{"id":9257,"date":"2013-08-16T16:20:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T20:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=9257"},"modified":"2013-08-14T16:29:23","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T20:29:23","slug":"datong-city-wall-and-huayan-monastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/datong-city-wall-and-huayan-monastery\/","title":{"rendered":"Datong City Wall and Huayan Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the final video for our mini-series on Datong in northern Shanxi province, we visit the recently restored City Wall and the recently renovated Huayan Monastery.\u00a0 With these historical structures being transformed and made into tourist attractions, Datong hopes to shed its image as the &#8220;Coal City&#8221; while bringing in more tourist RMB.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qu8CJe1khHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen title=\"Embedded video\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u5927\u540c &#8211; d\u00e0 t\u00f3ng<br \/>\nDatong<\/p>\n<p>\u57ce\u5899 &#8211; ch\u00e9ng qi\u00e1ng<br \/>\nCity Wall<\/p>\n<p>\u6587\u5316\u9769\u547d &#8211; w\u00e9n hu\u00e0 g\u00e9 m\u00ecng<br \/>\nCultural Revolution<\/p>\n<p>\u7164\u57ce &#8211; m\u00e9i ch\u00e9ng<br \/>\nCoal City<\/p>\n<p>\u4eba\u6c11\u5e01 &#8211; r\u00e9n m\u00edn b\u00ec<br \/>\nRMB<\/p>\n<p>\u5728\u57ce\u5899\u4e0a\uff0c\u4f60\u53ef\u4ee5\u770b\u5230\u8fd9\u91cc\u7684\u8fc7\u53bb\u548c\u672a\u6765<br \/>\nz\u00e0i ch\u00e9ng qi\u00e1ng sh\u00e0ng, n\u01d0 k\u011b y\u01d0 k\u00e0n d\u00e0o zh\u00e8 l\u01d0 de gu\u00f2 q\u00f9 h\u00e9 w\u00e8i l\u00e1i<br \/>\nOn top of the City Wall, you can see the past and future of this place.<\/p>\n<p>\u534e\u4e25\u5bfa &#8211; hu\u00e1 y\u00e1n s\u00ec<br \/>\nHuayan Monastery<\/p>\n<p>\u8fbd\u671d &#8211; li\u00e1o ch\u00e1o<br \/>\nLiao Dynasty<\/p>\n<p>\u660e\u4ee3 &#8211; m\u00edng d\u00e0i<br \/>\nMing Dynasty<\/p>\n<p>\u6545\u5bab &#8211; g\u00f9 g\u014dng<br \/>\nForbidden City<\/p>\n<p>\u9ebb\u8fa3\u9999\u9505 &#8211; m\u00e1 l\u00e0 xi\u0101ng gu\u014d<br \/>\nhot and spicy pot<\/p>\n<p>\u975e\u5e38\u597d\u5403 &#8211; f\u0113i ch\u00e1ng h\u01ceo ch\u012b<br \/>\nvery delicious<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the final video for our mini-series on Datong in northern Shanxi province, we visit the recently restored City Wall and the recently renovated Huayan Monastery.\u00a0 With these historical structures being transformed and made into tourist attractions, Datong hopes to shed its image as the &#8220;Coal City&#8221; while bringing in more tourist RMB. \u5927\u540c &#8211&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/datong-city-wall-and-huayan-monastery\/\">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],"tags":[94130,69554,272791,272792,292614,292613,292615,292612],"class_list":["post-9257","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","tag-city-wall","tag-cultural-revolution","tag-datong","tag-huayan-monastery","tag-liao-dynasty","tag-ma-la-xiang-guo","tag-ming-dynasty","tag-shanxi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - 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