Lingshi Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Mar)
Wang Family Courtyard Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Mar)
Traveling inside China, I found this ancient world heritage place called Wang Family Compound, it is a lively area surrounded by walls, with a mini city inside, from shops to restaurants, temples and museums. The traditional architecture and the many activities to do were really great!!
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The Wang Family Grand Courtyard in Shanxi, a wonderful journey through history
Dear friends, have you ever longed to travel through time and experience the charm of ancient life? Then, let me lift the veil of mystery off the Wang Family Grand Courtyard in Shanxi and take you on a tour of historical charm.
The Wang Family Grand Courtyard, this ancient residence with a history of hundreds of years, has witnessed countless changes. It is like a living history textbook, allowing us to feel the grandeur and ingenuity of ancient times up close. Here you will find exquisite brick carvings, wood carvings, and stone carvings; here you will see ancient courtyards, pavilions, and halls; here you will discover rich historical stories and cultural heritage... Whether you appreciate the beauty of ancient architecture, or are keen on exploring historical culture, or even if you enjoy photography, the Wang Family Grand Courtyard will satisfy you.
Here, you can stroll through the ancient courtyards, feeling the tranquility and harmony; here, you can admire the beautiful carvings, feeling the artistry and charm; here, you can listen to the stories of history, feeling the thrill of time travel.
The Wang Family Grand Courtyard, like a wise sage who has experienced the vicissitudes of life, silently tells the stories of history. With its simplicity and heritage, it attracts countless people who love history. Come, friends, let us step into the Wang Family Grand Courtyard together, to feel the charm of history, to experience the life of time travel. Here, you will discover a new self, one who loves history and culture even more.
The Wang Family Grand Courtyard, a visit you will remember for a lifetime. Let us look forward to that wonderful journey through history.
CHRISTIAN CALDWELL
Bleeding-heart route planning guide for a day in Jinzhong, Shanxi
How much is Shanxi worth going to
I'm all talked out
This time I've organized the must-see sights in Jinzhong⬇️
▪️Known as the 'Folk Forbidden City': Wang's Grand Courtyard
▪️The treasure of the temple is the Vairocana statue from the history books: Shuanglin Temple
▪️The most intact ancient city in the Han region of China: Pingyao Ancient City
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🗺Day1 Wang's Grand Courtyard—Shuanglin Temple, stay in Pingyao
Itinerary:
✔️9:00-11:30 Wang's Grand Courtyard: Mainly appreciate the beauty of the architecture, Hanfu really takes great photos📍The view from the corner tower overlooking the entire Wang's Grand Courtyard is yyds!
✔️11:30-13:00 You can have a meal and rest
✔️13:00-14:00 Head to Shuanglin Temple🚘45min drive
✔️14:00-16:40 Shuanglin Temple: Thousand Buddha Hall must see Vairocana statue/Bodhisattva seated statue/many small Buddha statues, Heavenly King Hall must see Heavenly King statue, Daxiong Treasure Hall must see the oldest stele—'Aunt's Stele'
✔️16:40-16:55 Shuanglin Temple-Pingyao Ancient City🚘15min drive🉑️Stay in a homestay near the entrance of the ancient city
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🗺Day2 Pingyao Ancient City-Return
Itinerary:
✔️9:00-17:30 Pingyao Ancient City: The ancient city is very large, it takes a day to stroll around, if you are in a hurry, it is not recommended to buy a pass❌It will be a bit of a loss
📌If you have time after visiting the ancient city🉑️You can visit the Zhen Guo Temple near the ancient city
🈚️🎫No pass play:
▪️Visit Weng City, check in the military defense facility 'Catching Turtles in the Urn'
▪️Visit Qingping Street, both sides of the street are old houses with a hundred years of history
▪️Visit the ancient market tower, the three-tiered wooden structure tower is rich and magnificent
🈶🎫Buy a pass play:
▪️🉑️Play 2️⃣2️⃣ attractions
▪️Among them, the ancient city wall/county government/Rishengchang Bank/Confucius Temple/Qingxu View are must-sees
▪️There are also some old houses and old shops🉑️Choose your favorite to visit
🥘Recommended Pingyao food
✔️Ancient City Tianyuan Kui Restaurant: 💰Average per person 65+✅Yellow rice cold cake✅Vinegar skin jelly✅Stewed pork are all very special and delicious
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㊙️Attraction tips
☑️Wang's Grand Courtyard: Ticket 55 yuan, open 08:30-17:30 (last entry 17:20)
☑️Shuanglin Temple: Ticket 35 yuan, open 8:00-18:00
☑️Pingyao Ancient City: Ancient city🆓free, city wall and various houses pass 125 yuan, open 8:00-17:30
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6-day tour from Xi'an to Shanxi (from south to north)
🚗🚗🚗Travel route:
Day1: Tongguan Yellow River Ancient Ferry→Guoquelou→Yongle Palace→Yuncheng Salt Lake
Day2: Hongtong Dahaitu Root-seeking Ancestor Worship Park→Shanxi Wang's Grand Courtyard→Zhangbi Ancient Castle→Mianshan Scenic Area
Day3: Pingyao Ancient City→Qiao's Grand Courtyard
Day4: Yungang Grottoes→Hanging Temple
Day5: Mengshan Giant Buddha→Shanxi Museum
Day6: Dangjia Village→Hancheng Ancient City
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Pingyao Ancient City Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Mar)
Hold on! Recommendations for 7 travel destinations suitable for October-December
Avoiding the National Day, staggered travel from October to December, if you haven't planned yet and don't know where to go, look here, I have compiled 7 super beautiful tourist attractions for you, collect them and go with your family and friends!
1⃣️Guangwushan
Starting from October every year, the land of China from north to south will be ignited by this fire-like red, known as the 'longest natural red carpet in Asia'! It is the largest red leaf viewing area in Asia, and the red leaf season lasts for a month~
🎈 Guangwushan Town, Nanjiang County, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province
2⃣️Changbai Mountain
This is a magical world that is not inferior to Kanas, Tianchi, canyons, forests, waterfalls, every scene is incredibly beautiful. In winter, the snow-capped mountains, the frozen Tianchi, plus the sky blue that is unbelievable, it's just too beautiful!
🎈 Southeast of Chibei District, Erdaobaihe Town, Antu County, Jilin Province
3⃣️Tengchong
The average annual temperature is 19℃, the climate is comfortable and pleasant, and it has also been rated as 'one of the most suitable places for human habitation'. Here, you can completely fall in love with autumn and take you into the beautiful season of golden yellow fallen leaves in Ginkgo Village and the romantic Wuliang Mountain winter cherry blossoms.
🎈 Western Yunnan Province
4⃣️Shennongjia
In October-November of Shennongjia, it is even more 'colorful' that makes people lose their self-confidence - as far as the eye can see, the hills and valleys are all colors splashed by the autumn wind
The colorful oil painting-like light and shadow, the pure sky is vast and
Deep, a few white cotton-like floating clouds are floating leisurely~
🎈 Northwestern Hubei Province
5⃣️Shanxi
In Taiyuan City, visit Hengshan and Jinci to understand Chinese ancient architecture and religious culture. You can also go to Pingyao Ancient City and stroll in this small town with a history of 4,000 years, feeling the strong historical atmosphere on the stone street
6⃣️Western Sichuan
The colorful forests in Western Sichuan are blooming, and the maple leaves are brilliant, attracting tourists from all over the place. If you can encounter such a color feast, it will definitely leave a heavy color in your memory~
🎈 Western region of Sichuan Basin
7⃣️Yunnan
The autumn in Yunnan also contains grandeur, the trees with colorful layers, reflecting on the lake, like the mirror of this autumn color, the distant snow-capped mountains, also willingly become the background. The tenderness of the wind, flowers, snow and moon, the just right coolness, the leisurely half-day leisure, the grandeur of the golden...
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Ping Yao Gu Cheng aka Ping Yao Ancient City. This ancient city is located in Ping Yao City, Shanxi province. I guess many people herd about this place, about this very famous city and germ of Shanxi Province (not Shaanxi). This is the one of the most well preserved ancient cities in China. Thriving through the centuries in the ancient time, it has survived twenty's century and appears in its unique and charming style in front of our eyes.
I would like to emphasize this is real city, all buildings are really ancient, not the new made after 2000 year. Really, unique place. The city is presented by its ancient streets and everywhere small museum are ready to accept guests. Every building is a museum, ancient hall or rich family yard. There are a lot of special artifacts. Totally, the visiting requires two days to visit every small place. Ticket gives the access to every location. Each place in this city deserved separate introduction.
#urbanexplorer#roadtrip#museumquest
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ancient city of Pingyao. a nice short breather away from the typical hustle and bustle of China’s bigger cities. all the buildings have been painstakingly preserved and you get to enjoy being lost among its many alleys.
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Pingyao is one of the old ancient city in China which is still very original and it is also one of the UNESCO world heritage site. This ancient city is surrounded by its outstanding city walls which were used by the guards to protect the city from enemies in the past. If you come here, try to find hotel inside the ancient town as it is a really nice area. You can also find many traditional restaurants and shops inside :) #HalloTrip
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Hancheng Ancient City Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Mar)
Hancheng Ancient City in Weinan, Shaanxi
A leisurely ancient city - Hancheng, Shaanxi
Hancheng Ancient City: The old city of Hancheng was built during the Sui Dynasty and has a history of 1500 years. It is one of the most well-preserved ancient cities in the country, retaining architectural styles from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Among them, there are 16 Yuan Dynasty buildings. Hancheng's 'Yuan Jian' is one of the most concentrated places in the country. A Ming and Qing ancient street, a group of ancient buildings, a batch of quadrangle ancient residences, all well-preserved, make it one of the six best-protected Ming and Qing ancient cities in China.
The ancient city of Hancheng contains many historical relics and cultural landscapes, including the Confucian Temple, Jiulang Temple, Hancheng North Camp Temple, East Camp Temple, Qingshan Temple, Yuxiu Bridge, City God Temple, County Government Office, Top Scholar Mansion, Li Zicheng's Palace, Jincheng Old Street, homes of famous people, and quadrangle residences.
1. Navigate to Hancheng Ancient City to arrive
It is recommended to first visit Hancheng's mutton restaurant for a delicious Hancheng mutton meal before heading to the ancient city, where there is a food street, but it mostly offers snacks and tends to be crowded.
Location: Near 54 Huomiao Alley, Hancheng City, Weinan, Shaanxi
2. Parking: There is an underground parking lot in the ancient city
3. Admission: Free
4. Estimated visiting time: 2-3 hours
Pass through the food street to reach the ancient street, where merchants line both sides, interspersed with ancient buildings, small attractions, folk museums, etc.
5. Opening hours: 11:00-20:30 (all year round)
6. Special recommendations: Hancheng Sichuan pepper, Sichuan pepper yogurt, Sichuan pepper-related foods (available for tasting), flour-based foods, wontons, fried dough twists, mutton...
Prof. Lelah Ledner
Ancient City of Hancheng, Shaanxi
The ancient city of Hancheng, the city was first built during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the fourth year of Dading in the Jin Dynasty (1164), the city wall was built with soil. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1640), Xue Guoguan, the prime minister of the city, proposed to the court for approval, advocating local officials and gentlemen to donate funds to change the soil city wall into a brick city wall. The four city gates are inscribed with 'East with the Yellow River', 'Liang Yi West Lapel', 'Pubei Hancheng', and 'Longmen Shengdi'. In order to protect the ancient city, the municipal government made a decision in the early 1980s to protect the ancient city area and build a new city area, so that the ancient streets are well protected.
The main street that runs through the north and south of the ancient city of Hancheng is the main street, which is dragon-shaped, reaching a kilometer long, slightly curved, like a dragon lying horizontally; the Jin Dynasty pagoda at the top of the Yuanjue Temple on the north side of the ancient city is like a dragon head, and the ancient stone bridge at the south end is like a dragon tail. The dragon-shaped main street has 72 lanes that crisscross, are orderly, and accessible in all directions. There are more than 5,200 houses in the ancient city, including more than 770 buildings and shops and houses of certain protection value. The ancient shops along the main street are Ming and Qing buildings, most of them are two-story buildings, with warehouses upstairs and shops downstairs, front shops and rear residences, brick and wood structures, and blue brick gray tile sloping roofs, which are typical of the northern ancient city. The well-preserved concentrated courtyards in the ancient city include Zhang Lane, Gaojia Lane, Bozi Lane, Nanying Temple Lane, Wanwan Lane, etc. There are 13 ancient buildings with more than 70 buildings protected in the block, with a large number, large scale and various types, especially the Confucian Temple, the City God Temple, and the Dongying Temple are connected into a piece, reaching more than 700 meters, which is a major feature of the ancient city.
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6-day tour from Xi'an to Shanxi (from south to north)
🚗🚗🚗Travel route:
Day1: Tongguan Yellow River Ancient Ferry→Guoquelou→Yongle Palace→Yuncheng Salt Lake
Day2: Hongtong Dahaitu Root-seeking Ancestor Worship Park→Shanxi Wang's Grand Courtyard→Zhangbi Ancient Castle→Mianshan Scenic Area
Day3: Pingyao Ancient City→Qiao's Grand Courtyard
Day4: Yungang Grottoes→Hanging Temple
Day5: Mengshan Giant Buddha→Shanxi Museum
Day6: Dangjia Village→Hancheng Ancient City
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Huo Mountain Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Mar)
For Huoshan, it was little known until I went there. I only know that it is a county in the hinterland of the Dabie Mountains in western Anhui.
This trip to Huoshan gave me a new understanding of Huoshan. This is the core of the revolutionary base area of the western Yunnan. In addition to the magnificent natural scenery of the main peak of the Dabie Mountains, there are also wine and food, buried in The natural hot springs in the mountains, the Huoshan sarcophagus with high health care value, the blue-throated bee tiger of China's most beautiful birds, and the Foziling Reservoir of the first hydropower station in the Huaihe River Basin.
This is the best place to travel with a loved one, and go to Takahashi Bay with him or her to watch the blue-throated bee tiger who is loyal to love, and he or she is in the spa town. Relax in a hot spring, and take a boat ride with him (her) to enjoy the beautiful and tranquil Foziling Reservoir, and climb with him (she) to climb the peak of the Dabie Mountain peak to see the sunrise and sunset...
KRISTINA.
Shuanglin Temple Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Mar)
Amazing Shuanglin Temple in Shanxi
Shuanglin Temple is a temple full of history in the heart of Shanxi. The temple is located in Pingyao, an ancient city with an amazing old town.
📍 Best way to get there is by taxi from Pingyao city. It's about 15 minutes from downtown. You can also walk or take a bus. Pingyao has two train stations.
🎟️ Ticket to the temple is 35RMB and is not included in the Pingyao Ancient Town ticket.
#valentinescape #shanxi #pingyao #china #chinatravel #chinalife #templeblessed
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The timing of your visit to Pingyao is so important!
Visiting Pingyao Ancient Town right now is really awesome
During the Spring Festival, Pingyao Ancient Town is really crowded
Now that the peak season has passed
Going to Pingyao Ancient Town will not only be more relaxing
The price for accommodations has also become much cheaper
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✨Unique Pingyao Experiences✨
👉Visit the 22 scenic spots inside the ancient town
👉Watch 'Pingyao Again', experience the story of the bloodline heritage of the people of Pingyao
👉Enjoy the light show, experience the collision of ancient times and technology
👉Taste the special cuisine of Pingyao
👉Search for historical traces in every alley of the ancient town
👉Go to Tianyuan Kui for delicious food and a unique atmosphere
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📝Specific Itinerary
✅Day One
Watch Pingyao Again→Free time→Watch the light show→Tianyuan Kui
🎈Pingyao Again tells a story about bloodline heritage from the late Qing Dynasty, where visitors can walk into the scene and truly feel the story
🎈The light show starts at 8 pm at the south gate of the ancient town, it's a dialogue across time and space between modern technology and history
✅Day Two
City Wall→County Government Office→Confucian Temple→Tongxinggong Escort Agency→Yonglonghao→Tianyuan Kui
🎈The scenery of the city wall is completely different at night compared to during the day, when the weather is good, the view from the wall is very broad, which can make one's mood much better
👉Tongxinggong is the escort agency featured in Pingyao Again, worth a visit
🎈Yonglonghao is a free-to-visit lacquerware museum, where lacquerware is a non-material cultural heritage, entirely handmade, not only exquisite but also of very high craftsmanship
✅Day Three Shuanglin Temple→Tianyuan Kui
🎈Shuanglin Temple is not far outside the ancient town, if you have time, it's recommended to visit, over 2000 exquisite statues are definitely a visual feast
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🚏Let's talk about transportation
⚠Train: Personally, I think it's the best option, the train station is closest to Pingyao Ancient Town, just a 10-minute walk from the station
⚠High-speed train: A bit faster than the train, but further from the ancient town, you'll need to take a bus or taxi from the station
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🏠Let's talk about accommodation
Staying inside the ancient town is the best choice, not only is it convenient for sightseeing, but the travel experience is also better (after the peak season, the price is very cheap, not more than a hundred per person)
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😋Let's talk about food
❕For dining, head to the South Main Street of the ancient town to——『Tianyuan Kui Restaurant』🔥
It's the first choice, and the second is its branch
Flavor: Amazing! The 13 dishes we ordered were all hits!
Recommended by netizens, all delicious, our group of 11 people of all ages gave unanimous praise!
We ordered 13 dishes, the waiter said it was too much, but in the end, we finished everything, not a single bite left, and even added three bowls of beef knife-shaved noodles, that's how delicious it was!😋
Dish recommendations:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Beef Copper Hot Pot
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Vinegar Egg
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Long Dragon Eggplant
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Beef Roasted Kaolao, delicious without any misses.
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Step into the treasure house of Oriental colored sculpture art—Shuanglin Temple
Shuanglin Temple is known as the "treasure house of Oriental colored sculpture art". The 10 temples in the temple preserve 2052 colored sculptures of various sizes from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, of which 1556 are relatively intact. Its works are called "real, unique treasures" by experts from UNESCO. Shuanglin Temple was established before the Northern Wei Dynasty and was rebuilt in the second year of Wuping in the Northern Qi Dynasty more than 1400 years ago. It was originally named "Zhongdu Temple" because the Zhongdu County was set up here during the Han Dynasty. Shuanglin Temple
Hanging Sculpture Chapter:
Shuanglin Temple, this is the second hanging sculpture.
These photos are all small parts, imagine, the entire hall walls, top beams and columns are full of these exquisite statues...
Tomorrow, Xixi County will be even more stunning, after all, it once commanded the martial arts world:
Stop at the hanging sculpture!
The meaning is like not looking at the mountains after returning from Huangshan, after seeing me, don't look at others.