点评:Visited Yungang Grottoes near Datong in September 2025. It’s one of the most popular attractions in Shanxi, consisting of 20+ indoor and outdoor “caves” with carvings of the Buddha and other figures. While the “face” of the attraction is the outdoor Buddha(?), which is in one of the last caves, I personally found the indoor caves at the start and middle most interesting. There are surprisingly quite a few English language signs with detailed explanations of each cave and their history. Compared to the Longmen Grottoes in Henan, the Yungang Grottoes seemed less ravaged by conflict and vandalism overall, although it also felt smaller in scale.
The whole area is built-up to support tourism. There are plenty of bathrooms, food kiosks, and souvenir shops along the way, as well as freelance photographers charging around CNY 10 for a few digital photos (which they can send across via WeChat). The Yungang Grottoes are easily accessible by taxi from Datong’s main transport nodes. Overall, a great place to visit in Shanxi.
翻译:2025年9月,我参观了位于大同附近的云冈石窟。这里是山西最受欢迎的旅游景点之一,有20多个室内外“洞窟”,里面刻有佛像及其他人物的造像。虽然整个景点的“招牌”算是位于最后面那个洞窟中的露天大佛,但我个人觉得开头和中间的室内洞窟更有趣。令人惊喜的是,这里有相当多英文标识牌,对各个洞窟及其历史背景作了详细解说。与河南的龙门石窟相比,云冈石窟总体上受战争和人为破坏的影响较小,不过其规模看起来也更为小巧。
整个区域都经过开发以促进旅游业发展。沿途设有大量卫生间、食品摊贩以及纪念品商店;还有自由职业摄影师提供数码拍照服务,收费约10元人民币,拍好的照片还能通过微信发送给你。从大同的主要交通枢纽乘坐出租车即可轻松抵达云冈石窟。总的来说,这是山西一个非常值得一游的好地方。