What are some worthwhile attractions in the ancient city of Pingyao?

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1. Pingyao Ancient City Wall

Introduction

The city wall as a whole is in the shape of a square, and because the southern wall is built along the river, it is slightly meandering.

Maintaining the form and structure of the early Ming Dynasty, it is the best surviving county wall in China.

The walls can accommodate two horse-drawn carriages, and there are also facilities to protect against the enemy.

One corner tower was originally built at each of the four corners, but the corner towers at the city gate no longer exist.

Tel

0354-5609577;0354-5680205

Time Reference

1-3 hours

Transportation

Bus: Take Pingyao No. 1 bus, which takes you to the city center. >Bus: Take Pingyao No. 1 and get off at the North Gate, which is within walking distance.

Tickets

Free

tips:

Included in Pingyao Ancient City Ticket, you need to buy Ancient City Pass.

Opening Hours

08:00-18:00; Closed:17:30 (January 1-December 31 Monday-Sunday)

Location of Attractions

Near the intersection of West Main Street and West Madao Street in Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. Near the intersection of West Street and Ximadao Street

2. Shuanglin Temple

Introduction

Shuanglin Temple, formerly known as Zhongdu Temple, is a castle-like building with rammed earth walls around the temple, and the temple is in the middle of the building.

The whole temple layout is complete, *** there are ten halls, three courtyards, the west is the temple courtyard, the east is the scripture room, Zen courtyard, the monk's house, the central axis in order of heavenly kings hall, the Shakyamuni hall, Maharajah's temple and the Buddha's mother hall.

Shuanglin Temple Shijiazhuang simple modeling, the four walls of the temple in the form of frescoes show Sakyamuni became a Buddha, living up to the "Oriental color sculpture art treasury," said, but also "ancient sculpture museum" reputation. Lohan Hall in the 18 Lohan like the temple in the essence of colorful sculpture.

Tel

0354-5779023;0354-5673200

Time Reference

1-3 hours

Transportation

Take bus No. 108 to Pingyao. >Take the bus Pingyao 108 North Line and Pingyao 108 South Line to Shuanglin Temple (bus stop) and get off, and then walk.

Admission

Shuanglin Temple Admission:Full-price ticket: 35 RMB (Jan. 1-Dec. 31 Mon-Sun)

Opening Hours

08:00-18:00 (all day); Closed: 17:45 (Apr. 1-Oct. 31, 2011)

Shuanglin Temple is located in the heart of Pingyao. Monday-Sunday, Nov. 1-Oct. 31)

08:00-17:30 (All day); Stop admission:17:15 (Monday-Sunday, Nov. 1-Dec. 31)

Location of Attractions

No. 28, Shuanglinzhengjie, Pingyao County, Pingyao City, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

Location of Attractions

No. 28, Shuanglinzhengjie, Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

Locations

3. Synergizing Chambers Museum

Introduction

The Synergizing Chambers was founded in Pingyao's South Street in the sixth year of Xianfeng's reign (1856), and the owners of the Chambers were the Wang family of Yuji's Nie Dian and the Mi family of Pingyao County's Wang Zhicun. The Co-operative Celebration Money Changers Museum is now the largest money changer compound in Pingyao, **** there are five courtyards. The first courtyard is divided into: the range cabinet room, the general account room, and the port inter-account room; the second courtyard is divided into: the business hall, and the port inter-letter room; the third courtyard is divided into: the associate room, the sacrificial room, and the manager's room; the fourth courtyard is the staff's living area; and the fifth courtyard is where the vault is located, and it is the largest underground vault in Pingyao, where a large number of gold and silver were stored back in those years.

Time Reference

1-3 hours

Transportation

Bus: Take Pingyao No. 108 North Line and get off at the North Gate, which is within walking distance.

Tickets

Check with the scenic spot for more details

Opening Hours

08:00-18:00 (all day); Closed: 17:45 (June 1-August 31, Monday-Sunday)

08:00-17:30 (all day); Stop Admission:17:15 (March 1-May 31, Monday-Sunday)

tips:

Supplementary note:: The following preferential policies are subject to the actual situation in the scenic area

Location of Attractions

Pingyao, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, China. No. 45, South Street, Ancient City

4. Qiao Family Residence

Introduction

Qiao Family Residence is located in Qiaojiabao Village of Qixian County, formerly known as the "In the Middle Hall", which was the residence of Qiao Zhiyong, a famous commercial and financial capitalist of the Qing Dynasty. financial capitalist Qiao Zhiyong's mansion.

The building here is majestic, from a high altitude overlooking the compound as a whole for the double "happy" type layout, "Royal see the Forbidden City, residential see Qiao family".

On the brick wall opposite the gate, there are 100 different styles of "longevity" character composed of a "longevity into a hundred longevity" map, is a rare work of art.

On the top floor of the compound, hanging a "blessed species of Luangliao" plaque, which is when the governor of Shanxi by the Empress Dowager Cixi gift.

Time Reference

1-3 hours

Transportation

After arriving at the Qixian Railway Station, you can take the public transportation Qixian 29 to Qiaojia Grand Courtyard (bus stop), and then get off at the bus stop, which is within walking distance.

Tickets

Tickets:Adults 115RMB / Privileged Tickets (Children/Elderly/Students) 58RMB (January 1-December 31, Monday-Sunday)

tips:

Privileged Tickets (Children/Elderly/Students) are available to those who are between the ages of 6 years old (not included) and 18 years old (included). Children or teenagers aged 6 years old (inclusive); senior citizens aged 60 years old (inclusive)-65 years old (inclusive); students enrolled in a full-time undergraduate program or below.

Opening Hours

08:30-17:30 (all day); Closed: 17:00 (Jan. 1-Jan. 31 Mon.-Sun.

08:30-21:00 (all day); Closed: 21:00 (Feb. 1-Feb. 15 Mon.-Sun.)

08:30-21:00 (all day); Closed: 21:00 (Feb. 1-Feb. 15 Mon-Sun)

Opening hours

Open to all ages (all days); closed: 21:00 (Feb. 1-Feb. 15 Mon-Sun). Sunday)

08:30-18:30 (all day); stop admission time: 17:45 (February 16-December 31, Monday-Sunday)

Location of Attractions

Qiaojiaobao Village, Qixian Dongguan Town, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

5

Introduction

Chinese Dart Museum has 10 exhibition rooms, with detailed and rich physical materials, comprehensively tells the emergence of dart boards as a special industry, business management and the organization of the historical history of the operation of the dart boards, revealing the dart boards in the latter part of feudal society in China on the circulation of goods. It reveals the contribution of dart boards to the circulation of goods in the late feudal society of China. It also introduces the fury of dart board bodyguards, as well as China's famous top ten dart boards and top ten dart masters.

Telephone

0354-5686648

Time Reference

Below 1 hour

Transportation

Bus: Take the Pingyao 102, Pingyao 108 North Line and get off at the Great South Gate and walk.

Tickets

Check with the scenic spot for more details

Opening Hours

08:00-18:00 (all day); Closed: 17:45 (March 1-May 31 Monday-Sunday)

08:00-17:30 (all day); Admission stops at 17:15 (September 1-November 30, Monday-Sunday)

Location of Attractions

No. 61, South Street, Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

6, Wenmiao

Introduction

Pingyao Temple of Literature, located in the southeastern corner of Pingyao County, Shanxi Province, was built in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and its Dacheng Hall, rebuilt in the third year of the Jin Dading Period (1163), has remained in its original form to date, making it the oldest surviving temple at all levels of the Literature Temple in China, and the only surviving building from the Jin Dynasty in the nation's literature temples.

Tel

0354-5690000

Time Reference

1-3 hours

Transportation

Bus: Take Pingyao 102 Road, Pingyao 108 North Line and get off at the Great South Gate and walk.

Tickets

Please contact the scenic spot for more details

Opening hours

08:00-18:30 (high season), 08:00-17:30 (low season) (January 1-December 31 Monday-Sunday)

Location of Attractions

No. 67, Chenghuangmiao Street, Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

7, Seeing Pingyao Theater Again

Introduction

Seeing Pingyao Again is about the story of a

"Seeing Pingyao Again" uses a large number of artistic vocabularies, theater, dance, video and music ...... to create strange spaces in the hope that the audience will hallucinate and travel back a hundred years. In one unrelated scene after another, we pick up fragments of our ancestors' lives: Pingyao City at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the dart board, the Zhao family compound, the marketplace, and the South Gate Square ...... glimpses the story from the many fragments.

Tel

0354-5600088

Time Reference

1-3 hours

Transportation

Bus: You can take Pingyao 18, Pingyao 1 Road, Pingyao 203 Road, Pingyao 204 Road and get off at the Seeing Pingyao Station, which is within walking distance.

Tickets

Regular Ticket:238 RMB (Jan 1-Dec 31 Mon-Sun)

tips:

* The above information is for reference only, please refer to the actual disclosure of the official day.

Open Hours

(Jan. 1-Dec. 31 Tue.-Sun.) All day (all day)

(Jan. 1-Dec. 31 Mon.)

Location of Attractions

Shuncheng Rd. No. 154

8. Ancient County Yamen

Introduction

Tucked away next to the Listening to the Rain Tower on the south side of the city, Pingyao's ancient county yamen, built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, is the best-preserved ancient yamen office that still exists in China.

The county yamen is divided into three roads on the left, center and right, with the yamen, yimen, pagoda, hall, house door, second hall and inner house on the central axis from south to north, and extending outward all the way to the south cross street. The ancient county yamen, no matter from the architectural layout or the function setting, can be regarded as a miniature of the imperial palace. Here you can see various ancient documents and a large number of ancient instruments of punishment, basically preserving the characteristics of the government offices of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with a solemn atmosphere. There is also the Guanyun Building behind the county yamen, where the governor observes the weather clouds and clearings in the four townships after tea and dinner every day, reflecting the status of agriculture in Pingyao's feudal economy in ancient times.

Tel

0354-5682909

Time Reference

1-3 hours

Transportation

The attraction is located in the ancient city of Pingyao, and you will need to first Arrive in the ancient city and then walk to it:

The ancient city is not too big and can be explored on foot. There are a number of battery cars in the city, ranging from 10 to 30 yuan, so if you have children or the elderly, you can consider taking a car;

In addition, you can rent a bicycle and go around the city and its surroundings, which is a unique experience, and the cost is about 10 yuan for half a day

Tickets

Please consult the scenic spot for more details

Opening Hours

Opening Hours

There are a number of places to visit in Pingyao. Strong>Opening Hours

08:00-18:30 (Spring and Summer); Closed: 18:15 (Jan. 1-Dec. 31, Mon.-Sun.)

08:00-18:00 (Autumn); Closed: 17:45 (Jan. 1-Dec. 31, Mon.-Sun.)

08:00-17:30 (Winter); Closed: 17:15 (Jan. 1-Dec. 31, Mon.-Sun.)

Location of Attractions

Inside the Ancient City of Pingyao, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

9, Pingyao Ancient City

Introduction

Nearly 3,000 years old, Pingyao is one of the four best-preserved ancient cities in China.

As the financial center of China in the late Qing Dynasty, the cultural atmosphere of Jin merchants can be felt everywhere in the ancient city.

The streets of the ancient city are in the shape of "earth", and a climb up the Pingyao Old City Wall provides a panoramic view of the city.

At the Rishengchang Ticket Office, you can have a long-coated old shopkeeper write you a money order in the earliest form of money order.

Time Reference

More than 3 hours

Transportation

Bus: Take Pingyao No. 1/Pingyao No. 15 and get off at the Beimen bus stop, walk about 1,032 meters to get there

Tickets

Admission to attractions in the scenic area:125RMB for a pass/Shuanglin Temple 33RMB for a pass/Zhenguo Temple 23RMB for a pass (Jan 01-Dec 31 Mon-Sun)

Exemptions:Children 6 years old and under or 1,2 meters tall and under, active duty military personnel, disabled soldiers of the revolution, police officers, journalists, senior citizens 60 years old and over

tips:

Entry to the Old City is free, but you need to buy an Old City Pass to climb the city wall and visit the Ticket Number and other attractions.

Opening time

08:00-17:30 (all day); stopping time:17:15 (December 1-February 28, Monday-Sunday)

08:00-18:00 (all day); stopping time:17:45 (June 1-August 31 Monday-Sunday)

Location of Attractions

No.58, Zhaobi South Street, Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

10, Zhenguo Temple

Introduction

With its architecture Conquer the world Zhenguo Temple, the whole temple without a nail, all structures are wood and wood with each other and USA USA, for the ancient Chinese architecture of a great treasure. This temple was originally called the capital of the temple, the earliest created in the Five Dynasties, more than a thousand years ago. The temple is divided into two parts, from south to north, there are the Heavenly King's Hall, the Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas, and the Three Buddha Buildings. The Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas is the main building in the front courtyard, which is one of the oldest existing wooden structures in China. Although it is not large in scale, it is majestic in shape and extraordinary in strength. The Three Buddha Building is the main building in the backyard. The most famous thing in this hall is the Ming Dynasty mural paintings on the surrounding walls, which focus on the life of Buddha Shakyamuni, with a complete and smooth composition, and are the treasures of the Ming Dynasty mural paintings.

Telephone

0514-84583827;0514-84642558

Time reference

1-3 hours

Transportation

1.Self-drive: Get off at the Pingyao exit of the Danyun Expressway and follow the road signs to the scenic spot; after visiting Pingyao Old Town, go northeast along National Highway 108 for 11km, see the road signs and turn right and go east for 1km past the railroads and culverts of the highway to Zhenguo Temple, driving for 15 minutes. If tandem Shuanglin Temple, out of the 108 National Highway can be found, along the 108 National Highway driving about 16km, turn into 411 County Road, driving about 3km, you can arrive at Zhenguo Temple.

2. Bus: You can take bus 209 (sign is 9) (from the train station) to reach the entrance of Zhenguo Temple from the north gate of Pingyao Ancient City. 4 yuan/trip, 40-minute shift (the shift at noon doubles the time).

3. Transfer: You can take a shuttle bus from Qixian to Pingyao or Pingyao to Yuji direction to Hongshan Town for 4 yuan; rent a tricycle from Hongshan Town for about 10 yuan round trip

Tickets

25 yuan/person

Opening time

06:00- 17:00 (all day); Closed:17:00 (January 1-December 31, Monday-Sunday)

Location of Attractions

Hao Dong Village, Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province