Tulin

The second largest museum in Shanxi Province with numerous cultural relics and most of the local archaeological finds.

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."

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.

Part of the Datong Museum. Wei stele calligraphy is a style of calligraphy found on stone tablets in northern China during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, and in modern times calligraphers such as Zhang Aitang inherited and developed this style. The museum showcases Zhang Aitang's life and his calligraphy.

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.

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.