Top Pingyao Tours 2022/2023 – China Pingyao Historical Tour Packages
Pingyao is a typical northern city in China with history over 2700 years, sharing the title “Four Best Preserved Ancient Chinese Cities” together with Langzhong in Sichuan Province, Lijiang in Yunnan City and Shexian of Anhui Province. Started to be built in Western Zhou Dynasty (827BC-782BC) and extended in 1370 AD, Ming Dynasty, the basic layout and architectural landscape featured of Ming and Qing Dynasty is well preserved today and listed as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1997. Pingyao had ever governed China’s finance in Ming and Qing Dynasty with over 20 exchange shops (functioned partly as bank in ancient time) headquartered here, about the half of the whole country, gaining the title of “Ancient Chinese Wall Street”. Today, you can still find the basic look of its ever prosperity from the relics of the Ancient City Wall, Ancient City Wall, Ming-Qing Street Wang, Family Courtyard…
How Do I Plan My Pingyao Tour?
A Pingyao day tour to look around the ancient town with the City Wall is doable if you only have one day. Usually, most travelers tend to stay overnight here with the accommodation in ancient style hotel inside the town to discover fulfilling experience about history here.
With high speed trains of Pingyao opened in late 2019, Pingyao is well connected with other popular destinations like Beijing, Xian, Datong and Taiyuan to enrich people’s China travel experience.