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5 places to live differently

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Schematic distribution · roughly where places sit in each region

Area

Pingyao Ancient City

平遥古城

TownShanxi

China's most intact walled county town from the Ming-Qing era

Yingxian

应县

TownShanxi

Home of the world's oldest and tallest wooden pagoda

Liangcun

梁村

VillageShanxi

A Ming-era merchant-fortress village just beyond Pingyao's walls

Tonghua

通化

CityJilin

An old mountain-wine town at the foot of Changbai Mountain.

Xixian

隰县

TownShanxi

Home to China's finest suspended clay sculpture — made famous by Black Myth