Which gate does Pingyao ancient city enter from?

Ordinary tourists enter from the north gate.

Pingyao Ancient City is located in Pingyao County, central Shanxi Province. It was built in West Zhou Xuanwang (827-782 BC).

Pingyao is known as one of the "four best preserved ancient cities", and it is also one of the only two ancient cities in China that have successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city.

In 2009, Pingyao Ancient City was rated as the most complete ancient county seat in China by world record association. 20 15, 15, Pingyao ancient city became a national 5A-level tourist attraction.

Pingyao ancient city is an outstanding example of China ancient city in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and Pingyao ancient city has preserved all its features. In addition, in the historical development of China, a complete picture of extraordinary cultural, social, economic and religious development is presented to people. (UNESCO World Heritage Committee)

2017165438+1October 19, and won the word-of-mouth award of the year as a tourist destination.

The first batch of practical education bases for primary and secondary school students in China.

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Pingyao county is located in the center of Pingyao ancient city. Founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was finalized in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The earliest preserved building was built in the sixth year of Yuan Dynasty (1346), with a history of more than 600 years. The whole Ya 'an sits facing south, showing an axisymmetric layout. The north-south central axis is more than 200 meters long, and the east-west width is 100 meters, covering an area of more than 26,000 square meters. Pingyao county government, as one of the four well-preserved ancient governments in China, is also the largest county government in China. The whole county government building complex is an organic whole, with orderly master-slave structure and reasonable structure. On May 19, 2004, when the 11th Panchen Lama visited the county government, he was pleased to mention: "Pingyao County is the best in the ancient government".

Rishengchang Bank was founded in the third year of Qing Daoguang (1823), which was funded by Li Dajin, a wealthy businessman in Xidapu Village, Pingyao County, Shanxi Province, and co-founded by Lei Lvtai, the general manager. The total number is located in the south of Xidajie Road, a bustling market in Pingyao County, Shanxi Province. Covers an area of 1.600 square meters, with compact land and clear functions. It is the first national banking industry in China, which manipulated the economic lifeline of the whole Qing Dynasty in the19th century. Its semicolons are distributed in more than 30 cities across the country, as far away as Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other countries, and it is known as "Huitong World". ?

Confucius Temple is the Confucius Temple, where Confucius is sacrificed. Pingyao Confucian Temple, located in the southeast corner of Pingyao County, was founded in the early years of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty. Its Dacheng Hall was rebuilt in the third year of Jin Dading (1 163), and it has remained its original appearance to this day. It is the oldest existing Confucius Temple in China. Pingyao Confucian Temple faces south, with a large scale and complete regulations. Officially opened to tourists in 2004, it has become one of the main cultural relics tourist attractions in Pingyao ancient city.

Qingxu Guan is the largest Taoist temple in the ancient city. According to the traditional layout of Daodong Foxi, it is located in the north of the east section of East Street. Qingxu Museum was founded in the second year of Tang Xianqing (657), formerly known as Taiping Museum, and changed to Qingxu Museum in the first year of Song Zhiping (1064). At the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, it was renamed Taiping Xingguo View, later renamed "Taiping Chongsheng Palace", and in Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Qingxu Guan. With the vicissitudes of history, the world has changed and the years have passed, there are not many Taoist idols left here. From 65438 to 0998, the Qingxu Museum in Pingyao County was opened as a comprehensive museum.

Pingyao City Wall was built in the period of Western Zhou Xuanwang (827-782 BC), which is a rammed earth wall. In the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1370), the original "18 steps in nine miles" was changed to "12 miles, 8 minutes and 4 centimeters" (6.4 kilometers), and the rammed earth wall was changed to a masonry wall. There are twenty-five courses in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The plane of the city wall is square, with a circumference of 6162.7m and a height of10m. The mound is 2 meters high and 3-5 meters wide at the top. The wall is rammed with plain soil, and there are 77 drainage grooves built by bricks outside and inside. On the outside of the top of the wall, there are 2-meter-high crib walls (also called horse-blocking walls), with 3000 cribs, 72 watchtowers and protective walls. There are four turrets, with desks on the east wall and Kuixing Tower and Wenchang Pavilion on the top of the southeast corner city.

Wengcheng refers to a small town built outside the city gate, also called Moon City, to enhance the city's defense capability. The direction of the urn door in Pingyao ancient city is 90 (except the south gate and the lower east gate). Even if the enemy breaks through the urn door, there is still the main entrance defense. Because of the narrow space in Wengcheng, it is difficult to launch a large-scale attack, which slows down the enemy's attack, and the defenders on the top of the city wall can shoot from all directions, giving the enemy a fatal blow. The so-called closing the door to shoot a dog and catch a turtle in the jar. ?

It was built at the top of the city gate and was sometimes called "pagoda" in ancient times. There are six towers in Pingyao City Wall, which were built in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the forty-second year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (1703). Tower height 16. 14m, five rooms width 13.72m, four rooms depth10.04m. Simple and generous shape, dignified and steady structure. The tower is an exquisite and beautiful high-rise building, with the city wall as the top. It is an important high-altitude defense facility in the utopia.

The turrets built at the four corners of the city wall are mainly used to make up for the weak defense links at the corners of the city wall, thus enhancing the defense capability of the whole city wall. The turret refers to the "Xiadie Tower" in the northwest corner and the "July Tower" in the northeast corner respectively. The "Airui Building" in the southwest corner and the "Ningxiu Building" in the southeast corner.

Located on the top of the city wall between the Upper East Gate and the Lower East Gate, the Dianjiangtai is now a brick platform. According to legend, after Zhou Xuanwang ascended the throne in 827 BC, he sent general Yin Jifu to lead the northern expedition and won Lien Chan's victory. Later, he was ordered to station troops in Pingyao today, build more city walls, and train foot soldiers to practice martial arts here. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, people built Gaozhen Temple in the place where Yin went on patrol to commemorate their achievements. The "Gaozhen Temple" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was integrated into a whole, which was a broad platform at the top of the city. You are relaxed and happy when you climb up to see it. The poem said: "The platform is hundreds of feet away from the county seat, and Ji Fuxun's name is in front. The grass has been blocked for a long time, and Longqi dare not leave the car year. " ?

"Horse face" is an attached pier protruding outward from the city wall, which is named because of its slender shape and horse face. The setting of the "horse face" not only enhances the firmness of the city wall, but also eliminates the dead angle of the battlefield in the battle of guarding the city: once Enemy at the Gates, the guards on the faces of adjacent horses can be organized into a cross-shooting net, so that the attackers can be defeated by the enemy from left to right. Pingyao city wall has a horse face every 60 meters-100 meters, and there are towers on the horse face, which are called "enemy towers".

Pingyao City has six ancient city gates, two in the east and two in the west. A bird's eye view of Pingyao ancient city looks like a turtle who just wants to move. The glans of the turtle is south and the tail is north, and the four gates of the east and west are compared to the four feet of the turtle. Therefore, it is called "turtle city" among the people. Outside the south gate, the ancient Zhongdu River winds through, which has aroused the feeling of ancient literati that "the water is playing in front of the turtle, the mountains and rivers are rising, and the city is used". The tortoise is a symbol of good luck and longevity. The theory of "turtle city" originated from the ancient people's worship of "four spirits", which means golden soup and long-term stability. ?

Zhenguo Temple is located in Dong Hao Village, about 0/2km northeast of Pingyao County. Originally known as Jingcheng Temple, it was changed to Zhenguo Temple in the 19th year of Ming Jiajing. Built in the Northern Han Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, it is only 1 km away from Hongshan Station of Tongpu Railway. The temple is divided into two parts, from south to north, including the Heavenly King Hall, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Hall and the Three Buddhas Building. Wanfo Hall is the main building in the front yard. It is one of the oldest existing wooden structures in China. Although small in scale, it is magnificent in shape and extraordinary in momentum. There are 14 colored sculptures in the temple, and there is a statue of Sakyamuni in the center of the Buddhist altar, with two disciples Ye Jia and Ananda standing on the left and right. The Buddha statue is tall and majestic, with a strong style of the middle Tang Dynasty. ?

Shuanglin Temple was built in Wuping, Northern Qi Dynasty (AD 57 1), facing south. The temple complex covers an area of about 15000 square meters and is divided into east and west parts. There is a temple courtyard in the west, which is distributed along the central axis and consists of ten main halls. The front yard is the Sakyamuni Hall, Luohan Hall, Vu Thang Hall, Earth Treasure Hall, Yamaraja Hall and Tianwang Hall; The Intermediate People's Court is the Hall of Heroes, the Hall of Thousand Buddhas and the Hall of Bodhisattva. The backyard is the Queen's Hall and Yizhen Temple. In the East, there are Buddhist temples and Confucian classrooms. There are more than 2,000 colored plastic statues in the ten halls of the temple from Yuan Dynasty to Ming Dynasty (13 ~17th century), which is known as the "treasure house of colored plastic art".

The traffic vein of Pingyao ancient city consists of four criss-crossing streets, eight small streets and seventy-two dragonflies. South Street is the central axis of Pingyao ancient city, starting from the junction of East Street and West Street in the north, reaching the south gate (Yingxunmen) in the south, and running through the north and south with Gushi Tower. On both sides of the street, there are many ancient and traditional shops, which are the most prosperous traditional commercial streets. During the Qing Dynasty, Nanjie controlled more than 50% of the financial institutions in China. Known as China's "Wall Street". West Street starts from Xiaximen (Fengyimen) in the west, intersects with the northern ends of East Street and South Street, and forms a straight main street with East Street. Rishengchang, the first famous bank in China, was born in Gucheng West Street, which is known as "the first financial street in Qing Dynasty". East Street starts from the lower East Gate (Qin and Han Gate) in the east, intersects with the north ends of West and South Street, and forms a straight main street with West Street. North Street starts from the north gate (Gongjimen) and Nantong West Street.