Pingyao Ancient City is one of the four best-preserved ancient cities

✅✅✅Pingyao Ancient City is one of the four best-preserved ancient cities, and it is also one of the two ancient cities in China that have successfully applied for World Cultural Heritage as a whole ancient city. ✅✅✅Pingyao Ancient City, built during the reign of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty (827 BC-782 BC), was rebuilt and expanded in the third year of the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1370), and is now the most intact ancient county city in China. The entire city is like a black fish crawling south, hence the name "Turtle City". ✅✅✅Pingyao Ancient City is composed of city walls, shops, streets, temples, and residences, forming a large architectural complex. The entire city is symmetrically laid out, with the city tower as the axis, and South Street as the axis, forming a feudal ritual pattern of left city god, right yamen, left Confucian temple, right military temple, east Taoist temple, and west temple, covering a total area of 2.25 square kilometers. The street layout in the city is in the shape of a "士" character, and the overall layout follows the eight diagrams, composed of four main streets, eight small alleys, and seventy-two winding alleys forming an eight-diagram pattern. South Street, East Street, West Street, Yamen Street, and Chenghuang Temple Street form a dry-type commercial street. ✅✅✅The buildings in Pingyao Ancient City all have the characteristic of "half of the house is built", and the most widely spread saying is "four waters return to the hall" or "fat water does not flow into outsiders' fields". ✅✅✅Shanxi is located in a dry area, and there is a lot of wind and sand. Building houses into a single slope can increase the height of the street-facing outer wall of the house, and not opening windows on the street can effectively resist wind and sand and improve safety. The compact layout of the courtyard shows the national character of external rejection and internal cohesion. ✅✅✅The key residences in Pingyao Ancient City were built in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. The layout of the residential buildings is rigorous, the axis is clear, the left and right are symmetrical, the primary and secondary are clear, the contour is undulating, the appearance is closed, and the courtyard is deep; the houses have exquisite wood carvings, brick carvings and stone carvings, and paper-cut window flowers with a strong local flavor, which are the most intact ancient residential communities in the Han area. ✅✅✅It is recommended to visit the popular attractions first when visiting Pingyao Ancient City, such as Pingyao County Yamen, Xietongqing, Ma's Mansion, Weitaihou, Rising Sun, Seeing Pingyao Again, China Dart Bureau Museum, these attractions are quite good. ✅✅✅Take a walk, take a look, get a close understanding of the history and culture of Pingyao Ancient City, and then look at the ancient buildings, the artistic conception is very different. ✅✅✅The young ladies of Jin merchants on the street are integrated with the traditional buildings of the ancient city for more than 180 years, which is simply a beautiful landscape. ✅✅✅Main buildings ①Pingyao City Wall✅ was built during the reign of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and was rebuilt in the third year of the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1370) and has been continuously rebuilt, expanded, and added to form the existing scale. ②Pingyao County Yamen✅ is located in the center of the ancient city, covering an area of more than 26,000 square meters. It was built in the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1346) and was rebuilt in the third year of the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1370). After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was destroyed and repaired. The entire yamen faces south, with a symmetrical layout, composed of the central axis and the buildings on the east and west sides. It is 131 meters wide from east to west and 203 meters long from south to north, covering an area of 26,600 square meters. ③Pingyao Confucian Temple✅ is located at the southeast corner of the ancient city, on Wenmiao Street. It was built in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and the architectural complex is connected to the city wall in the south and faces Chenghuang Temple Street in the north. It faces south, and its overall layout is the Confucian Temple in the center, the East School on the left, and the West School on the right. ④Pingyao City Tower✅ is located on South Street in Pingyao Ancient City, running through South Street from north to south. The year of construction is unknown. According to the "Pingyao County Chronicles" of the Qing Dynasty, it was rebuilt in the 27th year of the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty (1688), and was repaired during the Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Tongzhi, Guangxu, and Xuantong periods of the Qing Dynasty. ⑤Lei Lutai's Former Residence✅ is located at No. 11, Shuyuan Street, Pingyao Ancient City. It was built around the end of the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Daoguang period. It was the place where Lei Lutai lived and lived in his later years. The whole is facing south, composed of four courtyards that are independent of each other and interconnected, namely, the east, west, main courtyard, and east and west side courtyards. ⑥The former site of Rishengchang Bank✅ is located on the south side of West Street in Pingyao Ancient City, facing north. It includes the middle, east, and west courtyards. The east courtyard is the "Meiheju" stove food shop, the west courtyard is the Rixinzhong ticket number, and all three are operated by the Rishengchang ticket number owner. ⑦The former site of Baichuantong✅ The former site of Baichuantong ticket number is located at No. 109 South Street in Pingyao Ancient City. It was built in the tenth year of the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty (1860). The owners were Qu Changying, Qu Yuanchao, Qu Yuanzhe, Qu Yuanluo, etc. from Qixian County. The main courtyard of the former site faces west and is a three-entry courtyard with a north side courtyard layout. ⑧Qingxu Temple✅ is located on the north side of East Street in Pingyao Ancient City, facing south. It was built in the second year of the Tang Dynasty (657), originally named Taiping Temple; in the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1064), it was renamed Qingxu Temple; at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, it was renamed Taiping Xingguo Temple, and then renamed Taiping Chongsheng Palace, and it was renamed Qingxu Temple in the Qing Dynasty. ⑨Chenghuang Temple✅ Pingyao Chenghuang Temple is located on the north side of Chenghuang Temple Street in Pingyao Ancient City, facing south. It was rebuilt in the 33rd year of the Ming Dynasty (1554) and was repaired during the Qing Dynasty. ⑩Huiji Bridge✅ is located 300 meters northeast of the lower east gate of Pingyao Ancient City, spanning the downstream of Huiji River. It is a joint arch stone bridge, commonly known as "Nine-eye Bridge". ⑾Zhenguo Temple✅ is located in Haodong Village, Xiangyuan Township, 15 kilometers east of Pingyao Ancient City. It was originally named Jingcheng Temple and was built in the seventh year of the Northern Han Dynasty (963). It was renamed its current name in the 19th year of the Ming Dynasty (1540). ⑿Shuanglin Temple is located 6 kilometers southwest of Pingyao Ancient City, north of Qiaotou Village, Zhongdu Township. The year of the temple's establishment is to be studied. ✅✅✅Main attractions ✅Tianjixiang Museum ✅Ancient Residential Expo Garden ✅China Chamber of Commerce Museum ✅Rare Newspaper Exhibition Hall ✅Baichuantong Jin Merchant Museum ✅Pingyao Huiwu Lin Exhibition Hall ✅Xietongqing Bank Museum ✅Tongxinggong Dart Bureau Museum ✅✅✅Location: Pingyao Ancient City (5A) ✅✅✅Address: Pingyao Ancient City Scenic Area, Kangning Road, Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province ✅✅✅Transportation: 1.6km away from Guangda Shopping Mall (bus station). It takes about 19 minutes to walk