PingYao - Ancient City

The Wall and gate house

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Pingyao via Tiayuan...... Didn't start well but things got better!

July 28th 2011
PingYao – The Ancient city and the journey from hell so far on this trip. For the last 3 nights I have been in the Ancient city of PingYao, the guide book describes it as the best opportunity to see “the old China in action, being possibly the best preserved ancient walled city in the whole of the country.” It’s fair to say it’s an ancient city and a million miles different from Beiji ... read more

Asia » China » Shanxi » Pingyao

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

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