Nanxiang old town is located in the northwest part of shanghai. which is the south gate of jiading district and an important town of culture and business in south jiading. And there is very famous nanxiang steamed bun. Welcome to nanxiang old town in shanghai.
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Changling (长陵)
(010) 60761334
Apr 1 – Oct 31: 45 yuan. Nov 1 – Mar 31: 30 yuan
The tomb of Emperor Yongle (1360-1424) and his empress, Xushi, is the largest of the three tombs. It is the first tomb visitors will reach in the valley if entering from the Spirit Way. It was also the first Ming tomb to be built at this site.
The tomb layout is identical to that of the first Ming Tomb in Nanjing although on a grander scale and with the bottom of the burial mound at the top of the wall rather than the bottom. The imperial architecture resembles that of the Forbidden City in Beijing which was also built during the reign of Yongle.
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Zhaoling (昭陵)
(010) 60761435
Apr 1 – Oct 31: 30 yuan, Nov 1 – Mar 31: 20 yuan
Zhaoling, the tomb of the twelfth emperor Muzong, (1537-1572) and his three empresses, is the smallest of the three tombs as well as the least visited.
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Jing’an Temple with its gold decoration and ornate roofs seems to fit quite well amongst the shopping centers boasting the likes of Gucci, Mont Blanc and Tiffany in Shanghai’s bustling Jing’an district. This is an expensive area to rent, buy or shop and the crème-de-la-cr...
Jing’an Temple with its gold decoration and ornate roofs seems to fit quite well amongst the shopping centers boasting the likes of Gucci, Mont Blanc and Tiffany in Shanghai’s bustling Jing’an district. This is an expensive area to rent, buy or shop and the crème-de-la-crème of foreigners and Chinese reside here with rented apartments commanding 12,000RMB per month. This is also the last geographical area before hitting Gubei, the expat housing village that resembles New York’s Park Avenue. Jing’an, with its sauciness and glitter, attracts more singles than families, preferring it to the almost “Truman Show-esque” Gubei.
The temple dates back to 247AD making it 1757 years old and counting. The year 247AD actually predates the birth of Shanghai. The temple is held in much higher esteem by the locals than the tourists’ favorite Jade Buddha Temple. However, here at the Jing’an temple, the ambiance is unfortunately disappointing. From the outside the temple appears enchanting, but inside the soul has almost completely escaped, a recent restoration has robbed it of any character. There is nowhere to really sit and just observe your surroundings, and instead a quick tour is heeded by an even quicker exit. It appears that this temple is mostly kept and run as a tourist attraction. You can even see a monk arrive in his car!!
The most fascinating thing about the temple is watching visitors pray and make sacrifices. There is a saying in China that the “God of Chinese people is money,” and sad to say, it is true to an extent. Here at the temple, it is astounding to see people with faith in another God (or indeed Gods), and actually be willing to prostrate themselves to that entity. Of course the irony being that they are praying for prosperity.
If in the area, Jing’an temple is worth a visit, but it won’t require much time unless of course you are a Buddhist. When in the temple, common sense rules apply. No walkmans, mp3 players, no loud chatter, no cell phones, etc. Even if it isn’t consistent with your particular flavor, please be respectful of theirs’. Speaking of flavors, Burger King and Haagan Dazs are located right around the corner.
1686 Nanjing Xi Lu, Jing’an area
Take metro line 2 to Jing’an temple stop
Open 7am-5pm entrance fee is 10 RMB
No.2 Building decoration material wholesale market
Sort out by market:
B1. Zhiye ceramic wholesale market / 置业陶瓷批发市场
Add.: Shi wan Zhiye ceramic wholesale market,shagang, zhenzhong ...
No.2 Building decoration material wholesale market
Sort out by market:
B1. Zhiye ceramic wholesale market / 置业陶瓷批发市场
Add.: Shi wan Zhiye ceramic wholesale market,shagang, zhenzhong road, shiwan, foshan city/ 佛山市石湾镇中路沙岗段石湾置业陶瓷批发市场
Comment: This is a huge wholesale market with 470,000 square meter for ceramic tile, sanitary ware, Plumbing Fittings. The price belongs to middle and low level, 80% of it’s products are for export.
B2. Huayi building decoration material city / 华艺装饰材料城
Add.: 325 national road, jihua No.4 road, foshan city / 佛山市季华四路325国道交汇处（季华美食城对面）
Comments.: Huayi is a very big complex building decoration material city for Flooring, Door, Window, Ceiling, Hardware, locks, hinge, MDF board, Ply board, Wall paper. The old huayi used to be a very often visited wholesale market for building decoration material for export, with middle price, but it has removal already. The new huayi is usually feedback by foreign customer with high price level.
B3. Da zhuan wan building decoration material market / 大转弯建材装饰市场
Add.: Da zhuan wan road, guang fo road, west huan Guangzhou, Foshan city /地址：广州西环广佛路大转湾段
Comments.: Dazhuanwan is a very big complex building decoration material market for Flooring, Door, Window, Ceiling, Hardware, locks, hinge, MDF board, Ply board, Wall paper. It’s more professional than Huayi, most of the suppliers there are factories, the products are divided into much smaller filed with lower price than huayi market.
B4. China Ceramics City / 中国陶瓷城
Add.: Jiangwan 3rd road, chanchen district, foshan city, Guangdong province / 广东省佛山市禅城区江湾三路
Comment.: China ceramics city is 53,000 square meter for ceramic tile, sanitary ware, Plumbing Fittings. Price level betweens to middle to high.
B5. China mosaic City / 马赛克城
Add.: China mosaic city, No.9, baota road, shiwan , chanchen district, foshan city / 佛山市禅城区石湾街道办宝塔路9号中国马赛克城
Comments: It’s specialized in mosaic, the biggest center for mosaic, just near China ceramic city
B6. Guzhen lighting in zhongshan city / 中山古镇灯饰
Comments: Guzhen is the manufacture basement of lighting in China, it’s around 1.5 hours from Guangzhou, the whole town is specialized in lighting. The biggest lighting building is Lighting era center
时代灯饰广场 / Lighting era center
Add.: No.12, dongxin middle road, guzhen, zhongshan city, Guangdong province, China / 中国·广东省中山市古镇镇东兴中路12号
B7. Yi mei jia ceramic city / 意美家陶瓷城
Add.: ji hua No.4 road, chanchen district, foshan city, Guangdong province,China / 中国广东省佛山市禅城区季华四路
Comment: This is a big wholesale market for ceramic tile, sanitary ware, Plumbing Fittings. The price belongs to middle level.
B8. Sunlink lighting & kitchen cabinet city / 顺联橱柜灯饰城
Add.: next to 325 national road, lecong town, shunde district, Guangdong province / 广东省佛山市顺德区乐从镇325国道旁
Comments: It’s in shunde furniture city, specialized in kitchen cabinet and lighting.
B9. Shunde lecong furniture city / 乐从家具城
For Furniture pls check following link for professional detail information.
Sort out by products:
1. Tile
Recommended market:
B1. Zhiye ceramic wholesale market / 置业陶瓷批发市场
B4. China Ceramics City / 中国陶瓷城
B7. Yi mei jia ceramic city / 意美家陶瓷城
2. Wooden / PVC Flooring
Recommended market:
B2. Huayi building decoration material city / 华艺装饰材料城
B3. Da zhuan wan building decoration material market / 大转弯建材装饰市场
3. Sanitary ware
Recommended market:
B1. Zhiye ceramic wholesale market / 置业陶瓷批发市场
B4. China Ceramics City / 中国陶瓷城
B7. Yi mei jia ceramic city / 意美家陶瓷城
4. Lighting
Recommended market:
B6. Guzhen lighting in zhongshan city / 中山古镇灯饰
B8. Sunlink lighting & kitchen cabinet city / 顺联橱柜灯饰城
by renting car, charge 600rmb per day including all cost
Forbidden City -- General introduction
Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong in Chinese, was the imperial palace for twenty-four emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was first built throughout 14 years during the reign of Emperor Chengzu ...
Forbidden City -- General introduction
Lying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, called Gu Gong in Chinese, was the imperial palace for twenty-four emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was first built throughout 14 years during the reign of Emperor Chengzu in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Ancient Chinese Astronomers believed that the Purple Star (Polaris) was in the center of heaven and the Heavenly Emperor lived in the Purple Palace. The Palace for the emperor on earth was so called the Purple City. It was forbidden to enter without special permission of the empeor. Hence its name 'The Purple Forbidden City', usually 'The Forbidden City'.
Now known as the Palace Museum, it is to the north of Tiananmen Square. Rectangular in shape, it is the world's largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a 52-meter-wide moat and a 10-meter-high wall are more than 8,700 rooms. The wall has a gate on each side. Opposite the Tiananmen Gate, to the north is the Gate of Divine Might (Shenwumen), which faces Jingshan Park. The distance between these two gates is 960 meters, while the distance between the east and west gates is 750 meters. There are unique and delicately structured towers on each of the four corners of the curtain wall. These afford views over both the palace and the city outside.
The Forbidden City is divided into two parts. The southern section, or the Outer Court was where the emperor exercised his supreme power over the nation. The northern section, or the Inner Court was where he lived with his royal family. Until 1924 when the last emperor of China was driven from the Inner Court, fourteen emperors of the Ming dynasty and ten emperors of the Qing dynasty had reigned here. Having been the imperial palace for some five centuries, it houses numerous rare treasures and curiosities. Listed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1987, the Palace Museum is now one of the most popular tourist attractions world-wide.
Construction of the palace complex began in 1407, the 5th year of the Yongle reign of the third emperor (Emperor Chengzu, Zhu Di) of the Ming dynasty. It was completed fourteen years later in 1420, and then the capital city was moved from Nanjing to Beijing the next year. It was said that a million workers including one hundred thousand artisans were driven into the long-term hard labor. Stone needed was quarried from Fangshan, a suburb of Beijing. It was said a well was dug every fifty meters along the road in order to pour water onto the road in winter to slide huge stones on ice into the city. Huge amounts of timber and other materials were freighted from faraway provinces.
Yangshuo lies in the northeast of Guangxi Province and to the southeast of Guilin City. The special geography gives it breath-taking beauty while over 1,400 years of history bless it with a deep traditional culture.The diverse ethnic minority groups including Hui, Zhuang, Yao and others, enrich i...
Yangshuo lies in the northeast of Guangxi Province and to the southeast of Guilin City. The special geography gives it breath-taking beauty while over 1,400 years of history bless it with a deep traditional culture.The diverse ethnic minority groups including Hui, Zhuang, Yao and others, enrich it with special folk cultures represented by their various festivals; while many foreign residents add exotic flavors to its fascination.Yangshuo, besides Dali in Yunnan, is China's most popular backpacker destination. In fact, Yangshuo has become legendary as a place to get away from China. The village is set amongst limestone and karst peaks, and is filled with quaint alleys, shops and restaurants that serve many kinds of western foods.The surrounding land is flat and perfect for bicycle riding and with your choice of peaks to climb and local villages to visit, Yangshuo has plenty to do!
Guzhen, a town of Zhongshan and being known as a place for lighting manufacture.
Yuanyang County (yuán yáng xiàn 元阳县) is located in Honghe Prefecture (hóng hé zhōu 红河州), Yunnan province (yún nán shěng 云南省), China. It is well known for its spectacular rice-paddy terracing. It covers an area of 2200 square kilometres and has a population of approximately 365,000 (2002), of whic...
Yuanyang County (yuán yáng xiàn 元阳县) is located in Honghe Prefecture (hóng hé zhōu 红河州), Yunnan province (yún nán shěng 云南省), China. It is well known for its spectacular rice-paddy terracing. It covers an area of 2200 square kilometres and has a population of approximately 365,000 (2002), of which 88% belong to ethnic minorities and 95% is associated with agriculture.
Geography
Yuanyang county lies at an altitude ranging from 140 along the Red River up to nearly 3000 metres above sea level in the Ailao mountains (āi láo shān 哀牢山) and is situated about 50 km north of the border with Vietnam.
The climate of Yuanyang county is mainly central sub-tropical monsoon with wet summers and dry winters. Average temperatures range from 26 Celsius down in the Red river valley to 4 Celsius in the upper reaches of the mountains.
Due to recent highway construction, Old Yuanyang can now be reached in about 7 hours by direct bus from Yunnan's capital Kunming (kūn míng 昆明), situated 300 km to the north of the county, a trip which only a few years ago, would take 10 hours or more. Buses also connect Yuanyang with the town of Hekou (hé kǒu 河口) and the border crossing with Vietnam (6 hours).
Vertical distribution of the various ethnic minority groups
The Hani (hā nízú 哈尼族) and Yi (yí zú 彝族), the creators of the monumental rice terraced mountains which have made Yuanyang famous, are the original inhabitants of these regions. Both their languages belong to the Tibeto-Burman group. Their villages can mainly be found between 1300 to 1600 metres above sea level.
The Dai (dǎi zú 傣族) moved here 700 years ago. The Zhuang (zhuàng zú 壮族) 400 years ago. Both their languages belong to the Kradai language group. Their villages are situated in the warmer areas below 700 metres elevation, near and along the rivers. Their main crop is rice grow in paddy fields.
The Miao (miáo zú 苗族) and Yao (yáo zú 瑶族) (of the Hmong-Mien language group) are fairly recent arrivals to the region, only settling here 200 and 270 years ago. Their villages are in the cooler and drier upland areas, between 1600 and 1800 metres above sea level, where they grow maize.
Travel in Yunnan
Yuanyang County (yuán yáng xiàn 元阳县) is located in Honghe Prefecture (hóng hé zhōu 红河州), Yunnan province (yún nán shěng 云南省), China. It is well known for its spectacular rice-paddy terracing. It covers an area of 2200 square kilometres and has a population of approximately 365,000 (2002), of which 88% belong to ethnic minorities and 95% is associated with agriculture.
Geography
Yuanyang county lies at an altitude ranging from 140 along the Red River up to nearly 3000 metres above sea level in the Ailao mountains (āi láo shān 哀牢山) and is situated about 50 km north of the border with Vietnam.
The climate of Yuanyang county is mainly central sub-tropical monsoon with wet summers and dry winters. Average temperatures range from 26 Celsius down in the Red river valley to 4 Celsius in the upper reaches of the mountains.
Due to recent highway construction, Old Yuanyang can now be reached in about 7 hours by direct bus from Yunnan's capital Kunming (kūn míng 昆明), situated 300 km to the north of the county, a trip which only a few years ago, would take 10 hours or more. Buses also connect Yuanyang with the town of Hekou (hé kǒu 河口) and the border crossing with Vietnam (6 hours).
Vertical distribution of the various ethnic minority groups
The Hani (hā nízú 哈尼族) and Yi (yí zú 彝族), the creators of the monumental rice terraced mountains which have made Yuanyang famous, are the original inhabitants of these regions. Both their languages belong to the Tibeto-Burman group. Their villages can mainly be found between 1300 to 1600 metres above sea level.
The Dai (dǎi zú 傣族) moved here 700 years ago. The Zhuang (zhuàng zú 壮族) 400 years ago. Both their languages belong to the Kradai language group. Their villages are situated in the warmer areas below 700 metres elevation, near and along the rivers. Their main crop is rice grow in paddy fields.
The Miao (miáo zú 苗族) and Yao (yáo zú 瑶族) (of the Hmong-Mien language group) are fairly recent arrivals to the region, only settling here 200 and 270 years ago. Their villages are in the cooler and drier upland areas, between 1600 and 1800 metres above sea level, where they grow maize.
Photographers and Chinese tourists flock here in droves to watch sunrises and sunsets turn the terraces into pools of gold, red and silver. Even in poor weather they can be breathtaking. Fog rolling into the terraced valleys leaves hill-top villages the only things visible, and the effect can be dramatic, like islands floating in the clouds.
There are three buses daily from Kunming to Yuanyang (Y90, 6½hrs, 10.40am, 7.30pm, 8pm). Other destinations include Hekou (Y37, four hours) and Gejiu (gè jiù 个旧) (Y22, one hour).
Getting there & away
Buses from Xinjie (xīn jiē 新街) back to Kunming leave at 10.12am, 5pm and 9pm. Or, you can forge on to Xishuangbanna (xī shuāng bǎn nà 西双版纳). At the time of research, there were no direct buses to Jinghong (jǐng hóng, 景洪). To get there, take the 7.30am bus to Luchun (lǜ chūn 绿春) (Y25, four hours), there you’ll have wait to get the Jiangcheng (jiāng chéng 江城) bus at 4pm (Y31, five hours). By the time you arrive, there’ll be now more buses but you can stay at the hotel attached to the bus station which has cheap rooms (dm/d Y10/60). Buses to Jǐnghóng (Y50, 8½ hours) start running at 6am.
If you were to take a postcard snapshot of Shanghai, The Bund is where you'd go. Stately and taciturn, it comprises more than ten blocks of architectural relics from Shanghai’s days as a treaty port. In its heyday, this riverside district was the city’s commercial and financial center, home to fo...
If you were to take a postcard snapshot of Shanghai, The Bund is where you'd go. Stately and taciturn, it comprises more than ten blocks of architectural relics from Shanghai’s days as a treaty port. In its heyday, this riverside district was the city’s commercial and financial center, home to foreign-owned banks, trading houses, luxury hotels and gentlemen’s clubs. For nearly four decades, much of it lay dormant as state-owned properties until 1999, when the opening of the restaurant M on the Bund sparked a real estate development renaissance. Today, The Bund is home to some of Shanghai’s poshest restaurants and nightclubs as well as some of its swankest hotels. The waterfront promenade is also a perennial favorite for casual strolls and photo opps.
Younger working people in the north -east is the art of the long-term accumulation of wealth creation , which originated in planting plow working life , and the ancient god of agriculture , and pray for a good harvest , when praying limitless disaster singing carols , asserting song about , and...
Younger working people in the north -east is the art of the long-term accumulation of wealth creation , which originated in planting plow working life , and the ancient god of agriculture , and pray for a good harvest , when praying limitless disaster singing carols , asserting song about , and in the development process farmers will continue to assimilate the song , Ling songs, folk martial arts, acrobatics and drama techniques and forms , and thus the development of the general masses today Younger loved singing a folk song and dance .
Northeast Younger form of humor , unique style , the vast black soil gives it simple and bold spirituality and customs, financial pungent , humor , quiet, athletic one, the people of the Northeast enthusiasm rustic character traits of firmness and flexibility sway of the head. Steady waves, waves Terrier , Terrier in Alice , step on board , twist at the waist , is the most important feature of the Northeast Younger . Meanwhile, the great variety of " hands flowers" , fast-paced flexible drums, the main speaker , pretty , quiet , steady, rhythmic beauty , are characteristic of the Northeast Younger .
Northeast Younger Son and jumping stilts subdivision categories. Younger son , also known to be jumped , spread wider surface ; stilts prevalent in southern Liaoning , especially Yingkou ( large stone ) , Haicheng and cover County area . Say that there is a certain place when transplanting paddy farmers singing Tian Ge , called the Younger .
Younger beat seedling plow originated in working life , the ancient god of agriculture and also to pray for a good harvest , throw into confusion when analyzing Fu Yan Song sung by the disaster , inlaid song about , and continue to absorb in the development process of agricultural songs , English songs, folk martial arts , skills and forms of acrobatics and drama , so from the usual singing folk songs and dances developed into Younger . To the Qing Dynasty , Younger has been widely circulated throughout the country .
Harbin boasts a wide variety of scrumptious, regional Chinese cuisines and a few down-home specialties, all of which stem from the Harbin history....
Harbin boasts a wide variety of scrumptious, regional Chinese cuisines and a few down-home specialties, all of which stem from the Harbin history. Take folk snacks as the core in Harbin, for example: candied hawthorns, chestnut roasted with sugar, rice cake, roasted sausage, jujube, dried persimmon, sunflower seeds, etc. These traditional diet is well received by the tourists all around the world, coz the local snacks of Harbin taste wonderfully good.
In fact, the candied hawthorns represent the common people's wish, wish for better life and for harmony of family and the whole country.
As winter comes, the air is always filled with the aroma of roasted chestnuts at streets and lanes in Harbin, thus the chestnut roasted with sugar is a delicacy right for the seasons.
There are all kinds of local snacks in Harbin, I like eating all of them, coz they are really delicious. Ok, what are you waiting for? Come on, let us try it now!
To taste Harbin local snacks, please write to [email protected] or WeChat me at harbintourism, or WhatsApp me at 0086-13204503885.
Take in the highlights of beautiful Hangzhou on a private full-day tour from Shanghai. After hotel pickup and transfer by high-speed train to Hangzhou, your private guide takes you to see some city attractions, such as Faxi temple. Moreover, enjoy a tasty lunch at a local restaurant before heading to Longjing village. There, learn about the process of farming and producing dragonwell tea, the region’s most famous product. Finally, enjoy a scenic boat cruise on UNESCO World Heritage-listed West Lake before returning to Shanghai.
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Take in the highlights of beautiful Hangzhou on a private full-day tour from Shanghai. After hotel pickup and transfer by high-speed train to Hangzhou, your private guide takes you to see some city attractions, such as Faxi temple. Moreover, enjoy a tasty lunch at a local restaurant before heading to Longjing village. There, learn about the process of farming and producing dragonwell tea, the region’s most famous product. Finally, enjoy a scenic boat cruise on UNESCO World Heritage-listed West Lake before returning to Shanghai.
This is a private, full-day trip from Shanghai to Hangzhou. After you are picked up in your hotel lobby in the early morning, you will take a bullet train to Hangzhou. This is the fastest way to Hangzhou and you can experience train speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour. Your tour begins at one of Hangzhou's signature sites, the West Lake. Enjoy a lake cruise to see the top ten West Lake scenic views. You will then be taken to experience the wonderful cuisine of Hangzhou at a local restaurant. After lunch, you will visit Faxi temple, a well-known Temple dating back to the Jin Dynasty. See its famous wooden Buddha. Here, you will see fewer tourists and more locals. Finally, enjoy a cup of green tea when you visit the famous Longjing village to see wild fields of Longjing tea bushes where the locals produce the world famous green tea- Longjing Tea. In the village, all locals are tea farmers and you will see the entire procedure of making the famous tea and will get the chance to taste the best quality emperor tea. Afterwards, you will take the bullet train back to Shanghai and you will be returned to your hotel.
Day 1 Arrive in Guangzhou
Arrive in Guangzhou in the morning, you will be met and transferred to hotel, then visit Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The Memorial Hall is a very famous historical scenic spot. It is in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the great revolutionary forerunner. After that proceed to visit the Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family. It is a unique site for offering up sacrifices to worship ancestors of 72 Chen families in Guangdong. This ancestral temple is also the largest, best preserved and best decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province.
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Arrive in Guangzhou in the morning, you will be met and transferred to hotel, then visit Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The Memorial Hall is a very famous historical scenic spot. It is in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the great revolutionary forerunner. After that proceed to visit the Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family. It is a unique site for offering up sacrifices to worship ancestors of 72 Chen families in Guangdong. This ancestral temple is also the largest, best preserved and best decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province.
Day 2 Guanzhou Tour
After breakfast, you will go to Yuexiu Park first, the largest and the most famous park in downtown Guangzhou. There are three artificial lakes and seven hills of Yuexiu Mountain. Then you will visit Temple of Six Banyan Trees, which is one of the four best Buddhist temples in Guangzhou and located on the Liurong Road (meaning the Six Banyan Trees Road). The Nanyue King Tomb Museum is a must-see Guangzhou attraction, which dates back to 2,000 years ago, is the earliest large scale painted stone chamber tomb ever found south of the Five Ridges. Buried with the tomb owner in a jade shroud are a gold seal and a lot of exquisite jade adornments. It has become a world famous museum. After the day tour you will be transferred to airport for your next destination.
Pingyao Highlights Walking Day Tour
With our guide to know the Ancient Pingyao better!
Our guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 08:00 or 08:30, then show you the ticket office to get the ticket for the museums we will visit later.
...Read morePingyao Highlights Walking Day Tour
With our guide to know the Ancient Pingyao better!
Our guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 08:00 or 08:30, then show you the ticket office to get the ticket for the museums we will visit later.
First we will visit the 700 years old City wall, We will climb up from south gate and have a walk on the wall. We are not sure how many km we can walk, because of the renovating of the wall. Normally we will walk from south gate to the Yunlu Exit.
Then visit the Confucius temple, there is a old building named Dacheng Hall which is over 840 years old. From outside, we can see the big wood joints to lift the big roof around the building which is named Dougong. Due to this design, there are less columns inside the hall for giving the big space for the statues and the prayer. We have chance to see the Confucius statue and learn the philosophy of Confucius. If you like, you can pray for you and your children to get better study.
There is the Paper Cutting master named Wentao nearby the exit of Confucius temple. She is very smart and create the new style paper cutting with much more details and good wishes on it. Her products are made by hanks. It is worth to visit and buy as a souvenir from Pingyao. From the table standing and wall hangings. Please remember, take the red one because of red is the traditional and happy color. But the white one is the best. It is really difficult to choose, because of all of them are really nice.
Then you can have coffee break or tea break if you need at Chummy coffee, after this, visit the City god temple (ChenghuangMiao) which is most beautiful temple inside the wall. Because of the roof is covered by the colorful glazed tiles. There is not only city god and also the three money gods, Now you know why pingyao was the financial center.
Next we will visit the Ancient government building, to see the pingyao politics center in the ancient time. It is the complete building with officials bed room, kitchen and private garden. Follow the guide to look the official’s life from the 250km far away from the hometown.
Have a stroll in the alley to the Rishengchang exchange bank, which is the first bank all of china.You can not miss it.
After lunch, walk to the Ming and Qing street, this is the shopping street full of the stores on the both side of street. You can find alot things here , from post card to lacquered boxes, and wall panels. One more place to see, it is the Armed escort agency also named security and transport service for the business man before the bank founded.
Inlcusions
1.private english speaking tour guide servcie
2.bottle water for the tour