• Ancient Ming and Qing Street
• Pingyao City Wall
• Qiao Family Grand Courtyard
• Temple of the City God

Yellow Millet Wine
Next to the city tower is an ancient-looking shop, named "Changshengyuan," which has been making yellow millet wine and pancakes ever since the Western Han Dynasty of over 2,000 years ago. In fact, its original name was "Jushengyuan." In 1900, when Empress Dowager Cixi, fleeing the foreign-occupied capital to Chang'an, arrived at Pingyao, she was presented with yellow millet wine, pancakes, and beef made by this shop. Greatly pleased with the food, Cixi, as a sign of favor, added the character "Chang," meaning "eternal," to the shop's name, hence its present name. Now it is a must for tourists to drink yellow millet wine, eat pancakes, and watch the wine-making process at Changshengyuan.

Pingyao Beef
Pingyao beef dates from Han Dynasty and was famous in the Ming Dynasty. When the Empress Cixi passed through Pingyao, she tasted Pingyao beef and spoke highly of it. She said, “By smelling it, one can refresh oneself, and by tasting it, one can recover from fatigue.” She praised it as tribute to imperial palace. The famous singer, Guo Lanying, popularized the meat and made it well-known in her folk song, ‘Praise the Specialties,’ in a verse that says ‘Pingyao beef, Taigu pancake…Pingyao is the most famous place.’

Xiaomian Kaolao
"Xiaomian" means buckwheat flour, and "Kaolao" is the wicker basket or a kind of round storage box. Xiaomian Kaolao is a staple food made of buckwheat in Shanxi. The buckwheat batter should be made with boiling water and kneaded until smooth while still hot; the thick batter is cut into small blocks and then rubbed into flat pieces on a smooth stone slab; the flat piece are rolled into a cylinder and placed on end in the steamer. After steaming for about 10 minutes, the delicious Xiaomian Kaolao is ready. It is eaten with some flavoring like tomato or chili sauce. Buckwheat is rich in fat and calories so it is a good dish for people living in cold areas.

By air
There is no airport in Pingyao County. If you would like to go there by air, the Taiyuan Wusu Airport (TYN) which is 90 kilometers (56 miles) away from Pingyao may be the best choice. After reaching the Wusu airport, you have two ways to get to Pingyao: by long-distance bus or by train.

By train
Trains to and from Beijing, Chengdu, Xian, Chongqing and Taiyuan are available in Pingyao Railway Station. Pingyao Railway Station is not large, so only one train from Beijing stops over at Pingyao every day; and also only one train stopping over Pingyao heads for Beijing. There is respectively one train to and from Chengdu, Xian and Chongqing stops over at Pingyao. It is quite convenient to commute between Taiyuan and Pingyao by train. Trains stopping over at Pingyao from Taiyuan Railway Station are in an interval of about 1-3 hours.

Pingyao Da Xitai (Pingyao Theater)
Pingyao Da Xitai was the entertainment center for businessmen in Pingyao and is now a place for people to learn about and appreciate the local art of Pingyao. Shows of various types like the Jinzhong yangko (a kind of folk performance of northern China), music, and dramatic dance portray the life of local Pingyao people.
Address: Chenghuangmiao Street, Pingyao Old City

Luoyang Royal Night Club
Luoyang Royal Night Club is one of the best clubs in Luoyang. Live band and luxurious VIP rooms and KTV rooms are available.
Address: 404 Zhongzhou Road

China Pingyao International Photography Festival
China Pingyao International Photography Festival is held annually during mid September, which was inaugurated in 2001. The vent has grown rapidly, and in 2004 c.4, 000 works by 170 photographers from twenty countries were shown. Sponsors have included major Chinese and French organization and firms, most notably the publisher of French Photo and Elle, Hachette Filipacchi, which founded a prize for fashion photography.

Shehuo Festival
Shehuo Festival takes place during every Spring Festival here. Shehuo, evolved through history and matured in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, is a kind of variety show performed outdoors by local farmers during the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival (the 15th of the first lunar month in Chinese calendar). The show includes stilt-walking, horse-riding, lion dances, dragon dances, land-boat yangge and man-carrying performances. It is a big event to local people, and is believed to bring hope and good luck for the coming year.