Shanxi Pingyao Ancient City Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

The ancient city of Pingyao in Shanxi is one of the "four best-preserved ancient cities" in China. It was China's financial center in the late Qing Dynasty and has been included in the World Heritage List. The ancient city of Pingyao was built during the reign of King Xuan of Zhou from 827 BC to 782 BC. It was built for the Western Zhou general Yin Jifu to garrison here. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the city wall was built to prevent foreign invasion from the south. In the third year of Hongwu (AD 1370), the old wall was rebuilt, expanded and completely covered with bricks. After that, Jingtai, Zhengde, Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli dynasties carried out ten times of repairs and repairs, updated the towers and added enemy towers. In the 43rd year of Kangxi (AD 1703), as the emperor passed through Pingyao on his western tour, he built four large towers, making the city even more spectacular.
The 6163-meter-long and approximately 12-meter-high Pingyao City Wall separates Pingyao County, which covers an area of ​​approximately 2.25 square kilometers, into two worlds with completely different styles. The residential buildings in the city have a rigorous layout, clear axes, symmetry, clear priorities, undulating outlines, closed exteriors, and deep courtyards. The exquisite wood carvings, brick carvings and stone carvings, coupled with the paper-cut window grilles with a strong local flavor, are lifelike and vivid, embodying the historical and cultural characteristics of the Han nation from around the 14th to the 19th century AD. It is the most complete ancient residential community preserved in the Han nationality area so far. Climb the ancient city wall, and with the sunset in the evening, you can overlook the panoramic view of the ancient city and the lives of the residents in the city. The beauty is beyond words and shocks the soul of every tourist.

Attractions distribution:

Pingyao Ancient City is located in Jinzhong City in central Shanxi Province, 90 kilometers north of Taiyuan, the provincial capital. The street layout of the entire ancient city is in the shape of "earth", with a total of 6 city gates, especially the Yingxunmen gate tower at the south gate is the most exquisite. The central axis is South Street running from north to south. Centered on the ancient city's landmark building, the Ancient Market Building, there are Xie Xieqing Bank Museum (China Bank Museum), Wei Taihou (Bank Museum), Baichuantong, China Escort Museum, Tongxing Public Escort Bureau, Wei Shengchang, and China Rare Newspapers Exhibition Hall, Tianjixiang, Pingyao Ancient County Government, Chenghuang Temple and Confucian Temple and other attractions; outside the ancient city, there are two major attractions - Zhenguo Temple and Shuanglin Temple. There are all kinds of hotels, restaurants, specialty shops, cafes, bars, etc. in the ancient city, and the tourist facilities are complete.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 5A-level scenic spot, world cultural heritage, national historical and cultural city

Scenic spot features:

Leisure, sightseeing, visiting ancient times, history and culture, food, shopping, ancient cities, architecture, historic sites, museums, former residences of celebrities

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