平遥

PingyaoTravel Budget Guide

Tier 3·IATA:

When to visit

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super-peak (national holiday)PeakShoulderOff-season
Holiday surges
  • extremeSpring Festival· Lunar Jan 1–7 (late Jan / mid-Feb)
  • highQingming (Tomb-Sweeping)· Apr 4–6
  • extremeLabor Day· May 1–5
  • highDragon Boat Festival· Lunar May 5 (~Jun)
  • highMid-Autumn Festival· Lunar Aug 15 (~Sep/Oct)
  • extremeNational Day Golden Week· Oct 1–7
  • highPingyao Int'l Photography Festival· Mid-Sep
Taxi flag-drop:¥6starting fare

Attractions

Pingyao Ancient City平遥古城5AHeritage Site$18.18 (CN¥123)
Shuanglin Temple (Pingyao)双林寺4A$4.88 (CN¥33)
Zhenguo Temple (Pingyao)镇国寺4A$3.40 (CN¥23)
See You Again, Pingyao (Outdoor Show)《又见平遥》大型实景演出—$35.18 (CN¥238)
Pingyao City Wall平遥古城墙—$18.18 (CN¥123)
Rishengchang Exchange Shop (Pingyao)日升昌票号—Heritage Site$18.47 (CN¥125)
Pingyao County Yamen平遥古县衙—$18.47 (CN¥125)
City God Temple城隍庙—$18.47 (CN¥125)
Ma Family Compound (Pingyao)马家大院(平遥古城)—$18.47 (CN¥125)
Ming-Qing Street明清一条街—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Yuesheng Pingyao月昇平遥—$27.79 (CN¥188)
Pingyao Confucian Temple平遥文庙—$18.47 (CN¥125)
Xietongqing Draft Bank (China Qianzhuang Museum)协同庆票号(中国钱庄博物馆)—$18.47 (CN¥125)
China Escort Agency Museum中国镖局博物馆—$18.47 (CN¥125)
Qingxu Taoist Temple清虚观—$18.47 (CN¥125)
Tongxinggong Escort Agency同兴公镖局—$18.47 (CN¥125)

Hotels

Budget

$14.19 (CN¥96)
/night

Standard

$19.66 (CN¥133)
/night

Comfort

$38.43 (CN¥260)
/night

Tiers are grouped by hotel star rating — Budget ≈ 2★, Standard ≈ 3★, Comfort ≈ 4★ and up. Figures are citywide average nightly rates, so an individual hotel may sit above or below its tier.

Food

Budget meal

$3.55 (CN¥24)
/meal

Mid-range

$9.90 (CN¥67)
/meal

High-end

$39.02 (CN¥264)
/meal
Must try:
  • Pingyao cured beef
    平遥牛肉 · Píngyáo niúròu
  • Pingyao buckwheat jelly
    平遥碗托 · Píngyáo wǎntuō
  • Steamed oat noodle rolls
    栲栳栳 · Kǎolǎolao
  • Oat-flour dumplings
    莜面饺子 · Yóumiàn jiǎozi
  • Stir-fried marinated pork
    过油肉 · Guòyóu ròu
  • Fried glutinous date cakes
    山西油糕 · Shānxī yóugāo
  • Pingyao tofu pudding
    平遥豆腐脑 · Píngyáo dòufunǎo
  • Cat's ear pasta
    猫耳朵 · Māo'ěrduo
Styles:Street snacks · Fast food · Noodle house

Culture & Heritage

Time-Honored Brands (1)

MOFCOM-certified · cultural background, not a business endorsement
Guanyun Pingyao BeefBatch 1
Est. 1891
A Pingyao beef brand tracing its roots to the late Qing dynasty, sustaining a century-old curing and braising method that made it Shanxi's most celebrated meat-processing heritage brand.

Famous Snacks (3)

Pingyao Braised BeefFamous Snacks
Pingyao's most celebrated specialty, slow-braised in a spiced brine to achieve firm, deeply flavoured meat — a symbol of Jin merchant food culture.
Wantuo (Buckwheat Noodle Cake)Famous Snacks
A traditional Jinzhong snack of buckwheat batter steamed in bowls and eaten cold with Shanxi vinegar and chilli oil — an iconic street food of Pingyao's ancient city.
Cagao (Steamed Yam Cake)Famous Snacks
A traditional confection of grated Chinese yam steamed into a soft glutinous cake, eaten with brown sugar — a quintessential Pingyao folk sweet.

Intangible Cultural Heritage (3)

Pingyao Push-Polished Lacquerware CraftNational ICH · Batch 1
A traditional lacquerware decorating craft distinguished by hand-palm polishing, with a history of over two thousand years — one of China's four great lacquerware traditions and Pingyao's foremost national ICH item.
Jin Opera (Central Shanxi Clapper Opera)National ICH · Batch 1
Shanxi's representative local opera, renowned for its vigorous clapper-style singing, popular across central and northern Shanxi and a national ICH item.
Traditional Pingyao Beef Processing CraftProvincial ICH
A two-thousand-year-old Pingyao technique of curing and slow-braising beef with a secret spice blend, recognised as a Shanxi provincial ICH item.
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