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Located on the northeastern edge of the Loess Plateau, the site of some of the earliest settlements of Chinese civilization, Datong is a city steeped in history and culture.
Questions of modernity and history crash into one another in Shanxi province's Pingyao and are - sometimes, literally - pulling the place apart.
Photo taken on Sept 23, 2011 shows the scene of a turning of the Yellow River in Shilou, north China's Shanxi province.
Staff members make preparation for the exhibitions at the 2011 Pingyao International Photography Festival in Pingyao.
A moon cake feast was held in Shenchi, Shanxi province on Aug 23, 2011. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Sept 12.
Tourists standing on rocks view the Hukou Cataract on the Yellow River in Jixian County, north China's Shanxi province, on August. 15, 2011. Tourist arrivals at the scenic spot pick up steadily as the water volume of the waterfall increases during the annual flood season.
The lotus blooms are at their best in midsummer.
Shanxi Provincial Tourism Bureau announced on Friday that the number of visitors and tourism income of Shanxi Province in the first half of this year have both increased.
Pingyao is a small town in central Shanxi Province whose history goes back 2,700 years.The city wall stretches for about six kilometers.The old town of Pingyao went on the list of world cultural heritage in 1997.
Datong has been synonymous with the nation's major coal production base over the past decades, producing more than 2.3 billion tons of coal.However, the 2,300-year-old city's multifarious cultural heritages, including the Yungang Grottoes, an official UNESCO World Heritage Site, have largely been overlooked.
Located in the city of Datong in North China's Shanxi province, the Yungang Grottoes are the largest and most famous in the country. Among its 45 caves, the Tan Yao Five Caves are the most eye-catching. One of them features a 17-m high giant Buddha statue ringed by smaller statues and niches.
Shanxi is well known for its abundant coal production. But the province of 34 million people and 156,000 square kilometers in area offers much more than natural resources.
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