<p>\u5feb\u4e86\u5b9d\u8d1d &#8211; ku\u00e0i le b\u01ceo b\u00e8i<br \/>\nHappy Baby<\/p>\n<p>\u6ed1\u65f1\u51b0 &#8211; hu\u00e1 h\u00e0n b\u012bng<br \/>\nrollerblading<\/p>\n<p>\u9f13\u697c &#8211; g\u01d4 l\u00f3u<br \/>\nDrum Tower<\/p>\n<p>\u6e05\u771f\u5927\u5bfa &#8211; q\u012bng zh\u0113n d\u00e0 s\u00ec<br \/>\nGrand Mosque<\/p>\n<p>\u4e5d\u9f99\u58c1 &#8211; ji\u01d4 l\u00f3ng b\u00ec<br \/>\nNine Dragon Screen<\/p>\n<p>\u6e05\u7092\u897f\u5170\u82b1 &#8211; q\u012bng ch\u01ceo x\u012b l\u00e1n hu\u0101<br \/>\nstir-fried broccoli<\/p>\n<p>\u9c7c\u9999\u8304\u5b50 &#8211; y\u00fa xi\u0101ng qi\u00e9 zi<br \/>\nfish-scented eggplant<\/p>\n<p>\u8fa3\u5b50\u9e21 &#8211; l\u00e0 z\u01d0 j\u012b<br \/>\nspicy chicken<\/p>\n<p>\u70e4\u9c7c &#8211; k\u01ceo y\u00fa<br \/>\ngrilled fish<\/p>\n<p>\u5403\u996d\u4ee5\u540e\uff0c\u6211\u4e48\u53bb\u6253\u53f0\u7403 &#8211; ch\u012b f\u00e0n y\u01d0 h\u00f2u, w\u01d2 me q\u00f9 d\u01ce t\u00e1i qi\u00fa<br \/>\nAfter dinner, we went to play pool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the old city of Datong in China&#8217;s Shanxi province in this short video. An overnight train from Beijing will get you there in just over 5 hours. Check out the old neighborhood and the newly rebuilt City Wall, in addition to some other places of interest such as the Drum Tower, Grand Mosque, and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[8119,11671,94130,272791,13542,272864,10339,272801,36268,127504],"class_list":["post-8900","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","category-vocabulary","tag-chinese-food","tag-chinese-train","tag-city-wall","tag-datong","tag-drum-tower","tag-grand-mosque","tag-karaoke","tag-ktv","tag-shanxi-province","tag-youth-hostel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Take the overnight train from Beijing to Datong and explore this ancient city in Shanxi province for a day. Local culture, sights, food, nightlife, and more.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sasha\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"datong,shanxi province,chinese train,drum tower,grand mosque,youth hostel,chinese food,ktv,karaoke,city wall\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Chinese Language Blog | Language and Culture of the Chinese-Speaking World\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Day in Datong | Chinese Language Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Take the overnight train from Beijing to Datong and explore this ancient city in Shanxi province for a day. Local culture, sights, food, nightlife, and more.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-15T12:58:03+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-05-16T22:56:16+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"A Day in Datong | Chinese Language Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Take the overnight train from Beijing to Datong and explore this ancient city in Shanxi province for a day. Local culture, sights, food, nightlife, and more.\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/a-day-in-datong\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"A Day in Datong | Chinese Language Blog\",\"headline\":\"A Day in Datong\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/author\\\/sasha\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-15T08:58:03-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-05-16T18:56:16-04:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":2,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/a-day-in-datong\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/a-day-in-datong\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Culture, Vocabulary, chinese food, Chinese train, City Wall, Datong, Drum Tower, Grand Mosque, karaoke, KTV, Shanxi province, youth hostel\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/a-day-in-datong\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/category\\\/culture\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Culture\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/category\\\/culture\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Culture\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/category\\\/culture\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/a-day-in-datong\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"A Day in Datong\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/a-day-in-datong\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"A Day in Datong\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/category\\\/culture\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Culture\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Chinese Language Blog\",\"description\":\"Language and Culture of the Chinese-Speaking World\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/author\\\/sasha\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/author\\\/sasha\\\/\",\"name\":\"sasha\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/a-day-in-datong\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0a2dc93f50916e4f3c34e0c999de91451954073e0e3e87bf6b514a570630d949?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"sasha\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/a-day-in-datong\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/a-day-in-datong\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Day in Datong | Chinese Language Blog\",\"description\":\"Take the overnight train from Beijing to Datong and explore this ancient city in Shanxi province for a day. Local culture, sights, food, nightlife, and more.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/a-day-in-datong\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/author\\\/sasha\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/author\\\/sasha\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-15T08:58:03-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-05-16T18:56:16-04:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/\",\"name\":\"Chinese Language Blog\",\"description\":\"Language and Culture of the Chinese-Speaking World\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/chinese\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"A Day in Datong | Chinese Language Blog","description":"Take the overnight train from Beijing to Datong and explore this ancient city in Shanxi province for a day. Local culture, sights, food, nightlife, and more.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"datong,shanxi province,chinese train,drum tower,grand mosque,youth hostel,chinese food,ktv,karaoke,city wall","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/#article","name":"A Day in Datong | Chinese Language Blog","headline":"A Day in Datong","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/author\/sasha\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2013-05-15T08:58:03-04:00","dateModified":"2013-05-16T18:56:16-04:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":2,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Culture, Vocabulary, chinese food, Chinese train, City Wall, Datong, Drum Tower, Grand Mosque, karaoke, KTV, Shanxi province, youth hostel"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/category\/culture\/#listItem","name":"Culture"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/category\/culture\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Culture","item":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/category\/culture\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/#listItem","name":"A Day in Datong"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"A Day in Datong","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/category\/culture\/#listItem","name":"Culture"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/#organization","name":"Chinese Language Blog","description":"Language and Culture of the Chinese-Speaking World","url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/author\/sasha\/#author","url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/author\/sasha\/","name":"sasha","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a2dc93f50916e4f3c34e0c999de91451954073e0e3e87bf6b514a570630d949?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"sasha"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/","name":"A Day in Datong | Chinese Language Blog","description":"Take the overnight train from Beijing to Datong and explore this ancient city in Shanxi province for a day. Local culture, sights, food, nightlife, and more.","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/author\/sasha\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/author\/sasha\/#author"},"datePublished":"2013-05-15T08:58:03-04:00","dateModified":"2013-05-16T18:56:16-04:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/","name":"Chinese Language Blog","description":"Language and Culture of the Chinese-Speaking World","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Chinese Language Blog | Language and Culture of the Chinese-Speaking World","og:type":"article","og:title":"A Day in Datong | Chinese Language Blog","og:description":"Take the overnight train from Beijing to Datong and explore this ancient city in Shanxi province for a day. Local culture, sights, food, nightlife, and more.","og:url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-day-in-datong\/","article:published_time":"2013-05-15T12:58:03+00:00","article:modified_time":"2013-05-16T22:56:16+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"A Day in Datong | Chinese Language Blog","twitter:description":"Take the overnight train from Beijing to Datong and explore this ancient city in Shanxi province for a day. Local culture, sights, food, nightlife, and more."},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"8900","title":"A Day in Datong | #site_title","description":"Take the overnight train from Beijing to Datong and explore this ancient city in Shanxi province for a day. Local culture, sights, food, nightlife, and more.","keywords":[{"label":"Datong","value":"Datong"},{"label":"Shanxi province","value":"Shanxi province"},{"label":"Chinese train","value":"Chinese train"},{"label":"Drum Tower","value":"Drum Tower"},{"label":"Grand Mosque","value":"Grand Mosque"},{"label":"youth hostel","value":"youth hostel"},{"label":"Chinese food","value":"Chinese food"},{"label":"KTV","value":"KTV"},{"label":"karaoke","value":"karaoke"},{"label":"City Wall","value":"City Wall"}],"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-21 16:15:54","updated":"2025-07-10 16:00:57","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8900"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8902,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8900\/revisions\/8902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}