Pingyao Travel Guide

Last Update: 2008-3-6; By chinatravel

Attraction : 4-star

Transportation: 2-star

Accommodation: 3-star

Food: 2-star

Shopping: 4-star

Entertainment: 2-star

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Pingyao is a tiny ancient town located in central Shanxi Province, 100 kilometers away from Taiyuan-capital of the province. Originally built in the West Zhou Dynasty, it boasts a long history of over 2,700 years. As its sound preservation of urban landscape in China's Ming and Qing Dynasty, Pingyao was added to the UNESCO's World Heritage List in Dec. 31st 1997.

There are three Key National Relics Protected Units in Pingyao, namely Pingyao City Wall, Shuangxiu Temple, Zhenguo Temple.
The City Wall itself, Streets, buildings and shops are all well preserved from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In 1997, when the UNESCO decided to include the town on the World Heritage List, the comments read "the Ancient City of Ping Yao is an outstanding example of a Han Chines... [ View Details ]

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3-star Gina Says: 2009-1-21 19:41:00
Pingyao may be the place where those determined to love China, as I have been for years, finally do a dummy spit. But I saw a Dutch girl there who loved it. However, I also saw 10 other Dutch people who didn’t, and talk to a number of people who were deeply disappointed, in some cases they’d deliberately passed up other places for this.