Pingyao Ancient City Pingyao Ancient City is located in the middle of Shanxi Province in the north of China. It was built in the period of West Zhou Xuanwang. It is a famous cultural city with a history of more than 2,800 years. It is also known as "the four best preserved ancient cities" with Langzhong, Lijiang and Shexian, Yunnan, and is also the second batch of national historical and cultural cities. It is also one of the ancient counties in China, which successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city. Such a beautiful place must be visited.
When I first saw the ancient city of Pingyao, the stone road under maintenance was full of potholes, and there were so many tourists who wanted to take pictures that they couldn't find a good angle. In the photo, in addition to the ancient city, there are bustling crowds. So if you want to go to Pingyao ancient city, I suggest choosing a time that is not a holiday or weekend as far as possible, otherwise your patience and joy will be exhausted, and your sense of experience will be bad, which will affect the objective evaluation of the ancient city. It must be interesting to come here. Let's give you some punch points.
Pingyao city wall
The ancient city wall of Pingyao is about 6 kilometers in circumference, with 3,000 battlements and 72 watchtowers. It is said to symbolize 3000 disciples and 72 saints of Confucius. After more than 600 years of wind and rain, the city wall is still dazzling.
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Rishengchang: Located in the West Street of Gucheng, it is the most financial place in China and the birthplace of China's draft bank culture. Yu called it "the ancestor of all kinds of banks in China today".
Xie Tongqing: Located near urban buildings, the underground vault and Shenlong Zhu Bao are scenic spots.
Pingyao Confucian temple
Gong Xue Pingyao Confucian Temple is the earliest existing Confucian Temple in China. Together with Kuixing Tower and Wenchang Pavilion in the southeast corner of the city wall, it constitutes the most complete literary complex in China and the largest scenic spot in the ancient city. Throughout the ages, the first volume (No.1 scholar volume), No.1 scholar point and Yuelongmen classic scenic spot are all here.
Pingyao escort agency
In ancient China, escorts were a group of heroic professionals, shouldering the heavy responsibility of escorting important materials and treasures.
Pingyao Escort Agency, as one of the famous escort agencies in ancient China, bears rich history and inheritance, and is an excellent place to understand the culture of ancient escort agencies in China.
Strolling in the narrow ancient streets and alleys seems to be back to the era of ancient escort agencies. I understand that Pingyao Escort Agency was once the designated escort agency of China's ancient financial officials, responsible for escorting a large number of treasures and important documents. In history, Pingyao Escort Agency has accomplished dangerous and arduous tasks many times, and it can be called the leader of China ancient Escort Agency.