Hello, tourists.
Pingyao, a famous historical and cultural city in China, is about toarrive. The towering brick wall in the front right is Pinghe City, one of thefour existing complete ancient city pools in China. On December 3, 1997, theUNESCO World Heritage Committee adopted a resolution to list the ancient city ofLijiang in Yunnan Province, the ancient city of Pingyao in Shanxi Province andthe classical gardens of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province on the world heritage you can have a look at the perspective and relatively complete appearance ofthe ancient city.
Pingyao has a long history. According to reports: in order to resist theinvasion of the northern nomads, Zhou Xuangong sent troops to the northernexpedition of Sayu and built the jingling city in the Western Zhou ling city is built in the east of Pingyuan County, 7 kilometers north ofJingling lining, jingling as a place name has been used up to now. This can besaid to be the beginning of the construction of Pingyao City, and also thepredecessor of the present Huyuan city. It has been about 2800 years sincethen.
There is no clear record of when this Pingyao City was built. In order toavoid taboo, the original Pingtao county was changed into Pingyao County, andthe county government was moved here from other places. The time to build thecity should be after that. In the long history, there has been her prosperityhere, and it has been destroyed by war many times. The wall we see now was builtin 1370, the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, by heightening,thickening and bricking the original earth wall. Although it has been repairedseveral times since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, its style has not changed.
There are many ancient buildings in Pingyao City, such as Dacheng hall,Qingxu temple, Shilou, Chenglong temple, wumiao stage and so on. That is, thestreet dwellings basically preserve the style and features of the Ming and QingDynasties. Walking on the street, you can also see all kinds of antique gate,courtyard, exquisitely carved ancient architectural decoration, and even see thestone stake in front of the gate, Xiama stone, etc., a style of ancientcity.
Pingyao not only has a long history, but also has a large number ofcelebrities. They are Ruoming Jin Dynasty historian Sun Sheng who dares toignore the threat of "manmenzijian" and writing straightforwardly, Sun Kang whohas spread through the ages with "yingxueshuo". Hou Wailu, the late director ofthe Institute of history of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hou ganyi, the latedeputy director of the Institute of language, Wang Yao, the president of theChinese Literature Research Association, Li Gou, the famous painter, and GuoLanying, the famous singer, were all born in Beijing In this ancient shi ancient city is worthy of being a famous historical and culturalcity.
(over Huiji bridge)
We are now driving on the Huiji bridge, which is a nine arch stone bridgebuilt during the reign of Kangxi and rebuilt during the reign of Tongzhi in theQing Dynasty. Fu Shan, a famous hostess in the Qing Dynasty, wrote a tablet forit. This bridge is not large in scale and has a long history, but it isbeautiful in shape. The bridge deck is flat and not as high as ordinary stonebridges, so it is easy for cars and horses to walk. What's more, there isanother bridge under the bridge. There is no written record of the bridge below,and people didn't know it. In August 1977, a torrential rain caused a hugeflood, and the rolling flood took away a lot of river sediment which had beensilted up for many years. After the water receded, people were surprised to findthat Huiji bridge was stacked on the deck of the old bridge, forming the wonderof the bridge on the bridge. Making use of the old bridge to build a solidfoundation for the new bridge can save money, manpower and time. What a cleveridea! This is also a miracle in the history of bridge construction.
Here is the ancient city of Pingyao. Please follow me to the city wall.
(take tourists to the Lower East Gate)
This is the "Lower East Gate" of Huyao ancient city. Let's see howmagnificent and spectacular the 12 meter high wall is. Outside the city, therewas a moat. There was a suspension bridge at the gate. In the days of war inancient times, it was really an insurmountable defense line.
After we came in, this place was the Lower East Gate urn, which was set upto defend the gate. The city gate is the weak link of the city wall. With theurn City, the defense means of the city are greatly enhanced. This place has asmall root and is surrounded by high walls. Even if the enemy invades the urn,only a few people can enter, and they immediately fall into the encirclement andbecome turtles in the urn. Some of the urn gates are not opened on the oppositeside of the gate, but turn to the side. It can also prevent the enemy soldiersfrom rushing under the gate and dispel the enemy soldiers' spirit by turning thecorner. These design ideas are summed up by the ancients in the long-termpractical experience.
Look, there is also a small courtyard in the urn. What is it for? It turnsout that it is a small Guandi temple. Guandi is a martial saint. It is theunique creation of Pingyao people to build Guanmiao into the urn city. Pleasefollow me to the city wall.
Now we are in the city. There were towers here. They were destroyed in thewar. The platform built on the city wall is said to be Yin Jifu's commandingplatform. Yin Jifu was a general of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty. He was famous forhis Youfan in history. He wrote several poems such as Lu Jingchong's Gao Gao andGuan R2. The famous northern expedition against the nomadic people of the Northmentioned above was under his command. In order to consolidate the achievementsof the northern expedition, he also built jingling city here. There are manyother sites of Yin Jifu. There is also a village called Yin village nearjingling village. It is said that Yin Jifu was stationed there to drink. Thereis Yin Jifu's collection outside Shangdong gate. Before the collection, there isa large inscription on the Ming Dynasty stone tablet, which reads "Zhou QingshiZJ Jifu Shinto". Inside the upper east gate is a small temple in memory of YinJifu.
Please follow me to see the construction of the ancient city.
(take the tourists to dip southward. Walk and say, about 2-3 piers tostop)
We can see that there is a short block on both sides of the city wall,which is called the parapet. Why is it called the parapet? There is a writtenexplanation in the "building a French style" written by the government of theSong Dynasty: "words are inferior. Compared with the city, if a woman and herhusband are equal. " It means that the wall is tall and thick, and Baoweihusband; the female wall is thin and short, like a weak woman. In some folkplaces, there is such a story: in the early days, there was no parapet in thecity. Once, an old man was pulled to work, and his little granddaughter, who wasdependent on him, came to the city with him every day and sat by to watch. Oneday, a tired migrant worker came to the edge of the city wall in a daze. Thelittle girl, Berta, fell into the city and pushed him in. Unexpectedly, theforce was too strong. Although the migrant worker was saved, the little girlfell to death. In memory of her, craftsmen built a low wall in the city andcalled it a parapet. It's a touching story, but it does illustrate theprotective function of the parapet. Let's see: the girls' fields on both sidesare not the same. Crenels are built on the outer walls of the girls' fields, andcrenels also have holes for conjecture and shooting. Of course, this is for theneeds of actual combat.
As you have noticed, every spare section of the city wall has a protrudingpart, which is called the pier. What is the pier for? 7 it is used to protectthe city wall. We know that in ancient times, the main weapons used to attackand defend the city were bows, arrows and bending machines. They could shootdown from the top and up from the bottom. Therefore, the soldiers who defendedthe city were afraid to explore their origins. In this way, the city wall at thefoot of the anti Li Chengding defense corner. With piers and abutments, we canmake up for this deficiency, form a powerful three-dimensional shooting networkfrom three sides, and greatly strengthen the city defense force. On eachcollapse, an enemy tower was built with holes for observation and shooting.
In addition to these common points, ganyao ancient city has its own uniqueplace.
The city wall was originally a product of war, but pingdouren liked to puta strong cultural color on it. Kuixing tower, a symbol of cultural starofficial, was built on the southeast corner of Dingcheng wall. According tostatistics, there are 3000 crenels and 72 abandoned enemy towers in the ancientcity, which is a symbol of Confucius' three thousand disciples and seventy-twosages.
Huyao looks like a turtle from above. It has always been known as the cityof tortoise. It is said that it means the longevity of the tortoise. There aresix gates in the city, the South Gate looks like the head, the gate and theouter gate of the urn are all south. Ren Guishou is flexible, the north gatelooks like the tail, the outer gate of the urn is demolished and moves eastward,and the good puppet turtle tail swings eastward: the East Gate and the west gatelook like turtle feet. The three outer gates of the urn turn southward, as ifthe tortoise is slowly extending its legs and bending its limbs forward. Onlythe Lower East Gate, which we just came in, opens eastward instead of turningsouthward. It is said that it is uncle The tortoise climbs away, so he uses aninvisible rope to tie his left hind foot to the tower at the foot of the tower,which is one kilometer east of the city. Outside the south gate, there is a wellon the left and right, which is said to be a pair of bright eyes of thetortoise. In the center of the city, that is, the location of Guixin, there isalso a city building, which is the one we see standing on the top of manyhouses. On the two slopes of the top of the city building, the characters"Shuangxi" and "Xiangshou" are spelled out with yellow and blue glazed tiles. Itfully embodies the unique cultural atmosphere of the ancient city and expressesthe good wishes of the people from afar. It can be said that it is a painting ofdragon and dark in the urban construction concept of Guicheng .
There are many objects in the remote city. In southwest, the buildingcovered with glazed glass is the architectural complex of Town God's Temple andthe God of wealth temple. It can be seen nearby, and it can see the magnificentscenery of its high angle, flying, painted and painted. The modern building thatstands out near it is the teaching building of Pingshi middle school. TheDacheng Hall of the Confucian temple is in the campus. You can't see thecontempt from here. In order to protect the original style, it is generally notallowed to build buildings in the ancient city, but Ganyuan people made anexception to build a teaching building for the school, which shows theimportance of education. Pingyuan middle school has also lived up to theexpectations of the public, and has always maintained the leading position ofthis provincial key middle school in the province with excellent results
Pingyao, who is very familiar to our tour guides in Shanxi, must have metthis old gentleman. Under the appearance of vicissitudes, he is a warm andsincere heart, and his optimistic character must have left a deep impression onyou. Today, I invite him here, honoring him as "Pingyao Tourism ImageAmbassador". If you have been to this charming small northern city, I hope theold gentleman can help you If you haven't come yet, don't hesitate to carry yourluggage. Welcome to Pingyao ancient city!
Hello, everyone
The towering brick wall in front is Pingyao City, one of the four existingcomplete ancient cities in China. It has a history of more than 2700 years. Sofar, it still retains the basic features of the county town in the Ming and QingDynasties, which can be called the most complete ancient city in the Hannationality region of China.
The biggest feature of Pingyao ancient city is the ancient city wall. Now,please follow me up the city wall and watch the construction of the ancient citywall.
We can see that there are short walls on both sides of the city wall, whichare called "parapets". Why are they called "parapets"? There is a popular storyamong the people: there was no parapet in the city in the early days. Once, anold man was pulled to work, and his little granddaughter, who was dependent onhim, came to the city every day and sat beside him to watch. One day, a verytired migrant worker walked to the edge of the city wall in a daze. The littlegirl was afraid that he would fall and pushed him in. Unexpectedly, the migrantworker was saved, but the little girl fell to death. In memory of her, craftsmenbuilt a parapet in the city and called it a parapet. It's a touching story, butit does illustrate the protective function of the parapet. We have noticed thatevery other section of the city wall has a projecting part, which is called thepier. What's the pier for? It's for the defense of the city wall. With piers andabutments, a powerful three-dimensional shooting net can be formed from threesides, and the city defense force is greatly strengthened. On each pier there isalso an enemy tower with holes for observation and shooting. There are 3000crenels and 72 enemy towers in the ancient city of Pingyao, which is a symbol ofConfucius' three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages.
OK, tourists, it's free time. You can take photos. When taking photos, youshould pay attention to your body. Don't go outside the wall. Pay attention tosafety. Don't engrave on the wall. Thank you for your cooperation.
Hello everyone! I'm a little tour guide. Today, I'd like to introducePingyao ancient city, a cultural county. Pingyao ancient city is the mostcomplete Ming and Qing County in China. It is a typical representative of theancient county in Central Plains. Now we still have ten minutes' drive. I'llgive you a brief introduction.
The ancient city is located in Pingyao County, Shanxi Province, with ahistory of more than 2700 years. It is the only ancient county with worldcultural heritage in China. Pingyao ancient city wall divides Pingyao Countyinto two different styles. Bao: the ancient city is one of them. Pingyao CityWall was built in the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, with a total lengthof 6. 4 km, square, the wall about 12 meters high, outside the moat. There are3000 gates and 72 old buildings in total. The streets, pavements and real estatemarkets within the city wall retain the buildings of Ming and Qing ide the city wall is a new city, which is a place where ancient and modernbuildings are integrated into one, and it is a place where people can imagineeach other. The birthplace of "Shanxi Merchants", the first bank in China,"Rishengchang" was born here. Pingyao once became a financial center in itsheyday. It can be seen that Pingyao occupies a very important position in thehistory of Chinese finance. There are three treasures in Pingyao, Shuanglintemple. There are more than 20__ painted sculptures in the temple, which is our"treasure house of painted sculpture art".
Now that we have arrived at the ancient city, let's get out of the car withme. The first thing that comes into our eyes is the blue ancient city wall. Youcan take a closer look. The overall shape of the ancient city is like a bigturtle. The north gate is the head of the turtle, the south gate is the tail ofthe turtle, and the East and West gates are the limbs of the turtle.
Now let's get on the tour bus with me, and we will continue to enjoy g the turtle ridge, we will visit the streets and alleys of the ancientcity. You can see that it is a prosperous scene, including ancient pawnshops,banks, trading houses, inns and bars All of them are quite rich. Later, we willbrowse the car and stop. You can visit by yourself to see if there are any smallsouvenirs you want to buy. The things here are quite distinctive.
Pingyao ancient city is a majestic ancient city, which is worth us tolinger and forget to return. I hope you can find the beauty of the ancient city!Now let's visit it by ourselves, gather at the place where we got off at thegate when we were a child, and pay attention to safety.
Dear guests,
I'm Li Jingcheng, the guide of Pingyao ancient city. You can call me XiaoLi. Next time I will introduce Pingyao ancient city to you.
Now we have reached the ancient city of Pingyao. Pingyao is a 4A scenicspot in China. It was built in 827-782 B.C. and expanded in 1370 A.D. with ahistory of more than 2700 years. It is one of the "best preserved" four ancientcities in China. You can see that the tall and majestic city wall is 6163 meterslong and 12 meters high. It was rebuilt in 1370. The gully is about 2 metershigh and the top is about 3 to 5 meters wide. Please follow me to the ancientcity!
The traffic of Pingyao ancient city is composed of four main streets, eightsmall streets and 72 tortuous paths. These four streets are on the central axisof the traffic crisscross in the South Street of Pingyao ancient city. Becausethe East and West are connected to the end of the big south gate on the street,and the ancient stone building runs through the north and south. On the street,all kinds of accessories and delicious food are on the shop counters. It is themost prosperous commercial street in Pingyao. O the ancient city is called "WallStreet" in China. West Street from the west gate down to the intersection ofEast Street and South Street, East Street through the main street. West Streetis China's first famous ticket - Rishengchang birth street, so West Street isknown as "the first financial street of Qing Dynasty". The names of eightstreets and 72 paths have their origins. Some are named after nearby buildingsor prominent signs, some come from temples and temples, and some lose theirnames.
There is an interesting legend in Pingyao ancient city. A bird's-eye viewof the ancient city shows that it is shaped like a tortoise, with six gates andtwo wells like a tortoise. The tortoise tail at the north gate is the lowestpart of the city. There are four Barbican people in total. Comparativelyspeaking, the west gate, the west gate and the east gate are opened to thesouth, and only the east gate is Xiamen. It is said that in order not to let thetortoise climb to its left leg straight, people tied it to the foot 20 milesaway from the city, so the ancient city of Pingyao is also called the tortoisecity.
Today, I will explain to you that you can visit the ancient city. Duringthe tour, please don't litter, don't Scribble, and have a civilized tour. thankyou very much.
Welcome to Shanxi for tourism. I'm your guide. You can call me coco. TodayI'll take you to the ancient city of Pingyao, which is the best preservedancient city in China. It's more than 1000 years ago. Because the shape of theancient city is like a turtle, people call it "turtle City".
The wall of Pingyao ancient city is very wide, with big bricks on it. Therewere several cannons on the lookout of the city wall. They were the mostpowerful weapons at that time, so they were given the name of "Shenwu general"le can take pictures here because "soldiers who don't want to be generalsare not good soldiers.".
Let's go to the county government again. The county government faces big stone lions squat on both sides of the main gate. They open their mouthsand look very powerful. The barrier of Yamen is very high, and the two gates arethick and heavy, painted with vermilion. Walking into the courtyard, the Eastand West rooms are the places where taxes and grain were collected in ancienttimes. Each of them has six caves, implying liudashun. Further inside, there isa large main hall, where the ancient county magistrate worked. There is a largeplaque with "bright mirror hanging high" on it. On the left and right sides,there are many instruments of torture used by the court, which makes people feelsolemn when they enter. Around the main hall into the backyard, is the countyLord eat and rest place, the door hanging a pair of couplets, meaning that thepeople as parents. Do practical things for the people.
From the county government, we strolled along a street in Ming and QingDynasties. It's full of ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Theshop facades and plaques are also ancient styles. If people wear ancientclothes, they can make costume plays here. This is the picture I took on thisstreet.
At the last stop, let's go to Rishengchang bank, the earliest bank inChina. There are two wax figures in the accounting room on the right. One seemsto be collecting money and the other is keeping accounts. It is said that abookkeeper here can earn eighty Liang silver a year. At that time, one or twosilver can buy one mu of land. There are strict anti-counterfeiting measures onbanknotes. In order to prevent regular customers from deciphering them, 300 setsof passwords have been changed in 100 years. When I came to the backyard, thewalls were thick and high, and there were many coins in the cracks. It is saidto show the strength of the host family.
This is the end of the tour of Pingyao ancient city. Thank you.
