平遥古城The Ancient City of Ping Yao.doc

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, Chinas 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 countrys total, and was called the Wall Street of ancient China. The largest is a Emperor Daoguangs Reign, land of wealth and the first world-famous Chinese votes, Sheng-chang on. Pingyao now basically preserved, the county seat prototype Ming and Qing Dynasties, Turtle City known. The street pattern as soil shaped, 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