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Taiyuan, the capital city of north China's Shanxi Province, is famous as the City of Coal and Iron in China. With a history of 2500 years, Taiyuan used to be the military fortress town in North China, enjoying the reputation of the Northern Gate to Central China. It is very convenient to reach other places of Shanxi Province from Taiyuan, such as Pingyao Ancient Town and Datong. See Taiyuan Transportation

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Shanxi Museum is the largest center for the collection, preservation, research and exhibition of cultural property in Shanxi Province. The museum has a fascinating collection of around 200,000 pieces of Shanxi cultural relics.

Mount Wutai is located in Xinzhou city, four-hour drive from Taiyuan. Wutai Shan ("Five Plateau Mountain"), or Mount Wutai in everday parlance, is a unique and uniquely beautiful mountain landscape with a cultural heritage that is at least as prized as the mountain's natural beauty. Mount Wutai is rich in historical relics, ancient folk art, folk customs, and, of course, Buddhist culture. The mountain derives its name from the plateaus (described in more detail below) which form the tops of mountain peaks to the north, south, east and west, as well as a fifth peak, located roughly in the middle of the four other peaks. These plateaus naturally make ideal vantage points from which to view the respective landscapes below. Mount Wutai has an abundance of smaller peaks - many odd-shaped - rock outcroppings, steep cliffs, beautiful caves, ponds of various sizes, bubbling springs and spring-fed streams.

The main scenery of Jinci Temple Tourist Zone, Jinci Temple is first built during the northern Wei Dynasty (386-535), the original name of Jinci Temple is Tangshuyuci Temple. Being one of the rare large-scale memorial temple gardens, it was built for memorizing Tangshuyu, the seigneur who founds Jin state.