This two day trip will let you visit the famous attractions in datong hanging monastery yungang grottoes yingxian wooden pagoda nine dragon wall this town was founded as pingcheng in 200 bc during the han dynasty after the battle of baideng between the han and the xiongnu located near the great wall of china and inner mongolia it blossomed during the following period and became a stop off point for camel caravans moving from china into mongolia and beyond