Walk around the city, it's walkable in a day. Most locals like to visit Pingdingshan mountain or walk along the Zhanhe river canal which cuts through the city from west to east. There is a park lining the canal which at most times of night and day has something interesting to see. Some sundays there are markets there, and at nights there is a dance hall and pool table area for good times. Buy beer or drinks for ¥1-2 per bottle. There are also small boatcraft in the water that offer KTV karaoke for about ¥5 a song.
Eagle City Square é¹°æ广åº-Yincheng Guangchang is a fairly new city square and will be one of the largest in the province. It features a large, musical fountain with a giant megatron presiding overhead. Also, some classical Chinese waterway structures, a greek-style outdoor theater and a few hills and ponds. In the evenings you can listen to the locals perform folk songs or maybe some Henan opera. There's also a drum troupe that comes once a week or so that one would be fortunate to come across. West Jianshe Road, just past Guanming road.
Along the Zhanhe, due west, there is a new Pingdingshan city being built, which is rumored to someday have Starbucks and Pizza Hut and all that business, but as for now, it's rather a vacant skeleton of apartment buildings and the newest government plaza. This "new city" is built right alongside the BaiGuishan reservoir.
For historical culture, the Xiangshan Buddhist Temple é¦å±±å¯ºï¼might be the best around. Interestingly enough, it's the site of the first thousand-hand buddha sculpture, or Sakyamuni, to be created in China. The site itself is over a thousand years old, despite the structures being rebuilt periodically. There is a pagoda tower, a monastery and some nice flowers about. The site is eternally under development, as it truly is a national treasure -in religious terms - but getting there is quite easy and the crowd is almost non-existent. From Kuanggong road (ç¿å·¥è·¯ï¼ hop on the #8 bus going west toward number 11 Coal mine, and just tell the ticket girl "Xiang-shan-si", and she will charge you about three kuai and alert you when your stop arrives. Take a small motorcar to the summit of the site (¥6. The guy will know where you're going. Also, you can see the pagoda from where you get off the bus. Admission is ¥5.
