平遥，山西省里一个非常重要的历史文化重镇，那里的文化古迹实在是不胜枚举，而本书就是从方方面面为你详细地介绍它，生动地把这个将现代感与历史气息协调融合在一起的,散发活力的古城展现在你的面前，绝对会令你印象深刻。或许这就是你下一次旅行的目的地终点站了。

Map of The Ancient City of Pingyao

General Introduction  A1

A live history

Tracing Pingyao"s History

The Characteristics of Its Rites System

Scenic Spots  1

Introductions of Hotels  95

Live History

The characteristies of a city"s history and culture are the 1ifeline if a city is to exist and develop．The ancient Pingyao city is just a city with her unique styte．which is a most perfectly preserved County by now in China and an outstanding City roodel of Han Nationality style during Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The unique natural environment makes unique historv and culture．Piingyao，with a long history of civilization.lies in the middle drainage arca of the Yellow River，the birthplace of Chinese civilization．It is said that it used to be the feud of Yao。a legendary sage king．in ancient China，so it is also called"Gutao"in history books In Spring andAutumn Time．it belonged to Kingdom Jin. In Warirlg States Period，it was governed by Kingdom Zhao and in Qin and Han Dynasty it used to be named Pingtao，Zhongdu and Jingling．In Beiwei Period，its nanle was changed into Pingyao，whjch has been used till now for over l500 years．

(1)The long history has left many places of interest and a great number of ancient architectures and historical relics which arc raely found m other parts of China．Ovet 300 ground and underground historical relics have been found and the announced list of historical relics consists of 99 items、including 5 state-class ones，4 province-class ones and county-class ones．Thus they make a group of historical telics with the ancient city as their main body，wtfich attracts a great。many tourists from honte and abroad．  The ancient city walt winds its way 6 Mlometers，with its imposing and tragic momentum，firm barbican entrance to the city and the Superstructure piercing into the sky．Under the old and endless sky，they make magnificent pictures whether dawn or sunset．

The city wall is the most perfectly preserved one in China；Shuanglin Temple is the most attractive and infectious art museum in China。The over 2000 painted sculptures attract the tourists"attention so much that they always forget to leave．The solidified images of hundreds of years old interpret the esssence of truth，kindness and beauty with their gesture language. So it deserves the titles of "Treasures House of the OrientA2