Pingyao - Old Walled City Photo 2

Pingyao - Old Walled City

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April 7th 2010
This is where we went for a taste of rural China. Pingyao is a city of only 100 000 people. It was once a wealthy city but in the 17th Century their prosperity ended. Because of this, people couldn’t afford to update their homes so all the buildings are of traditional Chinese architecture. The old city walls still remain as well. We stayed in a hostel which was converted from the owner’s tradi ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more