{"id":13437,"date":"2021-12-06T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=13437"},"modified":"2021-12-27T08:06:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T00:06:49","slug":"the-best-place-to-see-sunrise-in-pingyao-ancient-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/shanxi-travel\/pingyao-travel\/the-best-place-to-see-sunrise-in-pingyao-ancient-city","title":{"rendered":"The Best Place to See Sunrise in Pingyao Ancient City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Pingyao tour<\/a>? If you have 2 days to spare after your Beijing tour<\/a>,\u00a0 you are advised to visit Pingyao Ancient City<\/a>,\u00a0 immersing yourself in an authentic China walled city which has been well preserved.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A side trip from Beijing to Ping Yao will tear you away from Beijing’s modernity and take you closer to a real and typical\u00a0 Chinese architecture and culture, presenting you a vivid picture\u00a0of\u00a0China with its past and present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While you are going to prepare your transport from Beijing to Pingyao and\u00a0schedule your highlights in the Ancient City of Ping Yao<\/a>, you may arrange an early morning picture taking of a sunrise over the old town if you are keen on shooting\u00a0great Sunrise photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So check the local\u00a0sunrise time for next day through online or offline search, then set a morning call for getting up earlier and shooting\u00a0on time. Next, you will ask where the best site is to watch a sunrise over the ancient town. Needless to say, the higher place, the better to see a sunrise.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But early in the early morning, visitors are not allowed to ascend either\u00a0the Market Tower in the center of the old city, \u00a0and\u00a0nor to climb the towers atop the ancient city of Ping Yao.\u00a0 So where is the best place to watch sunrise in Pingyao?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last October, I did find a good place to take the pictures of the sunrise over the ancient city of Pingyao. Well, just follow me for a glimpse of a rising sun hanging up above the old town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stay at Harmony Hotel, just about 50m\u00a0north of the\u00a0southern Entrance Gate at\u00a0the southern tip\u00a0of the South Street inside Pingyao City.\u00a0 I discover three points where you could shoot good photos of sunrise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standing on a short wall below the massive wall west of the Southern Gate (outside)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So you are standing on the\u00a0short wall, \u00a0you will have a great photo of the sunrise over the early risers doing morning exercises outside the Southern Gate of Pingyao Ancient City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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early risers doing morning excercises outside the Southern Gate of Pingyao Ancient City<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Standing below the Wall east of the South Gate (outside)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another good place to photograph a good sunrise is below the wall east of the southern gate. At this point, you could shoot a perfect picture of a rising sun over the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standing inside the South Gate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third good place to take a great photo of surise over the ancient city of Ping Yao is inside the South Gate.  The rising sun is appearing over the left shoulder of the multi-floor tower atop the South Gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rusing sun is appearing over the left shoulder of the multi-floor tower atop the South Gate.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tip:  Hassle-free Pingyao & Shanxi Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want to do a self-guided tour and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for organized tours to Pingyao and Shanxi Province:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pingyao Tour<\/a>
Pingyao Car Rental with Driver<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Datong Tour<\/a>
Datong Car Rental with Driver<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taiyuan Tour<\/a>
Taiyuan Car Rental with Driver<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shanxi Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How to Visit Pingyao<\/a>
Best Time to Visit Pingyao<\/a>
What to see in Pingyao<\/a>
Where to Stay in Pingyao<\/a>
How to get to Pingyao by bus<\/a>
How to get to Pingyao by train<\/a>
Beijing Pingyao High Speed Train<\/a>
Pingyao Taxi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit Qiao Family Courtyard<\/a>
How to Visit Zhenguo Temple<\/a>
How to Visit Shuanglin Temple<\/a>
How to Visit Wang Family Compound<\/a>
How to Visit Zhangbi Ancient Castle<\/a>
How to Visit Lijiashan Village (Tips, Photos & Map)<\/a>
How to Visit Qikou Ancient Town (Tips, Photos & Map)<\/a>
The Best Place to See Sunrise in Pingyao Ancient City<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your Pingyao tour? If you have 2 days to spare after your Beijing tour,\u00a0 you are advised to visit Pingyao Ancient City,\u00a0 immersing yourself in an authentic China walled city which has been well preserved.\u00a0 A side trip from Beijing to Ping Yao will tear you away from Beijing’s modernity and take you closer…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,1810],"tags":[2359,2361,2362,2360],"class_list":["post-13437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pingyao-travel","category-shanxi-travel","tag-how-to-see-sunrise-in-pingyao","tag-sunrise-in-pingyao","tag-the-best-place-to-see-sunrise-in-pingyao","tag-where-to-see-the-sunrise-in-pingyao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13437"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30075,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13437\/revisions\/30075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}