Hengshan Mountain — Attraction in Datong

Hengshan Mountain is near to the hanging temple, its get crowded and jams on Chinese public holidays. It takes about 1 1/2 hour ride from datong city. Worth while to negotiate with the driver for the whole journey. May need to pay additional parking and entry ticket for the driver, acts as tourist guide and safeguard your return home as he stays with you. The climb is by stairs while, you need to climb hundreds if not thousands of stairs. Some area are steep, and small steps. The view is beautiful, it host many temple in the area. You need a whole day to complete both visit, try to spend at least 2 days in Datong if you...

Recommend a hike (more like walk) up Mount Heng. It's a very easy hike as there is stairs all the way (you see grandmas do it all the time). As I understood its one of the 5 religious mountains in china and as such there are many Daoist and Buddhist temples here. It's a great view and great experience that one must have...

I highly recommend the walk up to the top of Hengshan. This way you could say you have walked up on of the five famous Chinese mountains. From the second parking lot the walk is 3 hours round trip. The path consists of nicely carved stone steps and takes you past numerous Daoist temples. The view along the way...