Pingyao County Trip Overview
If you would like to enjoy the gentle tour between Beijing and Xi’an, and visit the anicent town from ancient China, Pingyao is the best choice. Which is just located between Beijing and Xi’an, and also have a fast train from Beijing to Pingyao(4 hours), and from Pingyao to Xi’an(3 hours), so it is good stop to visit Pingyao on the way to Xi’an from Pingyao, Come to visit the ancient city of Pingyao, Wang family compound and Shuanglin Temple within 2 days . To find out the real ancient china culture and taste the real tasty local food in local restaurant with your private local guide, that would be special experiences.
★ With your friendly and knowlegable guide to visit this UNESCO sights
★ Taste the lcal food at local restaurant
★ Pingyaogucheng Station Pick up and Drop off
★ Walk in the back street to explore the local life in Pingyao
★ Visit the biggest compound
★ See the most beautiful sculptures from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty.
★ Friendly and reliable driver for the trip.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Pingyao County, China
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Pingyao County, Shanxi, China
If you would like to enjoy the gentle tour between Beijing and Xi’an, and visit the anicent town from ancient China, Pingyao is the best choice. Which is just located between Beijing and Xi’an, and also have a fast train from Beijing to Pingyao(4 hours), and from Pingyao to Xi’an(3 hours), so it is good stop to visit Pingyao on the way to Xi’an from Pingyao, Come to visit the ancient city of Pingyao, Wang family compound and Shuanglin Temple within 2 days . To find out the real ancient china culture and taste the real tasty local food in local restaurant with your private local guide, that would be special experiences.
★ With your friendly and knowlegable guide to visit this UNESCO sights
★ Taste the lcal food at local restaurant
★ Pingyaogucheng Station Pick up and Drop off
★ Walk in the back street to explore the local life in Pingyao
★ Visit the biggest compound
★ See the most beautiful sculptures from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty.
★ Friendly and reliable driver for the trip.
Itinerary
Day 1: Private walking tour of Pingyao Hilights ( Pingyao hotel pick up or Pingyaogucheng station pick up
Stop At: City Wall of Pingyao, Within Pingyao County, Pingyao County 031100 China
Have a walking on the Ming-era Wall with your local English Speaking
guide, she or he will explain the history of the wall, and show you the best view of the street, roof top of the building from the wall.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Pingyao Confucian Temple, In Ancient City of Pingyao, Pingyao County 031100 China
With your local guide to visit the oldest wooden building from 840 years ago in this temple, you will learn how they build it up and stay to now. You will learn some Confucian talkings from The Analects, learn the wise of Confucian.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ping Yao Temple of the City God, Chenghuang Temple Street, Pingyao County 031100 China
With your guide to visit the most beautiful Taoist Temple in the ancient town which is from Ming dynasty.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ming and Qing Dynasties Street,South Main Street, Pingyao County 031100 China
This street also named South Street which is the street full of the shops, restaurants, Hotels, Street food, lacquer ware stores, Silver shops, and the Shilou which is the city center. It is nice to have a walking after dinner.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Rishengchang Former Bank, Dapu Village, Pingyao County 031100 China
This is museum of First bank in China, found in 1823 by Mr Lei lvtai from dye store, located in the west street. Your guide will expalin the history, management of the bank, bank culture, you may learn some highlights of running the business.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Ancient City of Pingyao, In Pingyao County, Pingyao County 031100 China
Pingyao is the UNESCO sights since from 1997, it shows us the ancient temples, old wall, ancient residences from 400 or 200 years ago, we will walk to secret part of Pingyao to see the local people’s life.
Duration: 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Day trip to Wang Family Compound and Shuanglin Temple ( Pingyaogucheng station drop off or Pingyao Hotel drop off )
Stop At: Wang’s Family Compound (Wang Jia Dayuan), Jingsheng Town, Lingshi County 031308 China
This compound is biggest one in China from Qing dynasty, still have 1000rooms left, well renovated now,and people say after visit the Wang Family Compound, you can skip off the other compound in China.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Shuanglin Temple, Qiaotou Village, Zhongdu Country, Pingyao County 031100 China
It is small buddha temple, but it is unique one in China. which shows us nearly 1000 clay sculptures from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty with much more details. We have to say this temple is the No.1 in China.
Duration: 50 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
