På gång i Pingyao, China under året

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

• Helg

  Spring Festival in the walled town

  20 jan – 28 feb · vanligtvisKinesiskt nyårTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Heating-season smog (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Spring Festival in the walled town (20 jan – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Heating-season smog (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Heating-season smog (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Mest folk — May Day holiday, Dragon Boat Festival long weekend

• Helg

  May Day holiday

  1–5 majGolden WeekTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Dragon Boat Festival long weekend

  28 maj – 25 jun · vanligtvisNationell helgdagTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Dragon Boat Festival long weekend, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Dragon Boat Festival long weekend (28 maj – 25 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Summer holiday crowds, Summer break i China

• Säsong

  Summer holiday crowds

  10 jul – 31 aug · vanligtvisSkollovTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Summer holiday crowds, Summer break i China

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Summer holiday crowds (10 jul – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Pingyao photography festival, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Pingyao photography festival

  19–25 sep · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — National Day golden week, National Day Golden Week i China

• Helg

  National Day golden week

  1–7 oktTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Risk

  Heating-season smog

  15 nov – 15 mar · vanligtvisVintersmog

  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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Heating-season smog (15 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))