1-Day Pingyao Highlights Tour

- Qiao Family's Compound / Ming-Qing Street

Trip Highlights - Attractions in Pingyao involved: Qiao Family' s Compound, Ming-Qing Street, Chenghuang Temple, Ri Sheng Chang Financial House, Tongxinggong Ancient Bank Bodyguard Establishment. Pingyao is located in the heart of Shanxi Province, right along the Fen River. The city's original layout, built during the Western Zhou Dynasty, is for the most part wholly preserved. Most of the city walls, streets, residence homes, and temples in the city remain undamaged and unchanged. We kindly provide a 1-day Pingyao tour as below. If you are interested in this 1-day Pingyao tour, welcome to contact us!
Availability: Daily.      Pick-up Point & Time: Your hotel, 8:30am.      Finishing Point & Time: Your hotel, 5:00pm.      Duration: 8 hours.

Tour Itinerary: (Lunch)
Morning tour will start at the Qiao Family's Compound, a great introduction to the area. Qiao Family' s Compound is not only known for its grandeur but also for the exquisite craftsmanship, which is reflected in the brick carvings, woodcarvings, and murals. Then, you will visit Ming-Qing Street, Chenghuang Temple, Ri Sheng Chang Financial House and Tongxinggong Ancient Bank Bodyguard Establishment. The Ancient Ming and Qing Streets was the noisiest business centre in Ming and Qing Dynasties, situated on South Avenue. The Chenghuang Temple mingles Taoism, Confucianism and the folk culture all together, which makes it a very precious example among all the county-level Chenghuangmiao in China. After the tour, you will be sent back to your hotel. (Service End)
Attraction Description
Qiao Family' s Compound
The Qiao Compound is an attractive travel site of Pingyao. It is not only known for its grandeur but also for the exquisite craftsmanship, which is reflected in the brick carvings, woodcarvings, and murals. From a bird view, the Compound strangely resembles the double Chinese character, "xi," which means happiness and luck. If you enter through the main gate, you will find yourself in the main hall...
Ming-Qing Street
The Ancient Ming and Qing Streets was the noisiest business centre in Ming and Qing Dynasties, situated on South Avenue. The streets are not very wide, with various kinds of shops orderly arranged along the road. These shops were all built with bricks and stones completely in the style of Ming and Qing architecture. In the granite thresholds of each decent house, two lines of deep traits left by the...
Chenghuang Temple
The Chenghuang Temple, located in the southeast of Pingyao City, is one of the best preserved temples in China. The temple is deeply rooted in the religious culture and well reflected in the folk customs. The Chenghuang Temple perfectly mingles Taoism, Confucianism and the folk culture all together, which makes it a very precious example among all the county-level Chenghuangmiao in...
Ri Sheng Chang Financial House
The Rishengchang Exchange Shop was established in 1823 during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), with about 35 branches in Pingyao City, Shanxi Province. The Rishengchang Exchange Shop is considered as the first draft bank in Chinese history. The compound is listed as a key cultural relic by the provincial government. It is now a museum in the Pingyao Ancient City. The Rishengchang Exchange Shop...