Datong Museum

Although the city walls are in the Ming Dynasty layout, many sections retain rammed earth layers dating to as early as the Han Dynasty. Since 2008, restoration work has been carried out on the brickwork, gate towers, and city gates, as well as the dredging of the moat. The city walls have four main gates: Heyang Gate to the east, Yongtai Gate to the south, Qingyuan Gate to the west, and Wuding Gate to the north.

A 600-year-old screen made of glazed tiles and depicting nine dragons, this is the oldest glazed screen in China. Only three nine-dragon walls exist in China. The Datong Nine-Dragon Wall was built during the early Ming Dynasty as a screen wall for the residence of Zhu Gui, the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang.

An cultural relic of Datong City. It was built in 1891, and was burned down by the Boxers and rebuilt in 1906. The bell tower was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and renovated in 1982, followed by further restoration in 2006 and 2016. It is one of the landmark buildings of the ancient city of Datong. It now serves as the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Datong and the residence of the diocese leaders.

The Dijun Temple was built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It is a three-courtyard temple dedicated to the Taoist deity Wenchang Dijun and also serves as the location of the Datong Taoist Association. The main hall (Yuhuang Pavilion), side halls, and western side hall are Ming Dynasty structures. Wenchang Dijun is the deity who protects literary fortune and examinations.

Datong was the first city outside of Qufu to establish a place for worshipping Confucius. The current Confucian temple was built in the early Ming Dynasty, and its original features include the Halberd Gate, Dacheng Hall, Ancestral Hall of Local Worthies, Ancestral Hall of Famous Officials, Divine Storehouse, and Divine Kitchen. The Confucian Temple also preserves some relocated historical buildings such as the "Wild Goose Pagoda" and the glazed five-dragon wall.

Built in the Tang Dynasty, rebuilt in the Liao Dynasty, and then largely destroyed by war, the monastery was rebuilt in the Jin Dynasty under the supervision of the great Southern Song scholar Zhu Bian. The temple has four high-value ancient buildings: one from the Liao Dynasty and three from the Jin Dynasty. The mountain gate (Hall of Heavenly Kings), the Hall of Three Saints, and the Puxian Pavilion are Jin Dynasty buildings, while the Mahavira Hall is a Liao Dynasty building, one of the "Eight Great Liao Structures."