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Introduction of the
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Pingyao is the perfectly preserved
old city, which is located at the centre
of Shanxi province. It was built in the
year of 827 B.C, and the present city is
the one which was extended in the year of
1370. It is made up of the intact city wall,
streets, temples, stores and the local people.
The city covers 2.25 square kilometers and
it was listed in the World Heritage Register
in December
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| Pingyao City |
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Pingyao County Yamen is
located at north of the centre of Yamen
Street. And it covers about 26.6 thousand
square meters with about 131 meters from
east to west and about 203 meter from north
to south. The architectural group is well
organized and the layout is symmetrical.
And it has been recorded in an old book
in old dynasty. |
| County Yamen |
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Rishengchang
Money Exchange Shop is suited at the south
of the busiest section of the Xida Street
in the city, covering an area of over
1700 square meters. The Money Exchange
Shop has been rebuilt in 1995 and now
it has been listed the China Museum of
Money Exchange Shop. In addition, it collected,
arranged and stored up a lot of historical
information of other Money Exchange Shop
in Pingyao and shanxi and other places
in China and reflected the history and
development of the Money Exchange Shop.
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| Rishengchang |
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The City Building is located
at the South Street of the city which is
also the centre part of the city. As there
is a gold well nearby the building, it has
another name of Gold Well Building. It is
also the important historical relics in
Shanxi Province.
The existing City Building belongs to Qing
style which is a kind of wood construction
with three floors and the roof is decorated
by glazed tile, so it is elegant in molding
and exquisite in decoration. The downstairs
consisted of several valuable stone steles
of Qing dynasty. The City Building stretches
over the South Street, so you can overlook
the signs of the whole city if you on the
highest floor. |
| City Building |
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Pingyao Chenghuang Shrine
is distinctive in the architectural style
and architectural technique is unique. It
is like a dazzling jewel in Pingyao and
it is one of the well preserved shrines
in our country. It is regularly sited and
it is a important historic heritage. |
| Chenghuang
Shrine |
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Confucian Shrine is one important
component of the city as well as the important
target to preserve. As the earliest existing
Confucian Shrines, it was built in the year
of 963 and rebuilt in the year of 1163.
Its main architecture Dacheng palace is
built 2 hundred to 7 hundred earlier than
those shrines in Beinjing and Nanjing. It
has a high historical and art and scientific
value because of its unique plane arrangement,
pillar pattern and structure |
| Confucian Shrine
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