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AN ANCIENT CITY FROZEN IN TIME  Pingyao is an archaeological site with a difference: 30,000 people still live in it. Once the banking capital of China, it has been continuously occupied for more than 2,700 years, and today provides an astonishing picture of life in Imperial China. But, asks Tom St John Gray, are tourist dollars turning the city into a theme park of the past? The Forbidden City China, Great Wall Of China Travel, Imperial China, History Articles, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, China Tourist Attractions, John Gray, Logo Design Diy, Yunnan Province China

AN ANCIENT CITY FROZEN IN TIME Pingyao is an archaeological site with a difference: 30,000 people still live in it. Once the banking capital of China, it has been continuously occupied for more than 2,700 years, and today provides an astonishing picture of life in Imperial China. But, asks Tom St John Gray, are tourist dollars turning the city into a theme park of the past?

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A friend of mine was leaving China for the foreseeable future and wanted to visit as many places as possible before her time here is up. So she proposed a weekend trip to the ancient city of Pingyao. I love history and exploring new places so I was eager for the excuse to discover something new. Pingyao was the old banking center during the Ming and Qing dynasties, but when the Qing dynasty fell and the financial center moved to Shanghai and Hong Kong, Pingyao was abandoned. This ancient…

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