If you have only a choice, then go to the Yungang Grottoes!
Shanxi scenic spots Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Temple have their own characteristics, since you have been there, it is recommended to see both places.
Yungang Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes, formerly known as Lingyan Temple and Stone Buddha Temple, are one of the famous grottoes in China.
The excavation of Yungang Grottoes began in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Jue moved the capital from Shengle to Pingcheng, and after Emperor Wencheng ascended the throne, he made Shamen Tong Tan Yao preside over the great cause of restoring the law. With the support of Emperor Wencheng, Tan Yao chose Zhong Lingyuxiu's Wuzhou Mountain"Chisel the mountain stone wall, open five caves, engrave the Buddha statue one each, the high one is seventy feet, the second sixty feet, the carving is wonderful, the crown is in the first life"。Most of the caves in Yungang were completed before the Northern Wei Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, but the statue construction continued until the Zhengguang period of the Northern Wei Dynasty (520 525). The excavation of Yungang Grottoes lasted about 150 years, after the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and other dynasties, there are 45 main caves, 252 large and small cave niches, more than 59,000 stone statues, it is the treasure of Chinese grotto art.
Hanging Temple, the national AAAA level tourist area, is located in Datong City, Shanxi Province, Hunyuan County, Hengshan Jinlong Gorge on the west side of the Cuiping Peak cliff, originally called "Xuankong Pavilion", "Xuan" taken from the Chinese Taoist teachings, "empty" is ** in the teachings of Buddhism, later renamed "Hanging Temple", because the whole temple is like hanging on the cliff, in Chinese, "hanging" and "Xuan" homonym, hence the name.
The Hanging Temple was built in the late Northern Wei Dynasty (491), more than 1,500 years ago, and is a unique temple of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. The building of the "Hanging Temple" is very distinctive, and it is known for its steepness as if it is near the abyss, and it is known as the slang of "the Hanging Temple, half a day high, and three horsetails are hanging in the air", and it is known for the steepness of the abyss.
The Hanging Temple is the "first scenic spot" in the eighteen views of Heng Mountain
In 2010, it was selected as one of the top ten precarious buildings in the world by Time Magazine.