The City Tower

Marking the centre of ancient Pingyao, this tower presides over the main street, home to antique stores, hotels and restaurants

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Freezing in Ping with the Ming and the Qing

March 4th 2007
Okay, here is a quick history lesson on the Chinese Dynasties from 2200BC until the present. Pay attention, as you will be tested when I get back home. First, there's the Xia, the first civilisation by the Yellow River. Then the Shang, who began developing the Chinese writing style. Following on were the Zhou, around the time when Confucius did his thing. Next were the Qin, about 2200 years ago, w ... 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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