Old City of Yuci Travel Guide

Old City of Yuci which is with 1400 years history is another highlights to the Shanxi merchant culture tour.

Old City of Yuci is located in the Yuci District, Jinzhong City. It is about 100 km to Pingyao Ancient City and only 35 km to Taiyuan City. Folk culture museum and show are the main attraction of this spot.

Pingyao is really popular to visitors, so the streets are always full of visitors. If you would like to have an Shanxi  old city tour, discover the folk cultures and history, Old City of Yuci is a good choice. It covers an area of 1,000,000 square meters, the building area is 600,000 square meters; the main buildings include City God temple, County Yamun, Confucius temple, Fengming Academy, Qingxu Tower, West Garden, Dacheng Temple,etc. And the China Folk Art Museum are in these buildings, scattered all over the Yuci Old City -- the ancient folk houses are the residential culture and civil culture exhibition area; the Confucius Temple and Academy are the folk culture show area; the Dacheng Temples and other temples are the religious culture exhibition area. During the lunar traditional festival, there are shows on the streets, such as Yangko (popular rural folk dance), dragon lantern dance, lion dance, stilt walk with traditional opera dressing, etc.

As a merchant old city, when you visit here, you could take some time for the time-honored shops: Dexincheng Variety Store, Deshengyuan Restaurant, Ruilongyu Ironware and gunny products Shop, Juxingshun Tea Shop, Hengxingde Department Store, Changhongli Gold Store, Dalonghao Snack Bar, Tianyi Toggery, etc.