The Ancient of Pingyao
1 min readThis city with a history of over 2 700 years is located in middle of Shanxi Province，9okm from Taiyuan City，the provincial capital.ts origin says that this place was awarded to Emperor Yao，namely the Tao Tang family，thus it was called“ancient Tao’s land”.The city first appeared in 827-782BC，mili-tarily guarded by Yin Ji-fu，West Zhou Dynasty.Since the“Province and County System”by Emperor Qin in 221 BC，the city has been the county seat in all the times.Despite so many events or incidents，it survived practically as it was in the 600 years or more since Ming and Qing Dynasties，and ranks as the only intaci ancient city of Ming and Qing Dynasties well pre-served in China.
The ancient city of Pingyao is known as“a treasure house of Chinese classic architecture”which has practically kept its original pattern of the 17-19th centuries，therefore enjoys the reputation of“museum of architecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties”.
