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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