Private Day Tour to Yingxian Wooden Pagoda and Hanging Monastery from Taiyuan


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From $234.88

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Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Yingxian Wooden Pagoda and Hengshan Hanging Monastery are two historical and impressive attractions in Shanxi Province in China. This private one-day tour offers you an opportunity to explore both sites from Taiyuan with a local guide by private vehicle. Pickup time from your centrally located Taiyuan hotel is at 7:30am. Please note this is a long day tour.


What's Included

Entrance fees

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Local guide

Lunch

Transport by private vehicle

What's Not Included

Gratuities


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
  • ADULT: Age: 3 - 85

Additional Info

  • Face masks provided for travellers
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
  • Face masks provided for travellers
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

At 7:30am, your guide will pick you up from your Taiyuan hotel, then take 3-hour car ride to Yingxian County to visit the impressive wooden pagoda. It was built about 1000 years ago in Liao Dynasty. The 67.31-meter pagoda is the oldeset woonden pagoda in the world. Though it is not allowed to climb up, but it is worthing viewing the historical building standing here for 1000 years.

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)
Then you will take another one-hour car ride to Hanging Monastery. It was built by the cliff and supported by the huge and long wooden pillars. The entire temple is impressive to view from below and above. Though it was built in 491AD, it is quite well-preserved. Moreover, it is interesting to see three religions in one temple, which are Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
Later, you will be transferred back to your Taiyuan hotel where the tour concludes.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included






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