AAAA Tourist Attractions in Shanxi

163 AAAA tourist attractions in Shanxi, from the list published by the provincial tourism department. Hover over a dot for its name; click to jump to the entry. See also Shanxi and all provinces.

Yuncheng (25)

• Yuncheng Guan Yu Hometown Culture Tourism Scenic Area 运城关公故里文化旅游景区
  Centred on the Haizhou Temple of Guan Yu, the largest in China and one of the three great Guan Yu temples worldwide; a national key cultural heritage site.
• Yanhu Shundi Mausoleum Scenic Area 盐湖区舜帝陵景区
  The tomb and temple of Emperor Shun on Mingtiao Ridge, a national key cultural heritage site since 2006, forming the scenic area together with Shundi Park and the Yanhu District Museum.
• Yuncheng Yanhu Scenic Area 运城盐湖景区
  A lake at the northern foot of the Zhongtiao Mountains, Shanxi’s largest and the world’s third-largest sodium sulphate inland lake, formed in the Quaternary.
• Ruicheng Yongle Palace Scenic Area 芮城县永乐宫景区
  Originally the Great Chunyang Palace, built in 1247–1358 in honour of Lü Dongbin, one of three ancestral temples of Quanzhen Taoism and the largest surviving Yuan Taoist complex; relocated in 1958–1966 because of the Sanmenxia Reservoir.
• Wanrong Li Family Compound Scenic Area 万荣县李家大院景区
  The Li Family Compound at Yanjing Village, Wanrong County, a national key cultural heritage site.
• Yongji Pujiu Temple Scenic Area 永济市普救寺景区
  A temple near the old city of Puzhou made famous by the drama Romance of the Western Chamber; first recorded in the Sui, its main buildings were restored after 1986. Its landmark Yingying Pagoda was originally a relic pagoda.
• Yongji Guanque Tower Scenic Area 永济市鹳雀楼景区
  One of China’s four great historic towers and the only one north of the Yellow River; first built under the Northern Zhou and destroyed in war in the early Yuan, the present tower was rebuilt in 1997 at 73.9 metres, the tallest of the four.
• Wanrong Feiyun Tower Scenic Area 万荣县飞云楼景区
  The Wanrong Dongyue Temple that houses the tower stands in the county town centre, a national key cultural heritage site since 1988.
• Yongji Yaowangtai Scenic Area 永济市尧王台景区
• Yanhu Fenghuanggu Scenic Area 盐湖区凤凰谷景区
• Wanrong Houtu Temple Scenic Area 万荣县后土祠景区
• Yuanqu Wangxian Grand Canyon Scenic Area 垣曲县望仙大峡谷景区
• Hejin Yellow River Datiziya Scenic Area 河津市黄河大梯子崖景区
• Hejin Yellow River Longmen Scenic Area 河津市黄河龙门景区
• Xiaxian Duiyun Cave Scenic Area 夏县堆云洞景区
• Xiaxian Sima Guang Shrine Scenic Area 夏县司马光祠景区
• Xinjiang Jiangzhou Government Office Scenic Area 新绛县绛州署景区
• Ruicheng Dayudu Yellow River Scenic Area 芮城县大禹渡黄河景区
• Yongji Shentan Grand Canyon Scenic Area 永济市神潭大峡谷景区
• Ruicheng Shengtian Lake Scenic Area 芮城县圣天湖景区
• Yuanqu Lishan Scenic Area 垣曲县历山景区
• Yongji Wulaofeng Scenic Area 永济市五老峰景区
• Jishan Banzao Park Scenic Area 稷山县板枣公园景区
• Jiangxian Jiangbei Grand Canyon Scenic Area 绛县绛北大峡谷景区
• Yanhu Hedong Lake Salt Culture Expo Park Scenic Area 盐湖区河东池盐文化博览园景区

Linfen (21)

• Yaodu Yaodi Mausoleum Scenic Area 尧都区尧帝陵景区
  The tomb of Yao, one of the legendary Five Emperors, on the north bank of the Lao River in the hills east of Linfen.
• Huozhou Huozhou Government Office Scenic Area 霍州市霍州署景区
  The Huozhou prefectural office was mostly destroyed at the end of the Yuan, leaving only the main hall; the ceremonial gate and other buildings were rebuilt in the Ming-Qing. The hall became a national key cultural heritage site in 1996.
• Yaodu Yao Temple and Huamen Scenic Area 尧都区尧庙-华门景区
  The Yao Temple at Yaomiao Village is a Shanxi provincial protected heritage site.
• Puxian Baishan Dongyue Temple 蒲县柏山东岳庙
  Already substantial in the Tang, rebuilt in 1316–1318 after the Yuan Dade earthquake, comprising the Eastern Peak palace, a hell section and more; the palace hall is Yuan-built. A national key cultural heritage site since 2001.
• Houma Peng Zhen Former Residence Memorial Hall 侯马市彭真故居纪念馆
  The former residence of Peng Zhen at Dieshang Village, Houma, a Shanxi provincial protected heritage site.
• Quwo Jin State Museum 曲沃县晋国博物馆
  A museum of Jin culture built on the Qucun-Tianma site, where nineteen tombs of Western Zhou rulers of Jin and their consorts lie in nine groups; Shanxi’s first large site museum.
• Xixian Xiaoxitian Scenic Area 隰县小西天景区
  Formally the Thousand Buddha Nunnery, on Phoenix Mountain west of Xi County town; a national key cultural heritage site since 1996.
• Hongdong Guangsheng Temple Scenic Area 洪洞县广胜寺景区
  A Buddhist monastery of an upper temple, a lower temple and a Water God shrine, the lower temple largely Yuan-built; the Zhaocheng Jin Tripitaka came from here. Among the first national key cultural heritage sites in 1961.
• Huozhou Zhongzhen Huoshan Qiliyu Scenic Area 霍州市中镇霍山七里峪景区
• Xiangning Rongzi Winery Scenic Area 乡宁县戎子酒庄景区
• Xiangfen Yaojing Winery 襄汾县尧京酒庄
• Xiangfen Lotus Town Tourism Scenic Area 襄汾县荷花小镇旅游景区
• Yonghe Yellow River Qiankunwan Scenic Area 永和县黄河乾坤湾景区
• Xiangfen Longshuyu Tourism Scenic Area 襄汾县龙澍峪旅游景区
• Guxian Peony Culture Scenic Area 古县牡丹文化旅游景区
• Quwo Jinyuan Scenic Area 曲沃县晋园景区
• Fenhe Culture Ecological Scenic Area 汾河文化生态景区
• Jixian Renzushan Scenic Area 吉县人祖山景区
• Anze Xiaoli Village Taiyue Administrative Office Site Scenic Area 安泽县小李村太岳行署旧址景区
• Hongdong Zhongzhen Huoshan Xingtang Temple Scenic Area 洪洞县中镇霍山兴唐寺景区
• Fushan Zhaigeta Wellness Scenic Area 浮山县寨圪塔康养景区

Jinzhong (17)

• Jiexiu Zhangbi Ancient Fortress Scenic Area 介休市张壁古堡景区
  A fortified village ringed by ravines on three sides, said to have been built by Liu Wuzhou in the Sui dynasty, with temples such as the Kehan Temple, dozens of Ming-Qing houses and a three-level tunnel network; a national key cultural heritage site since 2006.
• Yuci Old City Scenic Area 榆次区榆次老城景区
  A traditional-style district developed around 2000 on the old Yuci county seat, keeping heritage buildings such as the City God Temple, Qingxu Pavilion and Confucian Temple amid newly built antique streets; also used for film and TV shoots.
• Lingshi Wang Family Compound Folk Residence Art Museum 灵石县王家大院民居艺术馆
  A Qing-dynasty residential complex in Jingsheng Town, one of China’s largest vernacular residences and Shanxi’s largest well-preserved building group; a national key cultural heritage site since 2006.
• Pingyao Zhenguo Temple Scenic Area 平遥县镇国寺景区
  Founded under the Northern Han and inscribed as World Heritage with Pingyao; its Ten Thousand Buddha Hall of 963 is China’s oldest surviving timber building of the Five Dynasties–early Song period, with statues among the few 10th-century Buddhist sculptures extant.
• Yuci Chang Family Manor 榆次区常家庄园
  A Qing northern residential complex built by the Chang merchant family over 200 years, fortress-like on over 100 mu, with more than 1,500 rooms and 13 gardens; about 120,000 square metres are open.
• Pingyao Shuanglin Temple Scenic Area 平遥县双林寺景区
  A Buddhist temple founded in the Northern Wei as Zhongdu Temple; its ten halls hold about 2,052 Ming-Qing painted sculptures, earning it the title “gallery of Eastern painted sculpture”. Part of the Pingyao World Heritage Site.
• Xiyang Dazhai Scenic Area 昔阳县大寨景区
  A village at the foot of the Taihang Mountains that the 1964 slogan “In agriculture, learn from Dazhai” made a national model of self-reliant farmland construction, famous for decades.
• Yuci Xiaoxigou Culture Tourism Wellness Town 榆次区小西沟文旅康养小镇
• Yuci Hougou Ancient Village Scenic Area 榆次区后沟古村景区
• Yuci Wujinshan Scenic Area 榆次区乌金山景区
• Lingshi Shigaoshan Scenic Area 灵石县石膏山风景区
• Yuci Jiulong International Culture Ecological Tourism Area 榆次区九龙国际文化生态旅游区
• Lingshi Hongya Canyon Scenic Area 灵石县红崖峡谷景区
• Zuoquan Matian Eighth Route Army Headquarters Memorial Hall Scenic Area 左权县麻田八路军总部纪念馆景区
• Zuoquan Taihang Longquan Tourism Area 左权县太行龙泉旅游区
• Qixian Zhaoyu Ancient City Tea Merchant Culture Tourism Area 祁县昭馀古城茶商文化旅游区
• Yuci Xiaohe Lotus Bay Scenic Area 榆次区潇河莲花湾景区

Changzhi (16)

• Wuxiang Eighth Route Army Taihang Memorial Hall Scenic Area 武乡县八路军太行纪念馆景区
  A national first-grade museum opened in 1988 on the Eighth Route Army’s wartime battles and base-building in North China; its name was inscribed by Deng Xiaoping.
• Wuxiang Luyi Xiabeizhang Site Scenic Area 武乡县鲁艺下北漳旧址景区
  The 1940 site of the Lu Xun Academy of Arts at Xiabeizhang Village, a Shanxi provincial protected heritage site since 2021.
• Huguan Happy Taihang Valley Scenic Area 壶关县欢乐太行谷景区
• Shangdang Zhenxing Town Scenic Area 上党区振兴小镇景区
• Licheng Huangyadong Culture Tourism Area 黎城县黄崖洞文化旅游区
• Pingshun Taihang Water Town and Chibi Xuanliu Scenic Area 平顺县太行水乡·赤壁悬流景区
• Licheng Xierhe Scenic Area 黎城县洗耳河景区
• Wuxiang Taihang Karst Cave Scenic Area 武乡县太行溶洞风景区
• Xiangyuan Xiantangshan Scenic Area 襄垣县仙堂山景区
• Wuxiang Eighth Route Army Culture Park Scenic Area 武乡县八路军文化园景区
• Pingshun Tongtianxia Scenic Area 平顺县通天峡景区
• Huguan Taihangshan Grand Canyon Scenic Area 壶关县太行山大峡谷景区
• Pingshun Tianjishan Scenic Area 平顺县天脊山景区
• Qinyuan Baolingshan Scenic Area 沁源县宝灵山风景区
• Licheng Danquan Town Scenic Area 黎城县丹泉小镇景区
• Luzhou Zhangzehu National Urban Wetland Park 潞州区漳泽湖国家城市湿地公园

Jincheng (16)

• Lingchuan Taihangshan Wangmangling Scenic Area 陵川县太行山王莽岭景区
  Also called Guituo Mountain, a national geopark on the Shanxi-Henan border, named for Wang Mang’s camp while pursuing Liu Xiu; known for its summit sights, and for the 7.5-km tunnel road villagers of Xiyagou cut by hand over 30 years.
• Gaoping Yandi Mausoleum Ecological Culture Tourism Area 高平市炎帝陵生态文化旅游区
  Commonly called the Imperial Tomb, one of four mausoleums of the Yan Emperor in China; behind it stands the Yuan-dynasty Five Grains Temple.
• Zezhou Jueshan Scenic Area 泽州县珏山景区
  Also called Jiao Mountain, on the south bank of the Dan River, anciently praised as the foremost wonder of the region; “the moon rising over Jueshan” is one of Jincheng’s four famous sights.
• Yangcheng Manghe Scenic Area 阳城县蟒河景区
  The Mang River rises at Huaye Ridge in the Wangwu Mountains of Yangcheng County and flows through Henan into the Yellow River, 135.7 km in all.
• Qinshui Liu Family Residences Scenic Area 沁水县柳氏民居景区|
  The Liu family residences of Xiwenxing Village, whose residents are mostly surnamed Liu and claim descent from the Tang writer Liu Zongyuan; the clan rose again from the early Ming. A national key cultural heritage site since 2006.
• Gaoping Lianghu Scenic Area 高平市良户景区
  Named a Chinese historic and cultural village in 2007 and listed among the first traditional villages in 2012; its Yuxu Taoist Temple became a national key cultural heritage site in 2013.
• Yangcheng Xichengshan Scenic Area 阳城县析城山景区
• Situ Town Scenic Area 城区司徒小镇景区
• Zezhou Dayang Ancient Town Scenic Area 泽州县大阳古镇景区
• Gaoping Yangtoushan Yandi Culture Tourism Area 高平市羊头山炎帝文化旅游区
• Qinshui Xiangyu Ancient Fortress Scenic Area 沁水县湘峪古堡景区
• Yangcheng Guoyu Ancient City Scenic Area 阳城县郭峪古城景区
• Yangcheng Haihui Academy Scenic Area 阳城县海会书院景区
• Qinshui Lishan Primeval Farming Culture Tourism Area 沁水县历山原生态农耕文化旅游区
• Yangcheng Tianguan Wang Mansion Scenic Area 阳城县天官王府景区
• Gaoping Fushan Scenic Area 高平市釜山景区

Xinzhou (15)

• Ningwu Luyashan Scenic Area 宁武县芦芽山景区
  Luya Mountain is the main peak of the Guancen range, named for its peaks stacked like reed shoots.
• Pianguan Hongmenkou Underground Great Wall Scenic Area 偏关县红门口地下长城景区
• Fanshi Hanshan Culture Tourism Scenic Area 繁峙县憨山文化旅游景区
• Pianguan Laoniuwan Scenic Area 偏关县老牛湾景区
• Xinzhou Ancient City 忻府区忻州古城
• Ningwu Fenhe Source Scenic Area 宁武县汾河源头景区
• Ningwu Wannian Ice Cave Scenic Area 宁武县万年冰洞景区
• Yuanping Tianyashan Scenic Area 原平市天涯山景区
• Dingxiang Hebian Folk Museum Scenic Area 定襄县河边民俗博物馆景区
• Kelan Songjiagou Scenic Area 岢岚县宋家沟景区
• Xinfu Yuwangdong Scenic Area 忻府区禹王洞风景区
• Fanshi Huyuan Scenic Area 繁峙县滹源景区
• Xinfu Yunzhonghe Scenic Area 忻府区云中河景区
• Jingle Tianzhushan Scenic Area 静乐县天柱山景区
• Daixian Daizhou Ancient City Scenic Area 代县代州古城景区

Lüliang (15)

• Linxian Qikou Scenic Area 临县碛口景区
  A major river-and-road trade hub of western Shanxi in the Ming and Qing; old shops such as Yongyu and Tianjuyi line its “Five-li Street”, with the Black Dragon Temple as its main shrine. The historic buildings became a national key cultural heritage site in 2006.
• Linxian Yiju Temple Scenic Area 临县义居寺景区
  Founded in the Song dynasty as Fotang Temple; its Ten Thousand Buddha Cave was cut in the Tang, the main hall is a Yuan structure and the gate and front hall are Ming. A national key cultural heritage site since 2006.
• Jiaocheng Xuanzhong Temple Scenic Area 交城县玄中寺景区
  Also called Shibi or Yongning Temple, the ancestral temple of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism; a national key cultural heritage site since 2013.
• Fangshan Beiwudangshan Scenic Area 方山县北武当山风景名胜区
  Also called Zhenwu Mountain, with 72 peaks, 36 cliffs and 24 ravines and its Incense Burner Peak at 1,985 metres; called the finest mountain of Shanxi, a Taoist sacred site and a national scenic area.
• Xiaoyi Sanhuang Temple Scenic Area 孝义市三皇庙景区
  A Ming-Qing temple complex at Jiajiazhuang Village, a national key cultural heritage site since 2013.
• Xingxian Caijiaya Jinsui Culture Scenic Area 兴县蔡家崖晋绥文化景区
• Xiaoyi Xiaohe Wetland Park 孝义市孝河湿地公园
• Xiaoyi Shengxihu Forest Park 孝义市胜溪湖森林公园
• Fenyang Fenjiu Culture Scenic Area 汾阳市汾酒文化景区
• Fenyang Jiajiazhuang Culture Ecological Tourism Area 汾阳市贾家庄文化生态旅游区
• Jiaocheng Guashan Scenic Area 交城县卦山景区
• Xiaoyi Jinlongshan Culture Tourism Scenic Area 孝义市金龙山文化旅游景区
• Xingxian Heichashan Martyrs Memorial Scenic Area 兴县黑茶山四八烈士纪念地景区
• Lishi Baima Xiandong Scenic Area 离石区白马仙洞景区
• Lishi Dadonggou Scenic Area 离石区大东沟景区

Taiyuan (13)

• Fenhe Scenic Area 汾河景区
  A linear park along both banks of the Fen River in Taiyuan, 20.5 km long, with a man-made two-tier channel divided by embankments into clear-water and silt-water courses.
• Mengshan Scenic Area 蒙山景区
  Centred on the Mengshan Giant Buddha, a cliff carving from the Northern Qi Tianbao era visited by Tang Gaozu and Wu Zetian; destroyed at the end of the Yuan, rediscovered in 1980, originally about 46 metres tall.
• China Coal Museum Meihai Tanmi Scenic Area 中国煤炭博物馆煤海探秘景区
  A scenic area based on the China Coal Museum, opened in 1989 and a national first-grade museum, presenting China’s coal distribution and how coal forms.
• Baoyuan Old Vinegar Workshop 宝源老醋坊
  A time-honoured vinegar workshop at Yangfang Village, Qingxu County, established by Shanxi Shuita Mature Vinegar Co.
• Loufan Gao Junyu Former Residence Memorial Hall Scenic Area 娄烦县高君宇故居纪念馆景区
  The former residence of Gao Junyu, an early Communist Party leader, at Fenglingdi Village in Loufan County; a national key cultural heritage site since 2019.
• Taiyuan Botanical Garden Scenic Area 太原植物园景区
• Taiyuan Zoo Scenic Area 太原动物园景区
• Qingxu Liuweizhai Yunmengwu Scenic Area 清徐县六味斋云梦坞景区
• Yangqu Qinglong Ancient Town Scenic Area 阳曲县青龙古镇景区
• Taiyuan Forest Park Scenic Area 太原市森林公园景区
• Qingxu Baoyuan Old Vinegar Workshop Scenic Area 清徐县宝源老醋坊景区
• Qingxu Zilin Vinegar Industrial Park Scenic Area 清徐县紫林醋工业园景区
• Donghu Vinegar Garden Scenic Area 东湖醋园景区

Datong (12)

• Yunzhou Datong Volcano Cluster Scenic Area 云州区大同火山群景区
  A Quaternary volcanic field across Yunzhou District and Yanggao County in Datong, with over 30 known volcanoes; a national geopark.
• Pingcheng Datong Ancient City Wall Scenic Area 平城区大同古城墙景区
  Dating back to the Northern Wei, the surviving wall is Ming-built, 7,270.7 metres around and about 14 metres high, with a moat 40 metres outside it.
• Yungang Jinhua Palace Underground Mine Tour Scenic Area 云冈区晋华宫井下探秘游景区
  An underground mine tour attraction at the former Jinhuagong Mine, a Shanxi provincial protected heritage site.
• Hunyuan Beiyue Hengshan Scenic Area 浑源县北岳恒山景区
  The Northern Peak of the Five Great Mountains, so named after the Shunzhi reign moved the state rites from Hebei’s Damao Mountain to Xuanyue Mountain in Hunyuan; its main peak Tianfeng Ridge rises 2,016.1 metres, and the Beiyue Temple honours the Great Emperor of the Northern Peak.
• Pingcheng Shanhua Temple Scenic Area 平城区善化寺景区
  Commonly called the South Temple, a Buddhist temple in Datong’s old city preserving one Liao and three Jin dynasty timber halls; among the first national key cultural heritage sites in 1961.
• Pingcheng Huayan Temple Scenic Area 平城区华严寺景区
  Named after the Huayan school, one of only three surviving Liao-dynasty temples in China, with the Liao Bhagavat Sutra Hall, a Jin main hall and many painted sculptures; among the first national key cultural heritage sites in 1961.
• Tianzhen Lierkou Great Wall Scenic Area 天镇县李二口长城景区
• Lingqiu Pingxingguan Victory Scenic Area 灵丘县平型关大捷景区
• Pingcheng Weidu Water World Scenic Area 平城区魏都水世界景区
• Pingcheng Datong Fantawild Joyland Scenic Area 平城区大同方特欢乐世界景区
• Yanggao Daquanshan Ecological Tourism Area 阳高县大泉山生态旅游区
• Lingqiu Chehe Organic Community 灵丘县车河有机社区

Yangquan (9)

• Yuxian Cangshan Tourism Scenic Area 盂县藏山旅游风景区
  Centred on the Cangshan Shrine, a historic memorial building designated a national key cultural heritage site in 2013.
• Pingding Niangziguan Scenic Area 平定县娘子关景区
  A pass of the Great Wall, originally Weize Pass, renamed for the Tang Princess Pingyang whose “Women’s Army” garrisoned it; it sits at the foot of Mian Mountain on the Shanxi-Hebei border.
• Yangquan Memory 1947 Culture Park 城区阳泉记忆·1947文化园
• Xiaohe Ancient Village Pingmei Scenic Area 城区小河古村评梅景区
• Yuxian Huabei Yifeng Eco Park 盂县华北奕丰生态园
• Yuxian Dapin Hot Spring Resort Scenic Area 盂县大汖温泉旅游度假景区
• Jiaoqu Taolingou Scenic Area 郊区桃林沟景区
• Jiaoqu Cuifengshan Natural Scenic Area 郊区翠枫山自然风景区
• Pingding Hongyanling Scenic Area 平定县红岩岭风景区

Shuozhou (4)

• Yingxian Wooden Pagoda Scenic Area 应县木塔景区
  Formally the Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple, built in 1056, 67.31 metres tall and entirely timber-framed, China’s oldest surviving wooden pagoda and the world’s tallest wooden building before the 20th century; it has survived earthquakes and shelling without collapsing.
• Shuocheng Chongfu Temple Scenic Area 朔城区崇福寺景区
  A Pure Land Buddhist temple founded in 665, originally Linya Temple and a national key cultural heritage site; the Amitabha and Guanyin halls on its axis date from the Jin dynasty.
• Youyu Ecological Tourism Scenic Area 右玉县右玉生态旅游景区
• Huairen Jinshatan Ecological Tourism Scenic Area 怀仁市金沙滩生态旅游景区