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Guide words of Pingyao Ancient City in Shanxi

Hello, tourists.

Pingyao, a famous historical and cultural city in China, is coming. The towering brick wall on the right front is Pingzhi City, one of the four existing ancient city pools in China. On December 3, 1997, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee adopted a resolution to include Old Town of Lijiang in Yunnan Province, Pingtiao Ancient City in Shanxi Province and Suzhou Classical Gardens in Jiangsu Province in the World Heritage List. Now you can enjoy the prospect and relatively complete appearance of the ancient city.

Pingyao ancient city has a long history. According to reports, in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Xuangong sent troops to the north to attack Sayou and built Jingling City in order to resist the intrusion of nomadic people in the north. Jingling City was built in Jingling Lining, about 7 kilometers northeast of Pingyuan County, and the word Jingling has been used as a place name ever since. This can be said to be the beginning of Pingyao's city construction, and it is also the predecessor of Hutiao City now. Since then, it has a history of about 28 years.

There is no clear record in history when this Pingsong City was built. About the time when Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty died, in order to avoid anonymity, the original Pingtao County was changed to Hutiao County, and the county government was moved here from other places. The time to build the city should be after this. In the long wet historical years, there was her prosperity here, and it was destroyed by war many times. The city wall we see now was built in 137, the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, when the original earth city wall was heightened, thickened and expanded with bricks. Although it has been repaired several times since Ming and Qing Dynasties, its style has not changed.

There are many ancient buildings preserved in Pingyao ancient city, such as Dacheng Hall of Confucian Temple, Qingxu Guan, Shilou, Chenglong Temple and Wumiao Stage. It's street houses. It also basically preserves the features of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Strolling through the streets, you will also see all kinds of antique courtyard doors, courtyard pu, ancient architectural decorations carved with straw, and even see the horse-picking stone piles and dismounting stones in front of the door, which are a style of the ancient city.

Pingzhi not only has a long history, but also has a large number of celebrities. Sun Sheng, a famous historian of the Jin Dynasty who dared to ignore the threat of "copying with a full door" and wrote a straight book, Sun Kang, a famous ancient celebrity, and Hou Wailu, director of the Institute of History of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hou Jieyi, deputy director of the Institute of Linguistics, yaoyao, president of the China Literature Research Association, famous painter Li Gou and famous singer Lang Lanying were all born in this ancient land. Pingshi ancient city is worthy of being a famous historical and cultural city.

(crossing Jiji Bridge)

We are now driving on Huiji Bridge, a nine-arch stone bridge, which was built during the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt during the reign of Tongzhi. Mr. Boshan, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty, wrote an inscription for it personally. The scale of this bridge is not large, and the history is not very long, but it has a beautiful shape. The deck is flat, and it is not as high as ordinary stone bridges, which is convenient for horses and chariots to walk. What's more, there is a bridge under this bridge. There is no written record of the bridge below, and people didn't know it before. In August, 1977, a rainstorm caused a serious flood, and the rolling flood took away a lot of river sand that had been deposited for many years. When the water receded, people were surprised to find that Huiji Bridge was stacked on the deck of the old bridge, forming a spectacle on the bridge. Using the old bridge as a solid foundation for the new bridge not only saves money and manpower, but also saves time. What a clever idea! This is also a miracle in the history of bridge building.

The ancient city of Pingtiao has arrived. Please follow me to visit the city wall.

(crossing Jiji Bridge)

We are now driving on Huiji Bridge, a nine-arch stone bridge, which was built during the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt during the reign of Tongzhi. Mr. Boshan, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty, wrote an inscription for it personally. The scale of this bridge is not large, and the history is not very long, but it has a beautiful shape. The deck is flat, and it is not as high as ordinary stone bridges, which is convenient for horses and chariots to walk. What's more, there is a bridge under this bridge. There is no written record of the bridge below, and people didn't know it before. In August, 1977, a rainstorm caused a serious flood, and the rolling flood took away a lot of river sand that had been deposited for many years. When the water receded, people were surprised to find that Huiji Bridge was stacked on the deck of the old bridge, forming a spectacle on the bridge. Using the old bridge as a solid foundation for the new bridge not only saves money and manpower, but also saves time. What a clever idea! This is also a miracle in the history of bridge building.

The ancient city of Pingtiao has arrived. Please follow me to visit the city wall.

(Take tourists into the "Lower East Gate")

This is the "Lower East Gate" of Hutiao Fangcheng. You see how magnificent and spectacular this 12-meter-high wall is. Outside the city, there was originally a moat. There was a suspension bridge at the gate. In the days of ancient war, it was indeed an insurmountable line of defense.

The place where we came in is Xiadongmen Wengcheng, which was set up to defend the city gate. The city gate is the weak link on the city wall. With the urn, the defense means of the city are greatly enhanced. The place here is small and surrounded by high walls. Even if the enemy breaks into the urn, only a few people can come in, and they are immediately surrounded and become turtles in a jar. Some barbican gates are not opened opposite the city gate, but are turned around, which can prevent the rushing enemy soldiers from rushing under the city gate. By turning, the enemy soldiers' spirit can be dispelled. These design ideas were summed up by the ancients in their long-term practical experience.

Look, everyone. There is also a well-built and small courtyard in the urn. What is this for? It turns out that this is a small Guandi Temple. Guandi is a sage of martial arts. It is a unique creation of Pingtiao people to build the Guanguan Temple into the urn. Please follow me into the city and visit the city wall.

Now we are in the city. There were towers here. They were destroyed in the war. This platform built on the city wall is said to be Yin Jifu's commanding platform. Yin Jifu, a general of Zhou Xuanwang, is famous for his travels to San Francisco in history. He wrote several poems, such as "Higher" and "Crown R2", and the famous northern expedition to the northern nomadic people named l Jude mentioned earlier was commanded by him. In order to consolidate the achievements of the Northern Expedition, he also built Jingling City here. Yin Jifu remains. There are many places here. There is also a village near Jingling Village called Yin Village, which is said to be the place where Yin Jifu stationed troops in those years. Outside the Shangdong Gate, there was a fundraising by Yin Jifu. Before the fundraising, there was a big book "Zhou Qingshi ZJ Jifu Shinto" on a stone tablet in the Ming Dynasty. There is also a small temple in memory of Yin Jifu in Shangdongmen.

Please watch the construction of the ancient city with me.

(Take the tourists to the south for a dip. As they walk, they can stop about 2-3 piers)

We see that there is a short wall on both sides of the city wall, which is called the parapet. Why is it called the parapet? There is a written explanation in the "Building French Style" compiled by the government in the Song Dynasty: "Words are humble. Compared with the city, if the woman and her husband are also. " It means that the city wall is tall and thick, Bao Wei's husband; The female wall is thin and short, like a weak woman. In some places among the people, there is a story that there was no parapet in the city. Once an old man was dragged to work, and his little granddaughter, who lived alone with him, came to the city with him every day and sat by to watch. One day, a tired migrant worker raced to the edge of the city wall in a daze. The little girl fell off the city and pushed him hard. Unexpectedly, the force was too great. Although the migrant worker was saved, the little girl fell to her death. In memory of her, craftsmen built a low wall on the city and called it a parapet. This is really a touching story, but it does illustrate the protective function of the parapet. Let's see: the daughter fields on both sides are different. A crib has been built on the daughter wall, and there are still small holes for speculation and shooting. This is of course for the needs of actual combat.

Everyone has noticed that every idle section of the city wall has a protruding part, which is called pier. What does pier do? 7 It protects the city wall. We know that in ancient times, his main weapons were bows and arrows and bending machines, which could be shot down from above and up from below, so the soldiers guarding the city were afraid to lean out easily. In this way, at the foot of the city wall, Li Chengding is a dead corner of defense. With the pier, we can make up for this deficiency, form a powerful three-dimensional shooting net from three sides, and greatly strengthen the city defense force. On each collapsed platform, there is also an enemy tower with holes on it, which is also used for observation and shooting.

In addition to these characteristics, Ganyao Ancient City has its own unique features.

The city wall was originally a product of war, but it is funny to paint it with a thick cultural color. The Kuixing Building, a symbol of cultural star officials, was built on the southeast corner of the Ding City wall. According to statistics, there are 3, battlements and 72 abandoned enemy towers in the ancient city of * * *, which symbolizes 3, disciples and 72 sages of Confucius, the sage of literature.

It looks like a turtle from a distance, and it has always been known as the city of turtles. It is said that it means that the life of the tortoise will last forever. There are six gates in the city, the south gate is like a head, and both the gate and the outer gate of the urn are facing south. The head of the tortoise is free to expand and contract, the north gate is like a tail, and the outer gate of the urn is dismantled and turned to the east, so the tail of the tortoise is thrown to the east: the two outer gates of the east and west are like turtle feet. The three outer gates of the urn turn to the south, as if the tortoise is crawling forward slowly, but the outer gate of the lower east gate of the urn, which we just came in, does not turn south but opens to the east, so it is said that the tortoise of Bo Shen There are two wells on the left and right outside the south gate. People say that they are the bright eyes of the tortoise. In the center of the city, that is, the location of the turtle's heart, there is also a city building, that is, the building that stands on top of many houses. On the two slopes of the city building, yellow and blue glazed tiles are also used to spell out the word "Happy Birthday", which fully embodies the unique cultural atmosphere of the ancient city and expresses the good wishes of the people all over the world. This can be said to be a painting of dragons and shadows in the urban construction concept of turtle city.

There are many cultural relics in Hutiao City. The building covered with colored glass in the southwest is the Chengyin Temple and the Temple of Wealth. If you look closely, you can see the magnificent scenery of its corners with high peaches, flying crowds and painted paintings. The modern building that stands out near it is the teaching building of Pingshi Middle School. The Dacheng Hall of the Confucian Temple is on campus, and you can't see it clearly from here. In order to protect the original features, buildings are generally not allowed to be built in the ancient city. However, people in Gandiao made an exception and built a teaching building for the school, which shows the importance attached to education. Pingtiao Middle School has lived up to expectations, and has always maintained the leading position of this provincial key middle school in the province with excellent results.