[2025 Hunyuan Hotels] Travel Guide for Hunyuan Ancient City Zhoushuyiguan (Updated Jul)

The Hunyuan Ancient City State Office Inn is located within the Hunyuan Ancient City State Office Scenic Area. It is conveniently close to the Hanging Temple Scenic Area and just a 5-minute walk to visit several national heritage sites such as Yuanjue Temple, Yong'an Temple, and the Confucian Temple. This inn serves as the cultural and tourism hub of Hunyuan. 🏨 **[Inn Address]:** Inside the Hunyuan State Office, Yong'an West Street, Yong'an Town, Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi Province 🌆 **[Design Style]:** The inn features a traditional Chinese courtyard layout with spacious courtyards and architecture rich in historical charm. At night, the lighting adds a touch of ambiance and elegance. 🛏 **[Room Types/Layout]:** Choose from Ming and Qing-style elegant rooms, including official residence king/twin beds, sunlit family rooms, scholar twin beds, boudoir kang beds, imperial envoy king/loft rooms, and martial champion suites. All rooms come with en-suite bathrooms, antique-style furniture, canopy beds, smart toilets, custom toiletries, WiFi, and underfloor heating, blending ancient charm with modern amenities. 🚌 **[Transportation Guide]:** Take a high-speed train to Datong South Station, then transfer to a tourist shuttle or shared car to Hunyuan (1 hour). The inn is a 15-minute drive from the Hanging Temple, making it a convenient stop on your journey. ⛺ **[Activities]:** Stay at the Hunyuan State Office Inn and immerse yourself in the Ming and Qing era! The inn offers dining and conference facilities, making it ideal for hosting Chinese-style weddings or team-building events. Guests enjoy free access to the Hunyuan State Office Scenic Area and the Weaponry Museum, as well as complimentary ancient costume photography, guided tours, and sightseeing bike rides around the ancient city. Additional experiences include tea ceremonies, incense art, printing, archery, and exploring the Peacock Garden. During holidays, enjoy live historical performances for a full cultural experience. 🏬 **[Nearby Attractions]:** Located in the heart of Hunyuan Ancient City, the inn is just a 10-minute drive to the Hanging Temple and Hengshan Visitor Center. Other nearby attractions, such as Yuanjue Temple, Yong'an Temple, the Confucian Temple, and the Majiayuan Courtyard, are within walking distance.

Without further ado, I must climb all the Five Mountains this year⛰️ 🚶 The first stop is Hengshan. Take the train from Chengdu to Datong South Station, take a bus to Hunyuan Ancient Town, stay at the [Zhoushu Official Residence Inn], and have a good sleep to have more energy for climbing the mountain the next day. 🌞Dining in the hotel in the morning, the variety is particularly rich! Don't miss the knife-cut noodles, eat well and then go again Take a taxi to Hengshan Visitor Center, it only takes ten minutes to get there. 🎫 Hengshan ticket 45r, shuttle bus 20r 🧗Start hiking from Hengzong, it takes about 1.5 to 2 hours to reach the top. It is all stone steps. There are temples and halls on the way. It is recommended to bring your own lunch. There are not many places to eat in the scenic area. Personally, I think the best check-in spot is not at the top of the mountain, but halfway up the mountain. You can see Xuanwu Lake in the distance, and the vast scenery is really more beautiful! . 🎫The ticket to the Hanging Temple is 15r, and the boarding ticket is 100r (you need to buy tickets in advance). It is the filming location of Wukong. There are small restaurants outside the temple, so you don’t have to worry about going hungry. . After going down the mountain, we ate the Hailu Sliced ​​Noodles recommended by the driver. The portion was large and the taste was chewy. It was very satisfying with meatballs and eggs. The second night I stayed at the [State Office Residence Inn] again. The room was very large and spacious, with complete hardware facilities and good soft services. I didn't want to check out. Be sure to allow enough time! Because the hotel is a scenic spot! You can have a good stroll! Covering a large area, it allows you to immerse yourself in the former prefectures, government offices, prisons, accounting offices, and armories... You can also put on the local Hanfu to take photos. There is a full sense of space, and many places 📷 are huge in the photos! Souvenir refrigerator magnets and specialty vinegar can also be arranged, the cost performance is very high, it is really good value for money 🥰

| Touching the Bones of the North Mountain on a Suspended Cliff. 🗺 Double Route: Suspended Wonders and Ancient Road to the Summit 1⃣ Hanging Temple - Hengzong Temple Cultural Route 📍 Hanging Temple → Hengshan Archway → Hengzong Hall → Huixian Mansion → Tianfeng Ridge ⏰ 5–6 hours (including in-depth explanation) ✨ Secret Realm Experience: Enjoy the Hanging Temple alone at 6 am, and listen to the morning bell shaking off the millennia of dust from the wooden pillars. 2⃣ Bitter Sweet Well - Qinqitai Cultivation Route 🚶 Bitter Sweet Well → Feishi Cave → Baiyun Lingxue → Qinqitai → Chunyang Palace ⏰ 4–5 hours (requires some physical strength) 📜 Cultural Easter Egg: Set up an ancient incomplete game on Qinqitai, and the Taoist disciples may give you some advice. 🚗 Transportation Hub ▪ From Datong: Datong Bus Station → Hunyuan (CNY 15/1.5 hours), transfer to the scenic shuttle bus (CNY 8) ▪ Self-driving Navigation: Locate "Hengshan Second Parking Lot", and walk 5 minutes to the cable car station. ▪ Hidden Route: Climb the wild path from Shenxi Village in the back mountain (requires a guide) to unlock the ruins of the unmanned ancient temple. 🏯 Decoding Hardcore Attractions 🔸 Hanging Temple ⚠ Limited Flow Warning: The daily reception is ≤800 people. It is recommended to buy tickets 3 days in advance (CNY 100 for boarding). 📸 Camera Position Metaphysics: After passing the iron cable bridge, look back and shoot upwards to embed the temple into the mountain-shaped gap of Hufengkou. 🔸 Hengzong Hall 🛐 Pilgrimage Secret Method: Touch the "Doutian Steps" of the 103 steep steps in front of the hall, close your eyes and go straight up without looking back. 🌲 Ancient Cypress Spectacle: The Four Dafu Pines are twisted like dragons, and the tree tumors contain arrow clusters from the Ming Dynasty. 🔸 Huixian Mansion 🍵 Immortal Tea House: Try Hengshan Astragalus Tea (the tea soup is golden, a holy product for nourishing qi) ⚔ Cliff Password: Find Li Bai's "Magnificent" stone carving, the spacing between the two characters hides sword energy. 🔸 Tianfeng Ridge ⛰ Summit Ceremony: Ring the ancient bell next to the 2016.1m elevation monument (CNY 5/3 rings) 🌄 Sea of Clouds Warning: After the rain, when the weather is clear, you can see the cloud waterfall pouring down from Cuiping Peak. 🏡 Stay in the Immortal Qi 🛖 Mountain Residence School ▪ Hanging Inn: You can see the silhouette of the ancient temple when you open the window, and listen to the wind passing through the wooden beams at night. ▪ Hengshan Taoist Temple: Experience the life of a Taoist with a CNY 20 bunk bed, and you can practice Baduanjin in the morning. 🏨 Comfort School ▪ Hunyuan Zhou Shu Inn: Transformed from a Ming Dynasty government office, with a kang bed and floor heating. ▪ Tangtou Hot Spring Hotel: After going down the mountain, soak in the geothermal spring of the Taikoo boundary metamorphic rock. ⚠ Avoid Lightning: Most of the "farmhouses" at the entrance of the scenic spot do not have hot water, so choose carefully. 🍜 Beiyue Flavor Atlas 🍲 Taoist Health ▪ Hengshan Vegetarian Feast: Astragalus simmered with mountain mushrooms + buckwheat jelly (reservation at Baiyun Temple) ▪ Hunyuan Jelly: Served with local crispy lotus beans, the spicy oil permeates three streets. 🔥 Carbohydrate Crit ▪ Yellow Rice Fried Cake: Filled with brown sugar jujube paste, made by the old lady at the foot of Hengzong Hall. ▪ Knife-cut Noodles "Flying Knife" Performance: The owner of the noodle restaurant can cut the noodles into a bamboo basket 3 meters away. 🍶 Dark Challenge Guilingji Wine: Ming Dynasty court secret recipe medicinal wine, the stamina is like the Gangfeng of Beiyue. 📿 In-depth Gameplay ▪ Ancient Building Surveying and Mapping Experience: Measure the mortise and tenon of the Hanging Temple with Luban ruler (reservation required) ▪ Rock Wall Rubbing: Feishiku Northern Wei Dynasty "Yunzhong Scenic Spot" cliff (CNY 50/sheet) ▪ The Road of Herbalists: Follow the pharmacist to dig Hengshan Astragalus (best in May of the lunar calendar) ▪ Starry Sky Night Talk: Use a star pointer to recognize the Big Dipper on the top of Tianfeng Ridge, and the night watch Taoist priest will talk about Ziwei Doushu. 🚨 Avoid Pit Warning ⚠ Beware of "Free Incense": Those who force incense in front of the Sanqing Hall will ask for high incense money afterwards. ⚠ The authenticity of "Hengshan Stone Dare": The genuine product comes from Zhang Guolao Yu gneiss, and the fake is cast with cement. ⚠ Black Car Trap: "CNY 10 to Datong" at the entrance of the scenic spot is mostly to increase the price halfway. ⚠ Photography Scam: Those who dress up as Monkey King to take photos charge by the finger after shooting. 🌪 Extreme Weather Countermeasures ❄ Frozen Plank Road: Learn to pick mountain workers to tie grass ropes for anti-skid (available in the scenic area for CNY 5/pair) 🌧 Sudden Rainstorm: Hide in Feishi Cave and watch the rain curtain weave into a crystal curtain at the entrance of the cave. 🌫 Dense Fog Lost: Follow the Hengshan Taoist music to identify the direction (music is played regularly every day) 🌞 Scorching Sun Exposure: Buy handmade willow woven sun hat (the old lady weaves on the spot) 📜 Cold Knowledge Supply Station 🔺 The pillars of the Hanging Temple are actually Ming and Qing Dynasty reinforcement parts, and the real load-bearing beams are inserted into the rock mass. 🔺 The four characters "Rentian North Pillar" on the plaque of Hengzong Hall secretly fit the layout of the Big Dipper. 🔺 The bitter and sweet wells are 3 meters apart, and the water quality is very different due to the fault. Currently, only the sweet well has water. 🔺 The stone table of Qinqitai is engraved with an unsolved incomplete game, which is suspected to be left by Qiu Chuji. ✨ Soul Tip Lean down and stick to the ground in the Leiyin Hall at the northernmost end of the Hanging Temple, and you can hear the creaking sigh of the thousand-year-old wooden beams coming from the ground. Bring a copper coin and stuff it into the rock crevice of Cuiping Peak. If it does not fall after three days, the aura of Beiyue is connected to your blood. When the setting sun dyes Tianfeng Ridge into purple and gold, take out the Hunyuan jelly in your arms—at this moment, the mountain wind is the best seasoning, and swallow the entire Saibei Jianghu with the vast twilight.