http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardSELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 6194) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSat 3 Dec 2010 2:55:00 GMTfadrihttp://www.chinatravel.com/shanxi/pingyao/attraction/the-qiao-grand-courtyard/The Qiao's Grand Courtyard is located 64 km southwest of Village Qiaojiabao in Town of Qi. This courtyard began to be constructed in the year 1756. After several extensions, it has become a grandiose architecture group, representing the unique style of the folk residence in the Qing Dynasty. Among the residences in China, the most famous are folk residences in Shanxi Province and south of Anhui Province. In Shanxi Province, folks along the River Fen were the richest, so that residences in the...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1215) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSat 26 Nov 2010 2:01:00 GMTleomagichttp://www.chinatravel.com/shanxi/pingyao/attraction/pingyao-ancient-town/Pingyao Ancient Town, part of the greater city of Pingyao, located about 80 kilometers south-southwest of the capital of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan, is situated on the eastern bank of the Fen River, on the southwestern rim of the Taiyuan Basin. The ancient, walled town, originally named Tao, belonged to the Jin Kingdom (BCE ca.1200-376), one of the many states of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou (BCE 770-221) Dynasty. However, Pingyao Ancient Town as it stands today stems from Min...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 424) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 30 Aug 2010 0:07:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/shanxi/pingyao/attraction/zhenguosi-temple/Zhenguosi Temple (alternatively Zhenguo Temple), whose original name was Jingcheng Temple, got its present name in the 19th year of the reign (CE 1521-1566) of Emperor Jiajing during the Ming (CE 1368-1644) Dynasty. Zhenguosi Temple is located within the jurisdiction of the Ancient City of Pingyao, Shanxi Province, about 12 kilometers from the heart of the old city in a northeasterly direction. The temple enjoys a long history of over a thousand years, dating back to the Five Dynasties (CE 907-9...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 429) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 30 Aug 2010 0:06:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/shanxi/pingyao/attraction/zishou-temple-in-lingshi/Zishou Temple is located in the town of Lingshi, about 35 kilometers southwest of Pingyao, not far from the Wang Family Courtyard. The temple was first built over 1,100 years ago and comprises 15 halls and buildings on 15,000 square metres, such as the Classics Collection buildings; the Buddhist Hall Courtyard; the Buddhist Abbot's Courtyard and the Bell and Drum Building....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1218) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 29 Aug 2010 23:48:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/shanxi/pingyao/attraction/shuanglin-temple/Shuanglin Temple is located in the village of Xiaqiao Tou, about 6 kilometers southwest of Pingyao, Shanxi Province. Shuanglin (Double-Grove) Temple, was originally named Zhongdu Temple. During the Northern Song (CE 960-1127) Dynasty, it was renamed Shuanglin Temple in order to commemorate the saying of the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni Buddha, to extinguish into two groves (i.e., to enter nirvana from between the two groves, a reference to the Bamboo Grove in Rajagaha, the capital of Magadha, ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1219) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 29 Aug 2010 22:57:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/shanxi/pingyao/attraction/rishengchang-draft-bank/Rishengchang Draft Bank, founded in 1823 in the early years of Emperor Daoguang's reign (CE 1820-1850) during the Qing (CE 1644-1911) Dynasty, consists of 21 different component structures surrounding a central courtyard. Rishengchang Draft Bank is famous because it is China's first bank. Of course, banking originated elsewhere in ancient times even though the first paper money originated in China (the first banker to issue promissory notes a promise that the note could be redeemed for the amou...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5793) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSun 3 Jan 2009 18:56:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/shanxi/pingyao/attraction/wang-family-courtyard/The Wang Family Residential Compound is a rare example of vintage Chinese civilization handed down through the ages. Built by the Wang family of Jingsheng in Lingshi County, descendants of the Wang family of the city of Taiyuan some 150 kilometers to the north and one of the four prominant merchant families of Shanxi Province during the Qing (CE 1644-1911) Dynasty, the compound is an unsurpassed masterpiece of Chinese residential architecture from the Qing Dynasty period. Since the Wang Fami...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1223) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 31 Dec 2008 2:22:00 GMThttp://www.chinatravel.com/shanxi/pingyao/attraction/ancient-mingqing-street/The three-storey Market Tower is the center and joint point of the city streets. The buildings such as Ancient City Government seat, Town God's Temple, Confucius Temple, Military God Temple, Wealth God Temple and Lucky Fortune Temple are arranged symmetrically. There are altogether four main streets, eight branch streets and 72 lanes in the city area. Having stood a long time weather-wearing, all these buildings show no sign of dilapidation. In front of the gates of some magnificent buildi...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1790) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCMon 28 Dec 2008 22:44:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/shanxi/pingyao/attraction/folk-customs-museum/Built in 1755, this well-preserved and exquisite structure was once the residence of Qiao Zhiyong, who was a famous businessman during the Qing Dynasty. This mansion covers some 4,220 square yards and consists of six main courtyards and twenty minor ones. The government has developed the residence as a museum of traditional Chinese Folk customs--by Angela (2005.12)...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5794) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSat 26 Dec 2008 14:38:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/shanxi/pingyao/attraction/confucian-temple/The Confucian temple in the Ancient City of Pingyao, Shanxi Province, was first built in the early years of the Zhenguan era (CE 627-649) of the Tang ( CE 618-907) Dynasty, i.e., during the reign of Emperor Taizong, considered as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Chinese emperor. The original, modest temple was not built as a memorial temple, but rather, was the family temple of Confucius himself. The present-day memorial temple complex, which is vast, has been damaged and destroyed ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1216) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 6 Mar 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/shanxi/pingyao/attraction/pingyao-ancient-city-wall/Built with rammed earth inside and brick and stone outside, the ancient city walls measure 10 meters high and 6162.7 meters long with 3-5 meters wide tops. Except the southern wall, which zigzags a bit according to the land contour, the other three walls all go straight, making the city area a square one. One city gate was built each to the southern to northern walls and two city gates were built each to the western and eastern walls. All six city gates have gate towers and inside ga...]]>