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We arrived in time for breakfast, of which there was plentiful supply but limited variety.
Street food in Datong, Shanxi, 1st January 1985. Street food in Datong, Shanxi, 1st January 1985. Street food in Datong, Shanxi, 1st January 1985. Street food in Datong, Shanxi, 1st January 1985.
January 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Datong views, Shanxi, China.

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Datong cityscape
January 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Datong District, Taipei

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January 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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One of the absolutely incredible, massive Buddhist carvings in the grottoes of Datong, China. #china #datong #biketouring #nikonD750 #photography
February 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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#NiNi for Shang Cheng Shi Family Banquet in Datong.
September 21, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Dihua Old Street, Datong District, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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December 21, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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Datong, China. #photography #NikonD750 #china #datong #biketouring
February 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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More #Datong Old Town. Snake Year celebrations in #Shanxi Province, #China…
February 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Gypsy | Dihua Old Street, Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan

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December 21, 2024 at 3:21 AM
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#1427 🇨🇳 - Datong
February 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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I keep seeing these heels and I love them!

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#LiliReinhart wearing a Blumarine dress with embroidered butterflies for #TheLoveHypothesis press tour #GaoYe in Mugler for Shang Cheng Shi Family Banquet in Datong
September 24, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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Underground restaurant 地下歺厅
A restaurant in Datong called the Underground Canteen, 1st January 1985.
January 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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A monk at Huayan Temple (華嚴寺) in Datong. January 1985.
A monk at Huayan Temple (華嚴寺) in Datong, Shanxi. 1st January 1985.
January 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Inscribed boards on the Mahavira Hall (大雄寶殿) and the Bhagavat Sutra Hall (薄伽教藏殿) at Huayan Temple (華嚴寺) in Datong.
Inscribed boards on the front of the Mahavira Hall (大雄寶殿) at Huayan Temple in Datong, the lower one inscribed "調御丈夫" (Puruṣa-damya-sārathi), written by Ma Lin 馬林 in 1618 (萬曆戊午年). Inscribed board on the front of the Bhagavat Sutra Hall (薄伽教藏殿) at Huayan Temple in Datong. 1st January 1985.
January 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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The Ming dynasty nine-dragon wall (九龍壁) in Datong. There is also a five-dragon wall in front of Shanhua Temple 善化寺 in Datong (we didn't go there), and a three-dragon wall in front of Guanyin Hall 觀音堂 west of the city (see later photograph)
Part of the Ming dynasty nine-dragon wall (九龍壁) in Datong, Shanxi. 1st January 1985. Part of the Ming dynasty nine-dragon wall (九龍壁) in Datong, Shanxi. 1st January 1985. Part of the Ming dynasty nine-dragon wall (九龍壁) in Datong, Shanxi. 1st January 1985.
January 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Just a few people out to enjoy the Snake Year festivities in #Datong old town, #Shanxi Province, #China…
February 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Buddha, Cave 20 at Yungang, Datong (c. 460 C.E.) #art #EastAsia #sculpture #China
March 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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A more traditional new year performance in #China: face changing. #Datong old town, #Shanxi Province…
February 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Another modern versus ancient juxtaposition from the DaTong city walls.

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View framed by the battlements of the ancient DaTong, China, city walls showing ancient structures and modern buildings in the background. B&W image SooC from Xiaomi 13 Pro cameraphone.
August 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Why did they carve the Yungang Caves in Datong? Find out in

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February 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Best #China New Year Job ever! One bloke flips a fiery ember thing out of the cauldron, into the air, and the other hits it out of the park creating a wild explosion of light and heat. #Datong old town, #Shanxi Province…
February 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Cave 20, Yungang Grottoes, near Datong, Shanxi province. 2016.
February 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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And me having a snack before we head off to the Yungang Grottoes in the afternoon. Datong, 1st January 1985.
Andrew West eating a long orange tubular snack, Datong, 1st January 1985
January 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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... the city of Datong 大同 in Shanxi, known as the Western Capital 西京 during the Khitan Liao (916–1125) and Jurchen Jin (1115–1234) regimes. In those days foreigners were still rather uncommon, and a source of much interest to the local population.
A group of foreign students on a street in Datong, Shanxi, 1st January 1985.
January 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Just some cool dudes chilling in Datong, January 1985
A group of men and children on a street in Datong, Shanxi. 1st January 1985.
January 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM