"Ming and Qing Dynasty Street" Top 5 Page for this destination Pingyao Travelogue by easysunshine01

Pingyao Ancient City has four main streets, 8 roads and 72 lanes and alleys. The layout of the streets and lanes are like the eight diagrams on a mythological Chinese tortoise shell.

Street in the Morning

The main streets are Dong Da Jie, Xi Da Jie, Nan Da Jie (also called Ming-Qing Street), Chenghuangmiao Jie and Yamen Jie. The most important buildings and elegant residences lined these streets, with many of them remaining today, along with numerous smaller buildings

People and Street

Some of the courtyards, gates and narrow streets have deep ruts worn in the siltstone paving slabs and bricks, bearing witness to the busy traffic of olden days, when carts of silver and carriages daily arrived from and left for distant places across China.

Paper Cutting Craft

Many languages and dialects were heard on the streets of Pingyao and new customs were brought by travelers. Traveling was a risky business, but was the economic lifeline of China.