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cal6060 Says: Ying Ze Street is one of the main streets in Taiyuan. The street connects the railway station on the east and the Ying Ze bridge on the west. I walked from the Ying Ze bridge to the railway station. It is a wide street with high-rise buildings including banks, shops, hotels,...
cal6060 Says: If you are having a mood to ride a boat to cruise around the lake in Ying Ze Park, here is the charges:Paddle Boat: Y40 per hour (Y100 deposit)Electrical Boat: Y50 per hour (Y100 deposit)Dragon Boat: Y200 per hour (Y300 deposit)They have three docks for you to rent a boat...
cal6060 Says: Ying Ze Park is located in the downtown of Taiyuan, on Ying Ze Street. It covers with 66.7 hectares land, one third of the land is a lake in the center, Ying Ze Street is on the north, Qin Nuan Road is on the east, Nan Sha He is on the South, and Jiefang Street is on the...
Ying Ze Park: The Underwater World
cal6060 Says: The Underwater World in Ying Ze Park is the largest aquarium in Shanxi Province. This 5000 square meters facility is a large scale integrated aquarium that consists of all sort of marine life especially largest rare seen thousand fishes species in northern China. You will...
Taiyuan Worker Cultural Palace
cal6060 Says: Taiyuan Worker Cultural Palace (Taiyuan Gong Ren Wen Hua Gong) is located on Yiingze Street. It was first built in 1958 with total area of 60,000 square meters, and the building built-up area of 30,000 square meters. This is the largest trade union and cultural activities...
cal6060 Says: This modern architectural building was completed in 2004, which is the largest museum in Shanxi Province. The province government has spent 400million yuan to built this 51,000 square meters museum of four stories of exhibition halls with the largest collection of porcelain,...
cal6060 Says: Fen River divided the Taiyuan City into East and West. This river drains the center of Shanxi Province. The water flows from the Guancen Mountains of Ningwu County in northeast of Shanxi to the southeast into the basin of Taiyuan, and then south through the central valley of...
cal6060 Says: Daxiong Baodian Temple is just next to the Twin Pagodas, and Y30 admission is covered to visit this temple. It is a two stories ancient temple, the first floor named " Daxiong Temple" and the second floor named " Sanshengge Pavilion" . There are halls on each side of the...
cal6060 Says: Twin Pagoda is located southeast of Railway Station. I believe this is the most famous attraction near downtown Taiyuan. These two 13-stories Pagodas have different names, Xuanwenta Pagoda and Wenfengta Pagoda. Xuanwenta Pagoda: Xuanwenta Pagoda was created and built during...
Willettsworld Says: This temple is located beside the Twin Pagoda Temple in the south-west of the city. It was built at the same time as the Twin Pagodas, during the Wanli period in 1612. The temple features five halls which are home to three bronze and iron statues of Amitabha, Sakyamuni and...
Willettsworld Says: This temple is located in the south-west of the city and is named after two famous pagodas. The pagodas are the tallest set of twin pagodas in China. They are both octagonal with the lowest floor being comparatively taller than the rest, the size of the upper floors...
Willettsworld Says: Just south of the Chongshan Temple lies this Confucian Temple which is home to the second part of the Shanxi Museum, founded in 1919.
Willettsworld Says: Initially built in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), the Chongshan Temple (Temple for Appreciating Kindliness) was once called White Horse Monastery. In 1383, in memory of his mother, Zhu Gang, third son of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398), first emperor of the Ming Dynasty...
1 Review and 74 Opinions I was expecting to see a load of army guys in uniform when I walked through the entrance of this...
Dicos: Chinese fast food chain
Willettsworld Says: Dicos are a Chinese fast food chain, similar to KFC, but not as good. They do a lot of chicken burgers just like KFC but the quality of the burger and chips was well below what you'd expect in the west. This branch is close to the train station on the main east-west road...
Qian Qian Yuan Shanghainese Restaurant: Delicious Food and Fast Friendly Service
minhuang Says: We found this place strolling in the nightlife area near Liu Xiang Street. The owner, Alberto Zhang, is a native of Shanghai. He speaks some English and he is a very nice guy and helpful in recommending dishes. We ordered a fish dish and two vegetable dishes, and dessert,...
18th on the Bund bar: Shanghai Bund in Taiyuan, Shanxi??
explorer001 Says: This is yet another bar which is similar to the SOHO chain bars in and around China.If you've been in China for a while, you will know what I mean.You have a bar area where you can play dice games with waiters/waitresses over beers/othersThere are tables with high stools on...
cal6060 Says: Tiayuan Railway Station is an important railway station for Shanxi Province, as more than 20 trains from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Chengdu, Baotou, and other large cities into this station everyday. Now, the speed rails from Beijing West takes less than 4...
Fancy driving in a gridlock? welcome to Taiyuan
explorer001 Says: Driving in Taiyuan is a difficult task.The roads are narrow and most of the intersections do not allow left or U turn.The city's road design is a grid and if you need to get to the opposite side of the traffic, you have to turn right and go in "squares" to reach the...
Wear your mask if you love your lungs
explorer001 Says: Shanxi province has got to be one of the most polluted places I've ever been.The smell of coal is everywhere.Get in the city and get out as soon as you can.
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Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi Province, approx 270 miles south-west of Beijing. The old city of Taiyuanzhen was located a few miles east of today's modern city. The city then moved to the banks of...
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