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Taiyuan
Taiyuan is a Shanxi capital for knife-cut noodles and a high-speed-rail base for temple and heritage routes.
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Beijing & the North
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Why Taiyuan
The short version.
Drawn from our own Taiyuan guides. Each point links the article it comes from.
Why go
Sit down for wheat noodles shaved into a boiling pot.
From our guide: Taiyuan Daoxiaomian 2026: How to Eat Knife-Cut NoodlesUse Taiyuan as a rail base for a north–south Shanxi route.
From our guide: Black Myth: Wukong in Real Life: The Shanxi Temples Behind the Game
Getting there
Reach Taiyuan by high-speed rail from Beijing after arriving in China.
From our guide: Black Myth: Wukong in Real Life: The Shanxi Temples Behind the GameContinue south to Linfen by high-speed rail in about 1.5–2 hours.
From our guide: Black Myth: Wukong in Real Life: The Shanxi Temples Behind the Game
Pairs well with
Datong. Pair Taiyuan with Datong for the high-speed-rail corridor and northern Shanxi temple sites.
From our guide: Black Myth: Wukong in Real Life: The Shanxi Temples Behind the GamePingyao. Pair Taiyuan with Pingyao for Shuanglin Temple and the historic city walk.
From our guide: Black Myth: Wukong in Real Life: The Shanxi Temples Behind the GameLinfen. Pair Taiyuan with Linfen when continuing to Xiaoxitian and Xi County.
From our guide: Black Myth: Wukong in Real Life: The Shanxi Temples Behind the Game
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