Ancient City of Ping Yao

Dublin Core

Title

Ancient City of Ping Yao

Subject

Immovable Culture Heritage

Description

The ancient city of Pingyao is located in central Shanxi Province, China. Built during the Ming Dynasty, the ancient city of Pingyao includes ancient city walls, streets, shops, Urns, corner towers, and entrances; it has a land area of 225 hectares and is a complete complex of buildings. The architecture of the ancient city of Pingyao is unique and embodies the essence of ancient Chinese central city architecture. It is an important immovable cultural heritage in China and has been preserved Somewhat intact until now. However, the ancient city is subject to the effects of climate change, for example, due to heavy rainfall, which causes the walls to collapse due to waterlogging within the ancient city.

Source

is51102023

Contributor

Peiwei Li

Type

Site

Identifier

624

Date Submitted

15/04/2023

Date Modified

04/15/2023 06:32:00 pm

Extent

cm x cm x cm

Spatial Coverage

current,37.20802,112.17693;

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Ancient City of Ping Yao

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Institutional nature

Building

Prim Media

1197

Contact

pl88@st-andrews.ac.uk

Collection

Citation

“Ancient City of Ping Yao,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1196.

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