Pingyao Catholic ChurchPingyao Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Pingyao County, Shanxi, China.HistoryChristianity spread into the country as early as 1886 by an Italian missionary. The church traces its origins to the former Wudao Temple, founded in 1910. It was severely damaged by the Red Guards during the ten-year Cultural Revolution. The current version was completed in 1984. In November 2011, it was inscribed as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Pingyao government.