Pingyao, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the best preserved ancient cities in the known world. Walking in the ancient city is the perfect way to quickly absorb its historic vibes.
Your English-speaking guide will pick you up from your Pingyao hotel, and you will soon be on your way through the streets.
If your hotel is located inside the Pingyao Ancient City, the guide will meet you in the hotel lobby.
If your hotel is outside the ancient city, no problem — we’ll meet inside the old town instead.
You will admire the ancient city wall that was built with bricks and stones. Walking sections of the walls allows excellent views across the city’s many tiled rooftops and down into domestic courtyards, as most buildings within historic Pingyao are mainly low-rise.
Then approach the Rishengchang Bank, the first exchange bank of China, and marvel at the old government buildings.
Visit the Ancient Security Guard Company,is the only private organization of armed escort in Pingyao's history and one of two most famous during the Ming and Qing dynasty.
A country government office was known as a Yamen and that in Pingyao dates from1346 during the Yuan Dynasty. They formerly housed the office and home of the magistrate sent to act as mayor, judge and senior official for Pingyao. Entered through a ceremonial gate, this yamen had over 300 rooms including not only offices but also a court, meeting rooms, residential areas, a garden and even a prison.
Ming&Qing Street , the traditional shops and houses are still well preserved. They were all built with bricks and stones completely using the style of Ming and Qing architecture. As such they are representatives of most ancient buildings in China that still survive and offer a stark contrast to the architecture employed today.
Pingyao Confucian Temple is with the sophisticated layout, if you'd like to feel what the place meant to ancient Chinese intellectuals, simply step along the path those No. 1 scholars of annual imperial examinations (called Zhuangyuan) once marched past.
As you walk through Pingyao, the courtyard houses, narrow streets, and small shops in the city provide a complete picture of China’s cultural and social lifestyle during that period of time.
There are too many scenic spots in Pingyao Ancient City to list one by one here. If you have any special visiting preferences, please leave us a message and we will definitely arrange it.
