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The best scenic spot for a one-day tour in Taigu

The best scenic spot for a one-day tour of Taigu: the ancient city of Taigu in Shanxi.

The ancient city of Taigu, Shanxi, is famous for its Drum Tower, White Pagoda of Wubian Temple and Kong Xiangxi House. The ancient city of Taigu was built 1400 years ago. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shanxi merchants gangs appeared in Taigu. Brought a lot of wealth to Taigu. The ancient city of Taigu has been expanded again and again, and its scale is far beyond Pingyao.

Shanxi Taigu tourist attractions:

1, Sanduotang: Also known as Cao Family Courtyard, it is a hall name of Cao Shi, a wealthy merchant of Shanxi merchants in Ming and Qing Dynasties. More than three means more happiness, longer life and more children. Sanduotang was built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, covering an area of 10600 square meters. It consists of an inner courtyard and an outer courtyard, including 15 small courtyards, 3 inverted buildings, 3 halls, 3 main buildings and 277 houses.

2. Xizhuang Village: It is a gathering of ancient quarrymen. It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period, craftsmen took stones from Luliang Mountain and formed a quarry in the open area below. With the expansion of production scale, in order to facilitate production, masons lived near quarries and formed villages in the Zhou Dynasty in the late Five Dynasties. Because it is in the west of Duwu Village, it is called Xizhuang.

3. Guangcun: Located in Zhang Ze Town, Xinjiang County, Yuncheng City, it is a beautiful village at the foot of the ancient society (yè) mountain, comparable to the Ding Cun site in Linfen. According to legend, during the Northern Qi Dynasty, sunlight suddenly appeared over the place, which was colorful, dazzling and extremely beautiful. So he reported it to the court with a good omen, which greatly pleased the people and gave him a name Guangcun. As early as the Neolithic Age, there were people here.