Pingyao Ancient City

Pingyao Ancient City is located in Pingyao County, central Shanxi Province. It was built during the reign of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty and is one of the four best-preserved ancient cities in China. Stepping into the ancient city is like traveling back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The city walls are surrounded and towering, and you can overlook the whole ancient city from the city wall, with blue tiles and gray walls, and deep courtyards. Ming and Qing Street is bustling with ancient shops lined up one after another, selling special products such as Pingyao beef and lacquerware. Rishengchang Exchange Shop, as the first exchange shop in China, witnessed the brilliance and wisdom of Shanxi merchants. Its architectural layout is rigorous, with high walls and courtyards, and strict precautions. There are many ancient buildings such as temples and Taoist temples in the ancient city. The Pingyao County Government is solemn and majestic. The regular court performance vividly reproduces the ancient case scene. Pingyao has a profound cultural heritage, and folk arts such as shehuo and paper-cutting are wonderful. Pingyao Ancient City is not only a witness of history, but also a cultural inheritor, attracting tourists from all over the world to appreciate its thousand-year-old style with its unique charm.