Pingliang
People's Republic of China · Asia
About Pingliang
Pingliang is a prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the south and east and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to the north. The city was established in 376 AD. It has a residential population of 2,125,300 in 2019. The urban population is almost 900,000.
Pingliang is well known for the nearby Kongtong Mountains, which are sacred to Taoism and location of the mythical meeting place of the Yellow Emperor and Guangchengzi, an immortal.
The Book of Sui and Tongdian record that the Ashina tribe who founded the First Turkic Khaganate (also known as Göktürk Khaganate) were from Pingliang.
Pingliang ranges in latitude from 34° 54' to 35° 46' N and in longitude from 105° 20' to 107° 51' E. Bordering prefecture-level cities are Xianyang (Shaanxi) to the east, Baoji (Shaanxi) and Tianshui to the south, Dingxi and Baiyin to the west, and Guyuan (Ningxia) and Qingyang to the north. It is located on the Loess Plateau with elevations ranging from 890 to 2,957 metres (2,920 to 9,701 ft); the city proper itself is...
Pingliang travel guide
Getting there
By train Pingliang Huoche Zhan - end of Jiefang Bei Lu
Chengdu - takes about 18 hours Lanzhou - takes about 11 hours Urumqi - takes about 26 hours Xian - takes about 7 hours Yinchuan - takes about 8 hours
By bus West Bus Station is at National Hwy 312, 2.5km west of the center of town.
Guyuan - takes about 2 hours Lanzhou - takes about 5 hours Xian - takes about 5 hours
See
Kongtongshan National Park - important site in the Taoist religion 1 Pingliang Museum (平凉市博物馆), Longyin Temple Park, Kongtong District (崆峒区龙隐寺公园内) (the tourist shuttle bus stops near the museum), ☏ +86 933 8232200, +86 933 8693695, [email protected]. 09:00-17:00, no entry after 16:00, closed Mondays. The museum holds around 14500 artefacts dating from the stone age to modern times. Free. (updated Feb 2022)
Sleep
Budget The Blue Star Hotel, Jiefang South Road, ☏ +86 933 8624419.
Mid-range
Splurge
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.