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Hong Hu Hotel Pingyao

No.1 Beihai West Street, Gutao Town Pingyao, Shanxi, China

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Pingyao

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... reconstructed. However, the rest of the city walls are still largely intact and are considered among the best-preserved ancient city walls on this scale.

Three of us arrived (Yan, myself and our friend Michael) and the weather was seasonably cold with snow making a rather picturesque setting, particularly on top of the old buildings. Most of our time was spent exploring the old roads and walls of the old city. We managed ...

Souvenirstad

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Vanaf het gigantisch grote treinstation in Beijing zijn we met de nachttrein naar Pingyao gereisd. De nachttrein was een hele belevenis op zich, zo volledig tussen de roggelende Chinezen. Pingyao is een grote stad, maar waar in het centrum het oude ommuurde deel grotendeels in stand is gebleven. Het oude gedeelte is goed bewaard ...

Caves,the Yellow River &Golden Week/ Matera cinese

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... w pociagu i docieramy do Pingyao. Przeczytalismy o tym miescie w przewodniku Lonely Planet. Podobno jest to najlepiej zachowana sredniowieczna osada w calych Chinach. W rzeczy samej, po zwiedzeniu kilku swiezo zbudowanych, odbudowanych czy odrestaurowanych "Starych miast" Pingyao zaskakuje nas swoja autentycznoscia i niepodrobiona atmosfera. Dodatkowo - jest bardzo malo turystow. Cisza przed burza - przed Zlotym Tygodniem, ogolnokrajowymi wakacjami ...

Saying Cheese in Chinese

A travel blog entry by mikeandsheila

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... and hawkers. It is here that we run into Renato and Kristy and the four of us soon find ourselves in a huge warehouse space viewing an amazing collection of photographs which are part of the exhibition.

After we are photographed-out, we go into a small café to have a lunch-time snack. Renato orders what he thinks is a single, steamed bread dumpling, then doubles it to two as he is hungry. I also order a dumpling, as does Sheila and Kristy. Thinking that wont be enough, I ...

4 Nights in the Best Ancient Walled City in China

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... Dynasty. The original walls were made of tamped dirt and were located to the northeast of the present location. The current wall--faced with bricks and stone--was started in 1370. It is often said that the city wall is shaped like a tortoise--a traditional Chinese symbol of longevity--with the south gate and north gate representing the head and tail respectively. The east and west walls each have two additional gates, representing the tortoise's ...

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