What is the shape, geography and culture of Pingyao ancient city?

The appearance of Pingyao ancient city:

The total circumference of Pingyao city wall is 6 163 meters, and the height of the wall is about 12 meters, which divides Pingyao county with an area of about 2.25 square kilometers into two different worlds. The streets, sidewalks and urban buildings within the city walls retain the shapes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Outside the city wall, it is called the new city. There are 6 city gates, 4 watchtowers and 72 watchtowers in Pingyao city wall, of which the south gate wall section collapsed in 2004, and most of the rest are still well preserved.

Pingyao has the most complete ancient county structure in China. The traffic vein of Pingyao ancient city consists of four criss-crossing streets, eight small streets and seventy-two dragonflies. The whole city is very geometric, with staggered streets and well-arranged streets. The tower is located in the center of the city, and Ming and Qing Street is located on the north-south axis.

The ancient city building is divided into two parts: the Town God Temple on the left, the county government on the right, the Confucian Temple on the left and the Guandi Temple on the right. Taoist Qingxu Guan is on the left and Buddhist temple is on the right. Pingyao is also called "Turtle City". The south gate is the head, the north gate is the tail, and the east and west gates are four legs. Pingyao's four streets, eight small streets and seventy-two long alleys, like the pattern on the back of a turtle, form a huge gossip.

Geography of Pingyao Ancient City:

Pingyao Ancient City is located in Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, the middle reaches of the Yellow River, in the southwest of Taiyuan Basin in the east of the Loess Plateau (east longitude 1 12. 19, north latitude 37.2 1). The county is 6 16 kilometers northeast of Beijing, 90 kilometers north of Taiyuan, the provincial capital, 543 kilometers west of Xi, 758 kilometers east of Tianjin Port and 2390 kilometers south of Guangzhou coast. The total area of Pingyao County 1260 square kilometers.

Pingyao ancient city culture;

Pingyao Ancient City was built during the Zhou Xuanwang period from 827 BC to 782 BC, and was the residence of Yin Jifu, the general of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, it belonged to the State of Jin, and in the Warring States Period, it belonged to the State of Zhao. Tao Ping County, located in Zhongdu County in Qin and Han Dynasties, is the capital of clan acting as king. The Northern Wei Dynasty was renamed Pingyao County.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the city wall was built to resist foreign interference from the south.

In the third year of Hongwu (AD 1370), the old wall was rebuilt and expanded, and it was all brick. Since then, Jingtai, Zhengde, Jiajing, Qin Long, Wanli, etc. have been repaired ten times, and the towers have been updated and enemy stations have been added.

Location of Pingyao Ancient City:

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. It has important reference value for studying the social form, economic structure, military defense, religious beliefs, traditional concepts and ethical forms of human habitation in this period, and it is the most intact ancient resident community in the Han area so far.

It reflects the simple nature of Pingyao people who are hardworking and eager for peace. People hope that under the protection of the city wall, this is a paradise away from war.