Example sentences for: datong

How can you use “datong” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The trip, through some gorgeous mountain country, is a favorite of train enthusiasts who are drawn to Datong to see the quaint steam locomotives still at work in the center of China’s richest coal-mining region.

  • Three monasteries and a famous dragon screen recall Datong’s once stately history.

  • Cave No. 20, the last one carved while Datong was the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, is occupied by a giant seated Buddha.

  • A major attraction near Datong is the Temple Suspended Over the Void (Xuankongsi), situated a two-hour drive south through a barren sandstone plateau.

  • Coal was the logical fuel for the long trains carrying coal to the rest of the country, and Datong became the major steam locomotive manufacturer for China.


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