Pingyao Attractions

As enclosed architecture clusters in the form of a castle, the Grand Courtyard of the Qiao’s covers a total area of 10,642 square meters (12,728 square yards) with the construction area of 4,175 square meters (4,993 square yards) in an antique flavor. The delicate design and the fine techniques of the architecture have high scientific and historical value, which is indeed the treasure of the nation, and it was appraised by the experts as “a Pearl of Civilian Residence in North China”.Read More

The Grand Courtyard of the Wang’s, situated in Jingsheng Town in Lingshi County of Shanxi Province, is 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from Lingshi County and 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the Ancient City of Pingyao, which is the essence of the folk residences in the Qing Dynasty (1,616 A.D.-1,911 A.D.). Built by the Wang’s from the reign of Emperor Kangxi to Emperor Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1,616 A.D.-1,911 A.D.), the Grand Courtyard of the Wang’s covers a total area of 250,000 square meters with large-scale architecture clusters in an antique flavor.Read More

Ri Sheng Chang Draft Bank was established in the fourth year of Emperor Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1,616 A.D.-1,911 A.D.), covering an area of 2,324 square (2,779 yards) meters, which could fully represent the culture of Jin Commerce.Read More

The brick-structured ancient wall of the Ancient City of Pingyao is 6162.68 meters (6,740 yards) in perimeter with four parts: the west wall with 1494.35 meters (0.93 miles), the east wall with 1478.48 meters (0.92 miles), the north wall with 1476.05 meters (0.917 miles) and the south wall with 1713.80 meters (1.06 miles), and all the wall are straight except the south one, which winds with the river in the shape of a turtle.Read More

There are 4 avenues, 8 back streets and 72 meandering lanes in the Ancient City of Pingyao, which are connected with one another.Read More

With the initial name of Zhongdu Temple, Shuanglin Temple is in Qiaotou Village in the south west of Pingyao County of Shanxi Province, which is 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) away from Pingyao City. The colored sculptures in the temple are famous all over the world with the title of “the Art Treasury of Oriental Colored Sculptures”, and there are more than 2,000 colored sculptures in the temple with different sizes from 3 meters (118 inches) to 10 centimeters (3.9 inches), which are of high art value.Read More

Zhenguo Monastery is located in Hao Village in the north of Pingyao County of Shanxi Province, built in the Later Han Period (947 A.D.-950 A.D.) during the Five Dynasties (907 A.D.- 960 A.D.) with a long history of more than 1,000 years, which is about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pingyao City, and it is one of the most oldest wood-structured monastery in China at present.Read More

The Civilian Residences of Pingyao are mainly wood-structured Siheyuan (The traditional Chinese building usually consisting of houses on its four sides) with brick walls and tile roofs, which were designed very strictly with symmetry according to the social institutions and the status of the people who lived in it.Read More