Pingyao Ancient City Wall & Market Tower
Encircling Pingyao, one of China's best-preserved Ming brick-and-stone walls bristles with barbicans, watchtowers and battlements laid out in a turtle-shaped plan.
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Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · County-level
Ping Yao County
Intact Ming and Qing ramparts encircle Rishengchang Draft Bank in Pingyao, famed for exquisite Shuanglin Temple Buddhist sculptures.
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A place shaped through time
Intact Ming and Qing ramparts encircle Rishengchang Draft Bank in Pingyao, famed for exquisite Shuanglin Temple Buddhist sculptures.
Ping Yao County
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Rishengchang Draft Bank in Pingyao
Founded by Shanxi merchant Lei Lutai, Rishengchang was China's first firm dedicated to remittances and led the nation's finance for more than a century.
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Pingyao Ancient County Yamen Complex
Laid out with strict order, Pingyao's yamen is among the largest and most complete county-level government compounds surviving from imperial China.
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Pingyao Qingxuguan Taoist Temple
First built under Emperor Gaozong of the Tang, this grand Taoist temple features a Yuan hanging-beam structure in its Dragon and Tiger Hall and fine murals.
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