平遥古城英语介绍

Gate to the Seat
The Second Hall
remaining
Yuan Dynasty building, the existing buildings were built in the Ming Dynasty.
The Main Courtroom
The Magistrate's Desk in the Civil Courtroom
City wall
NorthGate
North Gate Fake cannons
The tortoise is a symbol of eternity. Seventy-two watch towers were built every fifty to one hundred meters along the top. Two-meter high walls were built along the outside of the wall’s top, with 3,000 crenelations with openings for shooting. These represent the 72 disciples and more than 3,000 students of Confucius. Each corner formerly had a grand tower, but only the Great Scholar Tower in the southeast remains, along with one roll-call platform. A temple used to occupy the large platform on the eastern wall.

The seat of the county government faces south and is over 200 meters long and over 100 meters wide with an area of over 20,000 square meters. Although Pingyao has been the seat of the county government since the Qin Dynasty, the complex(建 筑群） was built in 1346 (Yuan Dynasty). Except for one
Courtyard
Courtyard
Clerks at work
. Courtyards became more During the hundred years that draft banking lasted in China, Pingyao became the hub as other local merchants opened similar banks. Branch banks were soon set up in major cities in China and in Asia, leading to great prosperity in Pingyao, with its subsequent economic, cultural and societal developmentornate, streets, shops and stores were developed, enlarged or improved, and its products, such as ware lacquer and clay sculptures, became well known.
The wall is ten meters high, 6163 meters around, and three to five meters wide at the top. While the west, north and east walls are straight, the southern one curves, forming a rough square. The northern and southern walls have one gate each, the eastern and western walls, two each. Each gate has a barbican entrance with an inner and an outer door and had a tower above it, three of which have been rebuilt. Each gate used to have a drawbridge to cross the moat, which today is outside three sides of the city and is more than 3.3 meters deep and 3.3 meters wide.
我除了短袜什么都没穿。
Remain
1.仍然是，保持不变 In spite of their quarrel ,they remain the best of friends. 尽管有过争吵，他们仍是最好的朋友 2.剩余，遗留，继续存在 Very little of the house remained after the fire. 火灾之后，这座房子所剩无几 3. 仍需去做 Much remains to be done. 4.逗留，不离去 The plane remained on the ground.
City wall
City wall inside
Rishengchang
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, merchants organized commercial groups that engaged in business nationwide, with Shanxi Province having some of the most important ones and Pingyao as the center. The Xiyucheng dye store on Xi Da Jie dealt in remittance and in 1824 became the first draft bank in China, dealing in bank drafts rather than in silver or gold money. Known as Rishengchang (Sunrise Prosper ity) , it was the cornerstone of modern Chinese banking.
Carved 雕刻的Gate
Museum of Ancient Residences
倒装句
In Pingyao Ancient City are many traditional residences and commercial courtyards
倒装句的几种主要情况： 1.否定词提前，never， nor ，not ，seldom， hardly ，little ，scarcely， rarely ，not only ·but also ，not ·· · ·until 2.表地点的介词状语位于句首 3.特定句式: 例:there be 句型等等

The first draft bank of China, Rishengchang, is situated in the busiest section of Xi Da Jie, which used to be the First Street in the Qing Dynasty. The original site of Rishengchang occupied 2,324 square meters. The land used is arranged in a compact l a y ou t o f b u i l d i n gs w i th definite functions. Although it was only a small compound, it was a forerunner of modern banking and once manipulated the economic lifelines of the whole Qing Dynasty in the 19th century
The Ancient City of Pingyao
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Pingyao ancient city is the outstanding example of Chinese Han nationality cities features of such periods. Pingyao ancient city reveals a picture of unexpected cultural economic and religious development in Chinese history
The Civil Courtroom
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Instruments of torture of the County Government
Instruments of torture of the County Government

In Pingyao Ancient City are many traditional residences and commercial courtyards, 3797 of which are protected and more than 400 of which are intact（完整的）. These traditional residences are the carriers of history culture, which are valuable for studying its history, folk customs, architecture, and art, and still serve as homes of local people. They become the architectural cultural heritage, which are protected and utilized （被利用的） today.
Residences
Cave-style residential room
The ancient residences not only reflect the level of ancient architecture and the fashion of residences of the time, but they also demonstrate（展示） ancient policies, economies, philosophies, ethics（道 德）, art and customs. These old houses and ruined walls show people how the local people lived in years past.
Rishengchang (Sunrise Prosperity)
Collection of historical items
Except for
Used before you mention the only thing or person about which a statement is not true (用于所言不包括的人或事物前） 除··· ··之外 I had nothing on except for my socks