Pingyao Ancient City Wall

Pingyao City Wall is located in Pingyao County in central Shanxi Province. It is one of the four relatively intact ancient city walls in China. In 1988, the Pingyao City Wall was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as one of the third batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 1997, the ancient city of Pingyao, including the Pingyao City Wall, was included in the World Heritage List. Pingyao Ancient City Wall, with a total length of about 6 kilometers, is the best-preserved county city wall in China. The ancient city wall of Pingyao was built in the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1370). The current city wall basically maintains the shape and structure of the early Ming Dynasty. As a tourist, if you just look at the city wall on the edge or in the ancient city, there is no need to pay. If you want to climb the city wall, you need to buy a pass for Pingyao Ancient City. The city wall surrounds the ancient city and has six gates, one in the north and south and two in the east and west. Currently, tourists can go up or down the city wall through the south gate or north gate. It should be noted that the management of the ancient city sometimes adjusts the gates for climbing up or down the city wall. The details are subject to the announcement of the scenic spot on the day. The ancient city wall is a majestic landscape of the ancient city of Pingyao. The ancient city wall is composed of urns (the two east and west gates are urns), towers, turrets, point general platforms and other architectural facilities. If you are interested in climbing the city wall, you can also see the observation holes, perforations, crenels, iron cannons and other enemy defense facilities on the top of the city wall. Some tourists will walk along the city wall for a while after climbing the city wall. If they walk around the ancient city, it will take about 4 hours. You can also climb the city wall from the north gate, and then walk along the city wall to the south gate and get off the city wall. When walking on the centuries-old ancient city wall, you can see the daily life scenes of the residents in the ancient city, including housewives hanging clothes to dry, and smoke curling up from the rooftops. The vicissitudes of history and the secular reality are mixed together. If you want to take pictures on the city wall, it is recommended to go in the evening. The effect of taking pictures of the sunset and the old houses in the ancient city will be particularly good. However, be aware that it gets dark early in the ancient city in winter, so you need to go in advance.