Pingyao Ancient City

Tickets for the opening hours:
120 (package, including 16 spots) Opening hours :7:30 - 18: 30
Transportation Overview:
Taiyuan, Yangquan car from the building to the south bus station, the ride to Qixian - Pingyao --- --- Lingshi Jiexiu direction of the car on the line
Attractions Description:
        Night in the ancient city of Pingyao ancient city in Shanxi Province, with 2,700 years of history is a cultural city, and the same for the second batch of national historical and cultural city of the Sichuan Langzhong, Lijiang, Yunnan, Anhui Shexian known as the "four best preserved ancient city ", is currently the only declared world cultural heritage to the whole success of the ancient city of the ancient town. Pingyao formerly known as "ancient pottery", the early Ming Dynasty, as a defensive interference alien South, built walls, Hongwu years (AD 1370) in the old wall built on the basis of re-expanding and maintenance, and comprehensive package brick. After Jing, Masanori, Longqing and Wanli been ten generations in the Buxiu and repair, update the tower, an additional enemy units. Kangxi forty-three years (AD 1703) by passing the emperor West Tour Pingyao, and built four large towers, the city is more spectacular. The total circumference of 6163 m Pingyao city wall, the wall height of about 12 meters, the area of about 2.25 square kilometers of Pingyao County divides the world into two different styles. Streets within the walls, pavement, the city building to retain the Ming and Qing shape; wall, said outside the Metro. This is an ancient and modern architecture all into one, each other, it is best to endless reveries.

Ancient history
Ancient city of Pingyao in central Shanxi province in northern China, was founded in the Western Zhou Xuan Wang Dynasty (827 BC ~ 782 BC), the Ming Dynasty Hongwu years (AD 1370) expansion, dating back over 2,700 years of history. So far, it was more well preserved Ming and Qing (AD 1368 ~ 1911) during the county's basic style, called the Han areas of China the most complete ancient city existing.
Fen is located in the east coast of Pingyao, Taiyuan Basin, southwest side, with another countries, Qi County adjacent to the historical and cultural city. Tongpu Railway, the Grand Canal runs through the county highway. Agriculture dominates the economy, the main producing grain, cotton, specialty beef, push the light lacquer. Considerable reputation as beef, the "Taigu Pingyao beef cake" of folk lyrics.
The late Qing Dynasty, Pingyao was a financial center of China, and China is now the best preserved ancient town pattern.
Pingyao is a state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Beauty, Warring States is Zhao. Tao Qin leveling County, both Chinese and home counties, the capital of the king on behalf of the clan. Renamed the Northern Wei Dynasty, Pingyao County. The late Qing Dynasty, based in Pingyao number of votes have more than twenty, accounting for more than half of the country, but is called "Ancient Chinese Wall." Which is to create the largest was built in Dynasty, the "Land of Wealth" and the first seat on a famous number "Rishengchang."
Pingyao now basically saved the town during the Ming and Qing prototype, the "turtle" the city said. Street pattern of the "earth" shaped layout of the building to comply with gossip position, reflects the concept of urban planning during the Ming and Qing and shape distribution. Inside and outside the city with all kinds of sites, more than 300 ancient buildings have preserved nearly 4,000 homes in Ming and Qing, the streets are reflected historical appearance of shops, called the study of ancient living cities in the sample.
Pingyao city wall built in the Ming Hongwu years, there are six existing gates Urn, four turrets and 72 watch towers. Section of the south gate of the wall which collapsed in 2004, in addition to most of the rest are still well, is the present large-scale, early history, save one more complete ancient city wall is also a World Heritage ancient city of Pingyao core component. In addition, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Temple, Shanxi, and Pingyao Confucian Temple, also have been included in world heritage protection.
"Merchants," the birthplace of the Qing dynasty, four years (AD 1824), China's first prototype of the modern banking "Rishengchang" Draft born in Pingyao. Three years later, "Rishengchang" In many provinces have set up branches in China. The 19th century, 40 years, further expanding its business to Japan, Singapore, Russia and other countries. At that time, "Rishengchang" Draft, led the ticket number Pingyao industry is developing rapidly, peak number of votes actually here, as many as 22, became the center of China's financial sector.
Prototype of the ancient Ming and Qing Dynasties County December 3, 1997, UNESCO, held in Naples, Italy 21 World Heritage Committee decided to Congress to the ancient city wall of Pingyao ancient city, government office, markets, houses, temples included as a whole " World Heritage List ", which is the study of Chinese political, economic, cultural, artistic and religious development of the physical specimens. Pingyao Ancient City is based on the thought of Han culture and architectural style built. Now the city walls and buildings are maintained 14-18 century historical character. It is the Central Plains region of the ancient Han people in China a typical representative of the county. Since the establishment of the county, to the Qing dynasty, three years (1823), was born in the ancient city of Pingyao, China's first ticket number "Rishengchang." "Rishengchang" The establishment of modern financial history in the ancient Chinese landmark, it marks a new financial industry in modern China in the late feudal society of China to generate business and financial body.
Rishengchang ticket numbers, the birthplace of the Qing period, as the commercial economic development, Jin gradually formed some large firms located in the total number of Shanxi in the field set up a semi-colon, regional management business systems. In such cases, the bulk of the wholesale distribution of silver solution is to bring substantial business operation, so the escort of a new way - Draft exchange rate will come into being. Four-year dynasty, AD 1824, on West Street in Pingyao, West Yucheng paint shop founded on the basis of China's first franchise store banking business in exchange concurrently "Rishengchang" three years after the No votes in Shandong, Henan, Liaoning, Jiangsu and other provinces have set up branches in the 19th century, 40 years, further expanding its business to Japan, Singapore, Russia and other countries. At that time, "Rishengchang" Draft, led the ticket number Pingyao industry is developing rapidly, peak number of votes actually here, as many as twenty-two, became the center of China's financial sector. Can be seen in modern financial history of China, plays an important role in Pingyao.

City Overview
Vicissitudes of the ancient city of Pingyao ancient city traffic criss-crossing the four street from the context, eight street, seventy-two Youyan Lane composition.
South Street, the central axis for the ancient city of Pingyao, north east and West Street on connection, south to the Great East Gate (Ying smoked door), north and south through the ancient city building, streets, old and traditional names of shops, is the most prosperous Traditional Commercial Street, South Street, during the Qing Dynasty controls more than fifty percent of the country financial institutions. Known as China's "Waltz Street."
West Avenue, west under Simon (Fung door), East South Street, the northern end of the intersection with East Avenue was a straight run through the main street. China's first votes in the famous number - Rishengchang, was born in the ancient city of West Avenue, known as the "Great Qing Financial First Street."
Rishengchang Draft dynasty, founded four years (AD 1824), the site covers an area of 2324 square meters, compact space, function clear. Century of vicissitudes, brilliant performance, the Executive become the leader of the country's financial capital, the first of its kind to open Chinese national banks, and manipulation of the nineteenth century was the economic lifeline of the Qing Dynasty. The semicolon more than 30 cities across the country, commercial port city, far, Europe and America, Southeast Asia and other countries to "Land of Wealth," said the world. Rishengchang ticket number after the creation, there have been Jiexiu, Taigu, Qixian competing to follow.
East Avenue, east under the East Gate (pro John Gate), West South Street, the northern end of the intersection with West Avenue was a straight run through the main street.
North Avenue, north of the north gate (very arch door), Nantong West Central Avenue.
Eight street and seventy-two Youyan Lane, the origin of the name of their own, some named after a nearby building or eye-catching signs, such as Yamen Street, College Street, school field Lane, Helan Bridge Lane, Flagstaff Street, San Yan Jing Street, South Zhaobi Street, Little Cha Yuan Lane, etc.; others named in the Temple, such as text Temple Street, Temple Street, Ocean Temple Street, fire temples Street, Temple Street, Zhenwu Street, five Temple Street, etc.; some have large as at the local, such as Zhao lifts Street, Lei School Street, Song Menghuai Lane, Yan Jia Xiang, Ji Jia Xiang, Guo Jia Xiang, Fan House Street, Shao Lane, Ma Jia Xiang, etc.; the ancient city of the northeast corner there is a relative closed city within a city, similar to the ancient cities Square, near the four streets will be named Fort Dongbi King, in the wall of Fort King, the West Fort and the fort outside the wall of King Street; there are some streets, it has been unable to explore the origin of the name, such as Renyi Street, Sweetwater Lane, bean sprouts Street, gourd belly Lane and so on.
Pingyao ancient city of residence, brick tile roof of the wooden structure to the main courtyard, precise layout, symmetrical, orderly hierarchy. The construction of binary large family, three courtyards and even larger hospital groups, the courtyard between the ornate decorated second multi-gate separation. Most houses beautifully decorated courtyard, the door usually has a brick screen wall, the eaves are wood QT Liang Fang, column bases, post, Shek Kwu multi-stone decoration.
A folk saying goes: "Ten ancient city of Pingyao strange", one of which is "half the house built." Pingyao reason why most of the houses fell into the water within a single slope, the most widely circulated statement called the "Four Rivers Church owned" or "Charity begins at Tian", Shanxi is located in arid and sand large, the housing into a single slope, can increase the height of wall street housing, but not open the window facing the street, you can effectively increase the safety factor to withstand wind and . The compact layout of the hospital showed rejection of external, internal cohesion of the national character.
Temple is located in the southeast of the Temple Street, the city, from Temple, Cai Shenmiao, Zao Jun Temple buildings form three groups. City God is the religious culture of ancient Han Idolization important gods in the one universal, most of the people active in local heroes as famous minister. Temple of the Publicity word "emperor in trouble on the Temple of Heaven, the magistrate in trouble this to" I do not know from where the, but especially in the history of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Huang indeed higher than the official closure of the magistrate, the first Ming will be around Dahir need to build the Temple, and the County Government Office symmetry set, "Yin and Yang carry out their duties", which is the ancient "God will rule by the" thinking clearly reflected.
View at East Avenue East Qing Xu, founded in the Tang, peak in the Yuan, the existing main building is a relic of the Ming Dynasty, in order to focus on cultural protection units in Shanxi Province.

 
Pingyao Treasures
Pingyao Pingyao night person there are three treasures, the ancient city wall is one. Pingyao County wall. Hongwu years (1370) built 6.4 km circumference, the existing early history of Shanxi, the largest of a city wall. Ming and Qing dynasties had repair, but basically the shape and structure of the early Ming Dynasty. The city is square, the wall is about 12 meters high, all brick exterior walls built of Embrasure, outside the wall, moat, breadth and depth of the 4 meters. City open the door six weeks, something the two, and one each in North and South. Fraud and build things outside the Urn, in order to facilitate defense. There Embrasure 3000, 72 watch towers, said to symbolize three thousand disciples of Confucius and Seventy-saint. The wall of wind and rain more than 600 years through the vicissitudes of life, glory still remain.
A treasure of ancient city walls
The walls of Pingyao County. Hongwu years (1370) built 6.4 km circumference, the existing early history of Shanxi, the largest of a city wall. Ming and Qing dynasties had repair, but basically the shape and structure of the early Ming Dynasty. The city is square, the wall is about 12 meters high, all brick exterior walls built of Embrasure, outside the wall, moat, breadth and depth of the 4 meters. City open the door six weeks, something the two, and one each in North and South. Fraud and build things outside the Urn, in order to facilitate defense. There Embrasure 3000, 72 watch towers, said to symbolize three thousand disciples of Confucius and Seventy-saint. . The wall of wind and rain more than 600 years through the vicissitudes of life, glory still remain.
Pingyao ancient city streets, shops and residential areas have maintained the traditional layout and style. Was cross the street, shops built along the street pavement. Tall solid pavement, eaves painted painting, color engraved carved beams, antique. Residents home after paving bricks and gray tiles of the courtyard all, axis clear, symmetrical. The whole city has witnessed a rustic style.
Second Bao Tran Quoc Pagoda
The ancient city of the north gate, which is the city's second treasure. Permitted million monastery built in the Five Dynasties (10th century) period, China is currently ranked third in the old wooden structure, dating back over 1,000 years of history. Hall of the Five Dynasties period is a rare sculpture of colorful art.
Sambo Temple, Shanxi
Located in the southwestern city. Monastery was built in Northern Qi Dynasty Wuping years (AD 571). Block the large hall inside the temple for more than 10 preservation of the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty (AD 13 to 17 century), more than 2,000 colorful statues statue, was hailed as a "treasure trove of colorful art."
Pingyao ancient city streets, shops and residential areas have maintained the traditional layout and style. Was cross the street, shops built along the street pavement. Tall solid pavement, eaves painted painting, color engraved carved beams, antique. Residents home after paving bricks and gray tiles of the courtyard all, axis clear, symmetrical. The whole city has witnessed a rustic style.
The ancient town of the north gate are Temple, which is the city's second treasure. Permitted million monastery built in the Five Dynasties (10th century) period, China is currently ranked third in the old wooden structure, dating back over 1,000 years of history. Hall of the Five Dynasties period is a rare sculpture of colorful art.
The third treasure of the ancient city is located southwest of the city of Temple, Shanxi. Monastery was built in Northern Qi Dynasty Wuping years (AD 571). Block the large hall inside the temple for more than 10 preservation of the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty (AD 13 to 17 century), more than 2,000 colorful statues statue, was hailed as a "treasure trove of colorful art."

Customs

Han Chuan with bamboo, wood, colored silk series tied into color-fang, surrounded by silk enclosure, surface with wood, silk canopy ride. Performances by blowing drum accompaniment and one woman played by boat, with colored ribbons on the shoulders of the ship driving, sit cross-legged false foot "boat", the boat seems to like to walk. Another person to play the boatman, who paddle in the former plan to bring. More content with the vessels for the ancient drama in the story, "fisherman kill the family", "Xu Xianyou Lake", "Autumn River" and so on.
Rocker is made with two pieces of wood stilt legs, usually in the 6-foot up and down, up to a ten feet high by 2 feet. Wooden cross mounted at the top of the pedal, the actors performances tied to the wooden top of the lower leg, foot step on board, moving performances by various dance steps. Skilled, could jump off the bench, tables or other obstructions or eight forks, "Golden Chicken independence", the next soft waist. Traditional content of "White Snake", "celebrate the top Pearl," "fox injustice", "Tang Seng learn." After the founding of new China, but also add the contents reflect the real life "Songzi join the army", "Family Planning", "Red Lantern", "symphony" and so on. The County of North City Village, known for performing dry Village stilts.
Court will lift iron rod fixed to the lift side, carrying the rod around a lotus flower, decorated with clouds and other props, and then three or four plays a variety of dramatic characters and the mythology of the story fixed in the irons on the children of men and women, carried by the adult males , in the moving performances. More than 50 kinds of content, including "The Shao Monkey King", "wealth map", "fire horse", "Broken Bridge", "rainbow Off", "Qi Jie", "flowers Pavilion", "Pirates of the fungus" , "under the east," "picking firewood", "Su escort female", "double hanging filial piety," "Yellow Front", "XL Mirror" and "anti Tang Yi," "Fox edge", "Fung Ting", " blood fingerprint "and
Dragon bamboo, wood, cloth and other materials of refined lead, then made a number of sections of bamboo dragon ring, with a cloth around the connecting grow up to 20 meters above its body, tail, dragon painted Lin, Talon patterns . Performances held one lead with a wood, wooden section with ten men held on its body, tail, in front of people who have a long lead the way Tsai-fireball drama. Accompaniment in the wind and percussion music, dance leader, leading to its body roll with the ups and downs, winding swing. Performances of "Erlongxizhu", "tone square", "eight tone," "snake skin back," "pearl set", such as modeling. Built the first dragon dragon candles, day and night and can show. Evening performances, dragon body lights, the momentum is quite spectacular.
Bamboo horse leather or bamboo strips bound together with bamboo, yarn on the outside of damask wall paper, and then the painting is made. Bamboo horse is divided into before and after the two sections, fixed in the twelve-year-old boy's chest, lower back. Body is a number of small bells. Bamboo Colts 14 children generally play, 12-horse performance zodiac, called the horse in front of a boot, the Buddha with the dust theater command, followed by one ponytail. The remaining performers holding whip, like riding a horse to run in general, accompanied by the sound of the bells sounded again and again, like full steam ahead. Night, the bamboo horse who placed a candle, it is particularly good-looking performers. Performance in the form of a "snake skin back," "turning over the body", "double eight tune" "single eight," "The scissors stock", "eight tone", and "bamboo horse", "no head", "three-ring set ear "and so on.
Steadily high and the back stick its surface is similar to the actual performance is more difficult. Performers are from the 7-year-old boys and girls, make up into a variety of dramatic characters, standing shoulders above the adult performers, without any tie lines, depends on a child against the adult brain, legs, knees, Push standing, similar to the acrobatics. Adults with the music rhythm, in the moving performances, children above the shoulders of the corresponding variety of dance moves, truly beautiful. Repertoire to play, "Journey to the West", "Eight Immortals" and the majority, are very popular.
To Yangko to Yangko have to sing and dance, musical instruments and a drum on both sides, cymbals, a pair of each hairpin, gongs on both sides, mouth scraping sides, conditions can be increased when the musical instruments, performers, a corresponding increase. Leng, a hand drum performers aside, quick thinking, eloquence clever lyric by King to Pingyao dialect and humorous impromptu concert auspicious "forty-six sentence." Sentence paragraphs, the various instruments suddenly hit Qi, intense interlude, sonorous melody. Hand drum is the core of the band, opened the playing posture, dancing, walking in the team, very active. Other musicians not only percussion, and performance, form freely. Yangko spread to a wider repertoire of traditional "view of five in Beijing," "ten light", "Wang Xiangxiao mother" and so on.
Crafts
Handmade cloth: "old bad feet first, health first raised foot." The most significant feature handmade shoes are breathable, absorbent and strong, and increased foot extension on the surrounding environment, and adaptability, so as to realize the human body from foot to body maintenance. Oxytropis shoes, also known as tiger-head shoes, the best of traditional Chinese female red level. Shoes, cat-like phantom tiger, naive, meaning evil and misfortunes, luck prosperity. Carcass soft foot in children role play a very good maintenance.

Push lacquer: Push the nature of lacquer is a senior paint process equipment to hand launch gloss is named. Pingyao, Shanxi famous push lacquer crafts simple elegant look, flash lights, decorative painting magnificent, delicate and smooth, moisture resistant, durable, the best for lacquer in the boutique. According to records, Pingyao push lacquer production began in the Tang Dynasty Kaiyuan, has a long history. Existing varieties for the high-end screen, hanging screen and so on. Mostly jet black primer, Xia Red, apricot, green violet-based, top painted with a national style patterns, or gilt painting, or carving Daoke pad, or sand drum mosaic, smooth lines, harmonious colors, magnificent. Pingyao push lacquer production, tire sub-wood, gray tires, painting, painters, and mosaic and other five processes. Now, push the lacquer sold Pingyao Twenty-eight countries and regions in the world, Pingyao push lacquer, and has won the National Award for Arts and Crafts Hundred Flowers Award and the Gold Cup Silver Cup Award. World Expo quality products are exported to more than thirty countries and regions. Become an international best-selling products market.