Pingyao County Trip Overview
Visit the masterpiece of residential architecture – Wang Family Mansion and see precious and colorful ancient sculptures and frescoes at Shuanglin Temple in this Pingyao day tour. You will be escorted by English-speaking tour guide, a personal car and driver.
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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Pingyao County, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Visit the masterpiece of residential architecture – Wang Family Mansion and see precious and colorful ancient sculptures and frescoes at Shuanglin Temple in this Pingyao day tour. You will be escorted by English-speaking tour guide, a personal car and driver.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Shuanglin Temple, Qiaotou Village, Zhongdu Country, Pingyao County 031100 China
At 9:00 am, you will be greeted by your private tour guide at your hotel in Pingyao start the day.
Also known as “Double Forest Temple”, Shuanglin Temple is located about a 20-minute drive from Pingyao Old Town. Shuanglin Temple was built about 1,500 years ago and renowned for its ancient locust trees, steles, frescoes, and particularly over 2,000 vivid and well preserved color-painted mud sculptures.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Wang’s Family Compound (Wang Jia Dayuan), Jingsheng Town, Lingshi County 031308 China
Afterwards, drive about one hour to visit Wang Family Mansion. This huge magnificent courtyard complex occupies a higher ground overlooking a broad landscape. It boasts 123 courtyards and 1,118 rooms which entails all the major architectural features of north China peasant homes. It’s buildings and decorations reflect strict social hierarchy of the time, and all of the carvings and statues have lots of meanings and stories behind them.
After the tour, return to your hotel in Pingyao at about 16:00pm.
Duration: 2 hours
