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Shanxi Museum China » Taiyuan Place » Museum 13 Binhe W Rd, Wanbailin District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China 11 views 💖 1 |
Shanxi Museum is the largest museum and cultural building in the province of Shanxi, China. The museum, located in Shanxi's provincial capital Taiyuan, is home to about 400,000 cultural relics and 110,000 old books. The collections mainly come from the archaeological excavation since 1920s and what has been collected in the past 100 years. |
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Mengshan Giant Buddha China » Taiyuan Place » Historical Place Jinyuan District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China 9 views 💖 1 |
The Mengshan Giant Buddha is a stone statue located in the north peak of Mengshan Mountain, Taiyuan and built during the Northern Qi dynasty. Initially discovered in a 1980 census, the statue was found to have its head missing. From 2006 to 2008, people constructed a 12-meter tall head for the statue. The site opened to the public on October 2008. |
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Taiyuan China » Taiyuan Place » City China 18 views 💖 1 |
Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi, China. With a history of more than 2,500 years, Taiyuan once was an important political, military, economic, and cultural center in ancient North China. Today Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. As of 2021, the city had a total area of 6,988 square kilometers and a permanent population of 5,390,957. |