Nothing much to do outside the Pingyao city walls since everything seems to be very quiet here. I didn’t even consider going out to the modern part of Pingyao since…

After some serious Chinese language practice at the Harmony Guest house. I realized that it was already dark outside. The sun set a bit more “normally” here in this area….

I didn’t feel like exploring the roughly sixteem “must see” sights of Pingyao and I scheduled to do it the next day. The rainy weather didn’t help much either, hopefully…

The ancient town of Pingyao is like most ancient cities a walled city. This is to prevent invaders from entering the town. Even in the relatively stable period of the…