Ping Yao, in  Shan Xi Province  is an ancient walled in town from the Ming and Qing dynasties (14th-20th centuries) that still has it's very traditional features of small wooden buildings with the typical slanted rooftops and little back alley streets. Even though Ping Yao is very touristy, as the spring festival holiday (Chinese new  year) hadn't begun, the town was still really quiet so it didn't feel like a tourist trap. With all it's little stalls, antique shops and handcrafted souvenir shops, along with the old watch towers and decorated building fronts, the town made a lovely place to walk around and gain that sense of traditional China, aswell as being a great place for souvenir shopping!