平遥古城The Ancient City of Ping Yao

平遥古城

The Ancient City of Ping Yao

The ancient city of Pingyao in Shanxi Province in the central part of north

China, was built in the Western Zhou Dynastyperiod (BC 827 ~ BC 782), Ming

Dynasty Hongwu 2003 (Year 1370) expansion of the 1980s 2700 years of

history. So far, it has remained relatively intact, Ming and Qing (Year 1368 to

1911) period of the basic outlook of the county,Chinese Han nationality

existing areas most complete ancient city.

Pingyao was a late Qing Dynasty, China's financial center, and China is the

most complete preservation of the ancient county seat pattern.

When Jin is the Spring and Autumn Warring States is the Zhao. Ping Qin Tao

home county, in the County-home to the Wang clan living on the capital.

Pingyao County, changed its name to the Northern Wei Dynasty. The late Qing

Dynasty, with its headquarters in the Pingyao, there are more than 20 votes,

more than half of the country's total, and was called

China.

first world-famous Chinese votes,

Pingyao now basically preserved, the county seat prototype Ming and Qing

Dynasties,

architectural layout of the Eight Diagrams are complying with the position,

reflects the Ming and Qing Dynasties, urban planning ideas and shapes

distribution. City and outside with all kinds of sites, ancient buildings 300

multiple, preserve the integrity of the Ming and Qing Dynasties houses nearly

4,000, street shops reflect historical original appearance, and has been called

the study of Chinese ancient city of live specimens.

The south gate of the city wall which in 2004 collapsed, the addition has been

laid most of the rest is the existing larger, earlier history, a more complete

preservation of the ancient city wall of Pingyao is the ancient city of the World

Heritage the core component. In addition, the town of Temple,and Pingyao

Confucian Temple are also included in the World Heritage areas of protection.

Pingyao, located Fenhe the east coast and the southwest extremity of Taiyuan

basin, and another national historical and cultural cities of Qixian County

ys, Dayun highway longitudinal. The economy was dominated

by agriculture, the main producer of grain, cotton, specialty beef, such as push

- lacquer ware. One beef considerable reputation,

folk song lyrics.

Pingyao Ancient City is the preservation of integrity of the historic city of China,

as well as the ancient city prototype. China is the most complete in a

preserved ancient county seat, is China's Han ethnic cities in the outstanding

example of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in the development of Chinese

history, in order to show an extraordinary cultural, social, economic and

religious development the ancient city of Pingyao complete picture scroll text in

the preservation of China's most complete an ancient county seat, is China's

Han ethnic cities in the outstanding example of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,

in the development of Chinese history, in order to show an extraordinary

cultural, and social , economic and religious development of the complete

picture scroll.

双林寺

Shuanglin Temple

Shuanglin

Temple,This

is

the

key

units

to

be

protected,

in

Pingyao

County

in

Shanxi

Province

six

kilometers

southwest

of

Qiaotou

lin

Temple formerly known as

the host, and therefore its name. In the early creation of both Temple,

as

documented

loss

of

detail,

it

is

difficult

indeed

ng

monument

to

the

most

ancient

of

the

large

and

medium-sized

four

years

the

Northern

Song

Dynasty

(1011),

of

the

monument.

The

long,

illegible,

the

20th

trip

Temple

in

Wuping

2002

can

still

identify.

the Northern Qi

dynasty, is entrusted

to the will

of its creation as early as this. Even from the time of the Northern Qi

dynasty, in both

Temple

has more

than 1,400

have been through

the Spring

and Autumn Period. Both Temple was on the one hand, Maung Aye majestic

temple,

incense,

visitors

should

not

have

built

the

the

high is expected

foundation

stone

still

exist,

more

than

1

m

in

diameter,

a

proof

that

its

scale

of.

About

to

the

Song

Dynasty,

both

Temple

renamed

Shuanglin

Temple.

According to Buddhist scriptures records, the Nirvana of

the Buddha

Sakyamuni

for

the

Ancient

City

in

Tsuen

Wan

arrests

body

Badi

Sal

between

尔时

Buddha in, head north West,, passed away heaven , opened four sides

Dayton Baihua, known as the

a

nun,

therefore,

of

the

monument

and

justice

Temple

and

other

relics,

covered

with

the

commemoration

of

the

lin

Temple

construction,

by 1000

calendar

for hundreds of

years of wind

and rain is

suffering

from,

the

temple

that

is

gradually

face

of

the

dumping,

although

both

ancient

repairs,

but

the

end

of

the

Yuan

Dynasty,

has

come

to

a

Ying

loss

marina,

the

Office

Gallery

stage.

Therefore,

the

Ming

Dynasty

Jingtai, Tianshun, Zhengde, Longqing years and-light, Xuantong Period

years

have

massive

reconstruction

or

rehabilitation,

all

of

the

existing

temple has been the construction of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.