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Updated Oct 2024
  • No.1
    󰺂7.5
    4.5/5
    2296 Review
    From14.11
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 5 reviews
    "Green mountains and green waters ~ Taihang, Changzhi this section is worth recommending, there are not many steps to climb. If you buy a big traffic ticket, fortunately the weather is good. Climbing up to see the mountains is very spectacular. When you come out to play, you will go to Hongdou Gorge to play. It is different scenery."
    Huguan
    65.1km from Zhangzi
    Highlights: Baquan Gorge is in Qiaoshang Town, Huguan County, Changzhi City. It is a high-quality scenic spot that elicits magnificent and rich connotations of the essence of the natural beauty of Taihang Mountain. There are springs at the back of the gorge, as well as two springs in the middle. Altogether, it there are eight springs, giving it name Baquanxia (8 springs).
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  • No.2
    󰺂7.1
    4.6/5
    3680 Review
    From16.39
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 55 reviews
    "The imperial city Xiangfu personally feels that it is a place that can concentrate on the cultural and ancient architectural style of Shanxi. The carving of the roof of the river and mountain buildings is very exquisite and beautiful in Shanxi. The yard is also a typical Shanxi compound. This is a history of Shanxi architecture. Worth coming again"
    Yangcheng.House of the Huangcheng Chancellor
    72.7km from Zhangzi
    Highlights: The “House of the Huangcheng Chancellor” was the official mansion of the famous Qing dynasty official Chen Tingjing, who was the chief editor of the Kangxi Dictionary (the standard Chinese dictionary of the 18th and 19th centuries) and tutor of Emperor Kangxi. The entire architectural complex is divided into an “inner city” and “outer city,” and the architectural style is similar to that of the Qiao Family Compound or Wang Family Compound in Shanxi; all are classic examples of the northern courtyard architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1912). However, it is different in that as many as 38 members of the Chen clan who resided here were government officials. The complex also has a plaque inscribed and bestowed by the Kangxi Emperor himself, in honor of the complex and its owner.
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  • No.3
    󰺂6.9
    4.7/5
    3465 Review
    From19.24
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 24 reviews
    "Convenient transportation, navigation directly to the scenic spot, the parking lot is very large, we park the car in the parking lot outside the scenic spot, and then take the scenic shuttle bus to the scenic spot. The scenery of the Grand Canyon is worth seeing, natural scenery, there are mountains, water and waterfalls, mountains and green waters, natural oxygen bar."
    Linzhou
    78.4km from Zhangzi
    Highlights: Linzhou Taihang Grand Canyon is located in the northwest of Henan Province, at the junction of Henan, Shanxi and Hebei Provinces, in Shibanyan Town, Linzhou City, Anyang City, Henan Province. The total area of ​​the Attraction is 89 square kilometers, 50 kilometers long from north to south, 1.5 kilometers wide from east to west, and 800-1739 meters above sea level. Taihang Grand Canyon is a national 5A-level Attraction, a national scenic spot, and a national geological park. The Attraction includes: Peach Blossom Valley with Springs and Ponds, Cascading Waterfalls, Taihang Sky Road with 100 Miles of Gallery, Wangxiang Rock, the Soul of Taihang, and Primitive Ecological Canyon Rafting. "The green cliffs are like dots of black, the red cliffs are like morning glow, the trees are covered with birds, the pools are green, and the scenery is beautiful and is known to the world." The scenery of Taihang Grand Canyon Attraction varies in different seasons, which is fascinating.[Cascading Waterfalls and Flowing Springs Peach Blossom Valley] Taohua Valley is a valley within a valley, about 4km long, with an altitude of about 800m-1736m, and a height difference of nearly 1,000m. The valley is full of steep and majestic peaks, and a winding Taohua Creek runs through the canyon. Grass vines hang down on both sides of the creek, and there are endless mixed woods. The green tide surging with the mountain wind is like the sea.[Hundred Miles Gallery Taihang Sky Road] The "Taihang Sky Road"Attraction is located on the top of Taihang Mountain, starting from Taohua Valley Attraction in the north and ending at Xianxia Valley Attraction Area in the south. It is about 30km long. It is not only an important part of the Attraction's circular tourist road, but also a good location to overlook the magnificent scenery of Taihang Mountain.【Taihang Soul King Xiangyan】 Wangxiang Rock, the "Soul of Taihang Mountain", is also known as Laodao Rock and Baoquan Rock. It is located two kilometers south of Shibanyan Town, Linzhou City. It faces the stream in the east and the cliff in the west. It has attracted celebrities and scholars from all dynasties to come here to cultivate themselves and live in seclusion. Many literati and poets in the past dynasties have compared it with Shaoshi in Songshan, Penglai in the East China Sea, Emei in Sichuan, and the peaks of the Three Gorges.There are alsoVisitors are welcome to visit the zip line (extra charge), Dream Valley Sky Corridor (extra charge), Taihang Grand Canyon Glass Bridge (extra charge), Sky Tube Ladder and other special projects!
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  • No.4
    󰺂7.7
    4.8/5
    27570 Review
    From2.85
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 1005 reviews
    "The vehicle arrangement in the scenic spot is reasonable and efficient, all kinds of staff are fully equipped and well commanded. When the traffic is large, there is basically no congestion. This is beyond my expectations. The price of dining in the scenic area is basically the same as the outside, and the sanitation is very clean. The whole scenic area gives people the feeling that the management is more mature and the level of 5A is worthy of the name. give it a like!"
    Xiuwu
    92.1km from Zhangzi
    Highlights: The Yuntai Mountain Scenic Geopark includes Xiaozhaigou Valley, Red Rock Gorge, the Wanshan Temple, the Qinglong Valley, and Zifang Lake. The landscape at Yuntai Mountain is strikingly unique, and its scenery changes with the seasons. Spring brings beautifully colored mountain flowers, and the summer paints the forest in deep green. Red leaves burst out like flames in the autumn, and in the winter all is coated in silvery white. Yuntai Mountain is famous for its scenery of continuous peaks and mountains and is known as having “a spring every three steps, a waterfall every five steps, and a pool every ten steps.”
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  • No.5
    󰺂7.0
    4.6/5
    816 Review
    From9.69
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 6 reviews
    "There are a lot of tourists during the National Day, and there are many people queuing for the shuttle bus from Xia Temple to Shang Temple. Walking tour first goes to Xia Temple, and then there is a walking road to climb the mountain to Shang Temple. It is not very high. It takes about half an hour to climb the mountain to Shang Temple. The first floor of the Feihong Tower can be entered and cannot be upstairs."
    Hongtong
    97.6km from Zhangzi
    Highlights: Guangsheng Temple is located in Guangsheng Temple Town, Hongdong County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province. With a history of over a thousand years, this thousand-year old Buddhist temple is famous for supplying the Jin Dynasty Buddhist scriptures which are the foundation of the Chinese Buddhist canon, giving it extremely high cultural and artistic value. In the temple, there are water temples, the glass Feihong Tower, and Yuan Dynasty wall murals, all of which are important materials for studying the historical development of ancient cultures.
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  • No.6
    󰺂6.9
    4.5/5
    1949 Review
    From10.69
    "Hongdong Dayushu Scenic Area is a tourist attraction carrying a deep history and culture, attracting many tourists to visit with its unique root-seeking and ancestor-sacrificing culture. ‌‌ Hongdong Dayushu Scenic Area is located in Hongdong County, Linyi City, Shanxi Province, and is the only holy place for people to sacrifice with the theme of "seeking roots" and "sacrificing ancestors" in the country. This scenic spot is not only the seat of an ancient tree, but also a place that symbolizes countless history and stories. Since the Ming Dynasty Hongwu, Yongle years of large-scale migration of people, has been more than 600 years, become many people in the mind of "home", "ancestral", "root". There are rich cultural attractions and activities in the scenic area, including ‌ root carving gate, ‌ root shadow wall, ‌ immigrant empirical exhibition hall, ‌ ancestor worship hall, etc., so that tourists can deeply understand the origin of their surname and family history. In addition, Hongdong Dayushu Scenic Area also provides detailed play routes and guides to help tourists better experience the culture here. For example, it is recommended that tourists visit the first generation of Dayushu site according to the route of the root-character shadow wall-tongyuan canal-ancient banyan tree-settlement field-ancient immigration office-‌ bronze relief wall-‌ archway-‌ to understand the history and culture of Dayushu in greater depth. In general, Hongdong Dayushu Scenic Area is not only a tourist attraction, but also a place that touches the soul. It shows the history and culture of immigrants, so that people can feel the weight of history and the profoundness of culture during the tour. Hongdong Dayushu is located in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, is the only holy place for people's sacrifices with the theme of "seeking roots" and "sacrificing ancestors". It is rated as a national AAAA-level scenic spot and has become a key cultural relics protection unit in Shanxi Province."
    Hongtong
    >100km from Zhangzi
    Highlights: Hongdong Dahuaishu Ancestor Memorial Garden is a scenic area designed around ancestral offering and "root-seeking" in China. In the second year of the Warlord Era, after returning to the home village of Hongdong Jia Village from a political career in Shandong Province, Jing Daqi crowdfunded to build a tablet pavilion and a tea room. Six hundred years have passed, and the first and second generations of the ancient Chinese Scholar Tree from the Han Dynasty have ceased to exist. Only the third generation trees remain, full of vitality with flourishing leaves.
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  • No.7
    󰺂6.7
    4.5/5
    1915 Review
    From22.52
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 169 reviews
    "Shuitaogou is next to Jiegongling. You can take the cable car up the mountain and can take two people. The cable car is the kind without glass. 35 people are very high. It feels very good to sit. After going up, browse the Jie Cemetery and the Jie Temple. You can go directly to Qixian Valley. Don't go down the stairs in front of the Jie Temple. After coming down from Jie Cemetery, there is a fork in the road. Go to the left Jie Temple and go to the right to Qixian Valley. Qixian Valley is very exciting. It is not recommended for parents and children. It is suitable for young people who are not afraid of heights. After Qixian Valley comes down, take the car to Zhengguo Temple and buy a one-way elevator ticket. After going up, you will see the sign. First go to the Zhengguo Temple Lingyan Tower. You don’t need to walk too much. Then return to the elevator to find the sign and go to Yunfeng Temple according to the direction. They are all downhill. They are not tired. They will pass the word ladder of the net red. Then Yunfeng Temple, take the car, to Daluo Palace, There is a flyover between Yunfeng Temple and Daluo Palace. You can get off the bus and climb up to see it. It takes up to an hour. Mianshan is really big. It can't be played. It can't be played at all."
    Jiexiu.Mian Mountain Scenic Aera
    >100km from Zhangzi
    Highlights: Mianshan Scenic Area is located 20 kilometers southeast of Jiexiu City. Surrounding the area are magnificent cliffs, cypress and pine trees, making for a beautiful landscape. Mianshan also has numerous ancient trees and fascinating stone formations, as well as all kinds of caves and waterfalls. There are more than one hundred caves, cliffs and stone formations both large and small. These include Baofu Rock, Fengfang Spring and Ligu Cliff. The hole in Baofu Rock is enormous. More than ten thousand visitors could fit inside at the same time without any of them feeling crowded. There are also many ancient temples scattered about the mountain. Tiewa Temple began construction during the Eastern Han Dynasty and Baofu Temple was founded during the Cao-Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms Period.
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  • No.8
    󰺂7.8
    4.7/5
    7251 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 167 reviews
    "I took the train to see the Wang's compound, which is different from the Qiao's compound. The Wang's compound is really big, and it is the clearest from the city wall. The brick carving is too exquisite, with the wisdom of the ancients."
    Lingshi.Wang Family Courtyard
    >100km from Zhangzi
    Highlights: The Wang Family Courtyard is 35 kilometers away from the ancient city of Pingyao. Built by the Jingsheng Wang family during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, its construction took over 300 years to complete. Among Shanxi's courtyards, Its scale and grandeur are absolutely second to none. People who have been to the Wang Family Courtyard would exclaim that it is virtually a city! It is precisely because of its majestic grandeur, as well as its architectural and cultural achievements, it has always had the reputation "the Wang family does not return to see courtyards".
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  • No.9
    󰺂7.2
    4.7/5
    4546 Review
    From5.7
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 48 reviews
    "During the 11th holiday, I brought a 5th grade child to the Yinxu Museum. I was very fortunate to invite Mr. Qin Xiao to explain to us. The teacher explained in detail, no trouble, there are questions and answers, and there is interaction with the children. The 2 and a half hours of explanation does not feel boring. Very good experience!"
    Anyang
    >100km from Zhangzi
    Highlights: Yinxu is the site of the capital of the late Shang Dynasty in China. It is the first capital confirmed in Chinese history and is located in Yindu District, Anyang City. A large number of bronze artifacts, oracle bones and other cultural relics with precious historical value have been unearthed in Yinxu. Among them, the "Simuwu Large Square Ding" weighing 875 kilograms is a precious bronze artifact; and oracle bones are the predecessors of ancient Chinese writing and Chinese characters. Its discovery has changed China's archaeological chronicles and brought China's credible history with written records back to the Shang Dynasty.The total area of ​​Yinxu is very large, reaching 24 square kilometers. Tourists mainly visit the Yinxu Museum (currently moved to the new Yinxu Museum), the Yinxu Royal Tombs and the Yinxu Palace Temple Site. The signboards in the scenic area are very clear, and it is very easy to walk around according to these signs. The Yinxu Museum (new building), which opened in March 2024, displays a large number of unearthed cultural relics such as bronze, stone, and jade, but precious cultural relics such as the "Simuwu Large Square Ding" and the "Fuhao Owl Zun" have been transferred to the National Museum of China or the Henan Museum. What you see here are replicas of cultural relics.The Yinxu Royal Tombs in the scenic area are recognized by the academic community as the royal mausoleum and sacrificial site of the Shang Dynasty. A large number of oracle bones and bronze artifacts were unearthed in the palace area, including the "Simuwu Large Square Ding". 13 royal tombs, more than 2,000 burial tombs, sacrificial pits and chariot pits have been discovered here. In the eastern area of ​​the Royal Tombs, there are many sacrificial pits with many people (those buried alive) and animal skeletons in them. It was a public sacrificial site for the Yin royal family to worship their ancestors.The palace and ancestral temple ruins of Yinxu were the places where the Shang kings handled government affairs and lived. They are the most important ruins and components of Yinxu, including more than 80 palace and ancestral temple foundations. To the west and south of the palace and ancestral temple ruins, there is an artificially dug defense moat that surrounds the palace and ancestral temple, playing a role similar to that of a palace city. The ancestral temple ruins are also one of the famous "classical city-states" among the ancient civilizations of the world.The palace and ancestral temple ruins also include the tomb of Fu Hao, the wife of King Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty. This is the best-preserved tomb of a member of the Shang royal family discovered so far, and it is also the tomb of a member of the Shang royal family that can be linked to oracle bones and determine the age, tomb owner and identity. 16 "sacrificial victims" were also found in the tomb, and thousands of artifacts were unearthed, including bone, jade and bronze artifacts.In the eastern part of the scenic area, there is an "Oracle Bone Stele Beilin", which displays a large number of oracle bone inscriptions in the form of steles. Interested tourists can go and have a look.
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  • No.10
    󰺂7.0
    4.7/5
    1124 Review
    From4.71
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 117 reviews
    "There is no best value, only more value. Fortunately, the dry weather in Shanxi has kept the painted mud plastic so intact. The unique Guanyin imagery is unforgettable. In the scene-finding place of the mythological Wukong, I saw two young people chasing fashion to punch in."
    Pingyao.Outside Pingyao Ancient City
    >100km from Zhangzi
    Highlights: Shuanglin Temple is an old temple listed on the World Heritage List along with Pingyao Ancient City Wall and Zhenguo Temple. The sculptures made completely of wood-tire clay in the temple are valuable, integrating the essence of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties colorful lay sculptures. The Avalokitesvara of the Bodhisattva Temple is of high quality. She sat in front of the green background, and she was graceful and elegant, with a gentle and calm appearance. Each arm is rounded and plump, and the ratio to the body is just perfect. There is no feel of stiff, reaching the harmonious and perfect realm of sculptural art.
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FAQ

What are some Best Things to Do near Zhangzi?
Some Best Things to Do near Zhangzi include:Eight Spring Canyons, House of The Huangcheng Chancellor, Taihang Grand Canyon Scenic Area, Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area, Guangsheng Temple
What are some highly-rated Best Things to Do near Zhangzi?
Some highly-rated Best Things to Do near Zhangzi include:Eight Spring Canyons:4.5, House of The Huangcheng Chancellor:4.6, Taihang Grand Canyon Scenic Area:4.7, Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area:4.8, Guangsheng Temple:4.6
Where are Best Things to Do near Zhangzi located?
The Best Things to Do near Zhangzi are mainly located in:Eight Spring Canyons:Huguan, House of The Huangcheng Chancellor:Yangcheng, Taihang Grand Canyon Scenic Area:Linzhou, Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area:Xiuwu, Guangsheng Temple:Hongtong
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