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Where the past still feels present

Shanxi reveals how enduring landscapes and ancient communities preserve the country's cultural identity across generations, Michael Rhys Card reports.

By Michael Rhys Card | China Daily | Updated: 2026-08-08 10:57

A view of the Hanging Temple. [Photo by Michael Rhys Card/China Daily]

To walk through its ancient streets and temples is to witness the connection between yesterday and today. It is to see how ideas and traditions survive, evolve and continue to shape modern life.

These places matter not only because they belong to one country or one civilization. They represent achievements of humanity itself, examples of what people can create, preserve and pass on.

By experiencing the history of others, we learn more about the world we share. We develop greater understanding, respect and appreciation of the many different paths that have brought cultures to where they are today. History is not simply something behind us. In places like Shanxi, it is still alive.

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