Det sker i Pingyao, China året igennem

Tætpakket — Spring Festival in the walled town, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China

• Helligdag

  Spring Festival in the walled town

  20. jan. – 28. feb. · normaltKinesisk nytårTætpakketLukninger

  The old town hangs lanterns from the wall to the Ming street and fills with domestic visitors for the fortnight to the Lantern Festival, while the courtyard guesthouses that stay open charge for it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Heating-season smog (15. nov. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Spring Festival in the walled town, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Spring Festival in the walled town (20. jan. – 28. feb. (normalt)), Heating-season smog (15. nov. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Heating-season smog (15. nov. – 15. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Tætpakket — May Day holiday, Dragon Boat Festival long weekend

• Helligdag

  May Day holiday

  1.–5. majGolden WeekTætpakket

  One of the two busiest weeks of the year: a quarter of a million visitors in five days, South Street too packed to walk and attraction hours extended. Come the week after instead. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Dragon Boat Festival long weekend

  28. maj – 25. jun. · normaltNational helligdagTætpakket

  A three-day public holiday on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month sends Shanxi day-trippers into the walled town; hotels inside the walls sell out for the weekend itself. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Dragon Boat Festival long weekend, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juni.

Stadig i gang: Dragon Boat Festival long weekend (28. maj – 25. jun. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Summer holiday crowds, Summer break i China

• Sæson

  Summer holiday crowds

  10. jul. – 31. aug. · normaltSkoleferieTætpakket

  School summer holidays bring families from all over China, with afternoon thunderstorms and heat on top. Walk the walls early in the morning and leave the main streets for the evening. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Summer holiday crowds, Summer break i China

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Summer holiday crowds (10. jul. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Travlt — Pingyao photography festival, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Pingyao photography festival

  19.–25. sep. · normaltKunstfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  For a week in September the disused factories and courtyards outside the wall are hung with several thousand photographers' work, and every bed inside the wall is taken. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — National Day golden week, National Day Golden Week i China

• Helligdag

  National Day golden week

  1.–7. okt.TætpakketBook tidligt

  One of the two weeks the whole country travels, and a walled town of one square mile is exactly the wrong shape for it. The through-ticket queues start before the gates open. Kilde ↗

Travlt — en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Risiko

  Heating-season smog

  15. nov. – 15. mar. · normaltVintersmog

  Shanxi is China's coal province and the central heating goes on in the middle of November. The basin holds an inversion for days at a time and the air, not the cold, is what shortens a visit. Kilde ↗

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Heating-season smog (15. nov. – 15. mar. (normalt))