Taiyuan Ancient County Town, Shanxi Walking the path my third uncle walked

Taiyuan Ancient County Town was built in the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1375), and on this land, it was the ancient city of Jinyang with a cultural accumulation of more than a thousand years. Therefore, Taiyuan Ancient County Town still continues the architectural style of Jinyang Ancient City. The buildings in the city are mainly Ming and Qing architectures. The cross street connecting the city gates runs through it, dividing the ancient city into 4 areas. With the cross street as the center, there are many streets extending. From a high point of view, the entire ancient city is like a phoenix flying high with its head to the north and tail to the south, so it has another name - Phoenix City. Zhang Yimou praised: "The beauty of its architecture, its bricks and tiles, the various detailed things carved on the wall, present a beauty of Chinese architecture, a spatial beauty. Hundreds of people built this courtyard with real swords and guns, polished it very well, and those details are very good when displayed." "How deep is the courtyard", walking into the courtyard, all around are enclosed brick walls, each quadrangle, courtyard connected, the entire courtyard, high buildings deep courtyard thick walls, majestic tall and neat, layout rigorous and orderly, various stone carvings, wood carvings, brick carvings come into view... Light through the hollow window, courtyard in the courtyard, game in the game, dark and righteous, contrast is bright, and complement each other~ Taiyuan Bus Station - Taiyuan Ancient County Town: Walk 674 meters to Binzhou Hotel (about 10 minutes) 804 Road (Jin Temple New Town direction) Binzhou Hotel on the bus → Jinyuan get off Taiyuan South Station - Taiyuan Ancient County Town: 79 Road (Jin Temple New Town direction) Train South Station on the bus → Jinyuan get off Taiyuan Station - Taiyuan Ancient County Town: 856 Road (last bus)