Journeys
Two ways to explore Shanxi's architecture.
Follow a planned route shaped by years of fieldwork, or start from your own questions and let us shape a private journey around them. Both begin with the same standard of research, access and transparent planning.
Planned journey · HS-DISC-003
Tracing Tang and Liao in northern Shanxi
A five-day encounter with China's exceptional early architecture, from Tang timber halls to a thousand-year-old wooden pagoda and the Northern Wei caves of Yungang.
- Journey
- 5 days · 4 nights
- Route
- Taiyuan → Datong
- Group
- 10–20 guests
- From
- USD 2,100 per person
Start with your own questions.
Tell us what you want to understand in Shanxi. We will shape an initial route concept and, once a licensed operating partner is confirmed, make responsibilities and next steps explicit.
Start with your interests, then verify every practical detail
Early timber architecture
Temples, sculpture and murals
Walled cities and courtyard life
Not sure which fits?
Tell us what you want to see. We'll suggest a route.
Share your dates, interests and group size, and we will point you to the planned journey or a private route, whichever serves you better.