One of the best-preserved walled towns in China, with Ming and Qing dynasty streets, courtyard houses, temples, and the first banks in China, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Walk the 6 km city walls and visit the Rishengchang, the first exchange bank.
Stay in a courtyard guesthouse with a heated kang bed. Try the local beef. Pingyao is on the high-speed line from Beijing and Xi'an.
More than 2,000 caves and niches along the Yi River with around 100,000 Buddhist statues carved between the 5th and 10th centuries, from tiny figures…
Thousands of life-sized clay soldiers, archers, horses and chariots, each with an individual face, buried to guard the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's…
The most complete ancient city wall in China, a 14 km Ming dynasty rampart with gates and towers, wide enough to cycle around; bikes are for hire on …
A vast imperial garden around Kunming Lake, the retreat of the Qing emperors and Empress Dowager Cixi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A Ming dynasty complex where emperors prayed for good harvests, with the circular, triple-roofed Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, a masterpiece of C…
The vast imperial palace of the Ming and Qing emperors, home to 24 emperors from 1420 to 1912, with nearly a thousand buildings inside its moat and r…
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