Running away

The temperature is high! Hot! Exposure! They are all the most obvious characteristics of summer, corresponding to the word "passionate" and full of fierce love.

I love and hate summer. I love it for its blue sky, white clouds, and rare wind; I also hate it for making me sweat and make me tan. Feeling sore from the light and sun.

Also, Xia Tian has a hot temper, is impulsive, and can make decisions and implement them every minute. So, I left the steaming Guangzhou and came to Pingyao to wait for you.

Pingyao Ancient City, even its name is inseparable from the flavor of history. There are generally two types of people who come here. The first type comes "for tourism"; the second type comes "because of the story".

And I am here for impulse and growth.

Who said that tourism is nothing more than seeing people and streets; we must "know that the soil and water support the people". The people, streets and scenery we see are all nurtured by the history and culture. It comes out; the local characteristics and why they are special.

All of these are really “flavorful”, so you might as well explore them one by one!

Food is the most important thing for the people!

The first step into the ancient city is to find a small shop to rest and nourish your stomach. The snacks here are as good as the night markets we often go to. You can try several kinds at a time. My money is (not) expensive (it is expensive) and I laugh.

I have heard about the pasta in Shanxi for a long time. The people here can make pasta in various ways. The important thing is that each variety has its own characteristics and has its own merits. Therefore, "coarse grains are cooked carefully, and fine grains are cooked carefully" has become a major feature of Shanxi's pasta culture.

Cooking

Cutting board

(Knead the noodles until they are soft and hard, flatten them with a rolling pin on the cutting board, and cut them into thin pieces with a knife. Put the thin slices directly into the pot, cook and add vegetables to eat)

Liuliujian

(Bean flour product. Thin the bean flour, pick it up with chopsticks and pour it into the pot, cook it briefly. Serve with seasonings and vegetables)

Steamed food

Yantutu

(Mix the sorghum noodles with boiling water, roll them into thin slices, and roll them up. Shape it into a cylinder, steam it in a basket, cut it into thin strips, and add seasonings to eat. Squeeze the small dough into shells, tubes, screws, etc., steam it and add seasoning water before eating)

Frying

Fire

( Corn flour product. Mix fine corn flour with oil and water, make it into a pancake shape and bake it on a griddle.)

Huang'er Jian

(Add seasonings to the corn flour and mix well. Spoon it onto the hot griddle, spread it flat on a spreader and bake it, and eat it directly)

Noodles

Lancet-shaped noodles

(Put the noodles into place. Knead until slightly hard, hold the noodles with one hand, and use the noodle shaving iron to slice into the pot. After cooking, stir-fry and eat. Knife-shaped noodles are a specialty of Shanxi noodles and one of the top five noodles in my country.)

Thin-rolled noodles

(The noodles are made into thin, thin and long noodles. The difference from long-rolled noodles is that they are thin, and the eating method is similar.)

Shanxi's noodles The rich variety of pasta is inseparable from these pasta making tools. Which ones do you often see?

After eating and drinking, it’s time to start digestion mode!

Now is the time for an immersive melodrama "Meet Pingyao Again"!

I believe that everyone who has watched "Meet Pingyao Again" will give it a thumbs up. During the 90 minutes, you will forget that the hands are turning and time is passing!

Go there early to get a good viewing position. "Seeing Pingyao Again" is the best entry point to understand the land, water and people here. The most profound impression left on people by the ancient city of Pingyao is the people who once lived here. Their benevolence and righteousness perfectly demonstrated the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.

How do they live? How do they pass down benevolence and righteousness from generation to generation? These are not only visible in the plot, but also deeply felt. The feeling of being shocked is finally no longer through an electronic screen, but a real live performance.

Seeing the scene where the bodyguard’s soul returned, many people shed tears on the spot, and some even broke down in tears. A good script also requires good actors to perfectly interpret its charm! It is said that most of the actors in "Meet Pingyao Again" are local Pingyao people. They had to endure hardships and endure the hard work to be selected. It can be said that they acted in their true colors.

The performance design of "Seeing Pingyao Again" is so unique that pedestrians can watch it while walking, and everywhere they go is both the stage and the audience. Streets, courtyards, city walls... all appear during viewing, making the audience feel that they are not modern bystanders, but characters who belong to that era.

At the end of the 90-minute plot, I feel extremely awed by the Chinese people and the people of Shanxi! It is precisely because good quality has been passed down that we have such a united and loving team and a prosperous country.

When I walked around Ximen Street, I found a lot of tourists. I happened to find a coffee shop, so I went in and ordered a drink in the name of "combining work and rest" and took the opportunity to rest.

I have to say that after standing for a long time and under the scorching sun, taking a nap is particularly precious. I chose a seat by the window so I could watch the scenery while resting, which was something new.

The next stop is to follow the scenic spots to learn their secrets!

Rishengchang

If you want to understand the Shanxi merchant culture, Rishengchang is the most unmissable place. As the first bank in China, it is also an outstanding representative of Shanxi merchant culture. place.

From the perspective of architectural model, as a traditional residential building, it also absorbs the style of shops, achieving a harmonious unity of architectural art and functional use.

After more than a hundred years from the establishment of the bank to its closure, the body of the founder of modern banking in China has rested here ever since.

From a heavy amount of silver to a piece of paper known as a "silver note", Rishengchang's "Huitong Tianxia" has given businessmen a reassurance and allowed them to move forward on the road of business. farther.

In fact, the development of banknotes is also an inevitable necessity of the times. With the development of commodity economy, there are big problems in the large-scale circulation of currency. First, it is bulky and inconvenient to carry; second, it is dangerous and eye-catching.

In order to meet the needs of commodity circulation and currency turnover, the "ticket account" was born, and it must be said that the wisdom of the people of Shanxi is so admirable.

China's earliest bank secret key system was born here. The secret key was equivalent to the current bank security system, but it was displayed through text at the time.

We know the acrostic poem, which is at the beginning or end of the chapter, but the secret code here is much more difficult than that of the acrostic poem. People who don’t understand it feel that they are not following the routine. Same.

The important thing is that the key will be changed regularly. By the time you answer the question, it is estimated that the "bank" has changed several methods.

It is precisely because of the security of the secret key that the coefficient of preventing false claims is greatly improved, which allows the ticket account to develop and grow.

In the prosperous period, there were 17 largest ticket companies in the country, 7 of which were in Shanxi. Shanxi people's business is getting bigger and bigger, so they are called Shanxi merchants. The root of Shanxi merchants' success lies in the business gang policy of "integrity" and "unity".

Shanxi merchants are one of the "three major business gangs in China" in history.

Pingyao Confucian Temple

"If we regard the ancient city of Pingyao as a complete and rich life body, then Pingyao Confucian Temple is her soul; if we regard Pingyao Confucian Temple as a flesh-and-blood Her living body, then Dacheng Hall is undoubtedly her heart."

Whether it’s your soul or your heart, you have to see it today.

Pingyao Confucian Temple is the earliest existing Confucian temple in my country and has the most complete Confucian temple complex. I'm not interested in architecture, but I'm still amazed when I see it. Such a "rare" architectural structure and exquisite construction craftsmanship make the Confucian Temple complex still vivid to this day.

From the moment you step into this place, you will feel a sense of admiration. Learned and talented people once gathered here, and the scholarly atmosphere here has remained for thousands of years. I also walked around carefully and watched with admiration.

In fact, what attracts me most about the Confucian Temple is its Confucian culture. The spirit of Shanxi merchants that we admire has a great contribution from Confucianism.

Confucius is the most familiar to everyone, but not many people understand him deeply. Even I am still on the road of learning.

Confucius served as a high-ranking official in the State of Lu when he was young, but he spent most of his life in education and taught many knowledgeable and talented students.

Being such a knowledgeable person gives him a different thinking pattern. In the feudal society at that time, who dared to say that "all people are created equal"? Confucius was different. He believed:

No one is born with high or low status; For Yao and Shun.

After the changes of the past dynasties, Confucianism absorbed Buddhism and Taoism to form New Confucianism, which still has a huge influence on my country's economy, politics and other aspects to this day.

How lucky I am to be born in China. This is my greatest realization.

China Rare Newspaper Exhibition Hall

Before the advent of smartphones, newspapers were very useful everywhere. The most important thing is to understand current affairs and learn about new things happening in various places at the first time. This is the best publicity tool at that time.

When I was in elementary school, I often saw my Chinese teacher reading a newspaper with his glasses drooped. I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and wanted to go over and help him put on or take off his glasses every time. However, the newspaper was densely packed with words. It's not big, but it looks quite laborious.

With the development of the times, newspapers are gradually being replaced by the emergence of the Internet + smartphones. Fewer and fewer people read newspapers. We know current events faster and faster. The times are progressing, and the "process" of progress has been preserved.

The purpose of my coming here is very simple, I just want to see the history of "newspapers".

In this courtyard that retains the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there is a full collection of newspapers of all kinds. There are the largest newspapers, the smallest newspapers, newspapers from the Cultural Revolution period, major current affairs newspapers, etc.

What caught my eye was a very small one - "Jiangnan Travel News". It is said that this is the first smallest full-color micro-newsletter. It is to commemorate the "9·27" World Tourism Day and commemorate the China Tourism Year in 1997. It has been included in the "Guinness Book of World Records".

The library has a collection of more than 60,000 newspapers and more than 1.1 million copies. It is worthy of being included in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The Inscription Hall collects inscriptions from leaders at all levels to the newspaper collection museum and newspapers, periodicals and books donated by people from all walks of life; the Shanxi Hall displays some of the precious treasures of Shanxi Province before the 1960s; At the turn of the century, on January 1, 2001, mankind entered the 21st century and opened the door to the new century. All major newspapers and periodicals adopted special formats to commemorate this special historical moment.

In addition to these, there are 7 other exhibition halls, each of which has its own value and significance. For those who want to understand current affairs, this is the place not to be missed.

After visiting the newspaper office, I felt that the sun was about to set, so I hurried towards the city wall. I have seen too many urban scenes after get off work, with groups of busy and numb office workers, but here I want to see something different.

There are no crowded zebra crossings, only a few people and ancient streets. At this time, the sun is not so dazzling, and the skin is not so painful when exposed to the sun.

The ancient city buildings are arranged in an orderly manner. The roofs are very hot in the sun. It will take a long time for the heat to subside.

Mud gray seems to be the exclusive color of the ancient city. It is old and earthy, but it can be vaguely brightened by red and embellished with green. Red represents vitality and green represents vitality. This is really a "living and fragrant" ancient city.

Do you think that climbing the ancient city wall is just for viewing the scenery? Then you are wrong! The thick ancient city wall under your feet is not just for you to climb up and enjoy the scenery. In the past, height was an important factor in strategic success. City walls were not only defensive, but also offensive and defensive.

Standing in a historical area, you can recall the scenes of offensive and defensive battles, or understand the ancient conception of architecture and city construction, and the artistic atmosphere is reflected everywhere.

Pack the harvest and add a new mark on the road of growth.

The time in a day is too limited, but as long as you make full use of it, you will feel that every second is worth recording. Spending a fulfilling day is happiness.

A brief escape from the big city where I have lived for a long time adds a small period of different life trajectory to the process of growing up.

Travel is the most beautiful trip, it brings the owner’s expectations for the destination; Travel is also the happiest thing, it makes the future days full of hope.

I went to different places, saw different scenery, learned different things, and gained different insights into life.

In the early morning, as the pulley touched the ground and the plane shook, I finally said the last words: Goodbye.