On Xi Shitoupo Street (West Stone Slope Street) and Sha Xiang (Sand Lane), were the houses of Zhang Xingbang, the fifth manager of Rishengchang, and the houses of other banking families, such as Hou Wangbin and Hou Dianyuan.

The Confucius Temple of Pingyao is a national relics protected unit. The main building, Dacheng Hall, was repaired in the 3rd year of the reign of Emperor Jindading (1163), 240 to 700 years before the ones in Beijing and Nanjing. There are 87 sculptures of Confucius and his disciples at the site, which is the largest number in any temple. It has a fine regular exhibition of the history of the ancient Imperial Examination system. The International Photography Museum of Pingyao in the compound has a collection by revolutionary photographers including Sha Fei, Wu Yinxian as well as photographs by the American Ansel Adams. The Confucius Temple possesses a Ming Dynasty examination paper with the highest score for that year, as attested by the emperor's writing on it, the only one remaining from the 1,300 years of the Confucian imperial examination.

The seat of the county government faces south and is over 200 meters long and over 100 meters wide with an area of over 20,000 square meters. Although Pingyao has been the seat of the county government since the Qin Dynasty, the complex was built in 1346 (Yuan Dynasty). Except for one remaining Yuan Dynasty building, the existing buildings were built in the Ming Dynasty. The compounds are arranged with the principal buildings on the north-south axis and subordinate buildings along the sides. The east side held civil offices and the west side held the military ones; the front of the complex contains offices and the back held residences. The compound has 299 full-sized rooms and one small room, called a half room in Chinese. These numbers reflect the administration organization of feudal times.

Admission fee: RMB ￥ 20 per person

Shuanglin Temple, originally named Zhongdu Temple, is located in Qiaotou village, six kilometers southwest of the city. In the northern Song Dynasty, in order to memorialize Buddha who attained Nirvana under two trees in a forest, it was changed into “Shuanglin”, “shuang” meaning “two or double”, and “lin” meaning “forest”. It was rebuilt in 571. Repaired several times, the existing buildings were constructed in the Ming Dynasty.

The compound faces south and occupies 15,000 square meters. On the east were the monks' quarters and scripture hall, which have been destroyed. On the west are ten temples and halls of various styles, which form three courtyards. Interesting items in the temple compound include a tree planted during the Tang Dynasty, a Song Dynasty stone tablet, a Ming bell, and frescoes, some in very good condition, painted on interior and exterior walls.

Inside are over 1,500 sculptures made of painted clay over a wooden framework. They demonstrate the artistic styles of painted sculptures of the Tang, Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. Because Shuanglin Temple contains the most as well as some of the best-preserved painted sculptures in China, it is called the “Oriental Treasure House of Painted Sculptures”.

Admission fee: RMB ￥ 25 per person

The City God Temple is located in the south-eastern part of Pingyao and occupies 7,320 squares meters. It was built in the Ming Dynasty, rebuilt in 1544, and repaired in the early Qing Dynasty. In 1859 it burned down during a temple fair and was rebuilt in 1864. The current buildings are Qing-style. The City God Temple, unlike most city god temples, includes buildings dedicated to the city god, the god of wealth and the kitchen god.

The Pingyao City God Temple is one of the few intact city god temples in China. It is famed for its size and ingenious construction. Since the layout and the interior show the features of both Taoism and Confucianism, it is a good place to study the ceremonial system of the city, its system of religions, its architecture and culture.