One city and one cave are famous in the world, and one mountain and one temple are poetry paintings!
Datong
The ancient poem above describes our beautiful Datong in Shanxi. "One cave" refers to the famous Yungang Grottoes. What does "one mountain and one temple" refer to? Let's move on.
Battle of Datong
In June 1946, the Kuomintang 38th Division mobilized more than 3,000 people with chariots to attack Datong's Douba soap and Sanlipu in three ways.
By winning the Battle of Datong, we opened the way to Shanxi and defeated the Communists. - Chiang Kai-shek
However, the Kuomintang's combat attempts were resisted by the People's Liberation Army.
Little Huayan Temple
There is a temple at the exit of the east city wall and Yangnanmen in Datong City, called Xiaohuayan Temple, and the nearby residents call it Dongguan Huayan Temple. During the Battle of Datong in 1946, it was a rescue point for the wounded on the front lines of the war.
Let's go back to Datong a hundred years ago and reminisce about the scene of Datong at that time!
Drum Tower
The picture above is the Datong Drum Tower, which was not yet destroyed by the war. It can be seen that the ancient culture of Datong at that time was very strong. Today, this drum tower still stands in Datong City.
Confucian temple
The picture above is directly for us is the Datong Confucian Temple. It can be seen that the architecture at that time was still quite grand, and there were also scattered people in front of the Temple of Literature. In the face of foreign reporters' cameras, everyone turned their heads to this side, because many of us had never seen a camera.
The first train
The picture above is the first railway built in Datong. The train, like what we see in the movie, is the kind of simple tin train, and one of the passengers in the last carriage of the train in the picture is looking out the window at this moment, leaving this precious shot.
Conclusion: After reading the editor's article, I think the little friend already knows what "one mountain and one temple" refers to. What do you think of Datong a hundred years ago? Welcome to leave a comment.
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