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Pingyao Ancient City is the most well preserved prototype of an ancient Chinese county town from the Ming and Qing dynasties in China. It is a large ancient architectural complex composed of complete city walls, streets, shops, temples, and residential buildings, reflecting the historical style of the Ming and Qing dynasties. [19]
The city wall of Pingyao was first constructed between 827 BC and 782 BC during the reign of King Xuan of Zhou. The city walls of Suzhou followed afterward under largely the same plan created by Wu Zixu in the 5th century BC. and lasted until their demolition in the 1960s and 1970s.
Pingyao County is a county in Jinzhong in central Shanxi Province, China. [1] It is home to Pingyao Ancient City, a AAAAA-rated tourist attraction, [2] preserving a great deal of architecture from the Ming & Qing dynasties. It spans an area of 1,260 square kilometres (490 sq mi), [2] and, as of 2010, it had 502,712 residents. [3]
The Xi'an City Wall is on the tentative list of UNESCO's World Heritage Site under the title "City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties". Since 2008, it is also on the list of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China. Since March 1961, the Xi'an City Wall is a heritage National Historical and Cultural Unit.
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple palisades or earthworks to extensive military fortifications such as curtain walls with towers, bastions and gates for access to the city. [1]
The roughly 9-mile-long wall formed the outermost defensive line of the city, which was filled with homes, workshops and a palace. Over 500 wells were previously uncovered in the city, indicating ...
Pingyao City Walls: Pingyao chengqiang 平遥城墙: Pingyao County 平遥县 3-60 Dingcun Folk Houses: Dingcun mingzhai 丁村民宅: Xiangfen County 襄汾县 3-87 Faxing Temple: Faxing si 法兴寺: Zhangzi County 长子县 3-106 Tiantai Temple: Tiantai an 天台庵: Pingshun County 平顺县 3-107
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