Ancient City PingyaoApr 15, 2010
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Stfano and Susana and me
Pingyao street
| First time I met Stfano and Susanna was on the morning 15 April at Xian Sofitel Renmin Square hotel. A typical Italian man with slightly curled hair kind and Charming, Susana is beautiful girl with golden hair and blue eyes beautiful and attractive. We haven't waste any time to start our journey after the hotel Checkout. Leaving the hotel was 8:40 am it took about only 10 min to get Xiewang overpass and Xiyu high way. We arrived our first stop of Pingyao ancient city at 1:10 pm, and the odometer shows 586km. Pingyao Ancient City was built in built in the Western Zhou Xuan Wang Dynasty (BC 827 ~ BC 782), Ming Dynasty Hongwu year (AD 1370) extend, the city has 2700 years of history. The over 10 meters high city wall looks like Xi'an city wall, the wall and city river working together to protect the city for thousand years. When we went into the city, we were surprised by those old streets and houses maintained Ming and Qing Dynasty's architectural style, now Stfano and Susana's camera are the busiest things. The city tower is the center of city, East, south, west and north streets are the four main streets in the city, there are many shops such as selling tourist souvenirs, restaurants, hostels, ancient courts and office of the local government officials and banks... Yes, banks the earliest banks in Chinese history.... One hundred years ago in the mid-Qing Dynasty, due to the Commodity circulating and money turnover, a kind of business called "Piaozhuang" had been invented in Pingyao to run remittance business in China, since they are first and credence, then more and more Piaozhuang appeared during that time, the biggest Piaozhuang in China is "Rishenchang" is located on west street in Pingyao city and the "Rishenchang" yard has about 1,300 square meters and well protected. Pingyao residents are very hospitable, especially to the foreigners. Stfano and Susana had been asked to have picture with them, I tell you what, and they are like movie stars. All-inclusive ticket is 125RMB in Pingyao, Highlights in Pingyao are ancient buildings, streets, banks, and they are good! Tip: If you want stay overnight, there are many Ming and Qing Dynasty's architectural style hostels in Pingyao, the rooms are very clear and bright price from 90 to 350RMB. |
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