Free tickets to Hengshan scenic area can see Xuankong Temple

Yes, Xuan Kong Temple was part of Mount Heng's scenic area.

The distance between Mount Heng and Xuankong Temple was 2 kilometers.

The distance between Mount Heng and Xuankong Temple was about two kilometers.

The distance between Xuankong Temple and Mount Heng was 8.0 kilometers. You can take a bus there. The specific route is to walk 3.2 kilometers from Xuankong Temple to Tangzhuang Village, then take Hunyuan Road 2 and pass one stop to Kaifei Business Hotel. Finally, walk 4.6 kilometers to Hengshan Scenic Area. In addition, another netizen mentioned that the distance between Xuankong Temple and Mount Heng was five kilometers. There was a provincial highway next to Xuankong Temple, and they could reach Mount Heng by walking through the tunnel.

There were many ways of transportation from Wutai Mountain to Xuankong Temple. First of all, the most convenient way was to rent a car or rent a car for many people. If he did not consider the other attractions in Datong, he could complete the journey from Wutai Mountain to Xuankong Temple in one day. Secondly, they could also choose to take the bus. The bus frequency from Wutai Mountain to Xuankong Temple was as follows: 08:00, 09:10, 10:20, 11:30, 12:40, 14:30. The bus fare was 21 yuan per person. In addition, you can also take the No. 155 bus to Xuankong Temple. The departure time is 09:50-16:15 every day. The ticket price is 10 yuan per person. Please note that the above information is for reference only. The specific itinerary and ticket prices may change. Please refer to the latest data.

Mount Heng Xuan Kong Temple was located on a steep cliff on Cuiping Peak of Mount Heng's Golden Dragon Gorge in Hunyuan County, Datong City, Shanxi Province.

Xuankong Temple had a free ticket policy. According to the document [2], the entrance fee for an elderly person over the age of 60 with a valid ID was 50 yuan, and the ticket was free. Elderly people over the age of 70, disabled people, disabled revolutionary soldiers and active military personnel can enjoy free tickets with valid documents. In addition, on China's tourism day and world tourism day every year, the Xuankong Temple scenic area was free of charge. You only needed to buy a boarding fee to enter and visit. According to the document [5], children under the age of 6 or 1.2 meters were free of charge, the elderly over the age of 60 were free of charge with valid documents, and active military personnel, disabled people, and disabled revolutionary soldiers were free of charge with valid documents. The search results did not provide any information about other groups of people that were not mentioned. Therefore, the free ticket policy of Xuankong Temple scenic spot was applicable to the elderly over 60 years old, the elderly over 70 years old, the disabled, the disabled soldiers, active soldiers, and children under 6 years old or 1.2 meters tall.

It could be seen that the information about going to Xuan Kong Temple or Heng Shan Temple first was not clear. Although some tourists mentioned that they could go to Xuankong Temple first before going to Mount Heng, they did not specify which attraction was better or more suitable to visit first. Therefore, based on the information provided, it was impossible to determine whether to go to Xuan Kong Temple or Heng Shan Temple first.

Xuankong Temple, also known as Xuankong Temple, was located between the cliffs of Cuiping Peak on the west side of Jinlong Gorge, Hengshan Mountain, Hunyuan County, Shanxi Province. Xuankong Temple was built in the late Northern Wei Dynasty nearly 1400 years ago. It was the only unique temple in China that combined Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. It was also a national key cultural relic protection unit. The entire temple was suspended on the cliff, about 50 meters above the ground. It was one of the earliest wooden structures built on the cliff in the world. The architectural structure of Xuankong Temple was ingenious. It used the principle of mechanics to insert flying beams as the foundation and used rocks to support it. The beams and columns were one body, and the corridors were connected to the left and right. Xuankong Temple was a major scenic spot in Hengshan, Shanxi Province. It was also the "first scenic spot" of the 18 scenic spots in Hengshan.

Mount Heng's Xuankong Temple was unique in its architecture, and its appearance was breathtaking, peculiar, and spectacular. Its architectural structure was rich and colorful. The eaves had single eaves, double eaves, and three-layer eaves. The structure had raised beam structure, flat roof structure, and bucket arch structure. The roof had main ridge, hanging ridge, hip ridge, and poor ridge. The overall appearance was ingenious and grand, overlapping each other to form a unique style of a cave with a building, a cave within a building, half a building and half a cave, a cave connected to a hall, and a hall connected to a building. The Xuankong Temple also preserved many bronze, iron, clay, stone statues and other works of art, which had high artistic value. The Xuankong Temple was about 50 meters above the ground, and it was a major feature of Mount Heng.