Hva som skjer i Pingyao, China gjennom året

Toppsesong — 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 · vanligvisKinesisk nyttårMye folkStengninger

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Heating-season smog (15. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))

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

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

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

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Heating-season smog (15. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Toppsesong — May Day holiday, Dragon Boat Festival long weekend

• Helligdag

  May Day holiday

  1.–5. maiGolden WeekMye folk

  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. mai – 25. jun · vanligvisNasjonaldagMye folk

  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 ↗

Travelt — Dragon Boat Festival long weekend, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Dragon Boat Festival long weekend (28. mai – 25. jun (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Summer holiday crowds, Summer break i China

• Sesong

  Summer holiday crowds

  10. jul – 31. aug · vanligvisSkoleferieMye folk

  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 ↗

Toppsesong — Summer holiday crowds, Summer break i China

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Summer holiday crowds (10. jul – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — Pingyao photography festival, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Pingyao photography festival

  19.–25. sep · vanligvisKunstfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

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

• Helligdag

  National Day golden week

  1.–7. oktMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

Travelt — en av de beste månedene værmessig

• Fare

  Heating-season smog

  15. nov – 15. mar · vanligvisVintersmog

  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 ↗

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Heating-season smog (15. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))