【Talk about this trip】
"Dreams must be there, what if they come true?" The ancient city of Pingyao is a dream of mine for me.
Sometimes, I can't help but ask myself, is there really fate in this world?
Meeting and getting acquainted with Pingyao is like a destined reunion.
I drove through Shanxi in a hurry again and again. Even if I didn't have time to go to the ancient city of Pingyao, I still had to stop at the Pingyao Expressway service area. Thinking about which day I have free time, I will definitely drive there, take a closer look at this city with a history of 2,800 years, touch the ancient city bricks of this city with my own hands, watch the sunrise and sunset of this city, and look at this city. The lights of thousands of families in the city, through the mottled shadow of the city, we can see the prosperity of the city in the past.
The first time I saw the ancient city of Pingyao was in a hurry. I only stayed in the ancient city of Pingyao for one afternoon in a hurry. In the hazy shadow, I touched a corner of the clothes in the ancient city of Pingyao and saw the blurred shadow of the city.
Pingyao, see Pingyao again. With such expectations, I once again stepped into the ancient city of Pingyao. This time, I want to take a good look around this city, take a look, take a closer look at you, and have the closest intimate contact with you.
Pingyao Ancient City, here I come.
【About the itinerary】
9.25 Shijiazhuang - Pingyao Ancient City - Rishengchang - Synergy Celebration - Tongxing Gong
Accommodation: OYO Yadeju Inn
9.26 Pingyao County Government - Confucian Temple - Chenghuang Temple - Shuanglin Temple - City Wall - Pingyao Night
Accommodation: OYO Yadeju Inn
9.27 Return
【About traffic】
Plane: If you are going to the ancient city of Pingyao by plane, it is recommended to fly to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport first, then transfer to a long-distance bus or train to Pingyao from Taiyuan, and take a long-distance bus from Taiyuan to the ancient city of Pingyao. The journey takes one and a half to two hours between.
Train: You can choose to go to Pingyao Railway Station or Pingyao Ancient City Station according to the departure point. Pingyao Railway Station is located on the west side of the ancient city, only 300 meters away from the northwest corner of the ancient city.
Pingyao Ancient City Station is a train station. From Pingyao Ancient City Station to Pingyao Ancient City, the fare is between 18-26 yuan depending on the city gate you arrive at.
Self-driving: With the increase of private cars, self-driving has become the most popular way of travel. You can start an instant trip at any time, drive your car and follow the navigation, and you can adjust the itinerary according to the actual situation at any time .
【About accommodation】
The ancient city of Pingyao has completely preserved the architectural style of the city during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. If you want to know more about the city, you must stay here. For this trip to the ancient city of Pingyao, I chose OYO Yadeju Inn.
Yadeju Inn is very close to the east gate of the ancient city. It is a two-storey building. Opening the door is the front desk of the inn. The backyard and the second floor are places for accommodation and rest, with a patio in the middle. The rooms are not luxurious, but have a touch of retro taste, and each room has one or two small highlights.
When night comes, Yadeju Inn is illuminated by soft light, giving it a warm atmosphere. The night here is very quiet, so quiet that you can sleep peacefully. The years are quiet and sweet dreams always exist.
【About food】
Shanxi people are good at making pasta and like to eat vinegar. There are a lot of local specialties in Pingyao Ancient City. It is said that there are as many as 108 kinds. The street of Ming and Qing Dynasties is also a place where all kinds of delicacies and snacks gather. Friends who visit the ancient city can go around and see more.
I like the bubble oil cake, tomato extract grandma, eight-treasure oil tea soup here... Of course, there are too many delicious ones, so you should try it yourself.
【Practical strategy】
1. Regarding taking pictures, the ancient city of Pingyao is a city with a history and a story. Taking a photo with this city and wearing an ancient costume is the best match. If you want to shoot night scenes, it is best to bring a tripod. There are still many differences between those with a high sense of height and those with long exposures. Of course, if you want to travel light, it is no problem to bring only a mobile phone.
2. The project of taking a helicopter tour in the ancient city of Pingyao is not allowed to use drones. If you want to use drones to take aerial photos, you must apply in advance and file with the local public security agency.
3. It is recommended to follow the tour guide for the first time to the scenic spots in Pingyao Ancient City, so that you can learn more. If you don't want to hire a tour guide, it is also recommended to rub your ears with other tour guides. I believe you will learn more about this city.
【about the price】
The ancient city of Pingyao is open. If you don't go up the city wall or enter the key cultural relics protection scenic spots, you don't charge tickets, and there is no time limit for entering and leaving.
If you want to learn more about the city and its past and history, then I recommend buying a pass with a face value of 125 yuan. The pass is valid for 3 days. During the validity period, you can visit 22 scenic spots in the ancient city with the ticket, namely the ancient city wall, county government, Rishengchang, Qingxu Temple (under renovation, not open to the public), Confucian Temple, Chenghuang Temple, Tianjixiang, Huiwulin , China Escort, Tongxing Gong Escort, Wei Taihou, Wei Shengchang, Former Residence of Lei Lutai, Baichuantong, North China First Escort, Synergy Celebration, Chamber of Commerce, Ancient Residential Houses, Newspaper Office, Wentao Square, Erlang Temple, Majiada hospital. Each attraction can only be visited once and cannot be reused.
Two scenic spots outside the ancient city: Shuanglin Temple and Zhenguo Temple are single-point tickets, which are limited to single-point use on the day. Among them, the ticket for Shuanglin Temple is 35 yuan/person, and the ticket for Zhenguo Temple is 25 yuan/person.
【Get to know the ancient city of Pingyao for the first time】
Pingyao, Shanxi, the ancient city of Huizhou in Anhui, the ancient city of Langzhong in Sichuan, and the ancient city of Lijiang in Yunnan are also known as China's "four best-preserved ancient cities". These four ancient cities have strong ethnic styles and local characteristics, and are part of the splendid Han cultural heritage . Among them, the ancient city of Pingyao and the ancient city of Lijiang successfully applied for the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city.
The ancient city of Pingyao is located in the central part of Shanxi Province. It was first built in the period of King Xuan of Zhou and expanded in the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It has a history of 2,800 years. The ancient city of Pingyao is an outstanding example of Chinese Han nationality cities in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The whole city is centered on the city building. It is composed of four main streets, eight small streets and seventy-two alleys, showing the gossip pattern on the tortoise shell.
The street pattern of the ancient city is in the shape of "earth". There are more than 300 various ruins and ancient buildings inside and outside the city. There are nearly 4,000 well-preserved Ming and Qing houses. The street shops all reflect the original appearance of history. The change of time has not only left the vicissitudes of history here, but also left a series of moving stories.
In the small square town, more than 3,000 courtyard houses are still well preserved, and more than 40,000 local people live in them. They walk and stop at will in the city, and children playing can be seen everywhere.
Day 1 The first private bank in Chinese history - Rishengchang Bank
Pingyao Ancient City is the birthplace of Wall Street in China hundreds of years ago. When you come to Pingyao Ancient City, you must go to the ticket office here. The ticket office is a private financial institution specializing in bank exchange, deposit and loan business. Walk into the ticket office in Pingyao Ancient City to appreciate the prosperity of China's Wall Street a hundred years ago and see the style of Shanxi merchants.
Rishengchang Bank is the first private bank in Chinese history and the predecessor of various modern banks. Rishengchang, once the first bank in China, has now become the museum of China’s bank accounts. Rishengchang Bank was founded in the fourth year of Daoguang. The number covers more than 30 cities and important commercial towns across the country, as far as Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other countries, and is famous for "connecting the world".
Rishengchang Bank covers a total area of 1604 square meters. The courtyard is divided into three courtyards. The front yard is the business hall, the middle yard is the internal office organization, and the back yard is the living area, which is equipped with a kitchen and guest rooms.
The business hall in the front yard is equipped with an east cabinet room and a west cabinet room. The east cabinet room is equivalent to today's business hall and is a place for small customers to go through procedures. The west cabinet room is equivalent to today's cashier, and it is the place where customers withdraw money.
The second entrance is the internal office organization, which is the headquarters for uploading and distributing information, with letter rooms and account rooms. There are 4 people in charge of the work in the letter room, the general responsible is called the secretary, and the other 3 are letter recorders. The function of the letter room is to clearly and plainly write the intentions, business philosophy and thoughts of the big shopkeeper to the semicolons everywhere. .
During its existence, Rishengchang Bank has made a total profit of 15 million taels of silver, which is equivalent to tens of billions of RMB. This huge profit mainly comes from four points: one is water transfer, the other is the difference in interest rates between deposits and loans, the third is the short period, and the fourth is the surplus profit. To put it simply, when you come to me, no matter if you exchange money for a bank note or exchange a bank note for money, I can't do it for nothing, right? The meaning here is inside and out, if you accumulate less, you will earn more. The real money is all with me, and the banknotes are released, which is equivalent to raising chickens in my own home. How the eggs should be laid is nothing to worry about.
Some people may ask, since the banknotes and money have the same value, is it easy for the banknotes to be faked? How can it be so simple, the anti-counterfeiting measures taken by Rishengchang Bank on the money order paper are no less than the current currency.
One is that the money order paper has specific specifications: 1 foot 2 inches long and 8 inches wide. The filled money order is torn into two, and the customer and the number of the money each hold half. The value of the money order with the same length and width may be one thousand, or It is 800, and it is extremely difficult to cheat foreign exchange with only half of the money order.
Second, each money order has its unique anti-counterfeiting marks: 1. Handwriting; 2. Seal; 3. Watermark; 4. Chinese characters secret code.
In the past, each money order was written by a special person, and the handwriting used by each bank number was also different. If you want to fake it, you will be very sad at the first step. Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the seal. The bills of Rishengchang bank have adopted the watermark anti-counterfeiting mark.
The most difficult point is the Chinese character encryption, that is, each money order needs the corresponding Chinese character code to decrypt it. If you can’t pass the key, it’s useless to say anything, and the money order is invalid. Every once in a while, the key will be replaced. The application of these means also ensures the authenticity of the bill of exchange.
Day 1 The largest underground vault in Pingyao is here - Synergy Qing Bank
After seeing Rishengchang Bank, the first private bank in Chinese history, and getting to know the business model of the bank, I suggest you go to the Tongxieqing Qianzhuang (Ticket) Museum, where you can see the entire Pingyao The ancient city, the largest underground vault on Wall Street in the East a hundred years ago. I believe that here, you will also be more interested in the original alarm system and the shining real money.
Synergy Celebration is located in the west of South Street, Pingyao Ancient City, covering a total area of more than 3,000 square meters, consisting of seven courtyards and an underground vault. Synergy Qing is a unique bank in China's bank industry. Founded in the sixth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1856), it is one of the top ten bank accounts in Pingyao. It is mainly engaged in foreign exchange and deposit business. The financial owner is Mijia in Wangjia Village, Niedian Village, Yuci, and Mijia, Pingyao Wangzhi Village. It closed in 2 years of the Republic of China (1913).
The operating characteristics of Synergy Qingpiaohao are very distinctive, mainly as follows: first, people-oriented, knowing people and doing well; second, focusing on flexible allocation of funds; third, highlighting key regional operations, etc. These three characteristics are the important characteristics of the success of modern enterprises.
During the prosperous period of Xieheqing Bank, the real money was pushed in by big carts and small carts, and big buckets and small buckets were pushed in. But so much hard currency can't be placed directly in the yard, so building a treasury for saving money has become a top priority, and how to build a treasury? What does it look like? Where is it built? These are all things that need to be carefully considered. It must be safe and concealed, but also convenient for transportation, and it must be foolproof and considerate.
In order to ensure the safety of the underground vault, Xiexiqing has put in great pains and effort in terms of security. The entire underground vault can be said to be heavily guarded. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is very difficult for a mosquito to get in without consent.
There are ten cave-style vaults in the courtyard of Xiexiqing Treasury, and on both sides are guard rooms where bodyguards guarded the vaults at that time. From the rear gate to the kiln where gold and silver are stored, it is said that there were as many as eighteen gates in those days. There is also an ambush inside. If you enter the underground vault without consent, the opening of the door shaft will pull the organs on both sides, and hidden darts will appear, which is hard to guard against. The roof of the kiln is covered with steel mesh, and there are copper bells attached to it. It is the earliest alarm. When abnormal situations such as theft and fire are found, the copper bell will be rang. It is said that the allusion of ringing the bell comes from this.
It is said that the popular word withdrawal is also related to Tongxieqing. Back in the day, people held money orders and came to Xiexiqing to exchange cash and silver. Seeing that real money was withdrawn from the deposit and exchange port of the underground vault, it was easy to withdraw cash slowly. It was called withdrawal.
Walk down the steps from the backyard and enter the underground vault. The underground passage leading to the vault now has a nice name - "Cailu". The faint lights are not dazzling, projected on the corridor, reflecting the whole corridor brightly and resplendently, like a golden road paved with gold, will there be a little luck in my heart at this time, wanting to Take a picture here, leave a picture?
The ten cave-style vaults still retain their original structure. Boxes, rows, and piles of large and small gold and silver ingots are placed there in piles, dazzling people's eyes. It makes people can't help but open their eyes wide to see more clearly. Perhaps this is where the word "eyes open to money" comes from. Although we know that these gold and silver are all fake, but invisibly it will still give people an inexplicable shock.
Some people may ask, is there no one who is eager to grab a treasury when the carts and carts pull back gold and silver in the daily celebration? I think there will definitely be people with keen eyes, but it is debatable whether they dare to do it.
A secret passage was discovered during the renovation and restoration of the treasury of Xieqing Kiln Courtyard, which revealed a rumor that has been prevalent among the people of Pingyao for a long time: only money comes in, but little money goes out. It turns out that the secret passage here is the secret passage for transporting gold and silver that was secretly built by the bank for safety reasons. Some people tried to explore the path and exit of the passage, but the secret passage here is intricate, like a gossip array. I can't tell the direction, and I can't find it in the end...
Day 1 The predecessor of the modern security company - North China First Escort Bo
Walking through the two famous banking institutions on Eastern Wall Street a hundred years ago, you may ask, good guy, how can the security be guaranteed when thousands of taels of real gold and silver come in and out every day? Well, with this question in mind, let's go to the North China First Escort Bureau to have a look.
Escort, also known as Escort, is the predecessor of modern security companies in my country. The business is very complicated, whether it is the escort of goods in different places, looking after the store, bank exchange in different places, receiving and sending letters, etc., as long as you need it, you can find the bodyguard bureau to handle it.
North China No. 1 Escort Museum is the first museum in the country to comprehensively display the history and culture of Escorts. It has three courtyards. The front yard is a commercial area, including east and west cabinet rooms, treasury and counter room, which is the business place of the Escort; the middle courtyard is the office area, which is composed of three groups of buildings, the letter room, the account room and the middle hall, and is the office space of the Escort; the back yard is The living area, including the ancestral hall, the kitchen and the martial arts field, is the place where bodyguard masters live their daily lives and practice martial arts.
The North China First Escort Museum comprehensively displays the historical evolution, organizational structure and management of the Escort, which provides a good historical reference for the study of China's economic development.
The earliest bodyguard agency in China appeared in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and was founded by Zhang Heiwu, a Shanxi native. The emergence of escort agencies can be said to be the inevitable product of the development of China's commercial economy. With the development of the economy, various escort agencies have been established one after another. The emergence of Escorts has made great contributions to the development of China's modern commerce and social stability. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Escort was gradually replaced by modern police agencies and security organizations, and faded out of the historical stage.
At that time, it was not a simple matter to open a bodyguard agency. In addition to the basic staffing, there were also three treasures of the bodyguard agency: "Dart box" is good, "Escort car" runs, "Dart flag" floats, check the integrity of these three treasures , It is also a sign of the success or failure of a dart trip.
At that time, the dart boxes were all made of elm. Some people would ask, they all said elm lumps, elm lumps, what good is a broken elm? Compared with pine, cypress, and poplar, the characteristic of elm is that it is strong. Objects made of wood blocks of the same thickness are more durable and firmer. Each dart box weighs a hundred catties. The lock of the dart box is a built-in lock, which requires two keys to be opened side by side. The two keys are in charge of the big shopkeeper and the second shopkeeper respectively, which play a role of mutual supervision.
Escort carts were an important means of transportation for the Escort Bureau at that time, and it was also one of the facades of the Escort Bureau. There are many types of escort carts, ranging from horse-drawn carriages to sedan carts, and the type of escort cart used is usually determined by the goods being transported. The most commonly used dart car is called a unicycle dart car.
In the earliest days, escorts put a small flag on the small unicycle of the darts. The small flags are generally triangular, with yellow faces and red dog teeth edges, or red faces and yellow dog teeth edges. There are no words, at most they can write The word "Wu", or a totem of a dragon and a tiger. This is the embryonic form of the dart flag.
Later, this small triangular flag gradually became an indispensable flag on escort vehicles, and the surname of the head of the escort was written on the flag. The chief escorts are all famous martial arts masters with unique skills. In the process of walking the darts, even if you encounter robbers robbing the darts, just look at the words on the dart flag, and those who can't be provoked will automatically retreat. Over time, this small triangular flag has evolved into a symbol of the bodyguard's darts.
Seeing this, if you think that I have acquired a good skill, and I have the three treasures of the Escort Bureau, can I go to the darts with confidence and boldness? If this is the case, in that era, he might not even know how he died.
If you want to dart safely, you must follow some rules and precepts. Escorts' principles of life are to smile three-pointedly, speak three-pointed reason, and drink three-pointed wine. To achieve "three meetings and one no", know how to set up a stove, repair shoes, get a haircut, and don't wash your face. The "Six Precepts for Bodyguards" is the most important thing: refrain from newly opening a shop, refrain from a shop that has changed hands, refrain from a prostitute's shop, refrain from leaving weapons, refrain from keeping bodyguards away from people, and refrain from ignoring suspicious points.
Why do you want to do this? What is the specific reason? Everyone may wish to take a guess.
Day 2 The most ancient government office, an ancient county government office, half of the official culture - Pingyao county government office
Pingyao County Government Office is one of the most complete ancient county government offices preserved so far. It completely presents the administrative division and process of county-level government agencies in the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as the special functions of related buildings. It is a veritable county government museum.
Some people say that looking at the Pingyao County Government is to see the taste, and some people have given a very high evaluation to the Pingyao County Government: "an ancient county government, half of the official culture".
When it comes to the county government, modern people don't have a deep feeling for it. Most people get acquainted with the county government because of film and television dramas. In the lobby of the "mirror hanging high", the magistrate, wearing a black gauze hat and official uniform, sits on the Nuan Pavilion, and the three classes of government servants are lined up on the left and right, holding an open fire in their hands, and shouting mighty in their mouths, which looks solemn and solemn . So, what does the real county government look like? Is there only one lobby?
The real county government not only has a complete administrative division of labor, but also has many functional departments. It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.
Pingyao County Government Office is located in the center of the ancient city of Pingyao. It was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty and was finalized in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The earliest preserved building was in the sixth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1346), which has a history of more than 600 years. The entire government office Sitting north and facing south, the layout is axisymmetric. The north-south axis is more than 200 meters long and the east-west width is more than 100 meters.
Pingyao County Government Museum The county government follows the feudal etiquette system, the left is civil and the right is martial, and the front faces the back. The lobby is also called "Qinmin Hall". It is also the place where the county magistrates perform daily Shengtang performances. Friends who like to watch Shengtang performances must not miss it. The inner house is also called "Qin Shen Tang".
On the left side of the lobby are officials, households, and ceremony rooms, and on the right side of the lobby are soldiers, criminals, and workshops. Officials of the Liufang work under the leadership of the magistrate and are responsible to the magistrate, so the function of the Liufang is the responsibility of the magistrate. The lobby of the Pingyao County Government is a five-bay hall, and the three rooms in the middle are court halls. In the lobby, the east side is the money storehouse, and the west side is the military equipment storehouse. Outside the lobby, on the east side is the Zanzheng Hall, where the county magistrate often meets with famous people in some places to discuss the way of governance.
Behind the lobby is the second hall. Except for handling official business in the lobby at about 9:00 every morning, the county magistrate works in the second hall for the rest of the time, and sometimes summons his subordinates here to inquire about the case or meet visitors. Out of the second hall, on both sides are the room of "Master Qiangu" and "Master Xingming".
If the lobby and the second hall are the office area of the magistrate, then the inner house is the living area of the magistrate. There are five main rooms in the inner house of Pingyao County Government, and the three rooms in the middle are the living room. A plaque of "Qin Shen Tang" is hung in the middle of the living room. If there are superior officials or friends from the county magistrate, they can stay here. The suites on both sides are study and bedroom. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were regulations that the county magistrate should be an official five hundred miles away from his hometown, and he was not allowed to bring his family members with him.
It was not until the Qianlong period that this regulation was abolished. In addition to official duties, the former county magistrate could only chant the wind and moon, play the piano and write lyrics in this narrow world, so as to relieve the loneliness.
Day 2 Small Forbidden City - Pingyao Confucian Temple
The Master said: "When I am fifteen, I am determined to learn; at thirty, I am established; at forty, I am not confused; at fifty, I know the destiny; A portrait of my own life.
The Confucian Temple is a temple building that commemorates and worships Confucius, a great thinker, statesman, and educator in my country. The name "Confucian Temple" is more common.
Due to the important role of Confucius' Confucianism in maintaining the stability of social rule, the feudal dynasties of all dynasties respected Confucius so much that they regarded building temples and offering sacrifices to Confucius as a major national event. There are Confucian temples or Confucian temples everywhere.
Pingyao Confucian Temple has a large scale and complete regulations, and is known as the "Little Forbidden City". It is unknown when it was built, but according to the inscription on the beams in the hall: Dacheng Hall was rebuilt in the third year of Dading in the Jin Dynasty (AD 1103). The existing building Dacheng Hall is the original structure of the Jin Dynasty, and the rest were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Pingyao Confucian Temple has always been the seat of the county school. It was not until the imperial examination was abolished in the late Qing Dynasty that the county school stopped and was reorganized as "Pingyao County Industrial School" and a new school was started. In 1923, some merchants and rich people donated money to set up "Pingyao Lizhi Middle School" in the Confucian Temple. In 1950, Taiyue Middle School merged with Pingyao Middle School, and the school site was located in the Confucian Temple. Its buildings basically kept their original appearance, and only Lingxingmen, Xixue, and Provincial Animal Institute were demolished. In the late 1950s, when the teaching building of Pingyao Middle School was being built, Chaoshan Academy, Jingyi Pavilion and Zunjing Pavilion were demolished.
Day 2 On the eve of the new official's appointment, he needs to come here to listen to the teachings—Pingyao Town God's Temple
The Temple of the Town God is dedicated to the City God. The worship of the Temple of the Town God originated from the "Shuiyong" in the ancient agricultural vulgar god "Bala God". In the feudal wars of the past dynasties, the intensity of devotional worship to it has increased day by day, and the function of the city god has also changed from protecting the "city pool" to protecting the local people, debating the good and evil of each person's life, so as to reduce rewards and punishments.
During the Ming Dynasty, it was also stipulated that before the local chief official was appointed to take office, he had to go to the local Town God's Temple for a night of fasting to listen to the teachings of the Town God. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, every Ching Ming Festival, July 15th, and October 1st day, people would go to the altar outside the North Gate for public sacrifices, and the God of the City God had to be brought to the altar to preside over the affairs. In times of national disaster or drought without rain, the magistrate of Pingyao often prays to the God of the City God. Every May 27th is the temple fair of Pingyao Town God's Temple.
Pingyao Town God's Temple is located on the south street of the central axis of Pingyao ancient city, which is symmetrical with the county government office. It has a long history and rich cultural connotations. There is an archway outside the mountain gate of Chenghuang Temple, four pillars, three gates and eleven bucket arches, resting on the top of the mountain. The main buildings in the mountain gate are Le Tower, Bell and Drum Tower, Zhongkui Hall, Liucao Mansion, Reincarnation Hall, Land Mansion, Zaojun Temple, and Caishen Temple (including Taoist Xuanwu Building), Sleeping Palace, Jigong Temple, Stone Temple, and Sleeping Palace Building. The sacrificial ritual system is strict and the regulations of the sacrificial offering are complete. Among the existing county-level Town God's Temple ruins in the country, it is a well-preserved and superior cultural relic unit with rich cultural connotations.
The main hall of Pingyao Town God's Temple uses blue-green glazed tile ridges. There is a platform in front of the main hall, and the roof of the hall is a roll roof. The upper limit of the main hall is the highest in the whole temple, on the top of Xieshan Mountain. In the hall, there are sculptures of city gods, judges, ghost soldiers, etc., and there are guards of honor from the four-rank official office. There are huge murals on the left and right gables, which are pictures of the city god going on tour day and night. In the east hall, there are colorful statues of Judge Cao, the impermanence of ghosts, and Yin asked about torture; in the west hall, there are statues of land gods in forty squares in Pingyao, with different expressions and excellent craftsmanship, for worship by people from all over the world during temple fairs . In the small halls on the east and west sides, Zhong Kui, who exorcises ghosts and wards off evil spirits, and the reincarnated empress are all vulgar gods.
Day 2 Sculptures of the Ming Dynasty, wonderful art - painted paintings of Shuanglin Temple
Shuanglin Temple was originally called Zhongdu Temple, and its site was originally the old city of Zhongdu, so it got its name.
Zhongdu Temple was founded very early, and it is difficult to confirm it because of the lack of detailed records in ancient documents. The oldest surviving stele in the temple is the "Monument of Aunt" in the fourth year (1011) of Dazhong Xiangfu in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is very old and the handwriting is blurred, but the twentieth line "rebuilt the temple in the second year of Wuping" is still legible. Even counting from the Northern Qi Dynasty, Zhongdu Temple has experienced more than 1,400 springs and autumns.
Shuanglin Temple sits north and faces south. The temple complex covers an area of about 15,000 square meters, which is divided into two parts, east and west. In the west is the temple, along the central axis there are three courtyards, consisting of ten halls.
The front yard is the Sakyamuni Hall, the Arhat Hall, the Wusheng Hall, the Earth Hall, the Yama Hall and the Heavenly King Hall; the middle courtyard is the Daxiong Hall and the hatchback Thousand Buddha Hall and the Bodhisattva Hall; the backyard is the Empress Hall and the Zhenyi Temple. In the east are Buddhist temples and scripture rooms. In the Ming Dynasty, a tall wall surrounded by rammed earth was built around the temple, with arrow stacks on it, which looks like a small castle.
Day 2 Unchanged waiting for thousands of years - Pingyao ancient city wall
Pingyao was formerly known as ancient pottery. In the early Ming Dynasty, the city wall was built to defend against foreign disturbances. In the third year of Hongwu (AD 1370), the old wall was rebuilt and expanded, and it was fully covered with bricks. After that, Jingtai, Zhengde, Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli dynasties carried out ten repairs and repairs, updated the towers, and added enemy towers.
One enemy tower was built every 50 meters, with a total of 72 towers and more than 3,000 crenels. It is said that it was designed according to the fact that Confucius had three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages. However, except for the gates and crenels, most of the rest have been destroyed. Among the six city gates, there are one in the north and one in the south, and two in the east and west respectively. Outside the east and west gates, there are attached urns, which are shaped like the head, tail and four feet of a turtle. It is known as "Turtle City".
Walk along the ancient city wall of Pingyao
The moat is quiet
Reflecting the green willow
I use those affectionate eyes
To chase the waiting of time
Can this glance span the millennium
Rubbing the city's past from the old days
ancient people on the edge of the city
Dig the earth and build a high wall to protect the well-being
Borrow soil to build city walls, leaving ditches several feet deep and wide
Diverting water as a canal becomes a moat
Suspension bridge over the river
It is the thoroughfare to reach the city
If you are a friend, please come in, if you are an enemy, please return home
The gentle night sleeps peacefully with the ancient city
When the red sun goes down
The sky is smudged with dark black, slowly silent
Lanterns light up the ancient city of Pingyao
Pedestrians also slow down their pace
Afraid to disturb the dream of this city
gentle night like water
Flowing quietly with the lights
Is time as yesterday
Thousands of years have passed quietly
Is time as yesterday
Wash away the hustle and bustle
Only the real you and me are left
Falling asleep with this city in the gentle night
【Write in the back】
Pingyao, see Pingyao again.
In the ancient city of Pingyao, stop and go, go around, every place here is a scenery, every place is a story.
I am waiting for you in Pingyao, there are famous halls here.
