The ancient city of Pingyao, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province is a famous cultural city with a history of more than 2,800 years. It is also known as the "four best-preserved ancient cities" along with Langzhong in Sichuan, Lijiang in Yunnan, and Shexian in Anhui, which are also the second batch of national historical and cultural cities. It is also one of the ancient counties in my country that have successfully applied for the world cultural heritage with the entire ancient city.
tickets
Pingyao Ancient City Scenic Spot Tickets (No tickets are required to enter the ancient city, you need to buy the attractions in the ancient city)
(1) Ticket office: (Every main street in the ancient city has a ticket office)
Outside the city: In the ecological parking lot of the ancient city of Pingyao, outside the lower west gate of the ancient city of Pingyao, at the north gate of the ancient city of Pingyao.
Inside the city: the front and back doors of the Confucian Temple, next to the Grand Theater, next to the City God Temple, next to the Rishengchang bank, next to the county government office, inside the Great South Gate, etc.
(2) Full ticket price: 130 yuan/person Half price: 65 yuan/person (the ticket is valid for 3 days, and one scenic spot can only be entered once) Pingyao ancient city ticket attractions include: City Wall, Confucian Temple, Chenghuang Temple, County Government, Rishengchang, Baichuan Tong Museum, Tongxingqing Bank, Qingxu Temple, Ancient Residential Houses, Tongxing Public Escort Bureau, North China First Escort Bureau, Weitaihou Museum, Huiwulin Museum, China Chamber of Commerce Museum, Tianjixiang Museum, Weishengchang Museum, Former Residence of Lei Lutai , China Escort Bureau, China Rare News Agency, Erlang Temple, Ma Family Courtyard, Wentao Sword Workshop.
(3) Shuanglin Temple and Zhenguo Temple (local attractions in Pingyao County, not in the ancient city, need to buy another ticket)
Shuanglin Temple: full ticket: 35 yuan/person, half price 15 yuan/person;
Zhenguo Temple: full ticket: 25 yuan/person, half price 10 yuan/person.
(4) Preferential policies:
Free of charge: Children under 1.2 meters, active military personnel, disabled persons, and senior citizens over 60 years old with valid certificates
Half-ticket: 18-year-old (including 18-year-old) teenagers and students with valid certificates (ID card, student ID card).
8:00 a.m.---6:00 p.m.
Tour guide: The official listed tour guide in the ancient city is 80 yuan/person, and there are also electronic tour guides available for rent.
Must-Visit Attractions
1. Ancient City Wall: South City Wall, North City Wall
Climb up the city wall along the "horse road" of the ancient Jiangshideng City, and look around the city wall of Pingyao from a bird's-eye view. There are six gates in the city wall, one in the north and one in the south, which are the head and tail of the Turtle City; two gates in the east and west, which are the brothers of the Turtle City. The total circumference of the city wall is 6157.7 meters, and the overall shape is square; the wall is about 10 meters high, the east, west, and north walls are straight, and the south wall is built along the Zhongdu River; plus six urns, it is an exquisite and spiritual structure. Turtle shape.
2. Ancient county government office:
The ancient city of Pingyao, the ancient county government, the buildings are in order, the front court sleeps in the back, the left side is civil and the right is military, it is one of the most complete ancient government offices in my country, and it is also the largest county government office, which can be called the epitome of the imperial palace.
3. Temple of Confucianism:
Pingyao Confucian Temple Academy is the earliest surviving Confucian Temple in the country. Together with Kuixing Tower and Wenchang Pavilion in the southeast corner of the city wall, it forms the most complete literary complex in the country and is also the largest scenic spot in the ancient city. The first volume of the ages (the champion volume), the top spot, and the classic scenic spots of leaping over the Dragon Gate are all here.
4. Ticket number:
Rishengchang: Located on the West Street of the ancient city, it is the most financial center in China and the birthplace of China's bank account culture. Yu Qiuyu said that it is "the rural grandfather of all kinds of banks in China today".
Synergy Celebration: Located near the city building, the scenic spot where the underground treasury and the Dragon Pillar are located.
5. Escorts: North China No. 1 Escort, Tongxing Public Escort
The First Escort in North China: the largest Escort
Tongxing Escort Agency: The main bodyguard agency performed in the large-scale sitcom of "See You Pingyao" again
6. Compound: Ma Family Courtyard
The Ma Family Courtyard is the head of the "Four Great Families in Pingyao", the former residence of Ma Zhongxuan, a giant merchant in the Qing Dynasty, and the largest house in the ancient city of Pingyao. The overall layout of the compound looks like a big "horse" when viewed from a bird's eye view, which is a metaphor for the meaning of "horse success, rapid progress" in the business of the Ma family. There are more than a thousand pieces of original Ma family artifacts preserved here, which are invaluable. It is known as the "Kingdom of Furniture, a must in China". One of the typical mansions in Pingyao County.
tour route
Situation 1: If there is enough time, the three-day in-depth tour route:
first day:
1. Near the North Gate, Youbei Street and Financial Street, North City Wall - Rishengchang - Weitaihou - Ancient Residential Houses - Huiwulin - Chamber of Commerce - North China Escort Bureau - Qingxu Temple
the next day:
2. Near the South Gate, the South City Wall - Confucian Temple - Town God's Temple - County Government - Former Residence of Lei Lutai
third day:
3. Mingqing Street (South Street), from south to north, Rare Newspaper Exhibition Hall - Baichuantong - Tongxing Public Escort Bureau - Chinese Escort Bureau - Synergy Celebration - Tianjixiang - Wei Shengchang
4. Outside the city, Zhenguo Temple——Shuanglin Temple
Situation 2: Time is tight, and the surrounding two-day tour route
Day 1: Pingyao ancient city attractions
There are many scenic spots in the ancient city, many ticket numbers and bodyguard bureaus are similar, and you can choose to visit major attractions if you don’t have much time: city wall, county government, Rishengchang (the earliest bank), North China No. 1 bodyguard bureau (the largest bodyguard bureau), Synergy Qing Qianzhuang (the most wealthy place), Confucian Temple (Confucius Temple, the oldest temple in my country's existing Confucian temples at all levels), Chenghuang Temple (also known as the Temple of the God of Wealth · Zaojun Temple)
Day 2: Wang Family Courtyard or Qiao Family Courtyard
Go to Wang's Courtyard (Lingshi County, Xi'an direction) or Qiao's Courtyard (Qi County, Taiyuan direction), these two places are relatively close to the ancient city of Pingyao.
If you can only go to one, I would recommend the Wang Family Courtyard, because the Wang Family Courtyard is relatively large and belongs to the official residence, which is quite grand; while the Qiao Family Courtyard is a commercial residence, because of the ancient customs, it is not as grand as the Wang Family Courtyard, but it is a Shanxi merchant culture. A representative of China, it is the filming location of "Raise the Red Lantern".
For transportation, you can find the boss to carpool in the inn where you are staying. The round-trip fee for a scenic spot is 50 yuan/person, the full ticket for the Wang Family Courtyard is 66 yuan/person, and the full ticket for the Qiao Family Courtyard is 120 yuan/person. There are half-price tickets for sale, and the price may be reduced in the off-season.
The traffic also chooses to take a car. Wang Family Courtyard (Pingyao -- Lingshi) arrives at Lingshi and can transfer to the local No. 1 bus to go directly to Wang Family Courtyard;
Qiao’s Courtyard (Pingyao-Taiyuan), because Pingyao, Qiao’s, and Taiyuan are on the same line, you can take a long-distance bus to Taiyuan to Qiao’s Courtyard.
It is enough to visit these two scenic spots for half a day, so when you return to Pingyao that day, you can continue your unfinished ancient city tour and stay in Pingyao overnight.
Live in the ancient city of Pingyao
Pingyao outside the ancient city: Express Hotel, etc.
In the ancient city of Pingyao: folk inns, mainly antique residential inns in courtyard houses, with special rooms such as earth kangs and dragon and phoenix beds.
Shanxi Merchant Culture-themed dwellings take Qiaojia Manor Inn on South Street as an example. The architectural style is simple and grand. Although it has been repaired, it maintains the ancient charm of Jin Dynasty. It is recommended that holiday travel is best booked in advance on Tuniu.com.
Eat in Pingyao Ancient City
The delicacies of the ancient city of Pingyao include Pingyao beef, Pingyao bowls, oat noodles and kale, fried buns, Shanxi fried meat, long yam with honey sauce, Pingyao sea buckthorn juice, etc. Shanxi is the hometown of pasta, mainly pasta. There are many special snack bars on both sides of the streets of Pingyao Ancient City, and there are many kinds of pasta, such as cat ears, sliced noodles, noodles, sliced noodles, etc. The breakfast in the ancient city of Pingyao mainly consists of porridge, steamed stuffed bun, deep-fried dough sticks, bean curd, etc.
Take the display of dinner dishes at Tianyuankui Restaurant at No. 73 South Street as an example
Pingyao beef is one of the essences of the profound and long-standing Chinese food culture. It is very particular about the procedures and methods of slaughtering raw cattle, cutting raw meat, pickling, cooking, etc., to the use of salt, water, and solar terms for processing. The beef produced is ruddy in color, fresh and tender, fat but not greasy, thin but not heavy, mellow and delicious, rich in nutrition, and has the effect of supporting the stomach and strengthening the spleen.
Pingyao Wantuo, a good bowltuo noodle is chewy, smooth and delicious. When making the bowl holder, first mix white flour, warm salt water, vegetable oil, etc. into a paste, then put it into a five-inch small dish, steam it in a basket, let it cool and serve. The bowl holder can be served cold or hot. This snack can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of the ancient city, but the sanitary conditions of the street stalls are worrying.
"卜面栲栳栳" (栲栳栳栳栳) (栲栳kǎolǎo) was originally a special pasta snack in the Xinzhou area, and gradually became one of the special foods in the entire Shanxi area. "栲栳栳" is a kind of noodle food carefully made with oat noodles. It gets its name from the shape of "栲栳", which is called "栲栳" in Pingyao folk.
Long yam with honey juice, the main material is Pingyao long yam, which was once called "Chinese small ginseng" at home and abroad. It is a famous local specialty product. Its products are rich in nutrition, warm in nature and sweet in taste. and other nourishing medicines.
Zhagedou, a special pasta dish in Pingyao, put the reconciled dough on the Zhajian bed (the Zhajian bed must be placed on the edge of the boiling water pot), press the bed frame with the left hand, and push the dough with the palm of the right hand Wipe the noodles into a boiling water pot, cook them with a strainer, put them in a bowl, and pour them with meat or vegetable marinade.
Purchased in Pingyao Ancient City
When traveling in the ancient city of Pingyao, there are many choices of souvenirs, in addition to snacks Pingyao beef, Xianxin bowl tray, handmade vinegar, promotion camellia, long yam powder, etc., there are also handicrafts such as polished lacquerware, old cloth shoes, Liuhetai pillows and so on. Paper cutting etc.
Shanxi Old Mature Vinegar is a traditional local product, one of the four famous vinegars in China, with a history of more than 3,000 years, and is known as "the best vinegar in the world". Shanxi Mature Vinegar is world-famous for its five characteristics: color, aroma, alcohol, concentration and acidity. When traveling to Shanxi, vinegar is a must! Pingyao The traditional handmade vinegar shop in the ancient city - Niangjia Vinegar Shop. The shop also sells wine. Wine is an intermediate product of vinegar.
Pushing lacquer ware, one of the four famous lacquers, is the most famous specialty in the ancient city of Pingyao. Because of its complex and unique production process, it is widely loved by the public. In the lacquerware shop in the ancient city, there are jewelry boxes, screens, and other lacquerware in various shapes. Dazzling. Yonglong lacquerware on South Street, sold in the front hall and made in the backyard, is a paradise for lacquerware lovers.
Handmade cloth shoes, traditional method, thousand-layer soles, breathable and sweat-absorbing, comfortable to wear, are necessary equipment for walking in the streets of the ancient city.
Entertainment in Pingyao Ancient City
1. "Seeing Pingyao Again": It tells a story about blood inheritance and endless life. It is a rare large-scale situational experience drama. "Home", "Mianxiu" and other fragments highlight the moral tradition of Pingyao people and the tragic feelings elucidated because of this tradition. Many people come here just because of the name, so I highly recommend it. The whole play lasts for one and a half hours, and there are at least two performances every day except for the rest of the actors every Monday. Because it is more popular, tickets must be booked in advance during the peak season (most inns provide also see Pingyao ticket sales, there will be different degrees of discounts). The theater is outside the ancient city, near the Ximen parking lot of the ancient city.
2. Traditional performances in the ancient city:
County grandpa ascended to the hall:
Pingyao County Government Morning: 9:30, 11:00; Afternoon: 15:30
City God welcomes guests, county grandpa patrols the streets, etc.
3. Dreaming back to Pingyao: The performance is at No. 154, South Street, Ancient City. Experience the stories of Pingyao with the feeling of time travel and the unique "movie +" form, witness the relationship between the city and people, enhance people's spiritual character, and shape the Chinese Dream The spiritual world with the Chinese homeland as the core.
4. Pingyao Movie Palace: A movie theater built on the West Street of the ancient city, which can satisfy tourists who love to watch movies and don’t want to delay the premiere because of traveling.
5. Fengfengyunlu Street: There are many coffee bars, bars, and a bar street in the ancient street of Pingyao Ancient City-Yunlu Fengfeng Street. The night of the ancient city is colorful.
In addition, there are many clothing stores in the ancient city, and there are a variety of ethnic clothing.
6. Aerial photography of the ancient city:
In the ancient city of Pingyao, you can also enjoy an airplane addiction. The helicopter will take you around the ancient city and enjoy the shocking experience of overlooking the entire ancient city.
Traffic in Pingyao Ancient City
(1) Transportation by car
1. Pingyao has a railway station (Pingyao Station), a high-speed rail station (Pingyao Gucheng Station), and a bus station, and the transportation is very convenient.
2. The traffic outside the ancient city of Pingyao has bus No. 1, No. 102, No. 103, etc. From Pingyao Railway Station to the north gate of Pingyao Ancient City, take No. 1 bus;
Take No. 108 from Pingyao High-speed Railway Station to the North Gate of Pingyao Ancient City, about 40 minutes;
Pingyao Bus Station can walk to the North Gate of Pingyao Ancient City.
There are taxis available outside the ancient city of Pingyao, with a starting price of 5 yuan (except at night).
(2) Self-driving travel traffic
The ancient city of Pingyao can be entered at any time. Remember that foreign vehicles without a pass should not enter the ancient city gate. If you take a photo, you will be fined three points and a fine of 200 yuan.
There is a large parking lot outside the city, and the charging standards for the parking lot are:
Below 7 seats --- 10 yuan for 8 hours, 30 yuan for overnight stay;
7 seats (inclusive)-15 seats --- 15 yuan for eight hours, 45 yuan for overnight stay;
More than 15 seats (inclusive) --- 20 yuan for eight hours, 60 yuan for overnight stay.
There are the following car parks:
A. Visitor Center: The visitor center and parking lot built by the Pingyao County Government with huge sums of money are located at the exit of Pingyao Expressway and go straight to the right side of the second traffic light. Tourists need to take a battery sightseeing bus to arrive.
B. Shangxiguan parking lot: The parking lot is relatively simple and small in scale. It is located outside the Shangxi Gate of Pingyao Ancient City. It is relatively close to the West Gate of Pingyao Ancient City and the Pingyao Performance Theater. easy to get lost.
C. Xiaxiguan parking lot: a large-scale parking lot newly built in 2014. It is located outside the Xiaximen of Pingyao Ancient City. It is relatively close to the Xiaximen of Pingyao Ancient City and the Pingyao Performance Theater. After entering the Xiaximen, it is one of the four main streets of the ancient city. —— West Street, the flow of people is relatively large, and the Xiaxiguan parking lot is close to the commercial center and snack street of Pingyao County.
D. Beiguan parking lot: It is located outside the north gate of Pingyao ancient city. It is the closest parking lot to the gate of Pingyao ancient city. It is next to the family hotel street. This street is relatively prosperous. After entering the ancient city, it is the North Street of Pingyao ancient city. You can directly buy the North Gate of Pingyao Ancient City, enter the ancient city from Wengcheng, and climb the city wall.
E. Nanguan Parking Lot: Located outside the Xiaonanmen Gate of the ancient city of Pingyao, the scale is small, and the visitor center can be reached by walking forward. It is adjacent to the south gate of the ancient city, Yingxun Square, and you can directly enter the ancient city and wait for the South Tower.
(3) Traffic in the ancient city
There is a battery sightseeing bus in the ancient city of Pingyao, which costs 10 yuan per person per trip, but not every scenic spot is delivered, only a few major scenic spots.
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Pingyao Ancient City Travel Notes
1. It is not mandatory to buy tickets to enter the ancient city of Pingyao. If you only visit the ancient city of Pingyao and do not enter the scenic spots, you do not need to buy tickets, and you can enter and exit at any time.
2. Do not drive into the ancient city by car. There are cameras at the entrance of the ancient city, and you will be fined for taking pictures.
3. Book a hotel or inn for accommodation in advance, especially during the peak tourist season, it is better to book many days in advance, because you are worried about housing difficulties. Even in low season, it is better to book in advance.
4. It is best not to go into restaurants and shopping stores with a guide. I recommend a few well-known word-of-mouth stores that do not rip off customers. First, the quality can be guaranteed.
Accommodation: Qiaojia Manor Inn (near the south gate of No. 175 South Street)
Catering: Tianyuankui Hotel (No. 73, South Street)
Specialties: Niangjia Vinegar Workshop (No. 8, Chenghuangmiao Street) (No. 1, West Street)
Beef: Beef Museum (58 North Street)
Lacquerware: Yonglong Lacquerware Museum (57 South Street)
