Recommended attractions in Tongchuan, Shaanxi

❶The Tongchuan Museum is a national second-level museum with more than 6,000 cultural relics in its collection and more than 1,500 cultural relics on display, witnessing the long history of Tongchuan since the Neolithic period. Its Yaozhou porcelain masterpieces, the Tang Dynasty black-glazed tower-shaped covered jar, the lost and recovered Tang Dynasty tri-color heavenly king figurines, and the bronze Yin Gui are all national treasures. ❷Yaozhou Confucian Temple integrates the architectural features of various periods since the Song Dynasty and has extremely high ornamental and scientific research value. The courtyard is laid out along an axis, with the Lingxing Gate, Ji Gate and Dacheng Hall from south to north, arranged in a rigorous and symmetrical manner. The system follows the regulation of "temple on the left and school on the right". This is the fifth batch of national protection. Yaozhou District Museum is also here. ❸Yaowang Mountain is the place in China where the largest number of statues and steles from the Northern Dynasties and the Sui and Tang Dynasties are preserved. Yaowang Mountain was originally named Wutai Mountain. It was named after the famous Tang Dynasty medical scientist Sun Simiao who lived in seclusion for a long time and was revered by the people as the "King of Medicine". The stone carvings are scattered all over the mountain and are rich and colorful. The Yaowangshan Stone Carvings are the first batch of national protected sites. ❹Dazhaojin was formerly known as Shimen Pass. It has been a strategic location since ancient times. During the Qin Dynasty, the Qinzhidao, an important military road, led to the north and was famous all over the world. The scenic area has five major attractions: "Zhaojin Red Tourism Town, Xuejiazhai, Xishan Scenic Spot, Chenjiapo Conference Site, and Daxiangshan", and is a large comprehensive scenic area. Daxiangshan Temple is one of the famous Buddhist holy sites in my country, known as "Putuo in the South and Xiangshan in the North". ❺The Yaozhou Kiln Museum is a special museum of ancient ceramic sites built within the Yaozhou Kiln Site in Huangbao Town (the third batch of national protection). It integrates site protection and display, cultural relics and specimens display, and simulation of ancient porcelain making technology demonstration. The glaze color of Yaozhou Kiln porcelain is mostly green with a hint of blue, which has a unique artistic style. It is also one of the bases for firing Tang Sancai. ❻ Chongxing Temple Pagoda, which is a hexagonal, seven-story, dense-eaves brick pagoda from the Song Dynasty, also known as Tongchuan Pagoda, was a landmark building of old Tongchuan and was once the landmark tower of the ancient city of Tongguan. It was first built in the Sui Dynasty, rebuilt in the Song Dynasty, and has been renovated many times in later generations. The tower is about 16 meters high and covers an area of ​​about 7.96 square meters. This is the 7th batch of national security ❼Chenlu Ancient Town is famous for producing blue, white, black and brown-glazed porcelain, and enjoys the reputation of "Porcelain Capital of Weibei". For more than a thousand years since the Tang Dynasty, Chenlu has been the most important porcelain production base in the northwest region and the only ancient Yaozhou kiln that has continued production to this day. Tongchuan·Shaanxi Chenlu Ancient Town Yaowang Mountain Yaozhou Kiln Museum