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Have you ever been to the ancient city of Pingyao? This place is amazing, the World Heritage Committee evaluates: an outstanding example of a Han chinese city. Despite the wind and frost, negative news and collapse accidents, it is still loved by many people. Many people only know that Pingyao Ancient City is a world-class cultural heritage, and do not know where its highlights are, and what places are worth seeing? Today Xiaobian will introduce you to its main attractions, and the wind and frost it has experienced.
Pingyao Ancient City is located in Pingyao County in the central part of Shanxi Province, this ancient city was built in the Western Zhou Dynasty, expanded during the Ming Hongwu Period, to this day, it still retains the basic characteristics of the county town in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and can be called the most complete ancient city in China's Han area. The road to the old city is not smooth, and such excellent buildings were only listed as World Heritage Sites in December 1997.
On November 19, 2017, the scenic spot of Pingyao Ancient City won the Annual Tourism Destination Reputation Award, and in the same year, with the success of the Pingyao International Film Festival, it began to be regarded as a holy place by many film and television creators. In February 2022, he actually ranked fourth in the list of the top 100 brands in the national 5A scenic spots. Through these honors, we can see that Pingyao Ancient City is a scenic spot with great development potential.
If you go to the ancient city of Pingyao, you can't miss these attractions: (1) Pingyao County Ya, as one of the four ancient yas that are well preserved, can enable tourists to have an understanding of the architectural characteristics of the ancient yamen, and it is also a reference for many film and television dramas when setting up scenes. (2) Rishengchang ticket number, speaking of this ticket number is very remarkable, in the 19th century, it controlled the economic lifeline of the entire Qing Dynasty, and truly achieved the ultimate in huitong world. It was a very difficult thing in the social context at that time, and the treasures engaged in finance also knew that this was the precedent of China's national banking industry. (3) QingxuGuan, speaking of this Taoist temple, it has now been opened up as a comprehensive museum in Pingyao County, with a huge collection, which is not only a place to spread Taoist culture, but even the few Taoist stone statues that exist now. (4) Pingyao City Wall, first of all, Pingyao Ancient City, the most attractive is the wall of Pingyao Ancient City, from the ancient city wall can see the wisdom of the ancient working people, you can also see some subtleties of the city wall culture. Such a magnificent building is rare anywhere else.
After talking about the attractions, let's talk about the wind and frost he has experienced, in 2021, there was a partial collapse here, although it did not cause casualties, but it did damage the ancient city wall. Such a collapse accident can not be avoided, after all, the ancient building itself will have a variety of risks, thanks to the proper disposal of the scenic spot and the county government, now the safety has been improved a lot.
Tickets for Pingyao Ancient City can be purchased directly at the local scenic window. And the ticket price is also very affordable, as long as 130 yuan for a person, some special groups, such as children under 1m2, as well as active military and disabled people, the elderly over 60 years old can be free of charge. Students under the age of 18 can purchase half-price tickets. From April to October, it is open from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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