Do you know why you take pictures?

For the record, in order not to let myself forget

No, it's to make myself feel at ease to forget

——"Life Fragments Repairer"

The reason why we post on Moments, write travel notes, and post on Weibo is to let ourselves forget with confidence, and I am no exception. I use this travel note to record my beautiful trip to the ancient city of Pingyao. Pure dry goods!

 

transportation

high speed rail

There are two railway stations in Pingyao, one is called Pingyao Station, which is a railway station, and the other is called Pingyao Ancient City Station, which is a high-speed rail station. I thought that getting off at Pingyao Ancient City Station would lead to the ancient city, but it is not true, because the high-speed rail is in the suburbs!) How do I get to Pingyao Ancient City from the high-speed rail station?

Way 1: Take the 108 bus to the east gate of the ancient city (108 has two routes)

       Route to the South Gate of the Ancient City—Pingyao Ancient City Station (High-speed Railway Station)—North of the Vehicle Management Office—Pingyao No. 3 Middle School—Public Security Bureau—Government Court—People’s Hospital—Tourist Service Center—South Gate of the Ancient City—Reducer entrance [East Gate of the Ancient City]—Ten Jiujie Village Entrance—HSBC Qiuyu Community—Front Gate of Pingyao Middle School—Back Gate of Pingyao Middle School—Wulizhuangkou—Dongchengkou—Guanyun Beef—Pingyao Bus Station

         Lines towards the north gate of the ancient city—Pingyao Ancient City Station (high-speed rail station)—Shuanglin Temple—Vehicle Management Office—Xicheng New District—Government Hall—Chinese Medicine Hospital—Back Gate of Lvdu—Erli Bankou—West Gate of the Ancient City of Railway Station—North Gate of the Ancient City—Bus Station

 Precautions:

       1. It is not recommended to get off from the Tourist Service Center. After getting off here, it is still far away from the ancient city of Pingyao.

　　2. To get to the South Gate of Pingyao Ancient City, you can get off at Kuixingyuan Station, and the diagonally opposite is the Great South Gate of Pingyao Ancient City (enter from the overpass).

       3. The first bus departs at 7:00am, the last bus departs at 20:26pm, every 15 minutes

Method 2: Take a taxi for about 20 yuan, about 10 kilometers away from the ancient city (!! You can only go to the Xiaonanmen of the ancient city by taxi, and it takes 15 minutes to walk to the most prosperous place in the ancient city!!)

Method 3: Ask the owner of the inn if he can send a car to pick him up (the general price is 30 yuan, directly to the door of the inn)

airport bus

Taiyuan-Pingyao: The bus from Taiyuan to Pingyao Terminal stops at the T2 parking lot and buys tickets at the bus ticket office inside Gate 3 of the T2 Terminal.

Pingyao-Taiyuan: stop in front of the Pingyao terminal building [the high-rise facade of the match factory (opposite the orthopedic hospital)]. After purchasing the ticket, arrive at the Pingyao terminal building 15 minutes before departure, and you can get on the bus after verifying your identity.

 Note: The journey time is about 90 minutes, the whole journey is high-speed without stopping, and the real-name system is required to purchase tickets. The picture below shows the travel time

 train

 It only takes a few minutes from the train station to the west gate of the ancient city, and the map is here

 self-driving tour

Where do the friends who come by car park?

Visitor Center Parking Lot: It is a tourist center and parking lot built by the government with huge sums of money. It is located on the right side of the second traffic light after coming out of the Pingyao Expressway intersection.

Shangxiguan parking lot: The parking lot is relatively simple and small in scale. It is located outside the Shangximen of Pingyao Ancient City. It is relatively close to Pingyao Ancient City and Pingyao Performance Theater. Very busy, that street is not the central street of tourism

Xiaxiguan Parking Lot: Large in scale, located outside the Xiaxi Gate of Pingyao Ancient City. It is relatively close to the Xiaxi Gate of Pingyao Ancient City and the Pingyao Performance Theater. After entering the Xiaxi Gate, the flow of people is relatively large, and there are many tourists. The Xiaxiguan parking lot is close to Pingyao The commercial center and snack street of the county seat, etc.

Beiguan Parking Lot: Located outside the North Gate of Pingyao Ancient City, the scale is relatively large. It is the closest parking lot to the gate of Pingyao Ancient City. This street is relatively prosperous. After entering the ancient city, it is the North Street of Pingyao Ancient City. You can directly purchase the North Gate of Pingyao Ancient City. Enter the ancient city from the Wengcheng and climb the city wall.

Precautions:

1. Many tourists think that the hotel should provide free parking. In fact, it is not the case. Ninety-nine percent of the hotels outside the ancient city of Pingyao will have free parking lots, but the folk inns in the ancient city of Pingyao will not provide free parking. Parking service, firstly because the inns are all courtyards, and secondly because vehicles without a pass are not allowed to enter the ancient city. Electronic cameras are installed at the entrance of the ancient city. If someone tricks you into driving the car into the ancient city, I suggest Still think about it.

2. It is also worth noting that if you do not put your car in a regular parking lot, you must consider safety issues more, especially if you put your car on the steps of the moat outside the city wall without supervision, it is even more unsafe. There are too many incidents of smashing windows and stealing things from cars.

3. Remember that vehicles without an ancient city pass are not allowed to enter the ancient city in Pingyao Ancient City. If vehicles without a pass from other places try to forcibly enter the ancient city, they will be photographed by the all-weather electronic police monitoring facilities, and a fine of 200 yuan will be imposed, and 3 points will be recorded.

4. Parking lot fee regulations: less than 7 seats - 10 yuan for 8 hours, 30 yuan for overnight; 7 seats (inclusive) - 15 seats - 15 yuan for eight hours, 45 yuan for overnight; 15 seats (inclusive) or more - 20 yuan for eight hours, 60 yuan overnight.

 

itinerary scheduling

D1:

Arrive in Pingyao

Stay at Deshenglou Gufeng Culture Theme Inn

Go to Encounter Pingyao Large-scale Song and Dance Drama

Go to the county government to experience the feudal etiquette system

In the evening, go to eat local special fried bowls

D2:

Ancient City Wall

Hongwu Memorabilia Feast

Escort, Collaborative Celebration

Rishengchang, the first bank in China

Have a local specialty hot pot for dinner—beef copper hot pot

After dinner, visit the South Street of the ancient city

D3:

Go to the North Gate to see the Pingyao Beef Specialty Shop

Pure Beef

Looking for a photographer to take a group of dreaming back to Pingyao and deeply feeling the journey

 

Our cozy inn Hotel

The location of the hotel this time is very good. You can go there within 2 minutes from the major attractions. It is called: Deshenglou Ancient Culture Theme Inn (Pingyao Deshenglou) is an inn with opera style. The big stage in the middle of the yard is the best experience The style of the inn, the small courtyard is a two-story structure, and the beds in the rooms are all made of earthen kang, double kang, small earthen kang, large earthen kang, and even the suites are made of earthen kang, allowing us to fully experience Pingyao culture. Of course, we are very curious about those who have never slept on a kang, and we were curious to ask the staff whether this kang can be used for burning fire!

Inn courtyard

The Kang is very big and can sleep three people.

 The inn that pays attention to opera culture even the murals are in opera style

I like the smart mirror in his bathroom the most, it brings great convenience to female students

Every window is glued with rice paper, both publicity and tranquility

I think window grilles are the most antique items.

Practical information:

Pingyao Desheng Building

Deshenglou Ancient Style Culture Theme Inn

 

address:

No. 84, South Street (near Gushi Building)

 

Tips:

The inn can pick up and drop off for free, but you need to contact the staff in advance

You can buy Encore Pingyao tickets (only in off-season)

All major travel websites can book

 

D1 Meet Pingyao

See also Pingyao large-scale song and dance drama

This is the first large-scale song and dance drama in Pingyao, a thousand-year-old compound, an ancient city wall, turning a culture into a drama, and watching the transformation and development of Shanxi from a drama. "Seeing Pingyao Again" is not only the first program created by the impression team in the north, but also the first large-scale situational experience performance project in my country.

"Encounter Pingyao" is the first large-scale indoor situational experience drama in northern China, and it is the first project of the "Encounter" series of performing arts in northern my country. It moves from an outdoor live performance to an indoor situational experience. It is a journey of soul travel through walking experience.

 some touching stills

 

 

 A city, some people, a story

 Practical information:

Tickets: 238 yuan

performance form

It is also seen that the Pingyao performance is different from the general performance form. The audience does not sit in the auditorium all the time to watch the performance, but walks and watches as the crowd changes scenes, truly integrating into the performance, and the interaction between the actors and the audience is more direct. See also that Pingyao has a total of four scene transitions. The first three scenes are in the form of walking and watching, and finally the fourth scene is integrated into a large studio. You can sit and watch. The seats are not in the order of front and back. It is recommended to sit in the middle or back of the place.

performance location

No. 154, Shuncheng Road, Pingyao County (next to Lizeyuan International Hotel), self-driving cars can be directly stored in the parking lot in the theater, and parking is free with a ticket. After entering the theater, you can see a large sloping square from south to north. The lowest point is the entrance and ticket office of the theater.

show time

See also that the performance time in Pingyao is relatively fixed, with two performances at 14:00 noon and 19:00 p.m. every Monday (the performance is closed every Monday, maintenance of equipment and actors rest). However, when there are many people on holidays, additional venues will be added according to the booking situation. The rules for adding venues are generally two sessions at 16:00 p.m. and 21:00 p.m. the number of sessions.

Suggestions for watching Encore performances in Pingyao

Tickets can be booked once the itinerary is confirmed. When there are holidays, there will often be no tickets, which will cause regret.

 

Go to the county government to experience the feudal etiquette system

The ancient county government office in Pingyao is just to the west of a street in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the two temples in Pingyao (Confucian Temple and Chenghuang Temple) echo each other. The county magistrate of Pingyao is the sixth grade, so this yamen is called "Pingyao County Office".

I was so happy to see the performance of the county magistrate, and the scene was restored.

 

 

  Practical information:

Pingyao County Ya County Taiye Shengtang performance: Monday to Friday, morning: 10:00, 11:30; afternoon: 3:30. There will be an additional session in the afternoon on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays at 16:30.

Attraction location

Yamen Street in Pingyao Ancient City

main points

Lobby Daxian Building in Yuan Dynasty Ancient Prison

Cultural Value

The largest county office in the country, the most complete county office in the country, the earliest extant county office buildings in the country, the architectural specimens of ancient Chinese county offices

 

In the evening, go to eat local special fried bowls

Instant noodles can be fried, together with the bowl

Bowl trays can also be dry-stir-fried, but we still like to eat bowl trays with moisture

 The fried bowl tray eaten in the small shop outside the south gate, I did not expect it to be particularly delicious

 

D2 see Pingyao again

Ancient City Wall

 The ancient city of Pingyao is a physical specimen of the ancient city of the Han nationality in China, and it is the most complete ancient city in the country. Pingyao City Wall is a national key cultural relics protection unit, and was included in the World Cultural Heritage List in 1997. The ancient city wall of Pingyao was built according to the principle of "adapting measures to local conditions and using dangers to control fortresses". The inside of the wall is made of earth, the outside is covered with white gray and blue bricks, the top is paved with green bricks, and the inside is equipped with horse tracks and inward drainage channels.

 Yingxun Gate is also the Great South Gate. From Yingxun Gate is the place on the ancient city wall. You can see the imprint of carriage wheels. The pictures below show the carriages of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

 Defense System of Pingyao Ancient City

City wall turrets: There are four in total. They are two-story pavilions of brick and wood structure, with a cross-shaped roof, integrating defense and city. 

  The horse-faced battlements protrude from the walls and solidify the walls, and military defense is the essence.

 Climbing Horse Road is also called "Dianjiangtai Horse Road". Inside the six gates of the ancient city and Dianjiang Tainan Gate, there are brick climbing horse paths. The horse path is paved with bricks on the side. Down

 The fort resisted bandits and barbarians in the past, and the current exhibition inspires future generations

Hongwu Memorabilia Feast

In front of the inn is the restaurant of Hongwuji, which can be seen at a glance by the crowd of the six front doors. The interior uses the elements of red lights, just like decorating the clouds of the sun, decorating the restaurant of Hongwuji, the restaurant There are wheel-style seats, it looks like eating by the window feels very good

 The most distinctive thing is his family's Ming file

stop smelling

simmer

Full of flavor

 There are also private rooms to choose from

 Food

Dry Stir-fried Castanopsis Castanopsis

 Yellow Rice Cold Cake

 

 

 Sour Soup Noodles with Fish

 Stewed Beef with Mature Vinegar

 salad bowl holder

 Seasoned Beef with Castanopsis

 

 

Escort, Collaborative Celebration

 Escort is learned in the plot of "Dragon Inn"

 

 Synergy Qing is the owner of the underground vault

 

 the way to the vault

 Collaborate to celebrate the resplendent pillars

 

Rishengchang, the first bank in China

 Rishengchang Bank is the first private financial institution in China that specializes in deposits, loans, and remittances, and it is the first of its kind in China's banking industry. Rishengchang Bank was established in the third year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1823). It was co-founded by Li Dajin, a wealthy businessman in Xidapu Village, Pingyao County, Shanxi Province, and the general manager Lei Lutai. The head office is located in the south of Xidajie Road, a bustling market in Pingyao County, Shanxi Province, covering an area of ​​more than 1,600 square meters; there are as many as 35 branch offices, all over the country's large and medium-sized cities and important commercial towns. Rishengchang Bank is famous all over the world for connecting the world.

 Rishengchang Bank is the first bank in China. It was founded in 1823 in the Qing Dynasty. It was co-founded by Li Daquan, Xidapu Village, Pingyao, with an investment of 300,000 taels of silver and Lei Lutai, the treasurer of Xiyao Village. A backward form of escorting cash.

 


After dinner, visit the South Street of the ancient city

 Pingyao South Street: China's famous historical and cultural street, China's "Wall Street"

 At night, there is still the old grandpa who crows

 

D3 Goodbye Pingyao

Go to the North Gate to see Pingyao Beef

To distinguish whether it is authentic beef, it depends on the brand. Guanyun and Guantao are very famous in our local area. Most of the ancient city is fake beef. Those who dare to hang the signboard of Guanyun beef must be reliable.

 The most complete Shanxi specialty store is his home

 Practical information

Products: Guanyun, Guantao Beef 

           Jinsheng, Zhaohui Camellia

           Xin Bingji, Xinrongtang Taigu Cake

           Qinzhou Yellow Millet

           Pingyao Bowl Holder

Address: No. 116, North Street, Pingyao County, Shanxi Province (his home is as soon as you enter the north gate)

Looking for a photographer to take a group of dreaming back to Pingyao and deeply feeling the journey

 Find a local traveler to take a set of Shanxi merchants' neon clothes

Feel Shanxi Merchants Culture