1、.The wall of Pingyao ancient city is very wide, with big bricks on it. There were several cannons on the lookout of the city wall. They were the most powerful weapons at that time, so they were given the name of Shenwu general. People can take pictures here because soldiers who dont want to be gener
2、als are not good soldiers.Lets go to the county government again. The county government faces south. Two big stone lions squat on both sides of the main gate. They open their mouths and look very powerful. The barrier of Yamen is very high, and the two gates are thick and heavy, painted with vermili
3、on. Walking into the courtyard, the East and West rooms are the places where taxes and grain were collected in ancient times. Each of them has six caves, implying liudashun. Further inside, there is a large main hall, where the ancient county magistrate worked. There is a large plaque with bright mi
4、rror hanging high on it. On the left and right sides, there are many instruments of torture used by the court, which makes people feel solemn when they enter. Around the main hall into the backyard, is the county Lord eat and rest place, the door hanging a pair of couplets, meaning that the people a
5、s parents. Do practical things for the people.From the county government, we strolled along a street in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its full of ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The shop facades and plaques are also ancient styles. If people wear ancient clothes, they can make costume
6、 plays here. This is the picture I took on this street.At the last stop, lets go to Rishengchang bank, the earliest bank in China. There are two wax figures in the accounting room on the right. One seems to be collecting money and the other is keeping accounts. It is said that a bookkeeper here can
7、earn eighty Liang silver a year. At that time, one or two silver can buy one mu of land. There are strict anti-counterfeiting measures on banknotes. In order to prevent regular customers from deciphering them, 300 sets of passwords have been changed in 100 years. When I came to the backyard, the wal
8、ls were thick and high, and there were many coins in the cracks. It is said to show the strength of the host family.This is the end of the tour of Pingyao ancient city. Thank you.平遥古城的英语导游词2Hello, tourists.Pingyao, a famous historical and cultural city in China, is about to arrive. The towering bric
9、k wall in the front right is Pinghe City, one of the four existing complete ancient city pools in China. On December 3, 1997, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee adopted a resolution to list the ancient city of Lijiang in Yunnan Province, the ancient city of Pingyao in Shanxi Province and the classi
10、cal gardens of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province on the world heritage list. Now you can have a look at the perspective and relatively complete appearance of the ancient city.Pingyao has a long history. According to reports: in order to resist the invasion of the northern nomads, Zhou Xuangong sent troops
11、to the northern expedition of Sayu and built the jingling city in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Jingling city is built in the east of Pingyuan County, 7 kilometers north of Jingling lining, jingling as a place name has been used up to now. This can be said to be the beginning of the construction of Ping
12、yao City, and also the predecessor of the present Huyuan city. It has been about 2800 years since then.There is no clear record of when this Pingyao City was built. In order to avoid taboo, the original Pingtao county was changed into Pingyao County, and the county government was moved here from oth
13、er places. The time to build the city should be after that. In the long history, there has been her prosperity here, and it has been destroyed by war many times. The wall we see now was built in 1370, the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, by heightening, thickening and bricking the original
14、earth wall. Although it has been repaired several times since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, its style has not changed.There are many ancient buildings in Pingyao City, such as Dacheng hall, Qingxu temple, Shilou, Chenglong temple, wumiao stage and so on. That is, the street dwellings basically preser
15、ve the style and features of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Walking on the street, you can also see all kinds of antique gate, courtyard, exquisitely carved ancient architectural decoration, and even see the stone stake in front of the gate, Xiama stone, etc., a style of ancient city.Pingyao not only
16、has a long history, but also has a large number of celebrities. They are Ruoming Jin Dynasty historian Sun Sheng who dares to ignore the threat of manmenzijian and writing straightforwardly, Sun Kang who has spread through the ages with yingxueshuo. Hou Wailu, the late director of the Institute of h
17、istory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hou ganyi, the late deputy director of the Institute of language, Wang Yao, the president of the Chinese Literature Research Association, Li Gou, the famous painter, and Guo Lanying, the famous singer, were all born in Beijing In this ancient land. Pingshi
18、ancient city is worthy of being a famous historical and cultural city.（over Huiji bridge）We are now driving on the Huiji bridge, which is a nine arch stone bridge built during the reign of Kangxi and rebuilt during the reign of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. Fu Shan, a famous hostess in the Qing Dynas
19、ty, wrote a tablet for it. This bridge is not large in scale and has a long history, but it is beautiful in shape. The bridge deck is flat and not as high as ordinary stone bridges, so it is easy for cars and horses to walk. Whats more, there is another bridge under the bridge. There is no written r
20、ecord of the bridge below, and people didnt know it. In August 1977, a torrential rain caused a huge flood, and the rolling flood took away a lot of river sediment which had been silted up for many years. After the water receded, people were surprised to find that Huiji bridge was stacked on the dec
21、k of the old bridge, forming the wonder of the bridge on the bridge. Making use of the old bridge to build a solid foundation for the new bridge can save money, manpower and time. What a clever idea! This is also a miracle in the history of bridge construction.Here is the ancient city of Pingyao. Pl
22、ease follow me to the city wall.（take tourists to the Lower East Gate）This is the Lower East Gate of Huyao ancient city. Lets see how magnificent and spectacular the 12 meter high wall is. Outside the city, there was a moat. There was a suspension bridge at the gate. In the days of war in ancient ti
23、mes, it was really an insurmountable defense line.After we came in, this place was the Lower East Gate urn, which was set up to defend the gate. The city gate is the weak link of the city wall. With the urn City, the defense means of the city are greatly enhanced. This place has a small root and is
24、surrounded by high walls. Even if the enemy invades the urn, only a few people can enter, and they immediately fall into the encirclement and become turtles in the urn. Some of the urn gates are not opened on the opposite side of the gate, but turn to the side. It can also prevent the enemy soldiers
25、 from rushing under the gate and dispel the enemy soldiers spirit by turning the corner. These design ideas are summed up by the ancients in the long-term practical experience.Look, there is also a small courtyard in the urn. What is it for? It turns out that it is a small Guandi temple. Guandi is a
26、 martial saint. It is the unique creation of Pingyao people to build Guanmiao into the urn city. Please follow me to the city wall.Now we are in the city. There were towers here. They were destroyed in the war. The platform built on the city wall is said to be Yin Jifus commanding platform. Yin Jifu
27、 was a general of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty. He was famous for his Youfan in history. He wrote several poems such as Lu Jingchongs Gao Gao and Guan R2. The famous northern expedition against the nomadic people of the North mentioned above was under his command. In order to consolidate the achievemen
28、ts of the northern expedition, he also built jingling city here. There are many other sites of Yin Jifu. There is also a village called Yin village near jingling village. It is said that Yin Jifu was stationed there to drink. There is Yin Jifus collection outside Shangdong gate. Before the collectio
29、n, there is a large inscription on the Ming Dynasty stone tablet, which reads Zhou Qingshi ZJ Jifu Shinto. Inside the upper east gate is a small temple in memory of Yin Jifu.Please follow me to see the construction of the ancient city.（take the tourists to dip southward. Walk and say, about 2-3 pier
30、s to stop）We can see that there is a short block on both sides of the city wall, which is called the parapet. Why is it called the parapet? There is a written explanation in the building a French style written by the government of the Song Dynasty: words are inferior. Compared with the city, if a wo
31、man and her husband are equal. It means that the wall is tall and thick, and Baowei husband; the female wall is thin and short, like a weak woman. In some folk places, there is such a story: in the early days, there was no parapet in the city. Once, an old man was pulled to work, and his little granddaughter, who was dependent on him, came to the city with him every day and sat by to watch. One day, a tired migrant worker came to the edge of the city wall in a daze. The little girl, Berta, fell into the city and pushed him in. Unexpectedly, the force was t
