Things to do in Chaoyang

In my hometown of Chaoyang, this is my absolute favorite tourist attraction. If I could, I'd like to visit it every year. I grew up looking at these dinosaur fossils, and my love for them has only grown stronger with age. Seeing the park improve so much, with its modern facilities and increasingly exquisite exhibits, truly makes me very happy. This is absolutely a fossil park that I, as a resident of Chaoyang, can be genuinely proud of.

At Phoenix Mountain in Chaoyang, take an electric cart from the mountain gate to the lower temple (Yanshou Temple), and then visit Yanshou Temple, Tianqing Temple, Yunjie Temple, and Huayan Temple in sequence. The entire tour takes nearly two hours and is perfect for outdoor exercise!

It's definitely worth a visit! It's both fun and educational, the instructors are very detailed, and the female and male instructors who guided us through splitting and restoring fossils were very patient. Highly recommended!

The ruins park is very large, and you need to take a scenic bus to visit the four exhibition halls. The exhibitions and ruins tell and show the glory of the ancient civilization. The exquisite jade, altars, temples and tombs from 5,000 years ago have a profound impact on later generations. There are currently scheduled buses from Jianping Station to the city, but there are not many buses. It costs 30 yuan to take a taxi from the city. The transportation is indeed not very convenient, and there are not many tourists. You need to ask and confirm locally during non-holidays and off-seasons. Personally, I think: Friends who like ancient monuments and history, it is worth visiting this ruins and museum.

The Chaoyang Museum is definitely worth a visit. It boasts a large collection of cultural relics, including some national first-class cultural relics, and has a rich cultural heritage. The gold hairpin is dazzling, and the Hongshan Goddess statue is absolutely stunning. It's a wonderful experience. Remember to hire a guide for a more direct and intuitive understanding of the artifacts.

When visiting Chaoyang City, the North Pagoda, known as the "Number One Pagoda in Northeast China," is a must-see attraction. Built during the Northern Wei Dynasty, the North Pagoda is a thirteen-tiered, multi-eaved brick pagoda, the only ancient pagoda in the world to have existed for five generations. Among the more than a thousand precious artifacts unearthed from the pagoda are two relics of the Buddha Shakyamuni. The Liao Dynasty stone sutra pillar in the underground palace is also known as the "Number One Stone Sutra Pillar in Northeast China." The North Pagoda is now a landmark attraction in Chaoyang City and a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Dahei Mountain is the first mountain in southern Liaoning. It is 663.1 meters above sea level and the highest peak in the suburbs of Dalian. Standing on the main peak, you can overlook the main urban area of Dalian! You can see two seas (Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea) from one mountain. The rocks of Dahei Mountain are ancient. The rock layers are composed of three parts from top to bottom: the mountain belongs to 800 million to 600 million years ago [quartzite of the Sinian Period], which constitutes the majestic and steep main peak of Dahei Mountain. There is also [marble] in the mountain. Due to the influence of structure, some have developed into "water-absorbing stones" commonly used for bonsai. The lower part of the mountain belongs to the 2.5 billion-year-old [metamorphic rock system of the Archean], which forms [mylonite] under the action of push shear force. What is mylonite? Mylonite is a porridge-like rock, which is the oldest rock and stratum in Dalian. This also makes the stratum age difference between the lower part of the mountain and the surrounding plains hundreds of millions and tens of millions of years.

A large number of jade articles were unearthed at the Niuheliang Hongshan Culture Site. The Niuheliang people believed that jade could communicate with the gods. In the vast stone mounds here, the changes in the specifications of jade articles buried with the dead are mainly reflected in the custom of "burying only with jade".

Qin Kai repelled the Hu. Qin Kai repelled the Dong Hu, forcing them to retreat northward for more than a thousand miles, established five counties, and built a long wall, which is the famous Yan State Great Wall. Many curved blade swords were unearthed, and there were also matching stone molds.

Because of the epidemic, the temple is closed, but you can see devout believers still kneeling at the door to worship. There is a very large square outside the temple with a good environment, and it is also very good to take a walk.